2026 NCAA Gymnastics Lexington Regional

2026 NCAA NC Women’s Gymnastics Championships – Lexington Regional

Historic Memorial Coliseum – Lexington, Ky. – University of Kentucky, host

April 2-5, 2026 

 

Format:

The championship provides for a field of 36 teams determined based on their national qualifying score. Teams 1-16 are seeded by the NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Committee and the remaining teams are placed geographically at one of the four regional sites.  Included in the championship field are also 12 all-around competitors and 64 individual event specialists (all of whom are not on a qualifying team).

Four regionals consisting of 9 teams and approximately three all-around competitors (not on a qualifying team), and four individual specialists per event (not on a qualifying team) will be conducted at predetermined campus sites. The first round will consist of two teams, second round will consist of eight teams and the regional final will consist of four teams.

The 2025 NC Women’s Gymnastics Championships will be held at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas on April 16 and 18. Advancing from regional competition to the national championships will be a total of eight teams and four all-around competitors and 16 event specialists. The top two teams, the top all-around competitors, and the top event specialist on each event (who are not on an advancing team) from each regional will receive an automatic berth to the national championships.

Schedule:

Round	Date	Time	TV
First Round	Thursday, April 2	2 p.m. ET	ESPN+
Regional Semifinal – Session I	Friday, April 3	1 p.m. ET	ESPN+
Regional Semifinal – Session II	Friday, April 3	7 p.m. ET	ESPN+
Regional Final	Sunday, April 5	5 p.m. ET	ESPN+

Tickets:

Tickets for the 2026 NCAA Gymnastics Lexington Regional will be on sale later this spring. The event will be ticketed separately from regular season meets and is not included in season ticket packages.