Category: NCAA

1. Akash Modi – Stanford 87.900
2. Yul Maldauer – Oklahoma 87.600
3. Allan Bower – Oklahoma 87.300
4. Sean Melton – Ohio 86.400
5. Colin Van Wicklen – Oklahoma 85.050
6. Alec Yoder – Ohio 84.950
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… Moldauer (87.60) and Bower (87.30) were involved in yet another fantastic all-around competition. Their battle with Modi was vintage collegiate gymnastics.

Bower was leading going into the final rotation, with all three gymnasts able to win it. Modi emerged the winner by the slimmest of margins. Only 0.6 points separated the three. The contest ended exactly the way it should have… In the final rotation! It was the last time the three would ever compete together in the collegiate ranks, and it was perfect! …

Oklahoma Makes it 3 Straight; Modi Wins 2nd All-Around Title

Though Men’s NCAA uses FIG scoring with some bonus points, you’d never know it by the scores. Judges are far more lenient in the NCAA than at FIG meets.

No reason given.

Junior Natalie Vaculik, junior Jasmine Arnold and sophomore Caroline Bradford will no longer be on the team, according to multiple sources close to the situation. …

Red & Black

The qualifying teams are Oklahoma (430.60), Illinois (421.30), Stanford (420.45), Minnesota (420.10), Ohio State (414.65) and Nebraska (413.05). …

Nebraska earned a trip to the Finals for the first time since 1999.  It was a well-earned reward for an inspiring team. …

The top-ranked Sooners were in cruise control all night, even giving Yul Moldauer and Allan Bower a little rest. …

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Logan Bradley:

NCAA Session 1 Recap

NCAA Session 2 Recap

NCAA scores are higher than FIG.

The team, all-around and event champions will be crowned during Saturday’s team finals. Bonus points are also available for stuck dismounts on every event but pommel horse. A ‘C’ dismount can earn 0.10, and a ‘D’ or above can add 0.20. Any stuck vault earns 0.10 regardless of its value.

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“The true champion seeks excellence physically, mentally, socially, and morally”

MODI WINS NISSEN-EMERY

Read LOGAN BRADLEY’s NCAA Championships Preview.

I couldn’t be happier for first year Head Coach Elise Ray and her team.

The NCAA announced Tuesday Texas Woman’s University will partner with the Fort Worth Convention and Visitors Bureau alongside Knight Eady to host the Women’s Gymnastics National Championship at the Fort Worth Convention Center in 2019 and Dickies Arena in 2020, 2021, and 2022. …

TWU

The future venue — 14,000 seat Dickies Arena — will be an improvement.

If those competitions will have LIVE TV broadcast I can live with the decision. But having been to Championships in Fort Worth once I’m less likely, as a fan, to return. Personally I’d rather Nationals rotated around the nation. And be hosted by NCAA teams not in independent cities.

The No. 7-ranked University of Denver women’s gymnastics team tallied a 196.475 in the NCAA National Championship semifinals on Friday, shattering the program record for highest team score at nationals. The previous high was 195.575, set in 2007. …

“Again, we had another solid, consistent night and didn’t have to count a fall,” head coach Melissa Kutcher-Rinehart said after the meet. “It was difficult being in the first semifinal and starting on beam, and it think the nerves showed a little. But we responded with the same focus and aggressiveness that we’ve had all season. …”

DU BREAKS PROGRAM RECORDS AT NCAA SEMIFINALS