Category: NCAA

Super 6 in 2017

Lauren Hopkins:

I can’t remember any other NCAA season in which the top six teams set themselves at such a high level that they not only remained firm in the average and RQS rankings all season, but also qualified team by team into the Super Six at NCAA Championships.

This might be boring if the teams weren’t so impressive. Generally there’s usually at least one or two teams outside the top six rankings bubble that can fight their way in, and you actually really want them to, if only to make things more exciting …

Balance Beam Situation

NCAA Bars champions …

Yep.

McMurtry/Bailey/Finnegan/Ross/Lehrmann/Nichols/Kupets/Dabritz/Ding/Liukin … I may be missing a few. 🙂

You’d think having 6 judges would reduce the number of ties.

 

NCAA Vault champion Kennedi Edney

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter. Awesome.

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.

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