tumbling, tramp, diving, acrobatics, circus, cheer, dance, martial arts, X sports … and more
1. Brandie Jay (Georgia) 9.9500
1. Katie Bailey (Alabama) 9.9500
3. Ashleigh Gnat (LSU) 9.9250
3. Hollie Blanske (Nebraska) 9.9250
Click PLAY or watch Brandie Jay on YouTube. BOOM!
Click PLAY or watch Katie’s Yurchenko half on YouTube. 🙂
Clearly the NCAA must clarify start scores on Yurchenkos with half twist.
1. Brittany Rogers (Georgia) 9.9500
1. Bridget Sloan (Florida) 9.9500
3. McKenzie Wofford (Oklahoma) 9.9375
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Click PLAY or watch part of Bridget’s routine on YouTube.
Brittany competed Elite at Pac Rims the weekend prior. Respect. 🙂
1. Nina McGee (Denver) 9.9500
2. Myia Hambrick (Louisiana State) 9.9250
3. AJ Jackson (Oklahoma) 9.9125
Nina’s Floor was the routine of the day. Entertaining. Unique. … And definitely not tiring. Some of the least energy demanding choreography all time. 🙂
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1. Bridget Sloan (Florida) 9.9500
1. Danusia Francis (UCLA) 9.9500
3. Natalie Brown (Oklahoma) 9.2500
Ron Noe:
Oklahoma (441.20), Stanford (434.35), Ohio State (433.40), Illinois (432.05), Minnesota (426.40) and Penn State (423.95) advanced to the team finals of the 2016 NCAA Men’s Gymnastics Championships. …
Oklahoma and Stanford Lead Field of Six
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The one thing everyone agrees upon. 🙂
I watched 4 training sessions over 13 hours. Four of these 8 will qualify a full team to the Rio Olympics:
Australia
Belgium
Brazil
France
Germany
Romania
South Korea
Switzerland
4for4.info crunched numbers concluding that the teams with the top scoring potential are Brazil, Germany, Romania and France.
After watching training (crunching no numbers) I’d concur that Brazil could score highest. They have Rebeca Andrade back. Home court advantage. And 3-4 DTYs on Vault.
Winning teams most often have a mix of newcomers and experienced veterans. Like Brazil.
Romania MUST qualify a full team. How could you have an Olympics without Romania?
If they hit Bars reasonably well first rotation, first flight of 4, ROM will qualify.
France impressed me. They looked well prepared. As did Germany and Belgium.
Many assume Australia has had too many injuries to get through. Don’t underestimate Aussies. 🙂
Those 4 teams are fighting for two qualifying spots, in my opinion. E score may end up being more important than D score this time. The first rule of Test Meet = Don’t Fall.
There are between 31-33 AA Olympic spots available not counting those who’ve qualified with a team, Continental and Tripartite selections.
Oksana Chusovitina should be given automatic qualification. In her 7th Olympics, Chuso will be one of the bigger news stories in Rio. 🙂
That leaves 30-32 spots for the top AA gymnasts from this Test Event.
Jessica López (Venezuela) looks very likely to qualify to her 3rd Olympics here, for example.
(Gymnasts who earn a spot at the Olympics then must convince their National Olympic Associations to send them. Canada – for example – only very reluctantly sent Kyle Shewfelt to the 2000 Olympics because he wasn’t good enough. He won a Gold medal 4 years later.)
Click PLAY or watch the FIG Olympic selection process on YouTube.
In addition we have many top gymnasts here for the experience: China (Zhang Jin, Gong Kangyi), Great Britain: (Gabby Jupp, Becky Downie), Canada (Isabela Onyshko, Victoria-Kayen Woo), etc. Their teams have already qualified.
Last word. Dipa’s Handspring double front looked quite good in podium training. Not scary. Perhaps the best we’ve seen on to competition mats since Produnova.
related – D-Day for gymnasts at final qualifier for Rio 2016 Olympic Games
1. Oklahoma 197.7875
2. Alabama 197.3875
3. UCLA 196.700
4. Cal 195.8500
5. Nebraska 195.7750
6. Utah 195.7625 (Beam did not happen)
Bridget Sloan wins the AA with a 39.700.
Balance Beam Situation LIVE blog
The Nissen-Emery goes to the best male collegiate gymnast in the United States. The award reflects admirable scholarship and moral characteristics as well as sporting success.
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The other athletes nominated: Kevin Wolting (California), Logan Bradley (Illinois), Jack Boyle (Iowa), Ethan Lottman (Nebraska), Kanji Oyama (Oklahoma), Trevor Howard (Penn State) and Brian Knott (Stanford)
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