Sweet 16 NCAA schedule

Michigan’s April Fools prank 2018

Heart this on Twitter.

Jr Worlds AA Finals

A few of the competitors.

NCAA Regional qualifiers 2

QUALIFIED: Cal 197.250, Michigan State 196.825
ELIMINATED: Western Michigan 196.175, West Virginia 195.850

QUALIFIED: Oregon State 197.375, LSU, 197.375
ELIMINATED: Georgia 197.100, Nebraska 195.525

QUALIFIED: Florida 197.875, Arizona State 197.525
ELIMINATED: Penn State 196.825, Maryland 196.675

QUALIFIED: Michigan 198.025, Denver 197.450
ELIMINATED: Minnesota 197.200, Arizona 196.975

Read the blow-by-blow on Spencer’s LIVE blog.

Jr World Champion Nakamura Haruka

Izzy Stassi (USA) withdrew from the All-Around Final after sustaining a minor injury during the warm-up. It’s uncertain whether she’ll be competing in tomorrow’s Event Finals.

Jr World Champion Qin Guohuan

NCAA Regional qualifiers

QUALIFIED: UCLA 198.275, Missouri 197.400

ELIMINATED: Stanford 197.275, Boise State 196.225


QUALIFIED: Kentucky 197.475, Alabama 197.375

ELIMINATED: Iowa 196.500, Illinois 195.675


QUALIFIED: Utah 198.125, Washington 196.775

ELIMINATED: Southern Utah 196.600, Auburn 195.900


QUALIFIED: Oklahoma 197.925, Ohio State 197.350

ELIMINATED: Arkansas 197.275, NC State 195.375

Suni did not compete for Auburn. And they had 3 falls on Bars to take them out.

For details read Spencer’s LIVE blog.

Japan wins World Jr Championships

over-parenting

I’d agree that many children are over-protected.

And many have their childhood over-scheduled (with things like Gymnastics).

This could have been ME 40yrs ago.

Rathtrevor Beach, Parksville

I waxed nostalgic. … Memories of digging up clams, splashing the girls, trying to drown the boys in the shallows. Family holidays at wonderful Rathtrevor Beach on Vancouver Island.

But that photo was taken recently.

sand castle - Rathtrevor Beach, Parksville

Kids are the same. But one thing has changed.

Rathtrevor Beach, Parksville

A swimming pool with that many children would have only one lifeguard.

What year was it that parents became so much more protective than my own?

related –

The Fragile Generation

If You Want Your Kids to Succeed, Let Them Fail