The 1988 NCAA Women's Gymnastics championship involved 12 schools competing for the national championship of women's

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gymnastics. It was the seventh NCAA gymnastics national championship and the defending NCAA Team Champion for 1986 was

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. The competition took place in

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hosted by the

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in the Jon M. Huntsman Center. The 1988 Championship was won by

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, the third first time champion since Utah in 1982 and Georgia in 1987. Georgia entered the competition as the defending champions while six-time champion Utah played host.

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finished the regular season unbeaten and Pac-10 Champions, while SEC Champions Alabama garnered the top overall seed. UCLA was ranked number 1 throughout most of the regular season but suffered a poor showing at regionals which resulted in them receiving a low seventh seed at the championship. The Bruins' regional also saw star gymnast

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suffer a dislocated elbow. Alabama won the title with a record score of 190.050, giving coach Sarah Patterson her first of six titles.

Team Results

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Gym Results
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