All eight Big Ten women’s gymnastics teams have been chosen among the 36-team field to compete at NCAA Regionals on April 7, the selection committee announced on Monday. The Big Ten will be represented at five of the six regional sites. Nebraska received the top seed in the Salt Lake City Regional after earning its first Big Ten Championship. The Huskers are joined in Salt Lake City by No. 3 seed Minnesota, along with host and  No. 2 seed Utah, No. 4 Iowa State, No. 5 Arizona State and No. 6 San Jose State. The regional is set to begin

In its first attempt, Nebraska won the Big Ten Women’s Gymnastics Championships title on Saturday night. The Huskers tallied a team score of 197.100, while Ohio State followed in second place (196.225) and Minnesota finished third (195.950). Michigan took fourth place (195.875), followed by Illinois in fifth (195.850), Penn State in sixth (195.700), Iowa in seventh (195.425) and Michigan State in eighth (194.675). The Huskers’ Emily Wong won the all-around competition, finishing with a combined score of 39.600. Wong also tied for the balance beam and floor exercise titles to help Nebraska to the championship. Wong tied with Illinois’ Kelsey

The Big Ten Conference announced its women’s gymnastics All-Big Ten teams and Big Ten Championships seeds on Monday. The All-Conference teams feature top-six performers in the all-around and the top six in each of the four events, based on the student-athletes’ regional qualifying average. FIRST-TEAM ALL-BIG TEN Kelsey Joannides, ILL Jessie DeZiel, NEB Lora Evenstad, NEB Janelle Giblin, NEB Emily Wong, NEB Sarah Miller, OSU Sharaya Musser, PSU SECOND-TEAM ALL-BIG TEN Amber See, ILL Alina Weinstein, ILL Tesla Cox, IOWA Katie Zurales, MICH Taira Neal, MSU Jamie Schleppenbach, NEB Whitney Bencsko, PSU Madison Merriam, PSU The 2012 Big Ten Championships