It’s always exciting to see Division III gymnasts fight to the top of their conferences and earn the chance to compete on the big stage.

This year, four NCGA gymnasts and one alternate have qualified to compete in the all-around at the 2018 Minneapolis Regional on April 7 at the University of Minnesota’s Maturi Pavillion.

Individuals who aren’t part of a qualifying team can be selected to compete in specific events or all-around based on their performances throughout the season. According to NCAA, four all-around competitors (who are not on a qualifying team) and two individual event specialists per event (who have a minimum RQS of 9.4) will compete at each of the six predetermined host sites.

Listed in qualifying order, the athletes representing the NCGA at this year's NCAA regionals are Lisa O’Donnell of UW-Whitewater, Tori Erickson from UW-Eau Claire, Brooke Terry of UW-Stout, Samantha Wiekamp from UW-La Crosse, and Sierra Beaver of UW-Stout as the alternate.

O’Donnell, the Whitewater junior, won back-to-back NCGA all-around titles: 2017 and last weekend’s championship in Springfield, Massachusetts. She is a nine-time recipient of NCGA All-American honors. O’Donnell holds school records on bars (9.825), floor (9.875), and all-around for her 2017 score of 38.875.

Erickson earned All-American status after placing third in the 2018 NCGA individual all-around championship. The senior Blugold also took seventh on vault, tying the program record with a score of 9.675 which crowned Erickson with her second set of All-American honors for the weekend.

In her first season competing in the all-around, Brooke Terry set her career-high score of 38.275 to place fourth in last weekend’s NCGA Championships. The UW-Stout sophomore earned All-American honors for her performance

Terry’s teammate, Sierra Beaver, earned All-American status for her bar routine that placed fifth at NCGA’s last weekend. Beaver has been named the all-around alternate for the NCAA regional meet.

Samantha Wiekamp is the fourth qualifier to the all-around NCAA regional competition. The UW-La Crosse senior was the fifth-place all-around winner at the NCGA Championships, earning her seventh career All-American honor. Wiekamp also tied for third on vault and won the all-around at the WIAC Division III regionals.

You can check out full event coverage of the 2018 NCGA Championships here on FloGymnastics.