Gymnastics: WVU to Play Host to 2010 Regional
June 05, 2009 12:07 PM | General
June 5, 2009
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| Shelly Purkat |
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University gymnastics team will play host to the 2010 NCAA Southeast Regional at the WVU Coliseum on Saturday, April 10.
Next season’s meet will mark the seventh time the Mountaineers have been host of an NCAA Regional since 1983. WVU last welcomed a regional to the Coliseum in 2007, when it finished third to UCLA and LSU. All-American Janáe Cox advanced from the regional to the NCAA Championship as an individual all-around qualifier.
The WVU Coliseum is famous for an exciting regional, as 3,074 fans watched the Bruins advance in 2007. The largest crowd to attend a regional in Morgantown was 3,492 in 1994, which is also the largest gymnastics crowd in Coliseum history.
The Mountaineers have qualified for 26 NCAA regionals, including 20-straight from 1983-2002.
WVU finished fourth with 194.225 points at the 2009 Southeast Regional on April 4 in Raleigh, N.C. Senior Mehgan Morris finished fifth overall with 39.125 points and became the 16th Mountaineer to advance to the NCAA Championship.
Five additional schools – Kentucky, Penn State, Missouri, Utah and UCLA – have also been selected as hosts of 2010 NCAA Regionals. Florida will host the 2010 NCAA Championship at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center on April 22-24.
