I predict that, once again, a little known Canadian gymnast will be the man to beat in College All-around. This is Casey’s final year of College gymnastics.
He’s a machine at knocking out routines consistently. This past weekend Casey needed a buzzer beater to pull out the team competition:
Casey Sandy earns his seventh career weekly accolade, tying Minnesota’s Guillermo Alvarez (2002-05) for the most Gymnast of the Week honors in Big Ten history, after claiming top honors in four events while aiding No. 3 Penn State to a 348.900-348.350 victory over conference rival No. 2 Michigan on Saturday.
The defending Big Ten and NCAA All-Around Champion won individual event titles in the vault (15.950), parallel bars (14.700) and high bar (15.450) en route to claiming the all-around crown with a score of 90.000, the highest total in the nation thus far this season. Down to the final competitor of the meet and needing a monumental high bar effort to overtake Michigan, Sandy came through in the clutch for Penn State, posting a career-high score to will the Nittany Lions to victory.
I’m still disappointed Casey did not compete for Canada at the Beijing Olympics. I wish he had been there, at least as an alternate.
Gymnastics Coaching.com 