Gymnastics’ Costa Earns Selection to NCAA Regionals on Bars
3/25/2019 6:30:00 PM | Women's Gymnastics
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Brown University gymnastics freshman Mei Li Costa has earned selection into the 2019 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Athens Regional as an individual event specialist on bars, the NCAA announced on Monday night.
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A native of Lawrenceville, N.J., Costa will compete in the regional's Second Round on Friday, April 5 in Session II at 7:00 p.m. at the University of Georgia's Stegeman Coliseum. She will rotate with No. 16 California and perform on bars in rotation four.
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Making her debut at the NCAA Regional Championships, Costa ranked as the No. 11 gymnast in the Northeast and No. 2 gymnast in the ECAC on bars with a 9.840 national qualifying score (NQS).
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This season, she tied the program record on bars with a 9.900. Costa won four bars titles on the year, collected three ECAC Rookie of the Week awards, garnered First Team All-ECAC on bars, and gained Second Team All-Ivy Classic on bars.
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Costa is the first Bear to earn a spot at regionals since Caroline Morant '17 qualified as an individual all-around performer in 2017.
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A native of Lawrenceville, N.J., Costa will compete in the regional's Second Round on Friday, April 5 in Session II at 7:00 p.m. at the University of Georgia's Stegeman Coliseum. She will rotate with No. 16 California and perform on bars in rotation four.
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Making her debut at the NCAA Regional Championships, Costa ranked as the No. 11 gymnast in the Northeast and No. 2 gymnast in the ECAC on bars with a 9.840 national qualifying score (NQS).
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This season, she tied the program record on bars with a 9.900. Costa won four bars titles on the year, collected three ECAC Rookie of the Week awards, garnered First Team All-ECAC on bars, and gained Second Team All-Ivy Classic on bars.
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Costa is the first Bear to earn a spot at regionals since Caroline Morant '17 qualified as an individual all-around performer in 2017.
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