1988 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship

The 1988 NCAA Women's Gymnastics championship involved 12 schools competing for the national championship of women's NCAA Division I gymnastics. It was the seventh NCAA gymnastics national championship and the defending NCAA Team Champion for 1986 was Georgia. The competition took place in Salt Lake City, Utah hosted by the University of Utah in the Jon M. Huntsman Center. The 1988 Championship was won by Alabama, the third first time champion since Utah in 1982 and Georgia in 1987.

Georgia entered the competition as the defending champions while six time champion Utah played host. UCLA finished the regular season unbeaten and Pac-10 Champions, while SEC Champions Alabama garnered the top overall seed. UCLA was ranked #1 throughout most of the regular season but suffered a poor showing a regionals which resulted in them receiving a low seventh seed at the championship. The Bruin's regional also saw star gymnast Tanya Service suffer a dislocated elbow. Alabama won the title with a record score of 190.050, giving coach Sarah Patterson her first of six titles.

Team Results

Position Team Total
1 Alabama Crimson Tide 47.200 47.750 47.650 47.450 190.050
2 Utah Red Rocks 47.750 47.350 47.350 47.050 189.500
3 UCLA Bruins 47.750 47.050 46.850 47.150 188.800
4 LSU Tigers 47.600 46.150 47.100 47.050 187.900
5 Georgia Gym Dogs 47.900 46.800 45.900 46.200 186.800
6 Florida Gators 46.700 46.950 45.850 47.150 186.650
7 Oregon State 47.050 46.200 46.750 46.500 186.500
8 Arizona State 46.600 46.500 45.400 46.600 185.100
9 Arizona Wildcats 47.000 46.200 45.850 44.950 184.000
10 Nebraska Cornhuskers 46.900 45.650 44.850 46.150 183.550
11 Penn State Nittany Lions 46.250 45.300 43.250 44.900 179.700
12 Michigan State Spartans 44.850 44.650 44.450 44.850 178.800

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