Big Ten announces women's gymnastics teams

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 seeds are determined by the teams? regional qualifying average and will dictate which session each team competes in at this weekend?s conference championships meet. The Championships are set for Saturday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

BIG TEN WOMEN?S GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS SEEDS

Afternoon Session - 1:05 p.m. CT
5. Michigan
6. Illinois
7. Iowa
8. Michigan State

Evening Session - 6:05 p.m. CT
1. Nebraska
2. Penn State
3. Ohio State
4. Minnesota