Gymnastics | 10/14/2020 4:18:00 PM
FORT WORTH, Texas - The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) announced today that Texas Woman's University and the City of Fort Worth have been selected as the host of the NCAA National Collegiate Women's Gymnastics Championships to be held at Dickies Arena in 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026.
The dates of are in addition to the previously-awarded championships in 2021 and 2022 at Dickies Arena, and will mark eight consecutive years that the championships will take place in Fort Worth. The 2019 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship at the Fort Worth Convention Center broke single session and overall attendance records for the last five years.
"We can't wait to welcome back student-athletes, coaches, fans and families who will travel to Fort Worth and experience our world-class city," said Jason Sands, director of the Fort Worth Sports Commission. "Sporting events like these create a significant economic impact to our city by bringing business to our restaurants, hotels, shops and attractions."
The Fort Worth Sports Commission, Texas Woman's University, Knight Eady and Dickies Arena have worked in a close partnership for the past five years to secure the NCAA National Collegiate Women's Gymnastics Championships to Fort Worth. "Texas Woman's University is thrilled to once again play a part in hosting the NCAA Gymnastics Championships in Fort Worth, Texas," said Lisa Bowerman, head gymnastics coach for Texas Woman's University. "After several years of partnering with the Fort Worth Sports Commission and Knight Eady, I know that the collaboration among all groups involved will result in a firstclass championship event for the student-athletes, coaches, and fans."
"Dickies Arena is looking forward to extending our partnership with the NCAA and welcoming them to Fort Worth in the coming years," said Matt Homan, president and general manager of Dickies Arena. "We can't wait to create an exciting atmosphere for the student-athletes during the championships and to showcase our city and provide a world-class championship experience for the players, coaches and fans during these marquee events."
In 2019 the Fort Worth Sports Commission completed the largest outreach program in NCAA history with the Readers Become Leaders program, which included over 30 schools and more than 17,000 elementary students and over 6.7 million minutes read. Plans for similar community impact programs are in the planning stages for the 2021 and 2022 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Gymnastics Championships.
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