The NCAA has announced the 12 teams that have qualified for the 2012 NCAA Mens Gymnastics Championships. The Nebraska Mens gymnastics team is seeded 10th overall with a qualifying score of 341.587 and will compete in the first session of the qualifier, beginning at 1 p.m. CST on Thursday, April 19.
The Huskers will join No. 2 Penn State, No. 3 Stanford, No. 5 Minnesota, No. 8 California and No. 11 Iowa in the first session. The field will look familiar to the Huskers, who have faced every team in their qualifier so far this season.
The second qualifier will begin at 7 p.m. CST on Thursday night and will consist of No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 4 Illinois, No. 6 Michigan, No. 7 Ohio State, No. 9 Temple and No. 12 Air Force.
The NCAA Mens Gymnastics Championships will held over the course of three days, from April 19-21 at the Lloyd Noble Center on the University of Oklahoma campus. A total of 12 teams will compete in the team qualifier on April 19, which will be split into two sessions. The top three finishers in each session will advance to the team finals, to be held on April 20 alongside the all-around finals. The championships will conclude on April 21 with individual event finals.
Nebraska joins six other Big Ten mens gymnastics teams in qualifying for the NCAA Championships. Penn State, Illinois, Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio State and Iowa will join Nebraska at the team qualifier next week.
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