DENVER – The University of Denver gymnastics team is ranked No. 11 in the Week 9 Road to Nationals rankings, which were released on Monday.
 
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
198.150 – Home
197.650 – Away
197.500 – Home
197.425 – Home
197.275 – Away
197.200 – Away
NQS: 197.410
 
For the second week in a row, Denver increased its NQS by more than a tenth after breaking the school record for overall team score with its first-ever 198+ tally (198.150) on March 5. DU's current NQS of 197.410 takes over the No. 2 spot in the program record books and is behind only 2019's 197.545.
 
TEAM NATIONAL RANKINGS
Overall: No. 11 (197.410 NQS)
Vault: tie-No. 6 (49.350)
Bars: No. 7 (49.405)
Beam: No. 9 (49.375)
Floor: No. 22 (49.335)
 
DU increased its NQSs on bars, beam and floor while moving up in the bars rankings and holding steady on beam. The team's bars NQS now ranks in the top 5 in program history.
 
INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL RANKINGS
Junior Jessica Hutchinson
All-Around: No. 17 (39.505)
Beam: tie-No. 19 (9.915)
Floor: tie-No. 25 (9.920)
 
Junior Rylie Mundell
All-Around: No. 21 (39.455)
Vault: tie-No. 25 (9.895)
Bars: tie-No. 18 (9.915)
 
Hutchinson moved up five spots in the all-around after tying her career high of 39.625 on Sunday and is now in the top-10 all-time in DU history with a 39.505 NQS. She also returned to the floor rankings after briefly dropping outside the top 25 following Week 8 and improved her beam ranking by six spots after scoring her first perfect 10.0 on the event.
 
Mundell remains ranked in the all-around after only competing on three events against Towson. Her season-high 9.950 on bars moved her up three spots in the rankings and has her tied for the sixth-highest NQS on the event in Denver history.
 
No. 11 Denver concludes its regular season with a trip to Nebraska on Saturday, March 11, at 6 p.m. CT/5 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.

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