Author: Rick Mc

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Greg Marsden announced his retirement today after 40 years. Megan Marsden and Tom Farden will take over as co-head coaches. …

Marsden retires as the winningest coach in college gymnastics history with a 1,048-208-8 record and his 10 national championships is tied for the most by any women’s gymnastics team. …

“The only way to place a positive spin on Greg Marsden’s retirement is that he is leaving the program in the very capable hands of Megan (Marsden) and Tom Farden,” said Utah director of athletics Dr. Chris Hill. “Megan and Tom are as invested in and passionate about Utah gymnastics as Greg is and they are proven coaches in their own right. Greg Marsden is not only a legendary coach, he has been an incredible advocate for the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, the sport of gymnastics, and most of all, his student-athletes over the past 40 years. …

Utah Utes

related – Brad and Dawn Cattermole retired at BYU. 😦

Some are criticizing the venue. But if it was FULL, it would have been OK. It’s the site of the 1979 World Championships. There’s a retro vibe.

Still, I was disappointed with attendance. 😦

The Men’s Championships at Oklahoma seemed to have a higher percentage rate of bums/seats.

… A few thousand people have watched this weekend’s events at the Fort Worth Convention Center, a far cry from Utah’s record Huntsman Center crowd of 16,019 fans who watched the Utes on March 6.

Seeing all the empty sections has made Utah coach Greg Marsden more convinced than ever holding the championships at a neutral site isn’t a good idea for the sport. …

… we need to be on television and we need the stands full,” he said. …

Fort Worth will host the championships again next year, then the championships move to St. Louis for 2017 and 2018. …

LYA WODRASKA – Utah gymnastics: Neutral site not popular with fans, coaches

From what I’ve heard, both the LIVE video streaming and LIVE scoring was poor. Hopefully they can fix that over the year.

One of the NCAA commentators, Lincoln Rose @LincolnRose, is a sports guy, but no Gymnastics expert. He needs help by the sounds of it.

Personally, I’d love to go back to Utah or Georgia or LSU or Alabama’s home arena for Championships.

https://twitter.com/olidf/status/569205536652177409

If you missed the NCAA apparatus finals yesterday …

VAULT
1 Elizabeth Price – Stanford 9.9333
2 Bridget Sloan – Florida 9.9250
3 Kayla Williams – Alabama 9.8917
3 Haley Scaman – Oklahoma 9.8917

BARS
1 Georgia Dabritz – Utah 9.9625
2 Bridget Sloan – Florida 9.9500
2 Brittany Rogers – Georgia 9.9500

BEAM
1 Samantha Peszek – UCLA 9.9500
2 Ivana Hong – Stanford 9.9375
3 Madeline Gardiner – Oregon State 9.9250

FLOOR
1 Kytra Hunter – Florida 9.9625
2 Brenna Dowell – Oklahoma 9.9500
2 Nina McGee – University of Denver 9.9500

full results

Of those extremely good routines, I liked Ivana Hong’s Beam best. I can’t imagine what any judge could possibly have deducted. 🙂

Individual event national titles were awarded … at the 2015 National Collegiate Women’s Gymnastics Championships. The competition was held at the Fort Worth (Texas) Convention Center Arena. …

USAG

The gymternet is thrilled that the veteran came back from long term injury to HIT and WIN with this impressive routine. 🙂

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Bea Gheorghisor links to the other two medal winning routines and results – 2015 Euros: The Floor Final

related – RRG – Afanasyeva completes Russian hat-trick with classical gold

What a career. 🙂 Finishes with two NCAA AA titles.

Miss Val loved coaching Sam.

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Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Get out of town. (I had a pretty fantastic view of Sam's last routine ever)

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via @GymCastic

“Eternal Princess”

Length: 16 minutes
Director: Katie Holmes

In 1976, a 14-year-old Nadia Comaneci became an overnight sensation after she accomplished what no one had ever done before in professional gymnastics—she scored a perfect 10. Eternal Princess is an intimate look at her inner struggles, personal dedication, and greatest success.

Tribeca Film Festival

Mom’s No. 1 fan! Suri Cruise was spotted supporting her mother at the premiere, the day before her ninth birthday

Daily Mail

Suri is a bit of a gymnast.

Our 2015 NCAA Apparatus Gold medalists. 🙂

Almost an afterthought, sometimes a let down, the Sunday afternoon finals were entertaining this year.

Organizers and NCAA did a lousy job announcing results. But here they are. Unofficial.

Dabritz entered the weekend as the favorite on the event, and she did nothing but solidify that reputation with her performances in the team competition where she became the first gymnast in history to earn back-to-back 10.0s in the NCAA preliminary and Super Six rounds. …

Prior to the start of the NCAAs, she was named the AAI Gymnast of the Year, an award that goes to the best senior gymnast as voted by the coaches. Only three other Utah gymnasts, Missy Marlowe (1992), Theresa Kulikowski (2003) and Ashley Postell (2008), have won the award.

She finished the regular season ranked No. 1 in the nation on the bars, No. 3 on the vault and No. 9 on the floor. …

Utah gymnastics: Dabritz puts on one last show, wins NCAA uneven bars title

related – Balance Beam Situation – Event Finals Live Blog

Montpellier (FRA)

Beam had many falls. But the Floor Final was superb. 🙂

Beam
1. Munteanu (ROU) 14,366
2. Downie R (GBR) 14,300
3. Martin (FRA) 14,200
results

Floor
1.Afanaseva (RUS) 14,733
2.Fragapane (GBR) 14,633
3.Steingruber (SUI) 14,466
results

A better competition for Russia than I expected. But Romania will be disappointed.

Vault
1.Nagornyy (RUS) 15,099
2.Abliazin (RUS) 15,083
2.Radivilov (UKR) 15,083
results

P Bars
1.Verniaiev (UKR) 14,866
2.Berbecar ROU) 15,300
2.Baumann (SUI) 15,300
results

H Bar
1.Moznik (CRO) 14,833
2.Oldham (GBR) 14,766
3.Maras (GRE) 14,666
results

all results

UEG – Competition report: event finals day 2

via @EChMontpellier and @theallaround

… did not go so well.

Here are some of the first GIFs. 🙂

See it on Tumblr.

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See it on Tumblr.