DENVER – The University of Denver gymnastics team is ranked No. 10 in the Week 7 Road to Nationals rankings, which were released on Monday.
 
This is the first week that rankings are determined by National Qualifying Score (NQS). NQS is calculated with the six highest scores of the season, at least three of which must be from away meets. The highest of the six scores is dropped, and the remaining five are averaged.
 
DENVER'S NQS
197.650 – Away
197.500 – Home
197.425 – Home
197.200 – Away
197.125 – Home
196.725 – Away
NQS: 197.195
 
Denver's 197.195 set a new program record for initial NQS by more than a tenth (197.075 in 2020). It also already ranks as the third-highest NQS in DU history, behind only 2019's final NQS of 197.545 and 2021's 197.344.
 
This is only the third time in DU history that the team's initial NQS is above the 197.000 mark (2019, 2020).
 
TEAM NATIONAL RANKINGS
Overall: No. 10 (197.195 NQS)
Vault: tie-No. 7 (49.270)
Bars: No. 7 (49.355)
Beam: tie-No. 6 (49.300)
Floor: No. 20 (49.260)
 
All four of DU's initial event NQSs rank among the top 10 in program history – including in the top five on vault and beam.
 
Denver scored a season-high 197.650 at Air Force on February 17, which became the second-highest road score in school history and tied the program's fifth-highest overall score. The team added season-best marks on three events as well (bars, beam, floor).
 
INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL RANKINGS
Junior Jessica Hutchinson
All-Around: tie-No. 17 (39.340)
Beam: tie-No. 23 (9.885)
Floor: tie-No. 24 (9.900)
 
Junior Rylie Mundell
Vault: tie-No. 24 (9.875)
Bars: tie-No. 25 (9.890)
 
Graduate Student Lynnzee Brown
Bars: tie-No. 25 (9.890)
 
Hutchinson is ranked in the NQS rankings for the first time in her career, starting with her return to the all-around rankings in a tie for No. 17. She extended her streak of holding national rankings on beam and floor for the entire 2023 season so far as well.
 
Mundell is ranked on vault for just the second time in her career – and her first since Week 1 of the 2022 season – while rejoining the bars rankings after sliding just outside the top 25 last week.
 
Brown makes her first appearance in NQS rankings on any event since the 2021 season when she finished ranked No. 2 on bars, tied for No. 2 in the all-around, No. 3 on floor, tied for No. 12 on vault and tied for No. 21 on beam.
 
No. 10 Denver finishes February with its third Big 12 Conference meet of the season, visiting Iowa State on Friday, February 24, at 6:30 p.m. CT/5:30 p.m. MT.
 
NCAA REGIONALS ARE COMING TO DENVER:
The University of Denver will host the 2023 NCAA Regional Gymnastics Championships on March 30 – April 2, 2023, in Magness Arena. All-session tickets are now on sale and can be purchased online or by calling 303-871-4625.
 
TICKETS:
Tickets for the 2023 University of Denver gymnastics season are now on sale and can be purchased online, by calling 303-871-4625 or by visiting the Ritchie Center Box Office.

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