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The Minnesota Gophers gymnastics team, seeded #13, faces tough competition in the NCAA National Semifinals in Fort Worth, Texas. They aim to continue their underdog success after upsetting higher-seeded teams to reach this stage.
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The Minnesota Golden Gophers gymnastics team will be the large underdog once again as they compete in the NCAA National Gymnastics Semifinals Thursday night in Fort Worth, Texas. Minnesota enters the semifinals as the lowest seeded team of the eight teams in the competition. But the Gophers were the lowest seeded team left in the Corvallis Regional Final as well. The #13 seeded Gophers upset #5 Alabama and #12 Utah to advance to the final eight along with #4 UCLA in a show of Big Ten power. So the Gophers know they are the underdog, and they relish that chance to try and shock the gymnastics world once again.
Minnesota is looking to cap an impressive 2026 season. The Gophers (25-8, 7-2 B1G) finished second in the Big Ten regular season standings and took third at the 12-team Big Ten Championships before placing second (197.625) behind UCLA (197.750) at the Regional Finals to punch their ticket to nationals. The Gophers have a 13-6 record against top-25 ranked teams.
Minnesota will have a tough task ahead of them on Thursday night. The #13 seeded Gophers will face off against #1 Oklahoma, #4 UCLA and #9 Arkansas with only the top two teams advancing to Saturday’s Final Four on the Floor. They will be joined by the top two teams from the afternoon semifinal that features #2 LSU, #3 Florida, #6 Georgia and #7 Stanford. Individual Event NCAA Championships will be awarded on Thursday night as well at the completion of both semifinals. All of the Gophers competing on their various events Thursday night are eligible to win an individual NCAA Championship. Brooklyn Rowray’s 9.925 beam score helped her win the regional title on the beam in the regional semis on April 3.
The Gophers will look on a mixed group of veterans and freshmen to lead them. Rowray is a senior who has anchored the Gophers on beam. In her last seven beam routines, she’s earned 9.925 scores six times, including both nights at regionals. She’s hit 9.900-or-better eight times in 2026. Emma Slevin is a junior in eligilbity but in her first year in the Gopher gymnastics program. The Ireland native has been great on the bars for the Gophers this season hitting 9.900 six times. Junior Jordyn Lyden has been huge for the Gophers down the stretch. She appears to be peaking at the right time as she tied a season-best with a 9.950 bars score to earn a share of the Big Ten Uneven Bars title while also earning a 9.950 on the floor to make the Big Ten All-Championships Team. At regionals she earned a 9.950 on bars, 9.875 on beam and 9.900 on the floor at the NCAA Regional Semis to help send the Gophers to Fort Worth.
The Minnesota Gophers gymnastics team is seeded #13 in the NCAA National Semifinals.
The Gophers will compete against #1 Oklahoma, #4 UCLA, and #9 Arkansas in the NCAA Semifinals.
The Gophers have a 13-6 record against top-25 ranked teams this season.
Brooklyn Rowray won the regional title on the beam with a score of 9.925, making her eligible for an individual NCAA Championship.

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Minnesota’s most important gymnast might be freshman Ariana Ostrom. She had had an incredble first year in Dinkytown earning All-Big Ten First Team, Big Ten All-Freshman Team and Freshman of the Year accolades. She was also named WCGA Second Team All-America on vault and all-around, just the third Gopher freshman in history to earn All-America nods. Ostrum leads Minnesota with 14 event titles in 2026, including six on vault, four on floor, three all-around and one bars. She ranked 15th nationally (39.275 avg.) all-around, 3rd on vault (9.850 avg.) and 30th on floor (9.846 avg.)
Minnesota will be making their seventh NCAA Nationals appearance in program history and the fourth under Gopher head coach Jenny Hansen. Minnesota’s best ever NCAA finish was sixth place in their last trip to nationals in 2022. Other nationals finishes include 10th in 1997, 9th in 2002, 8th in 2013, 12th in 2016, and 8th in 2021.
On Thursday night the Gophers will rotate Beam-Floor-Vault-Bars. The Gophers will start with their best events ranked 12th nationally on beam, #14 on floor, #15 on vault and #17 on bars. Thursday’s semifinal will begin at 8 PM and will air on ESPN2 with Gopher legend John Roethlisberger on play-by-play.