INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA announced today the teams and individuals who qualified to compete for the 2006 National Collegiate Women's Gymnastics Championships.

The championships, hosted by Oregon State University will be held in Corvallis, Oregon, at the Gill Coliseum, April 20 - 22.

The National Collegiate Women's Gymnastics Championships consist of 12 teams and 12 all-around competitors (who are not on a qualifying team) and event specialists. The top two teams and the top two all-around competitors from each regional received automatic berths to the national championships. In addition, the event winners at the regional championships advance to the national championships (in their specific event) if they were not part of a qualifying team or the all-around qualifiers.

Team qualifiers and individual qualifiers for the 2006 National Collegiate Women's Gymnastics Championships are as follows:

TEAM COMPETITION:

Region/Score

Georgia, Southeast: 197.4250

Arizona State, North Central: 196.6750

Alabama, West: 196.4750

Florida, South Central: 196.3750

Oklahoma, Central: 196.3750

Nebraska, Southeast: 196.3500

Michigan, Northeast: 196.0000

LSU, Central: 195.8250

Oregon State, West: 195.8000

Iowa State, North Central: 195.7250

Utah, Northeast: 195.7000

Arkansas, South Central: 195.4000

ALL-AROUND INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIERS:

Region/Score

Tabitha Yim, Stanford (West): 39.5250

Kate Richardson, UCLA (South Central): 39.4750

Karin Wurm, Arizona (North Central): 39.3000

Laura Johnson, Minnesota (North Central): 39.2500

Amanda Hall, New Hampshire (Northeast): 39.2500

Adrianne Perry, Missouri (Southeast): 39.2250

Natalie Foley, Stanford (West): 39.2250

Kristina Comforte, UCLA (South Central): 39.2000

Christine Robella, North Carolina(Southeast): 39.1500

Kristen Coleman, Michigan State(Central): 39.1250

Jennifer Orlando, Penn State (Central): 39.1000

Julie Dwyer, Auburn(Northeast): 38.4000

INDIVIDUAL EVENT QUALIFIERS:

Uneven Bars

Aubrey Taylor, Arizona (North Central): 9.9000

Vault

Lindsey Puckett, Auburn (Northeast): 9.9000

Krystle Cook, Kentucky (Central): 9.9000

Casey Dobyns, Denver (North Central): 9.9000

Tasha Schwikert, UCLA (South Central): 9.9000

Floor

Leigha Hancock, North Carolina State (Southeast): 9.9000

In the 2005 championships, the Georgia Bulldogs had a near flawless performance to capture their sixth National Collegiate Women's Gymnastics title with a score of 197.825. The Bulldogs maintained a strong lead despite a late push by second place Alabama, who ended with a 197.400. Rounding out the scoring was Utah in third with a score of 197.275, two-time defending National Champion UCLA in fourth (197.150), Michigan in fifth (196.575) and Nebraska in sixth at 196.425.

Preliminary team and all-around competition will be conducted in two sessions Thursday, April 20 at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. The top three teams from each session will advance to the Super Six competition Friday, April 21 at 7 p.m. The top four individuals from each session in each event (plus ties) from the preliminary team and all-around competition will compete in the individual-event competition Saturday, April 22 at 7 p.m.

For more information about the women's gymnastics championships, log on to www.ncaasport.com.