Oestreng To Compete at NCAA Regionals

March 31, 2001 | Gymnastics

March 31, 2001

Indianapolis, Indiana - Junior Marny Oestreng (Trogstad, Norway), the 1999 NCAA Champion in the floor exercise, has qualified for the NCAA Central Regional Gymnastics Championships, April 7 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Six teams, five all-around competitors (who are not on a qualifying team) and one individual event specialist were invited to compete in each of the six regional championships. BGSU did not earn a team invitation. The top two all-around competitors who are not on an advancing team from each region and event winners who score at least a 9.8 may advance to the NCAA Championships April 19-21 in Athens, Georgia.

Oestreng was won the MAC all-around title in each of the last three years and is ranked sixth in the region in the all-around (39.185), third in the floor exercise (9.915), fifth in the uneven bars (9.885, and fifth in the vault (9.850).