Category: NCAA

NCAA D2 and D3 rankings

Sarah Keegan:

We have to start out this week’s recap with D2 Texas Women’s enormous 196.000 and victory over THREE D1 teams.

That 196 is by far the highest score of any D2 program this season, and ties the highest score in TWU program history, set back in 2003; quite fitting since it was Alumni Day and the team wore “throwback” velvet leos.

#MakeVelvetGreatAgain?

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Division 2
1 Lindenwood 193.930
2. Bridgeport 193.700
3. Texas Woman’s 193.600

Division 3
1 Brockport 188.680 5
2 La Crosse 188.420 2
3 Centenary 187.920 3

The NCAA D2 and D3 Week Seven Recap

CMU’s Kasey Janowicz

I attended a Central Michigan University Summer Camp two years ago. Kasey was the most impressive of dozens of impressive potential recruits. She’s special.

Kasey won the Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year award despite injuries towards the end of season. And this season she’s coming back from two major arm surgeries.

The Chippewas had a season best 195.775 last meet. Kasey went 9.875 on Bars.

Click PLAY or watch a charming mini-documentary on Facebook.

Penn State coach Jeff Thompson is out

Assistant coaches Kera Molinaro and Josh Nilson will serve as interim co-head coaches for the remainder of the season. A national search for a new head coach will begin immediately

Consistent with University policy, this is a personnel matter and Intercollegiate Athletics will not have any further comment.

Go PSU Sports

Terrible timing for the gymnasts. Mid-season?

via Gymternet Clan

best routine NCAA Week 7

Balance Beam Situation:

Congratulations to our week 6 champion, Peng Peng Lee’s bars, which won by a billion votes to zero. It was a close-run thing for the remaining spots …

BEST ROUTINE OF WEEK 7 POLL

Click through to watch and vote for your favourite routine of last weekend:

1. Kyla Ross, Bars
2. Joslyn Goings, Beam
3. Maddie Karr, Vault
4. Sarah Finnegan, Beam
5. Elizabeth Price, Bars
6. MyKayla Skinner, Floor
7. Kyla Ross, Beam
8. Kennedi Edney, Vault
9. Nickie Guerrero, Beam
10. Emma McLean, Vault

Tough decision. But I voted for Joslyn Goings. Love the Gainer layout.

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If you’ve not been following this contest, here are the BBS winners so far.

ROUTINE OF THE WEEK 1st 2nd 3rd
Week 1 Skinner, FX Edney, VT Nichols, UB
Week 2 Ward, VT PP Lee, BB Hambrick, FX
Week 3 Artz, FX Childers, BB Skinner, VT
Week 4 Ross, UB McMurtry, VT PP Lee, UB
Week 5 Gardiner, BB Ward, VT Winston, FX
Week 6 PP Lee, UB Slocum, VT Jackson, FX

 

Alabama Gymnastics: Beyond the Routine

The FloGymnastics documentary is up. Paid members only.

Click PLAY or watch a teaser on YouTube.

Brianna Comport – Floor

Superb execution. But I don’t like such an imbalance of front tumbling over back tumbling.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

(via Irish Daniel)

8 Canadians in Men’s NCAA

The most in many years, I believe.

Stick it Media has a rundown – Canada’s Big Impact on NCAA Men’s Gymnastics

  • Sam Zakutney (Penn)
  • Corey Paterson (Iowa)
  • Aaron Mah (Cal)
  • Justin Karstadt (Minnesota)
  • Joel Gagnon (Minnesota)
  • Wyatt Tyndall (Penn)
  • Sam Ito (Oklahoma)
  • Jake Bonnay (Nebraska)

The former Canadian Men’s National Coach Edouard Iarov was very negative about College Gymnastics. He preferred gymnasts stay home training with their clubs.

The new National Team Director Tony Smith is much more encouraging of the guys taking advantage of College training in the States. They are welcomed back to attend national team training camps & qualifiers.

In fact, Canada has a team headed to compete at Stanford this weekend — the International Collegiate Challenge (Stanford, Minnesota, Japan, Canada).

I’m hoping scores for Justin Karstadt & Joel Gagnon will count for both teams. 🙂

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Boise killing it

Lauren Green:

Boise State may have climbed to its highest ranking in program history last week, but it isn’t something that the Broncos are focused on. Head coaches Neil Resnick and Tina Bird have instilled a mentality that is progress-driven rather than outcome-driven. …

“Beam is such a key to a team,” Bird said. “If you’ve got a good beam score, it’s easier to have a good team score obviously. These guys did a lot of beam this summer. I think it’s the most beam I’ve ever had a team do in the summertime. I think that really is instrumental in putting us in the position we’re in now.” …

The Broncos have not had to count a fall on balance beam all season.

The real strength for BSU has been the uneven bars. Senior Diana Mejia has been a key piece for the Broncos on the event, contributing a 9.900 or better four times this season. …

Boise State Is Driven By The Process, Not By The Outcome Boise State Is Driven By The Process, Not By The Outcome

UCLA v Utah Gymnastics documentary

utahPac-12 Networks announced today the debut of a behind-the-scenes documentary featuring two of the nation’s top collegiate women’s gymnastics programs, UCLA and Utah. The special 30-minute documentary, Pac-12 All Access: UCLA & Utah Gymnastics, will premiere on Saturday, February 25 …

Pac-12 filmmakers were given exclusive access with both UCLA and Utah gymnastics, as both teams prepared for their head-to-head matchup on February 18. …

uclaFans can’t get enough of Utah and UCLA’s exciting brand of gymnastics. The meet between the two on Saturday drew an in-person crowd of 15,558 …

Pac-12

(via @GymCastic)

U.S. Men’s National Team selection?

There are a few issues. I hadn’t thought about this one … until now.

Kensley Behel poses a good question. Leave a comment if you know the answer.

… What is slightly more unclear is how some of the national team members were chosen, as both Anthony McCallum and Emyre Cole of the University of Michigan totaled 22 points apiece, tying Olympian Chris Brooks and beating out Kanji Oyama, who totaled 18. Oyama was added to the team, but McCallum and Cole were not.

What’s more, McCallum won the vault title outright and would seem to be an obvious choice for the national team, but alas, the mystery that is the men’s team point system.

The totaled points can be seen here. …

Moldauer Wins Winter Cup Title

Click PLAY or watch Anthony McCallum’s Vault on YouTube.

Tsuk double pike. Finals: 14.950 (5.6, 9.350)

Response from Daniel Steiner:

After Mouldar, modi, bower and whittenburg were selected via all around scores, the committee decides the rest of the team based on the strengths and weaknesses of the team as whole. While Mcallum clearly has one of the best vaults in the country, that is all he really offers in the grand scheme of things. Penev, naddour and whittenburg all perform similar valued vaults but it’s their strengths on other events, such as naddour on PH, that makes their perceived value higher than single event specialists. The same issue arose in 2013 when Michael Newburger won the PH title at winter cup outright, yet wasn’t selected to the team. One trick ponies don’t have much of a place on the national team anymore.