Michigan wins Big Tens

Michigan – 411.000
Nebraska – 398.000
Iowa – 397.700
Illinois – 396.900
Penn State – 396.800
Minnesota – 395.950
Ohio State – 394.900

Oklahoma, Alabama, Utah, … LSU

Utah 197.925
LSU 197.750

Arizona State 197.600
Kentucky 197.600

Oklahoma 198.175
Alabama 197.575

Arkansas 196.700
Missouri 196.550

Many felt Arizona State was better than LSU β€”Β but the silly NCAA judging system which boxes most routines into just a few tenths allows a few over-scores to effect final ranking.

Michigan, Cal, Florida, Minnesota

Florida 197.700
Minnesota 197.425

Denver 196.275
NC State 195.325

Michigan 198.100
Cal 197.750

UCLA 197.275
Ohio State 195.625

Oklahoma hits 100% @ MPSFs

Peaking.

From today’s MOUNTAIN PACIFIC SPORTS FEDERATION Championships.

Shallon Olsen’s 2 meets Friday

Cool.

Shallon LIVE helped her Alabama team qualify to the top 16 teams at NCAA Regional Championships on Friday, April 2nd.

AND she was judged in Canada on Bars and Vault in a virtual Elite Canada competition.

DAY 1
VAULT
Ellie Black 5.40 14.450
Shallon Olsen 6.00 14.250 (Cheng)
Denelle Pedrick 5.40 13.900

BARS
Ellie Black 5.90 14.400
Audrey Rousseau 4.90 13.200
Rose Woo 4.90 13.300

Ona Loper’s 10.0 Vault

For once there’s no debate.

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Congratulations University of Iowa

The team just missed qualifying to the final 16 β€”Β but I’d call Iowa 2021 one of the success stories of the season.

Leaders in social justice, too.

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Session 2 teams advancing

Florida, NC State, Michigan, UCLA, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kentucky and LSU advance to tomorrow.

… 196.775 that tied the sixth-best score in NC State history …

The Wolfpack is additionally the first team to advance to a Regional Final after beginning Regionals in the first round of competition, a component of the format that began in 2018-19.

GoPack

Session 1 teams advancing

Cal, Minnesota, Alabama, Utah, Arkansas, Denver, Arizona State, and Ohio State advance to tomorrow.

SESSION I FINALS

Athens
Minnesota – 197.625
Denver – 196.775

Georgia – 196.750
Oregon State – 196.375

Morgantown
Cal – 197.725
Ohio State – 196.525

BYU – 196.350
Towson – 195.025

Tuscaloosa
Alabama – 197.525
Arkansas – 197.250

Iowa – 197.050
Iowa State – 196.525

Salt Lake City
Utah – 197.500
Arizona State – 196.600

Southern Utah – 195.975
Boise State – 195.825

Auburn withdraws from Regionals

The Auburn gymnastics team will not compete at the 2021 NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional Championship this weekend due to positive COVID-19 tests and contact tracing within the program.

The action is consistent with COVID-19 management requirements put forth by the NCAA and the Southeastern Conference.

Auburn Tigers

Spencer weighs in on how that affects everyone else:

The NCAA won’t redo brackets if the withdrawal happens more than 24 hours after they are made …