N C G A

The National Collegiate Gymnastics Association is the entity that governs and sponsors the National Championships for Division III (non-scholarship) colleges and universities. To learn more about the NCGA, please visit the Official NCGA Web Page

On this page we would like to make an effort at explaining the qualification process for a team to compete at the NCGA Championships at the end of the year. Basically, the top four teams from each region as outlined below will qualify for the champioships.

A major decision was voted on at the 2000 National meeting to move from a four score per event team total (which one of the trademarks of the NCGA) to a top five score per event team total (as the NCAA competes). This will be the first year in which the NCGA counts top five scores and competes in an even keel with the NCAA Division I and II teams. The general feeling is that Division III gymnastics has grown strong enough and deep enough to warrant the change.

This year's Nationals will be hosted by University of Wisconsin-Stout, and by virtue of being the host, they will automatically qualify for the event. So for the WEST region it will be Stout plus the top three teams, and then the top four teams from the EAST. Hosting the Championships rotates between an EAST school and a MIDWEST school from year to year, so next year's Nationals will be hosted by a school in the EAST.

And now for the good part: how the teams are ranked. The final placement of the teams will be determined by the following formula: National Qualifying Score (NQS) equals Seasonal Average Score (SAS) counting 40% and the result from the regional/conference championship accounting for the other 60% of the final average.

Seasonal Average Score is determined by averaging the following team scores: ONE HOME + 2 AWAY + ONE OPTIONAL (home or away) divided by 4 = SAS. This, in most cases, turns out to be the average of the team's top four scores during the year.

For example, let's say your SAS=170.00 and at the Regional/Conference championships the team scores a 172.00. The final average would be 40% of 170 (170.00*.40=68.0) plus 60% of 172.00 (172.00*.60=103.20). 68.0+103.2 = 171.20 and that would be the score used to determine the team's final ranking.

1999-00 Final Rankings 1999-2000 NCGA Final Results

1998-99 Final Rankings 1998-99 NCGA National Final Results

1997-98 Final Rankings 1997-98 NCGA National Final Results (MIT story)