Men’s NCAA virtual meets

The Sooners jump start their season on Jan. 16 in Colorado at the Rocky Mountain Open against Air Force and Arizona State. OU’s 2021 schedule is highlighted by four meets in Norman, three of which are virtual. 

A virtual meet will require both teams to compete from their home facilities while the judging is also done virtually. …

OU Daily

Utah Beam difficulty

Big finish to their line-up.

Click PLAY or watch Maile O’Keefe on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch Abby Paulson on YouTube.

(via Balance Beam Situation)

Anastasia Webb – Floor

My favourite choreography of the year, so far.

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(via Balance Beam Situation)

bring on that NCAA choreography

The BEST thing about College Gymnastics for me — compared with Elite — is Floor choreography.

So entertaining.

Soraya Hawthorne, for example.

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spectators must MASK

If you’re going to have spectators, enforce the mask requirement.

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Yep. College Gymnastics is BACK.

Safe or not, it’s happening.

You know because fans are already incensed at the absurd judging. 😀

Trinity was deducted on this incredibly stretched Vault.

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gymnasts back competing

Derrian Gobourne. We’re happy to be back.

I’m feeling rotten for all those athletes having to watch the fun. Some locked out of the Gym.

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Q&A with Kathy Johnson Clarke

Kathy will be doing TV commentary from a new home studio.

Dvora Meyers posted an interview:

• should NCAA sport continue while the COVID-19 pandemic rages?

• will College Gymnastics be as popular as in the past?

• Gymnast Alliance

Click through to dvora.substack.com.

Winter Beach Blast 2021

A BIG competition is scheduled for Jan 14-17 in Galveston.

4 days MAG & WAG.

BeachBlastmeet.com

The highlight will be the Men’s Sr Elite competition: Yul Moldauer, Marvin Kimble, Allan Bower, Sam Zakutney, Colin Van Wichlen, Donnell Whittenburg and many more.

Meet director Jerit Pogue was interviewed on the gymnasticsville podcast about the meet and the future of American men’s gymnastics.

A professional series of competitions is needed in future — something like the German Bundesliga. Top gymnasts there can earn as much as $30,000 for the season plus expenses.