Month: March 2013

Score: 15.700 (6.5, 9.2) – Jake Dalton (USA)
March 2, 2013 – DCU Center – Worcester, Mass.

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Mount was fantastic. But I still credit him D, not F value. It’s not a Tamayo.

That came from USAG’s 2013 AT&T American Cup – Non-Broadcast Routines.

… A Texas teen has set the example of sportsmanship by unselfishly surrendering the basketball to a developmentally disabled member of the opposing team so he could score a point during a game.

Mitchell Marcus serves as the team manager for the basketball team at Coronado High School in El Paso, Texas.

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Jonathon Montanez is a sporting hero.

‘I was raised to treat others how you want to be treated,’ Jonathon explained to CBS News about his action.

‘I just though Mitchell deserved his chance, deserved his opportunity.’

Trailer. (Dutch with English subtitles)

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GymPOWER is going to be posting an online documentary the first Monday of every month. Dutch gymnast Yvette Moshage is featured for March 2013.

In a battle of NCAA Champions, the Alabama gymnastics team came out on top against the UCLA Bruins Friday night, 197.075-196.375 in front of 11,775 fans in Coleman Coliseum. …

Alabama returns to the road for its next meet, traveling to Baton Rouge, La., for a Southeastern Conference showdown (L.S.U.) on March 8, before returning to Coleman Coliseum to close out the regular season against No. 1 Oklahoma on March 15.

Roll Tide

Click PLAY or watch Ashley Priess’ Beam (9.925) on YouTube.

Tumbl Trak, one of the co-sponsors, sent me to assist at a 2-day fitness event in January. We taught “gymnastics” to students at Blue Heron Middle School in Washington State.

Carrie Spender put together a highlights photo montage.

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Note the equipment, mostly round, soft and safe. Safety was highest priority.

related – special needs gymnastics – Fitness Wheel

(via Rec Gymnastics)

Super talented street acrobat.

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The weak apparatus for LSU is Bars, yet Jay Clark’s LSU Bar lineup outscored his old team. Again.

Going into the final rotation, the No. 7 Georgia gymnastics team was trailing No. 5 LSU by .075, six hit beam routines couldn’t turn the tables as the Gym Dogs went on to finished with a 196.825 to LSU’s 197.050.

The Gym Dogs’ (6-6-1, 4-3-1 SEC) hit six for six on beam for the first time since Jan. 26 and posted their second-highest beam score of the season, but it wasn’t enough to overcome an uncharacteristic slow start. …

Gym Dogs post 196.825, drop road meet against LSU

Scores

They are loving this season.

(via Balance Beam Situation – All Kinds of Friday Action – Florida, Oklahoma, Georgia, LSU, UCLA, Alabama)

… Alex McMurtry of Midlothian, Va./Richmond Olympiad Gymnastics, won the all-around title at the 2013 Nastia Liukin Cup Friday night at the DCU Center in Worcester, Mass. McMurtry, competing in her third-straight Nastia Liukin Cup, proved the third time is the charm and posted a 38.450 to capture the overall crown. Aja-Monet Sims of Clermont, Fla./Brandy Johnson’s, 38.175, and Samantha Partyka of Katy, Texas/Champions Gymnastics Academy, 38.075, finished second and third respectively.

Proceeds from the event go to the Nastia Liukin Fund, a charitable fund within the National Gymnastics Foundation. …

USAG

She’ll be going to Florida September 2015. She’s coached by Boris and Larissa Choutkin.

Bringing the thunder. This girl’s got power. AmCup should be a terrific FX competition.

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Examiner has American Cup Podium training Quick hits.

At English Championships 2013.

Sydney Olympian Lisa Mason announced her comeback to elite gymnastics after 12 years off gymnastics with her aim being to qualify for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Mason will begin competing on vault and balance beam …

Click PLAY or watch her on YouTube. Cameo by Louis Smith.

She’s 5ft 7in tall. 🙂

(via WOGymnastike)

Update – Espoir results (age 12-13)

1. Georgia Mae Fenton (Europa)
2. Alice Kinsella (Park Wrekin)
3. Teal Grindle (Sapphire)

related – 2013 Russian National Championships go March 1-7th. They are finalizing their teams for European Championships.