Denelle Pedrick – DTY

CMU‘s off to a great start in 2018. Denelle already competing her big vault.

GymCastic thinks 9.875 is a little low.

Click PLAY or watch her on Twitter.

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Week 2. Each gymnast may appear only once per week.

Here are the week 1 winners.

 1st 2nd 3rd
Week 1 Price (Stanford) – UB Lee (UCLA) – UB Finnegan (LSU) – UB

Is Michigan State University liable?

Courts will decide.

What MSU knew: 14 warned of Nassar abuse

8 WOMEN REPORTED ABUSE CLAIMS, AT LEAST ONE OF WHICH REACHED PRESIDENT

NCAA Men’s rankings after week 1

Women are on week 2. Not all teams have competed.

Road to Nationals.

Sam Mikulak competed AA for the first time in over a year, putting up an impressive 87.80 that included a couple of sparkling scores on PB (15.50) and HB (15.15). …

The relatively low weekend scores seems to be indicative of an effort to align more with FIG scoring.  …

Oklahoma 197.550

The National Champions did not compete until Jan 15th this season.

Yep. They open big.

197.550 for Oklahoma ties Michigan for the top score in the nation this year and will put Oklahoma into #1 in the rankings.

BBS –  Oklahoma @ Georgia

SOONERS POST NATION’S HIGHEST SCORE IN SEASON OPENER

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a new beginning for Georgia?

I’m happy reading all the positive reviews of Georgia from their loss to Oklahoma.

Despite injuries (e.g. Achilles tear for Gigi Marino) many feel the mojo is back.

I’m not surprised knowing how motivated a coaching staff they have.

Though they competed only 5 gymnasts on 3 apparatus, Kupets hopes to get some of the injured back in the line-ups soon:

Senior Jasmine Arnold performed in exhibition on beam. Freshman Emily Schild, who is working her way back from injury, is expected to eventually return this season and could compete on bars and beam, Georgia coach Courtney Kupets Carter said. Sophomore Jordyn Pedersen is working on a routine on bars. …

3 things to know: Oklahoma 197.550, GymDogs 196.600

Kathryn Doran – Rookie of the Week

University of Bridgeport freshman Kathryn Doran (Oakville, Ontario, Canada) has been named the ECAC Division II Women’s Gymnastics Rookie of the Week for her outstanding performance in the Purple Knights’ dual meet win over the University of New Hampshire on Saturday evening.

Doran tied for first place on the bars against New Hampshire with a score of 9.825, took second on the balance beam with an identical score of 9.825 …

Purple Knights 

Canadians do seem to thrive in the NCAA.

Click over to NCAA Gym News to read more non-Division I  Gymnastics highlights.

NCAA leaders after week 2

LSU still #1.

https://twitter.com/laurenhopkins96/status/952697405136392193

Road to Nationals.

dance with Katelyn Ohashi

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

related – UCLA Wins Elevate the Stage in Reno

Michigan 197.550

… the highest score yet in the 2018 season after knockout performances on all four events …

AA: Paige Zaziski, Michigan, 39.450
VT: Emma McLean, Michigan
UB: Sydney Townsend & Paige Zaziski, Michigan
BB: Brianna Brown, Michigan
FX: Emma McLean, Michigan

The NCAA Gym Skim | January 13

Click PLAY or watch Emma McLean’s Vault on YouTube.

Canadian rookie starting strong. Click PLAY or watch Sydney Townsend’s Bars on YouTube. (9.900 actually)