Category: NCAA

What an accomplishment. What a season.

I’d celebrate.

Some guy finished 21,463rd place in a Marathon. In my opinion, that’s not billboard worthy. Perhaps he should have those shoes gilded instead. 😀

related – D-D Breaux salary bonus is an additional $110,000

One of the BIG stories of Championships 2019 was the miracle run of Oregon State University.

They surpassed Florida at Regionals to qualify.

And were tied with Denver after 3 apparatus in the semi-final very close to reaching 4 on the Floor.

In coaching we call this peaking.

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How did the mother of Madi and Lacy Dagen like the performance? 😀

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College Gym News:

There was a new face at this year’s NCAA regional competition—Lindenwood. It was the team’s first time making it to this illustrious postseason meet, which qualifies only the top 36 teams in the country. …

By finishing at No. 36, the team outranked 26 DI teams. Not to mention, Lindenwood is also only in its seventh year as a program, making it the youngest squad competing in the entire country. …

Her team lost to George Washington in round one of regionals but went on to win its third title at USAG nationals the following weekend. Its final team score at that event was a huge 196.375, which, to put in perspective, is around the average score of No. 13-ranked Auburn. …

Bridgeport, Lindenwood Bring Recognition to Division II

No question. The Sooners were awesome tonight. A big improvement on the qualification round yesterday.

LSU had a fantastic meet as well to keep the pressure on.

Many felt the judging was poor tonight. But all agree the team ranking is correct.

1. Oklahoma – 198.3375
2. LSU – 197.8250
3. UCLA – 197.5375
4. Denver – 197.0000

Brenna anchored Vault last apparatus for OU. You have to ASSume she was awarded 10.0 on her final routine ever.

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Though Oklahoma and UCLA are favourites, best for the sport would be having a NEW team win the title for the first time: LSU or Denver.

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While the 2019 NCAA National Championships are all about gymnastics, gymnasts, coaches and fans laced up their running shoes to support a greater cause Saturday morning. Organized to support the Collegiate Gymnastics Growth Initiative, the Flippin’ 5K drew hundreds of fans and even more spectators as participants made the 3.1-mile loop around the arena.

Oregon State and Utah’s full teams lined the course to cheer on runners …

Runners Show up to Support Collegiate Gymnastics Growth Initiative with Flippin’ 5K