No. 3 Seeded Alabama Gymnastics Set for SEC Championships Following Practice Day
With its final practice in the books following a 90-minute session on the podium Friday afternoon, the No. 3 seeded Alabama gymnastics team is set for Saturday's Southeastern Conference Championships in Veterans Memoria Arena in Jacksonville, Fla.
"We had a good practice day, making a lot of little adjustments," UA head coach Dana Duckworth said. "We weren't perfect, but that's not what we're looking for today. Our ladies were present, in the moment and ready for tomorrow."
This week's national rankings determine the seeding for Saturday's championships. No. 2 LSU (1), No. 4 Florida (2), No. 6 Alabama (3) and No. 8 Georgia (4) are the top four seeds and will compete in the second session that begins at 6 p.m. ET.
The SEC's first session is comprised of No. 12 Kentucky (5), No. 14 Missouri (6), No. 21 Auburn (7) and No. 26 Arkansas (8) and will start 2 p.m. ET.
Alabama will start the 2017 SEC Championships on the balance beam before advancing to the floor exercise and vault before finishing on the uneven bars.
"Keely McNeer will be back in the lineup for the first time since her car accident before the Georgia meet and that will be a boost to our lineup," Duckworth said.
Alabama has been seeded third at the SEC Championships the last three years and have come away with SEC titles in 2014 and 2015 and a runner-up finish in 2016.
With its final practice in the books following a 90-minute session on the podium Friday afternoon, the No. 3 seeded Alabama gymnastics team is set for Saturday's Southeastern Conference Championships in Veterans Memoria Arena in Jacksonville, Fla.
"We had a good practice day, making a lot of little adjustments," UA head coach Dana Duckworth said. "We weren't perfect, but that's not what we're looking for today. Our ladies were present, in the moment and ready for tomorrow."
This week's national rankings determine the seeding for Saturday's championships. No. 2 LSU (1), No. 4 Florida (2), No. 6 Alabama (3) and No. 8 Georgia (4) are the top four seeds and will compete in the second session that begins at 6 p.m. ET.
The SEC's first session is comprised of No. 12 Kentucky (5), No. 14 Missouri (6), No. 21 Auburn (7) and No. 26 Arkansas (8) and will start 2 p.m. ET.
Alabama will start the 2017 SEC Championships on the balance beam before advancing to the floor exercise and vault before finishing on the uneven bars.
"Keely McNeer will be back in the lineup for the first time since her car accident before the Georgia meet and that will be a boost to our lineup," Duckworth said.
Alabama has been seeded third at the SEC Championships the last three years and have come away with SEC titles in 2014 and 2015 and a runner-up finish in 2016.