Year: 2011

GYMNOVA Beam – Spieth mats

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.

… it’s Kelly’s Happy Birthday today, by the way.

MAG Floor – Named Skills

Thanks nemovfan1 for posting this compilation. (There are some very minor errors, however, so don’t use it as a reference.)

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related – MostepanovaFan – WAG Floor Named Elements Gymnastics Montage

NCAA Floor Final (VIDEOS)

Here’s the winning routine, Geralen Stack-Eaton.

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Very precise.

Click PLAY or watch Jaime Pisani on YouTube. 5th- 9.8875

Click PLAY or watch Brittani McCullough on YouTube. 2nd- 9.9

Click PLAY or watch Maranda Smith on YouTube. 2nd- 9.9

Click PLAY or watch Kylee Botterman on YouTube. 2nd- 9.9

Those are just a few of the top routines. Leave a comment if you have a favourite.

full results

NCAA Beam Final (VIDEOS)

2008 Olympian Sam Peszek adds a standing 1/1 … and wins Beam.

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Not bad. But she’s no Courtney McCool …

I prefer Aisha Gerber.

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Rodney likes Kayla Hoffman best.

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Which should have won? … Or do you have another routine to nominate?

Certainly Beam was the weakest apparatus in Cleveland, Bars the strongest.

it’s IMPOSSIBLE to keep form twisting

If any of your gymnasts give you that response, show them Courtney McCool (2004)

Click PLAY or watch her on YouTube.

Leave a comment if you know of any other gymnasts this ‘clean’ on twisting.

Men’s Gymnastics NCAA Finals

Jake Dalton Wins 2 Event Titles at NCAA Men’s Gymnastics Championships

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.

Here’s the Gymnastics Examiner wrap-up – Jake Dalton doubles down as men’s NCAA Championships conclude

Blythe also linked to some of Greg Long’s photos from the meet.

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.