This season truly felt like it flew by; I can’t believe it’s already postseason! Coming off an exciting championship weekend, teams and individuals are getting excited heading into regionals. During my time at both Bridgeport and Temple, I had the opportunity to compete at regionals by myself and with my team, and these are some of my favorite memories looking back on my collegiate career.
For this Day in the Life, along with my own experiences, I had the chance to speak with Nebraska gymnasts Clara Colombo and Kinsey Davis who have also competed at regionals both individually and as a part of a team. Davis and Colombo both qualified in the 2021 and 2022 seasons as individuals and for the first time as a team in 2023.
There are several different paths for a gymnast to compete at regionals, either as an individual or as a team, but both rely on National Qualifying Score (NQS) rankings. NQS is calculated by averaging the top six scores, three home and three away, dropping the highest of the season. As the season goes on, teams can replace the low scores they may have had from the beginning of the year to increase their NQS and their ranking heading into regionals.
Not all gymnasts, especially freshmen, are familiar with the qualification process, so getting to…
