PROVO, Utah – BYU gymnastics will compete in the second round of the NCAA Tempe Regional on Thursday at 2 p.m. MT at Desert Financial Arena in Tempe, Arizona.
Meet Information
- When: Thursday, April 2
- Time: 2 p.m. MT
- Location: Desert Financial Arena
- Live Stats: Virtius
- Live Stream: ESPN+
Team Highlights
- BYU gymnastics ended the regular season ranked No. 24 on RTN
- The Cougars are also ranked on vault (25), bars (23), beam (23) and floor (22)
- Head Coach Guard Young was named the 2026 Big 12 Coach of the Year
- Ava Jorgensen was named to the All-Big 12 Bars team, Brynlee Andersen-Broekman earned a spot on the beam team and Scarlett Sonnenberg received All-Freshman team honors
- The Cougars have toppled four top-25 teams this season, including a road victory against No. 14 Clemson
- With a career-high 9.950 on floor, freshman Scarlett Sonnenberg tied for second amongst all four teams on floor at the Big 12 Championship
- Deb Silva tied for third on vault at the championship with a 9.875 and Brynlee Andersen-Broekman tied for fourth on beam with a 9.9
- BYU has earned seven scores above a 196 this season, two more than last season
- Brynlee Andersen-Broekman and Kylie Eaquinto accounted for all five of BYU’s Big 12 weekly awards this season
THE COUGARS. BYU last competed in the evening session of the Big 12 Gymnastics Championship presented by Allstate. With a score of 196.175, the Cougars earned a third-place finish behind No. 12 Utah and No. 23 Denver. BYU finished its regular season with a winning record (10-7) for the first time since 2022, and notched its best Big 12 record (4-2) since joining the conference.
THE BULLDOGS. No. 6 Georgia ended its season off with a fifth-place finish at the SEC Championships with a score of 197.450. This score was the best team score posted by the Bulldogs at an SEC Championships since 2004, and is also the highest first session score in SEC Championships history. The GymDogs’ 49.375 on both bars and beam were the highest team event scores of the first session.
THE SPARTANS. No. 11 Michigan State scored a 197.475 to finish second at the Big Ten Championships on Saturday, Mar. 21 inside Illinois’ State Farm Center. With its second-place finish, MSU moved to 20-6 overall on the season. Four Spartans earned podium finishes in the competition, including senior Sage Kellerman’s conference title on bars with a 9.950 in the anchor spot.
THE THUNDERBIRDS. SUU secured its fourth consecutive conference championship, scoring a 194.850 to take the trophy at the MPSF Championship. Junior Niya Randolph led out for the T-Birds, earning a first-place finish on both vault and bars with scores of 9.875 and 9.900, respectively.