SEC Gymnastics Championship Field Set
By: Jason Carroll
Updated: March 18, 2013
SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE MEDIA RELATIONS
BIRMINGHAM,
Ala. - The seedings for the 2013
SEC Gymnastics Championship were announced today. The event will be held
Saturday, March 23 at the Verizon Arena in North Little Rock, Ark.
The
eight SEC schools that sponsor gymnastics (Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida,
Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Missouri) will participate in the championship meet. The
meet's format will consist of two sessions of four schools each (Seeds 5-8 and
Seeds 1-4) with seeding based on regional qualifying score. Session I (Seeds
5-8) will kick off action at 2 p.m. CT on Saturday while Session II (Seeds 1-4)
will begin competition at 6 p.m. CT.
Tickets
for the championship are available at www.SECDigitalNetwork.com or by calling Ticketmaster at (800)
745-3000.
Fans
and media can attend an open practice session on Friday, March 22. Auburn,
Arkansas, Kentucky, and Missouri will practice from 1:00 until 2:48 p.m. CT.
Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and LSU will practice from 3:22 until 5:10 p.m. CT.
Additionally, the SEC will announce its regular season awards including gymnast
of the year, freshman of the year, coach of the year, and scholar athlete of the
year in between the two practice sessions at 2:55 p.m. CT. The practice
sessions and regular season award ceremony are both open free to all fans.
The
SEC has won 17 national championships since 1987, including two consecutive
championships by the University of Alabama in 2011 and 2012.
The
SEC Gymnastics Championship was held at on-campus sites from 1981-2000. It was
then moved to neutral sites and held in Birmingham, Ala. (2001-2003, '06, '11),
Duluth, Ga. (2004-05, '08, '12), Jacksonville, Fla. (2010), North Little Rock,
Ark. (2007) and Nashville, Tenn. (2009).
Saturday,
March 23
Session
I (2 p.m. CT) Session II (6 p.m. CT)
Seed
5: Auburn Seed 1: Florida
Seed
6:Arkansas
Seed 2: Alabama
Seed
7: Kentucky Seed 3: Georgia
Seed
8: Missouri Seed 4: LSU
