Author: Rick Mc

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

Men’s NCAA pre-season Gymnastics power rankings

Stanford #3.

Each week we’ll release a “Power Rankings” that aims to provide a fluid picture of how each team across the NCAA is doing at the moment and where NCAA men’s gymnastics experts see them heading.

… This year’s Power Rankings are developed with input from major gymnastics publications including the CGA Coaches Poll, Inside Gymnastics, Podnastics, and Gymnastics Now.

CollegeGym.org

Florida opens with 197.725

Florida opened its season Friday night with a big performance, rolling to a quad-meet victory behind the second-highest season-opening score in program history …

No. 3 Florida Gymnastics Opens with Quad Meet Win

Men’s Gymnastics routines defining the apparatus

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Floor

  • Kenzo Shirai (JPN) – 2013 World Championships – Event Final
  • Carlos Yulo (PHI) – 2019 World Championships – Event Final

Pommels

  • Krisztián Berki (HUN) – 2012 Olympic Games – Event Final
  • Rhys McClenaghan, MBE (IRL) – 2022 World Championships – Event Final

Rings

  • Jury Chechi (ITA) – 1996 Olympic Games – Event Final
  • Liu Yang (CHN) – 2020 Olympic Games Event Final

Vault

  • Marian Drăgulescu (ROU) – 2004 Olympic Games Event Final
  • Jake Jarman (GBR) – 2023 World Championships – All-Around

P Bars

  • Rustam Sharipov (UKR) – 1996 Olympic Games – Event Final
  • Zou Jingyuan (CHN) – 2018 World Championships – Event Final

H Bar

  • Epke Zonderland (NED) – 2012 Olympic Games – Event Final
  • Kohei Uchimura (JPN) – 2026 Olympic Games – All Around

Watch all those routines:

The Men’s Artistic Gymnastics Routines that Shaped and Perfected the Sport

This article analyzes pivotal routines in men’s artistic gymnastics across the six apparatuses. How historic performances reshaped standards of difficulty and execution, and perfected the interaction between skill and artistry, thus enhancing the understanding of the sport’s evolution.

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Great West Gym Fest 2026 – Idaho

My favourite Invitational is scheduled for Feb. 19-22, 2026 in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.

GWGFmeet.com

I believe the 2024 set-up of the Couer d’Alene Resort ballroom is still the record time.

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NCAA week 1 highlights

College Gym News posts a weekly highlights summary called The Dismount during season.

The Dismount: Week 1

  • Missouri and UCLA started off strong
  • Jordan Chiles 39.725 
  • new coach Geralen Stack-Eaton at Cal.
  • JerQuavia Henderson, Iowa returns after over 1000 days since her last collegiate routine. Her 7th year.
  • Emily Leese, Rutgers
  • UW-Oshkosh
  • Mike the Tiger, LSU, Floor routine 😀

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♬ original sound – Shanda

Tonya Paulsson in the NCAA

We’ll be enjoying her excellent form for the next 4 years.

Here’s her 1st College routine.

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tramp, technique, progressions …

Great discussions on important topics. 

Justin Spring and Nicole Langevin.

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Gymnastics Coaches Survey: SafeSport

Dr. Bill Sands has an anonymous SafeSport survey for U.S. gymnastics coaches online.

Click through to fill it out here.

The cover letter below explains. The survey fast & easy. 10 items and demographics.

Coach Survey SafeSportDownload