Stanford, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Oklahoma and California advance. Congratulations.
Gymnastics Examiner hits the highlights:
Michigan, one of the most talented and least heralded of the four teams in contention for the NCAA title, overtook Stanford for the lead heading into tomorrow night’s Super Six team final at the U.S. Military Academy in New York. …
read the details – Michigan flies through NCAA qualifying round to lead going into team finals
Don’t assume this means Michigan will win. The team competition in Men’s gymnastics is near impossible to forecast. There are far more variables than in the Women’s competition. And counting a “missed” routine in MAG (11.20, for example) hurts the team more than a 9.30 in WAG.
Cal’s Kyle Bunthuwong, a junior, was the top all-around gymnast (89.65) of both sessions, finishing almost two full points ahead of sophomore teammate Glen Ishino (87.7).
Several teams entered no gymnast in the all-around.
There’s more on the Inside Gymnastics Ticker:
A super-psyched Michigan team surged to the top of the field in tonight’s second qualifying session at the 2010 NCAA National Championships in West Point, N.Y.
The No. 3 Wolverines started with meet-high scores for near-perfect performances on both parallel bars (59.7) and high bar (59.25), ending with a season-high vault performance to clinch a 359.8, the day’s highest total. …
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