March 8, 2011

COLUMBIA, MO. - The Big 12 Conference has announced the rotation order for the Big 12 Gymnastics Championships on March 19. The Tigers will start the meet on beam and continue in Olympic order to floor, vault and, finally, bars. Iowa State will begin the meet on vault, Nebraska on bars and Oklahoma on floor.

The Tigers hit their season-high team score on beam last weekend (Mar. 4) with a 49.150. Junior Mary Burke matched her career-high score of 9.900 on the event to take the title, and Junior Allie Heizelman put up a 9.875 to match her career-high as well. Heizelman came in second on the event.

The Championships will be held at the Hearnes Center on March 19 beginning at 2 p.m. Live video of the event will be available on Big12sports.com. More information on the event will be available on MUTigers.com, so stay tuned to the website.