SEATTLE (Apr. 2) ­Seattle Pacific University's Debra Huss and Sarah Sullivan have each qualified as gymnastics all-arounders for the NCAA West Regional, Apr. 14 in Berkeley, Calif.

This marks the first time since 2003 that multiple Falcons have qualified for at-large berths. Five all-arounders from non-qualifying teams are chosen to participate, based on their regional qualifying scores.

Huss (Sr., Orangevale, Ca./Bella Vista), who also qualified in 2005, won the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation floor and all-around championships last week.

Sullivan (Sr., Salem, Or./Sprague) won the MPSF title on balance beam and took second in all-around.

Huss will rotate along with Missouri and Sullivan with Sacramento State at the regional meet. Other teams bound for the West Regional are Utah, Nebraska, Washington and host California.

The top two teams and the top two all-around competitors (who are not on an advancing team) from each regional will receive an automatic berth to the national championships in Salt Lake City, Apr. 26-28. In addition, the event winners at the regional championships will advance to the national championships (in that event only) if they are not part of a qualifying team or the all-around qualifiers.