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Alex McMurtry – Floor

Balance Beam Situation week 8 champion for BEST routine.

My favourite College Floor routine of the year, as well.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Click through to VOTE on the week 9 BEST routine poll.

unheralded stars of week 9

Balance Beam Situation:

Gymnasts from schools outside the top 25 who scored over 9.900

Danielle Mulligan, New Hampshire – Bars, 9.925
Mulligan is currently ranked 12th on UB and is setting herself up as one of those gymnasts who could legitimately get to nationals as an individual.

Breahna Wiczkowski, Temple – Beam, 9.925
New name to learn. Sophomore whose previous high was 9.850 and had broken the 9.8 barrier just three times in her career.

Macey Hilliker, Central Michigan – Floor, 9.950
She’s so the new Rachel Stypinski in this category. After six 9.925s, CMU finally hit a 9.950. 

Rachel Stypinski, Kent State – Floor, 9.950

Bailey Abernathy, Minnesota – Floor, 9.950

Briannah Tsang, Penn State – Floor, 9.950
Penn State broke 196 for the first time this season, in the process moving back into the top-36 regional spots. I wonder what changed…

Nicola Deans, Michigan State – Floor 9.950

Kayla Beckler, Kaitlyn Menzione, Sydney Finke, Ball State – Floor 9.925
School record 49.500 on floor.

Krysten Howard, Arizona – Floor, 9.925

Victoria Ortiz, Arizona – Bars, 9.925

Taylor Chan, San Jose State – Floor, 9.925
The freshman is top 50 on floor, following a string of 9.875s with this 9.925. 

the race for NCAA’s top 36

The pressure is not on the top 6, it’s on teams close to Regional qualification.

Next week, once we know final maximum RQSs to be achieved after conference championships, I’ll get into the race for the top 36 in more detail, but for now, here’s the group to keep an eye on.

Balance Beam Situation – WEEK 9 RANKINGS, NOTES, RQS UPDATE

#NCAAMGym Week 8 Recap

Read Logan Bradley’s excellent weekend review:

Indeed it was as the Huskers (418.35) defeated Iowa (413.5) and Penn State (409.6). It marked the first time since 1999 that Nebraska has defeated PSU in the regular season. …

Air Force defeats Cal

The eighth-ranked Air Force men’s gymnastics team claimed the program’s first-ever victory over California on Saturday, March 4, as it downed the 10th-ranked Bears by a 403.900-395.750 margin during a triangular meet in Berkeley that included SC United (289.950). The Falcons’ victory snapped a 0-40 skid against their Mountain Pacific Sports Federation foes from California. …

Go Air Force

Congratulations Jeff Robinson.

Gnat v McMurtry

The problem with the perfect 10.

http://catalinaponors.tumblr.com/post/158043633076/ashleigh-gnat-and-alex-mcmurtry-perfect-10s

(via Irish Daniel)

Teams qualified to REGIONALS

Road to Nationals declares these teams mathematically guaranteed a ticket to Regional Championships:

  1. NCAA logo 300Oklahoma
  2. LSU
  3. Florida 
  4. UCLA
  5. Utah
  6. Alabama 
  7. Georgia 
  8. Denver 
  9. Oregon State
  10. Boise State

Read the entire list.

LSU 198.150 – 196.600 Florida

In front of the third-largest crowd in school history, No. 2 LSU defeated No. 3 Florida, 198.150-196.600, to capture the Southeastern Conference regular-season title Sunday afternoon at the Maravich Center.

The Tigers, which totaled the third-highest score in school history against the Gators, improved to 12-1 for the season and extended its streak inside the PMAC to 27-0 since 2014. …

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