Kentucky upsets Alabama

Freshman standout Mollie Korth’s floor routine capped a school-record team score as the No. 10 University of Kentucky gymnastics team beat No. 6 Alabama 197.475-197.050 at Memorial Coliseum on Friday night.

Korth finished first in the vault (9.925) and uneven parallel bars (9.925), and she tied for first in the floor exercise (9.925) to win the all-around title (39.625). …

Gym Cats set scoring record in upset win over No. 6 Alabama

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Denver 197.125

The No. 12-ranked University of Denver women’s gymnastics team posted the sixth-highest team score in program history on Saturday night, edging out No. 8 Boise State 197.125-197.075. The Pioneers also tied the program record on bars with a team total of 49.400. …

Freshman Maddie Karr (Stillwater, Minn.) scored career highs in the all-around, bars, beam and floor on her way to scoring the fourth-highest all-around total in program history with a 39.675. She also won a share of the all-around, vault, beam and floor titles. …

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“That might have been the best meet we’ve ever had,” co-head coach Neil Resnicksaid. “We’ve been trying to capture those special routines we see every day in practice, and tonight we saw several of those routines that were magical moments during the meet.” …

With the season-high score of 197.075, the Broncos will likely at least stand pat at their No. 8 spot in the national rankings.

No. 8 BSU Posts 197.075 at No. 12 Denver

NCAA women’s Gymnastics 2017

 published an overview of NCAA women’s Gymnastics today. It’s doing very well. 🙂

The joys of women’s college gymnastics, the best show on TV.

They’ll Tumble for Ya

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Cata – Onodi, AWO, double turn

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(via @GymCastic)

Oregon State University upsets Utah

An electrifying performance by Kaytianna McMillan on the final floor routine gave No. 11 Oregon State a thrilling 196.550-196.525 victory over No. 4 Utah on Saturday in a Pac-12 Conference duel at Gill Coliseum. …

It also served as a perfect present for OSU associate head coach Michael Chaplin, who turned 50 years old on Saturday. …

BEAVERS TAKE DOWN NO. 4 UTAH IN DRAMATIC FASHION

Madison Kocian’s 1st 10.0 Bars

I wouldn’t have gone 10 on this.

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Peng’s first 10.0 Bars

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UCLA killed Bars today with 49.725. The third-highest in school history and the highest in 12 years.

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Ed Vincent Invitational, Calgary

This weekend I’m at the annual competition hosted by Altadore. It’s named for Ed Vincent who’s been with the club over 40 years.

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CTV just named him Athlete of the Week. Watch an interview.

Click PLAY or watch Ed (age 78) in action on YouTube.

The competition was hosted for the first time at Grey Eagle Resort & Casino. The best venue ever, I’d say.

Ed Vincent Invitational

Tons of fun was the club’s 50th anniversary alumni reunion Friday night. There was much talk of the upcoming move to a new facility.