Author: Rick Mc

Career gymnastics coach who loves the outdoors, and the internet.

Sr Gymnix Apparatus Finals

Oksana is 25 years older than the other two on the podium!

VAULT

Shallon Olsen CANADA 2 00 14.500 1
Oksana Chusovitina OUZBEK 75 14.475 2
Hitomi Hatakeda JAPAN 00 14.025 3

BARS

Hitomi Hatakeda JAPAN 00 5.5 13.825 1
Emily Whitehead AUST 00 4.9 13.000 2
Ayu Koike JAPAN 99 4.8 12.950 3

BEAM

Hitomi Hatakeda JAPAN 00 4.9 13.350 1
Jade Chrobok CANADA 1 01 5.5 13.275 2
Rianna Mizzen AUST 99 5.4 13.200 3

FLOOR

Hitomi Hatakeda JAPAN 00 5.2 13.600 1
Megan Roberts CANADA 1 00 5.1 13.567 2
Shallon Olsen CANADA 2 00 5.5 13.467 3

full results

 

Jr Gymnix Apparatus Finals

VAULT

Emma Malabuyo USA 02 14.388 1
Maile O’Keefe USA 02 14.100 2
Asia D’Amato ITALIE 03 13.975 3

BARS

Gabby Perea USA 02 6.0 14.600 1
Sunisa Lee USA 03 5.7 14.125 2
Eliza Iorio ITALIE 03 5.6 13.725 3

BEAM

Gabby Perea USA 02 5.6 13.825 1
Zoé Allaire-Bourgie CANADA 04 5.2 13.575 2
Maile O’Keefe USA 02 5.7 12.575 3

FLOOR

Maile O’Keefe USA 02 5.2 13.675 1T
Gabby Perea USA 02 5.3 13.675 1T
Ana Padurariu CANADA 02 5.1 13.500 3

full results

Maile O’Keefe
Gabby Perea
Ana Padurariu

See many more photos by Andrea Leask

Washington 196.925 v 194.100 Seattle Pacific

This was my first visit to Hec Edmundson Pavilion, host of an upcoming Regional Championships. (Apr 1st).

“I’m so proud of this team,” said head coach Elise Ray. “All week, they trained with the intention of giving everything they had for their seniors. Last night was the same: they competed with full hearts for their incredible senior class. It was a special night. Though we attained our second highest score of the season, the team is hungry for more, I can see it in their eyes.” …

GymDawgs Top SPU In Regular Season Finale

The new coaching staff at Washington look to be doing a terrific job. Congratulations.

Head Coach ELISE RAY
Assistant coaches CALEB PHILLIPS & CHAD WIEST

Hailey Burleson is even better LIVE than on YouTube. So tall, so slim. And extremely confident.

Hailey was easily winning the AA after 3 apparatus. Then – shockingly – she under-rotated a punch front on Floor to end up with 9.20.

Washington would like a do-over on Vault. Not their best day. But Beam (49.425) was very impressive. I thought they stuck 6/6 dismounts — but the announcer stated it was 5/6.

Some of those Beam routines would have scored .05 to .10 higher if they were from one of the top 6 teams.

Can Washington qualify for Nationals? Definitely, though I wouldn’t bet the mortgage. Vault is not at all top 10 in the NCAA. Nor is tumbling.

In fact I appreciated the (Division 2) Seattle Pacific tumbling and vault equally. (This was a season-high for the Falcons by 1.50. And their 7th highest score in history.)

It was seniors night. A touching tribute for these ladies.

Click PLAY or watch Kaitlyn’s tribute video on Twitter.

Olympic/World competitors in NCAA Gymnastics

Isabella Amado – Boise State

There are 36 World/Olympic team members in college this year. A total of 27 former US National Team members … competing on 9 teams. Alabama has the most former national team members with 6 this year. …

Olympic/World Championship Team Members Competing in College Gymnastics in 2017

the history of Jazzercise

You’ll think this is a Saturday Night Live skit.

Not so. This was a real TV show in 1982. 🙂

Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.

Judi Sheppard Missett began what would evolve into Jazzercise as a student at Northwestern University. Sheppard Missett was teaching at a dance studio and noticed her classes had high dropout rates. Realizing students were attending for physical fitness and not to become highly technically proficient in dance, Shepard Missett began to hold “just for fun” classes that began with a jazz warmup. These classes were eventually renamed “Jazzercise.”

Maile O’Keefe wins Jr Gymnix

1. Maile O’Keefe, USA, 55.934
2. Gabby Perea, USA, 55.700
3. Giorgia Villa, Italy, 55.502
4. Emma Malabuyo, USA, 54.135
5. Asia D’Amato, Italy, 53.934
6. Elisa Iorio, Italy, 53.902
full results

Lauren Hopkins was there. Read her LIVE commentary.

Beam – Handspring to Rudi dismount

Cool.

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.