Gymnastics to compete in NCAA Regionals

After winning their first-ever Mountain West Championship, Utah State University’s gymnastics was selected to compete in the NCAA Utah regionals on March 24. Regionals will be hosted by the University of Utah on April 2–5 at the Jon M. Huntsman Center and streamed live on ESPN+. This was the team’s first selection to compete in regionals since 2022. 

“Incredibly proud of our athletes,” said Kristin White, gymnastics head coach. “This was our goal since last March: to get the whole team to regionals. Really excited to go compete against BYU. Our gymnasts want to get past the first round. They want to go to round two, and I truly believe that this team believes in their potential, and they are going to maximize every opportunity they are given.”

The press release states, “Utah State will face BYU in the first round on Wednesday, April 2, at 2 p.m. The winner will advance to the second session of the second round on Thursday, April 3, at 7 p.m., and compete against No. 4 Utah, No. 14 Stanford and No. 18 Denver. The first session of the second round on Wednesday will feature No. 5 UCLA, No. 12 Minnesota, No. 23 Southern Utah and No. 30 Boise State. The top two teams from each session will advance to the third round, which will be held on Saturday, April 5, at 5 p.m.”

Prior to the selection, on March 22, the team received a 196.100 at Provident Credit Union Event Center in San Jose, California, securing the win in the Mountain West. It is USU’s seventh conference title and first since the 2022 Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference Championship.

Graduate student Brianna Brooks was named Championship MVP, tying for first on bars and third on beam.

Brooks qualified for the NCAA regionals on bars and beam, along with junior Avery Bibbey on bars, sophomore Sydney Jelen on beam and sophomore Nyla Morabito on vault and floor. The press release said Brooks, Bibbey and Jelen will compete in the second session no matter the team’s outcome versus BYU. Morabito will not compete due to a season-ending injury. 

“Usually, when you see a whole team qualifying and are in that first round, you are typically going to have quite a few individuals that are going to make it to the second round,” White said. “So, incredibly proud of all the efforts of our student-athletes. Without their dedication, we wouldn’t be able to get there this year, so really excited to compete.”

The Aggies are competing in their 28th regional. USU’s best finish at regionals was third in 1999 when it hosted Georgia, Florida, Denver, Minnesota and Iowa State.

  Utah State and BYU are tied, each ranked No. 32 in the nation with a National Qualifying Score of 196.025. In their last matchup, USU won with a 196.000 score over BYU’s 195.750 at the 2025 Les Olson IT Best of Utah NCAA Gymnastics Meet.

Brooks said the Aggies are ready to take on the Cougars again.

“It has been a long time coming,” Brooks said. “It is much more fun when you can have your team support there, and I am really proud of this team, so I can’t wait to compete with them. We are excited to go back down to Salt Lake City. It is close to home for us, and our fans can come with us. We are excited about that and ready to compete against the Cougars.”