It’ll be a No. 1 versus No. 2 showdown when LSU and Oklahoma square off Friday in a four-team gymnastics meet in Missouri.

The Sooners and Tigers are 1-2 for the fifth straight week in the NCAA rankings. They’ll compete Friday in St. Charles, Missouri, along with No. 10 Georgia and No. 15 Missouri, in the Mardi Gras Invitational. First vault is set for 6:15 p.m. CT. …

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After 32 years with the program, how’s Tina feeling with her team at a record best ranking of #7. 🙂

Eventually, Bird’s passion for gymnastics lead her to become first a volunteer coach, then assistant coach, and now Co-Head coach for the past ten years. Convincing her to stay was on the shoulders of Resnick when he joined the staff. Ultimately, the duo changed the way we look at Boise State gymnastics. …

Soaring above the competition

The end of week five signifies the halfway point of the NCAA season. All teams with the exception of Washington and Temple will be off this week as individuals compete at the Winter Cup in Las Vegas …

All NCAA meets following Winter Cup will switch from the “six-up/five-count” format to “five-up/five-count” meaning every routine competed will count toward the team’s score. …

… season-best performances coming from the Golden Gophers and Hawkeyes. Minnesota became the first team this year to come within ten points of the Sooners. …

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Read more on the College Gymnastics Association #NCAAMGym Week 5 Recap

From the moment she won a national championship as a gymnast for Utah, Meredith Paulicivic (formerly King) knew she wanted to earn a ring as a Utah gymnastics coach.

In fact, she joked after graduation that Utah hadn’t seen the last of her. …

Paulicivic is in her second year as the Red Rocks’ assistant coach. The three-time vault All-American is the team’s primary vault coach. She also serves as Utah’s floor exercise choreographer and the director of the program’s summer gymnastic camps. …

Hard work, persistence lands Paulicivic dream job as Utah gymnastics coach

(via Greg Marsden)

Starts May 1, 2017.

USA Gymnastics has named 2004 Olympic team silver-medalist Brett McClure of Berkeley, Calif., as the high performance director for men’s gymnastics. McClure, who currently is the head men’s gymnastics coach at the University of California – Berkeley, will report to Dennis McIntyre, the vice president of men’s gymnastics, and will be based at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. …

Yoichi Tomita, chairman of the Men’s Program Committee, said, “Brett’s skills and knowledge of private club programs, collegiate programs and the national team was impressive, and his presentation and interview garnered strong support from the selection committee.”  …

USAG

1. Oklahoma 197.813
2. LSU 197.579
3. Florida 197.521
4. UCLA 197.025
5. Utah 196.879
6. Alabama 196.725
7. Boise 196.405
8. Michigan 196.338
9. Kentucky 196.257
10. Georgia 196.229
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Kentucky defeated Alabama this weekend for the first time with a 197.475 school record. ‘Bama had defeated them the previous 70 meets!