Gazette-Times

The eighth-ranked Oregon State gymnastics team will be part of the afternoon session on the first day of the NCAA championships April 24-26 in Athens, Ga., in Stegeman Coliseum.

The Beavers will compete with Florida, Alabama, Louisiana State, Oklahoma and Arkansas. The six teams in the night session are Georgia, Stanford, Utah, Michigan, UCLA and Denver.

The event consists of 12 teams, 12 all-around competitors who are not on a qualifying team and individual event specialists.

The top two teams and the top two all-around competitors from each regional last weekend received automatic berths.

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.

Preliminary team and all-around competition will be in two sessions on April 24 at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. The top three teams from each session will advance to the Super Six competition April 25 at 3 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 April 26 at 3 p.m.