MEDIA INFORMATION...
Phone Numbers
UF Gymnastics Contact:
-Mary Howard
UF Sports Info Office:
-(352) 375-4683, ext 6100
UF Sports Info Fax:
-(352) 375-4809

Credentials
Please forward all requests
for media credentials to
Mary Howard of the
University of Florida Sports
Information Office at the
phone/fax listed above.

Media Opportunity
A media opportunity will be held Friday, April 6 between Friday's practice sessions (3:40 p.m.-4 p.m.).

World Wide Web
World Wide Web Results from the NCAA Southeast Region Championships will be available on the University of Florida Wide Web sites at: http://www.gatorzone.com/gymnastics/ - then click on Live Meet Stats

Phone Lines
Phone lines will be available to the press and sports information staffs in the Media Work Room. Press row phone lines can be ordered through Southern Bell (Susan Fisher, 1-800-781-0063). The cost of installing a phone line on press row is $162.00 per line.

Lines should be installed on the north side of the arena, floor level (between Gates 1 & 4). The address for the Stephen C. O'Connell Center is: 1232 Stephen O'Connell Drive, Gainesville, FL 32611 (352) 392-5500.

Ticket Information
Reserved tickets (Level 1) are $10.00 each. General admission (Level 2 & 3) is $8.00 for adults and $5.00 for UF students with identification, senior citizens, group sales and children under 17. Call the UF Ticket Office at (352) 375-4683, ext. 6805 or 1-800-344-2867, ext. 6800 (only from the state of Florida) for more information.

Fax on Demand
Results of the NCAA Southeast Region Championships will be available on the Info Connection Fax-on-Demand system as soon as possible after the conclusion of competition. To obtain information from the Fax-on-Demand system, simply dial 1-770-558-6000 from the handset of your fax machine. The passcode for the SEC is 732. The password for this event is 311-930-0474.
The file numbers are listed below

Championship Hotels
The Sheraton Hotel is the 2001 NCAA Southeast Region Championships host hotel for the competing teams:
Sheraton Gainesville
2900 SW 13th Street
Gainesville, FL 32608
(352) 377-4000
(352) 377-7766 - fax

A limited number of rooms at the Hampton Inn have been reserved for media members attending the NCAA Southeast Region Championships. Please contact Harriette Peebles of the University of Florida Sports Information Office at (352) 375-4683, ext. 6123 to reserve a room at the Hampton Inn.
Hampton Inn
4225 SW 40th Blvd.
Gainesville, FL 32608
(352) 371-4171
(352) 371-4234 - fax

Photography Stringers
Please contact any of the following people if you are interested in hiring a photographer to shoot your team at the NCAA Southeast Region Championships:
Jim Burgess
jimburgess@worldnet.att.net
(352) 378-3251 - h
Alan Campbell
alangcampbell@yahoo.com
(352) 331-5799
Glenn Danforth
ND1Irish@cris.com
Kelly Danforth
canonbug@juno.com
Jeff Gage
gage@flmnh.ufl.edu
(352) 846-2000, ext. 217 - w
Matt May
MattJMay@aol.com
(352) 335-1346 - h

Next Up…
The top two teams at each of the six regional sites advance to the NCAA Championships, set for April 19-21 in the University of Georgia's Stegeman Coliseum (9,951) in Athens, Ga

Championship Schedule
Friday, April 6

Practice session assignments:
Practice Session I: Florida & event specialists, Iowa, Georgia
Practice Session II: North Carolina State, George Washington and Maryland

7:30 p.m. - Championship Banquet (Sheraton Hotel - Ballroom A/B)

Saturday, April

Directions to the O'Connell Center
From the Gainesville Airport:

• Make right turn out of airport onto NE 39th Avenue
• Turn left on Waldo Road (first traffic light) · Turn right on University Avenue
• Stay on University Avenue, traveling through downtown and continuing until you see the Ben Hill Griffin Football Stadium on the left · Make a left on Gale Lemerand Drive - the O'Connell Center is the white building on the right

From the North (Jacksonville):

• Take 95 South to 295 South
• Follow I-10 West to 301 South
• Take 301 South to State Road 24
• Take S.R. 24 to University Avenue
• Make a right on University Avenue
• Stay on University Avenue, traveling through downtown and continuing until you see the Ben Hill Griffin Football Stadium on the left · Make a left on Gale Lemerand Drive - the O'Connell Center is the white building on the right

From the North (Atlanta):

• Take I-75 South
• Take Exit 76 (Gainesville-Newberry Road) off Interstate 75
• Go East on Newberry Road (SR 26) for approximately 3.5 miles; it becomes University Avenue
• Take a right at Gale Lemerand Drive stoplight. The O'Connell Center is the white building on the right

From the South:

• Take I-75 North
• Take Exit 76 (Gainesville-Newberry Road) off Interstate 75
• Go East on Newberry Road (SR 26) for approximately 3.5 miles; it becomes University Avenue
• Take a right at Gale Lemerand Drive stoplight. The O'Connell Center is the white building on the right