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News > December 10, 2002
TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY
TO CO-HOST 2003 USA GYMNASTICS COLLEGIATE NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIPS
DENTON,
TX—For the third time since the Pioneer
gymnastics team began competing in the championships sponsored
by USA Gymnastics, formerly the United States Gymnastics Federation,
in 1987, Texas Woman's University will co-host the USA Gymnastics
Collegiate National Championships on April 17-19, 2003, with
the Greater Denton Sports Commission. TWU hosted the event
in 1994 and 1995 at the Super Pit on the University of North
Texas campus, walking away with the national team title in
both years.
For three days in April, Pioneer Hall on the TWU campus will
be the center of the gymnastics world as 16 men's and women's
varsity teams, individual qualifiers and men's club teams from
around the country will compete on 10 different events to see
who will be crowned national champions in 2003. In 1987, the
NCAA made the men's and women's gymnastics national championships
an open championship in which any school in Division I, II
and III could qualify. Consequently, the USAG created a men's
and women's collegiate and club national championship event
for Division I, II and III schools that award six scholarships
or less.
The USAG
has crowned six different men's champions and seven different
women's champions since 1987 with the College of
William & Mary men's teams holding the most titles with
five while Texas Woman's University has the most women's titles
with six. William & Mary took the men's title while the
Air Force Academy won the women's title in 2002 at Springfield
College in Massachusetts.
Ticket
information will be available for pre-sale starting in January
through the Greater Denton Sports Commission and
at all TWU Gymnastics regular season events. Event passes will
be $20 for adults and $15 for students (ages 7-17) while a
day pass will run $8 for adults and $6 for students. Children
six and under are admitted free. The women's semifinal team
competition will begin at 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 17 with
the finals starting at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, April 18. Men's
team finals will be at 1:00 p.m. on Friday while the individual
event finals for men and women will start at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday,
April 19.
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