BYU gymnast Brynlee Andersen was announced as an NCAA Nationals Beam Qualifer on Monday morning.
After Andersen scored 9.9 with a stellar routine on beam, she will be the Cougar’s lone qualifier in the women’s National Collegiate Championship.
The BYU sophomore has been nicknames the “beam queen” and has had that referenced during home meets in the Marriot Center. During her freshman year, Andersen competed in every meet on the beam as a true freshman.
The Cougars have an National Qualifying Score (NQS) of 9.905 and is ranked No. 24 overall in the NCAA. This score allowed Anderson to have the lone spot in competing in the NCAA Championship, and is the first BYU gymnast since 2021 to receive this honor.
Over the season, Andersen has received multiple Big 12 awards, including being BYU’s first ever Big 12 Event Specialist of the Year. Not only that, but Andersen was also named to a spot on the All-Big 12 team, along with teammate Deb Silva on the All-Freshman Team.
The Orem native finished her season tied for second in the Big 12 with Camie Winger from the University of Utah. Ranked first this season was Grace McCallum, also from the University of Utah.
The NCAA championships take place this year in Fort Worth, Texas, at Dickies Arena from April 17-19.
The women’s gymnastics championship consists of eight NCAA teams that qualify and then 16 individual event specialists from the teams that did not qualify.
The semifinals of this event will be held on the April 17 and will be broadcast live on ESPN2. The final championship will be held on April 19 and will be broadcast live on ABC.