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Luciana Alvarado-Reid Qualifies for NCAA Gymnastics Regionals as All-Arounder
3/24/2025 11:56:00 AM | Gymnastics
Cartago, Costa Rica junior earns second consecutive NCAA Regionals bid; first as all-arounder
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.— Luciana Alvarado-Reid of Central Michigan Gymnastics has earned an individual bid for the NCAA Gymnastics Regionals for the second time in her career, the first as an all-arounder, as announced during the NCAA Selection Show on Monday afternoon.
Alvarado-Reid, a junior from Cartago, Costa Rica, qualified in 2024 for the uneven bars and competed in the Fayetteville Regional in Arkansas. In 2025, she will compete at the Tuscaloosa Regional in Tuscaloosa, Alabama from April 2-6 at Coleman Coliseum.
Alvarado-Reid was named 2025 MAC Gymnast of the Year at the 2025 Mid-American Conference Championships in Mount Pleasant, where the Chippewas claimed their third team title in four years. She won the floor title by tying her career-best score of 9.925. She leads the league in the all-around with a National Qualifying Score (NQS) of 39.230 and is ranked 48th nationally. The junior is ranked 2nd in the league on the uneven bars and 87th nationally and 4th in the league on floor and 88th nationally.
Through the 2025 season, Alvarado-Reid won nine all-around titles and was named three different times as MAC Gymnast of the Week, and once as MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week.
Qualification for national competition is based on the individual competitor's six best regular-season meet scores, of which three must be away. To obtain the national qualifying score (NQS), the high score is eliminated and the remaining five scores are averaged. In previous years, this was known as the Regional Qualifying Score (RQS), which was changed for the 2019 season to reflect the new postseason format.
The top two teams from each regional will receive an automatic berth to the national championships which will take place April 17-19 in Fort Worth, Texas, at Dickies Arena. In addition, the top all-around competitor and top event specialist from round two at each regional (who is not on a team advancing to nationals) will advance to the national championships. Event specialist qualifiers will only compete in the events they qualify for.
Alvarado-Reid, a junior from Cartago, Costa Rica, qualified in 2024 for the uneven bars and competed in the Fayetteville Regional in Arkansas. In 2025, she will compete at the Tuscaloosa Regional in Tuscaloosa, Alabama from April 2-6 at Coleman Coliseum.
Alvarado-Reid was named 2025 MAC Gymnast of the Year at the 2025 Mid-American Conference Championships in Mount Pleasant, where the Chippewas claimed their third team title in four years. She won the floor title by tying her career-best score of 9.925. She leads the league in the all-around with a National Qualifying Score (NQS) of 39.230 and is ranked 48th nationally. The junior is ranked 2nd in the league on the uneven bars and 87th nationally and 4th in the league on floor and 88th nationally.
Through the 2025 season, Alvarado-Reid won nine all-around titles and was named three different times as MAC Gymnast of the Week, and once as MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week.
Qualification for national competition is based on the individual competitor's six best regular-season meet scores, of which three must be away. To obtain the national qualifying score (NQS), the high score is eliminated and the remaining five scores are averaged. In previous years, this was known as the Regional Qualifying Score (RQS), which was changed for the 2019 season to reflect the new postseason format.
The top two teams from each regional will receive an automatic berth to the national championships which will take place April 17-19 in Fort Worth, Texas, at Dickies Arena. In addition, the top all-around competitor and top event specialist from round two at each regional (who is not on a team advancing to nationals) will advance to the national championships. Event specialist qualifiers will only compete in the events they qualify for.
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