Gymnastics Primed For ACC Championships In Greensboro

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Postseason is officially here for the University of North Carolina gymnastics team, which heads to nearby Greensboro for the 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference Championships on Saturday, March 23. Competition is set to begin at 7 p.m. ET inside Greensboro Coliseum.

The championship meet will broadcast nationally on ACC Network with Bart Conner and Kathy Johnson Clarke on call. Taylor Tannenbaum will serve as the in-meet reporter.

"This is the first ACC Gymnastics Championship since 1984, which is something we're honored to be part of," said head coach Danna Durante. "We're a different team now than who we were in January. This team has worked incredibly hard, and we're going to leave it all out on the floor with no regrets. We can't wait to see – and hear – so many Tar Heel fans in Greensboro on Saturday."

The meet will follow a double-dual format. The Tar Heels will begin on floor before rotating to vault, bars and ending on beam.

Tickets are available for purchase here and UNC fan sections are 109, 110 and 111. Championship central page can be found here.

Meet Info
Who: Carolina vs. Clemson, Pitt, NC State
What: 2024 ACC Gymnastics Championships
Where: Greensboro, N.C. – Greensboro Coliseum
When: Saturday, March 23 – 7 p.m. ET
Links: Live Stream | Live Scores | Award Ceremony

Ten Things to Know

This will be the first ACC Gymnastics Championships since 1984. UNC hosted the first championship meet 40 years ago and placed second.
The Tar Heels have 16 rotations of 49.0+ so far this season. Their last two meets saw three-of-four rotations be 49.0+.
Heading into Greensboro, Carolina's NQS ranks third on vault (49.055), third on bars (49.045), third on beam (48.89), fourth on floor (49.115) and fourth in all-around (195.725).
Lali Dekanoidze currently ranks first in the ACC with her average vault score of 9.848, and her vault NQS of 9.87 ranks second and eighth in the Southeast Region. Her NQS on bars (9.885) ranks third.
Isabelle Schaefer's NQS of 9.89 ranks second among all ACC competitors and sixth in the Southeast Region.
Julia Knower ranks third in the ACC with her all-around NQS of 39.265. Her NQS on beam (9.85) and floor (9.88) both rank seventh.
Other ACC rankings include Gwen Fink, whose 39.007 all-around NQS sits in fourth, and Kaya Forbes, who owns a vault NQS of 9.845 which ranks seventh.
Dekanoidze earned the ACC's first-ever ACC Gymnast of the Week honor on Jan. 9 after a career-high 9.925 on vault in the season opener.
Schaefer became UNC's first-ever ACC Specialist of the Week on Jan. 15 after matching her career-high 9.925 on bars at the ESPN Collegiate Quad.
Camryn Rueda was named UNC's first-ever ACC Newcomer of the Week on Feb. 12 after setting a new career-high 9.875 on floor at NC State.

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Lali Dekanoidze

Gwen Fink

Kaya Forbes

Julia Knower

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Isabelle Schaefer

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