Here are the 6 teams that qualified to finals:
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Stanford 366.100
University of Oklahoma, 363.500
Cal 361.800
Michigan 360.650
Penn State University, 356.000
University of Illinois, 356.000
Official results will be posted here.
Stanford killed it tonight, so far as I could see while simultaneously watching 5 other apparatus. If the Cardinal wins in the Team Final it would be the 100th NCAA sports championship for that University. (Only UCLA has more.)
#1 ranked Oklahoma went 363.500 earlier in the day.
WOW.
I don’t know what to say first.
It’s a thrill and an honour to be in the same building with so many good gymnasts. Routines in 2011 are incredibly difficult. And there were surprisingly few falls, not even on Pommels.
The GOAL, of course, is to get a high start score, not necessarily to do good gymnastics. Nor clean gymnastics.
Bruno Grandi did not intend the 2006 rules changes to result in difficulty superseding execution in importance. But it’s the reality in 2011.
I’m driving late night cross State to the Women’s NCAA Championships in Cleveland.
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