NCAA Floor co-champion Ashleigh Gnat

With Mykayla Skinner.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKFtnFwIP4s

LSU, Florida, Alabama advance

Not much controversy on session 2.

1. LSU- 198.2750
2. Florida- 197.8125
3. Alabama- 197.6000

Nebraska was great with 197.2125. But Alabama was better. And the Tide finished with a higher score.

Congratulations to coach D-D Breaux and everyone at LSU.

McMurtry NCAA AA Champion 2017

Well deserved. Alex was perfect today.

1. Alex McMurtry 39.8125
2. MyKayla Skinner 39.6125
3. Kiana Winston 39.6

Mykayla Skinner – Floor

Judging “mitigation“:

… lessening the force or intensity of something unpleasant … the act of making a condition or consequence less severe …

Like it or not, judges are influenced by difficulty. MyKayla’s routine is far, far more difficult than any other in NCAA. Many judges evaluate it less severely than the comparatively simple 10.0 routines with only 2 tumbling lines.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfZzZxTw1OE&feature=youtu.be

Personally I feel the NCAA is ready for rule changes rewarding more difficulty legally. O’Hashi on Beam, Peng on Bars, Mykayla on Floor, the double twisting Yurchenkos, etc.

NCAA in 2017

This has been the best season … ever.

Dvora Meyers:

… The sport has been shown live on TV for several hours every weekend. Attendance at meets has been steadily climbing every week …

In 2009, there were 1,684 Level 10 gymnasts and just 79 elites.

And in 2017, the number of registered Level 10s in the U.S. is 3,005, nearly double what it was eight years ago. Simply put, there are now a lot of high-level gymnasts in the United States, more than enough to fill out the rosters of several NCAA programs, not just the top ones. …

The NCAA Gymnastics Championship Won’t Belong To The Olympians

Skinner leads the AA session 1

Despite the insanely silly NCAA judging, I’m happy MyKayla was rewarded for double double mount, full twisting double back dismount and DTY.

1 MyKayla Skinner Utah 39.6125
2 Kyla Ross UCLA 39.5750
3 Madison Kocian UCLA 39.5500
4 Maddie Karr Denver 39.4750
5 Baely Rowe Utah 39.4000
5 Hailey Burleson Washington 39.4000
full results

Maggie shockingly fell on Beam.

https://twitter.com/utahgymnastics/status/852985634423791616

Oklahoma, UCLA, Utah advance

Session 1 of 2 at NCAA Championships

1. Oklahoma 197.7250
2. UCLA 197.5000
3. Utah 197.0500

4. Washington 196.5625
5. Denver 196.4750
6. Oregon State 196.3625

NCAA podium training videos

FloGymnastics posted free videos and interviews.