The highly anticipated American Classic will feature junior and senior gymnasts competing at the elite level, as well as the Hopes Classic with 11-14 year-old gymnasts who intend to be elite one day.

With her gymnastics career winding down, redshirt senior Sunny Kato said the University of Illinois “will forever be the best thing that’s ever happened to [her].” But it almost wasn’t.

With 10 teams in the the largest gymnastics conference in the nation, there's definitely a lot of gymnastics to watch at the Big Ten Championships. The championships will be split up into two sessions, where four teams will compete in the morning, and six in the evening. The seeds for the championships were determined by last weekend's Big Five meets, where the top performers qualified to the evening session. Here's who to watch for from each team, during each session.

​FloGymnastics: At your last meet at Penn State, you won your first (event) title

During Illinois's Senior Day, the Fighting Illini defeated the Lindenwood Lions by scoring a 197.100, the highest team total any Illinois women's gymnastics team has produced. Although the Lions lost the meet, it was still a great meet for them as they broke their team score record with a 194.450.

Illinois head coach and 2008 Olympic medalist Justin Spring has plans to revolutionize NCAA men's gymnastics. He'll be testing out a new meet format in their home meet tonight with Minnesota. The plan is designed to make men's NCAA competitions more fan-friendly and marketable.