KALAMAZOO, Mich. – The duo of junior Rachael Underwood and freshman Morgan Spence are headed to Columbus, Ohio on April 7 to compete in the 2018 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Central Regional. The meet is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. inside St. John Arena and hosted by Ohio State with six teams and other qualified individuals participating.

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Underwood appears in her third postseason as the junior will participate as an individual specialist on the vault and floor for the Broncos. Her regional qualifying score on vault (9.830) and floor (9.885) pushed her to an at-large spot in the events as she finished tied for fourth and fifth in the Mid-American Conference. She also will serve as an all-around alternate on Saturday. 

In her first season, Spence will compete as an all-around during Saturday's event after she became the first gymnast in program history to be crowned MAC Freshman of the Year since Kelsey Hood back in 2015. Spence was the only freshman to compete all-around in every meet this season, averaging a 38.658 score with a RQS of 38.950 good for eighth in the conference.

The top two teams and the top two all-around competitors (who are not on an advancing team) from each regional will receive an automatic berth to the national championships in St. Louis, Mo., April 20-21 which will be hosted by the University of Missouri, Columbia and the St. Louis Commission.

In addition, the event winners at each regional site will advance (in that event only) if they are not part of a qualifying team or an all-around qualifier.

The central regional will be streamed on BTN Plus/BTN2Go for free.
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UNEVEN BARS
FLOOR EXERCISE
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COMPETING TEAMS AND INDIVIDUALS
Teams

• 3. UCLA
• 10. Arkansas
• 15. Boise State
• 25. Ohio State
• 33. Pittsburgh
• 34. Kent State

 
Individuals

• All-Around #1: Jovannah East (BGSU)
• All-Around #2: Lea Mitchell (Michigan State)
• All-Around #3: Emili Dobronics (Eastern Michigan)
• All-Around #4: Morgan Spence (Western Michigan)
• All-Around (Alt.): Rachael Underwood (Western Michigan)
• Vault #1: Rachael Underwood (Western Michigan)
• Vault #2: Lauren DeMeno (BGSU)
• Vault (Alt.): Bri Slonim (Ball State)
• Bars #1: Hailee Westney (Michigan State)
• Bars #2: Kendall Valentin (Eastern Michigan)
• Bars (Alt.): Lacey Rubin (Eastern Michigan)
• Beam #1: Laurea Mitchell (BGSU)
• Beam #2: India McPeak (BGSU)
• Beam (Alt.): Kendall Valentin (Eastern Michigan)
• Floor #1: Rachael Underwood (Western Michigan)
• Floor #2: Tia Kiaku (Ball State)
• Floor (Alt.): Kayla Rose (BGSU)

ROTATION ORDER
 

Rotation	Vault	Bye I	Bars	Beam	Bye II	Floor
I	KSU	OSU	PITT	ARK.	BSU	UCLA
II	UCLA	KSU	OSU	PITT	ARK.	BSU
III	BSU	UCLA	KSU	OSU	PITT	ARK.
IV	ARK.	BSU	UCLA	KSU	OSU	PITT
V	PITT	ARK.	BSU	UCLA	KSU	OSU
VI	OSU	PITT	ARK.	BSU	UCLA	KSU

Individual competitors are assigned to rotate with teams as follows:
UCLA – Jovannah East (BGSU)
Arkansas -- Lea Mitchell (Michigan State)
Boise State -- Emili Dobronics (Eastern Michigan)
Ohio State -- Morgan Spence (Western Michigan)
Pittsburgh -- R. Underwood (WMU), Hailee Westney (MSU), L. Mitchell (BGSU)
Kent State -- L. DeMeno (BGSU), K. Valentin (EMU), I. McPeak (BGSU), T. Kiaku (Ball St.)