For as long as I can remember, Spieth Anderson (now SA Sports) has been the official equipment supplier to the Canadian National Gymnastics Championship.
No more.
GYMNOVA is our NEW supplier. And official equipment for the London Olympic Games.
This means, for Canadian clubs, purchasing and installing GYMNOVA equipment for all gymnasts training towards Nationals.
Kelly Manjak just installed this new beam into the line-up at Oakville.
There was some concern that the new beam might not fit into the existing SA beam mats. No problem. It did not take much tinkering.
Contact Robert SVP if you want more information on best ways to add GYMNOVA equipment into your gym.
I dropped in to the Region 5 Championships for Level 9 and 10 running concurrently with NCAA WAG Championships in Cleveland this past weekend.
Only 1 floor … but note the tumbling strip on the left side. It was well used.
While there, I bought the John Geddert DVDs missing from my collection.
John Geddert on the meet for his club:
I am beyond words. Twistars USA level 9-10s were simply unstoppable this weekend at regionals. It is so satisfying to see hard work pay off. Let there be no doubt why you train so hard… The results speak volumes
Larry Nassar:
Geddert’s Twistars Gymnastics ties USAG Record with 14 Twistars level 10s making it to JO Nationals They also had 6 level 9s qualify for nationals with a total of 20 qualifiers combined. However the record for combined 9 and 10 national qualifies is 24 set by Geddert’s Twistars in 2002 with 14 level 9s and 10 level 10s qualifying to nationals. So bottom line is Twistars has both records now …
Oklahoma’s Jake Dalton won his two specialty events, floor (16.20) and vault (16.55), a day after his team fell just shy of the team title. …
FX – Jake Dalton (Oklahoma) – 16.20
PH – Alex Naddour (Oklahoma) – 15.55 & Daniel Ribeiro (Illinois) – 15.55
SR – Brandon Wynn (Ohio State) – 16.00 VT – Dalton – 16.55
PB – Tyler Mizoguchi (Illinois) – 15.20
HB – Alex Buscaglia (Stanford) – 15.75
It was fantastic to see some great performances put in by several outstanding freshmen who qualified for event finals. As you can see, they all earned All-American honors! Here is the list:
FX: Sam Mikulak (Michigan) – 15.70 (3rd)
PH: Chris Turner (Stanford) – 15.00 (4th)
VT: Jeff Treleaven (Ohio State) – 16.10 (3rd); Mikulak – 15.50 (7th)
PB: Mikulak – 14.70 (4th)
HB: Kris Done (Ohio State) – 15.00 (5th); Wasef Burbar (Penn State) – 14.80 (6th)
… Michigan’s Sam Mikulak has had quite a year, going back to last May. He won the JO Nationals all-around championship, VISA U.S.A. all-around championship, Big 10 all-around championship and the NCAA all-around championship. Can’t think of any other athlete who has accomplished the “grand slam” of gymnastics. …
That’s from the best coverage of the Men’s NCAA Gymnastics – Stick It Media.
Steven Legendre of Oklahoma. Credit: Greg Long/Longshot Photography
Stephen, the Nissen-Emery Award winner, was expected to win the all-around, but problems with his Dragalescu vault took him out.
One more thing:
… The Men’s programs themselves do a fairly poor job promoting their own cause. That may hurt chances of survival, long term.
It’s a shame, too, that they schedule Championships concurrent with the women’s meet. Most media go to the girls competition, if they must choose. Best for the Men and for fans would be a combined NCAA MAG and WAG meet.
Note that she does not use the easier Kasamatsu technique. These are true Tsuk 1 1/2 and 1/1.
College girls need show 2 different vaults in finals, not 2 different families.
Vault was the weakest final, however. Most of the girls only train 1 vault, winging it on the second, if they make the final. I feel that’s dangerous … though it wasn’t today (happily). If there was an injury on the second (untrained) vault, I’d argue that the NCAA rules partially contributed.
Kat Ding hits and sticks Bars. No obvious NCAA deductions, yet scores only 9.9125. … I feared that, as an early competitor, this score wouldn’t hold up.
It did.
A wonderful Bars champion.
… Marissa King won Vault with 9.8750. … Congrats. But it was not a strong final.
No more. 
