The NCAA Men's Gymnastics Committee announced on Tuesday that the University of Iowa men's gymnastics team was one of 12 squads selected to compete at the 2012 National Collegiate Men's Gymnastics qualifier meet.

The Hawkeyes enter as the No. 11 seed, and will compete in one of the two prequalifying sessions held April 19 at Lloyd Noble Center on the campus of the University of Oklahoma. The Hawkeyes will compete in the first session at 2 p.m. with No. 2 Penn State, No. 3 Stanford, No. 6 Michigan, No. 7 Ohio State, and No. 10 Nebraska.

The following session at 7 p.m. will consist of No. 1 seed Oklahoma, No. 4 Illinois, No. 5 Minnesota, No. 8 California, No. 9 Temple, and No. 12 Air Force.

(Yes, seven of the 12 qualifying teams are from the Big Ten Conference!)

Click the thumbnails to see the Hawkeyescompeting at the 2012 Big Ten Men's Gymnastics Championships, which was held at Carver-Hawkeye Arena earlier this month.