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BYU and SUU don't advance to Nationals as teams, but Cougars send a specialist for the first time in 14 years

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SALT LAKE CITY — For the first time in 14 years, the BYU Cougars will be represented at the NCAA National Gymnastics Championship.

It will not be as a team, which the BYU gymnasts had hoped they could accomplish Saturday at the Huntsman Center. But sophomore Shannon Hortman-Evans tied for first on the bars and will travel to St. Louis for the April 20 meet to compete as a specialist.

“I actually wanted to make it to Nationals as an all-arounder, but I ended up making it as a specialist, which is harder,” she said.