Watch it on UCLA Bruins. Christine has one more year left in Collegiate gymnastics. Decided not to try for Rio because of her thumb and patellar surgery.
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Category: NCAA
Lindenwood defends WCNGC title
The Collegiate Final sponsored by USA Gymnastics.
1. Lindenwood University 195.875
2. University of Bridgeport 195.800
3. Seattle Pacific University 194.875
4. Brown University 194.500
… The Lady Lions set a school record as they won in front of a large home crowd at Hyland Arena.
The … event was tight throughout, as all four teams were within 0.325 of each other halfway through the competition. Lindenwood moved into first place on the third rotation, but led Bridgeport by just 0.05, and the Purple Knights were going into their strongest rotation, the floor, in the final set. …
(via chimgym)
who will make Super 6?
As always, Balance Beam Situation provides the most entertaining preview:
National Championships Preview Part 1: Innocent Gymnasts versus the Beam Troll
Click PLAY or watch the precise and wonderful Lindsay Mable on YouTube.
walk-on gymnasts at UCLA
UCLA, Valorie Kondos-Field:
“It’s always a thrill to be back. We get to go to the big dance. YAY. We love the Texas fanbase because they love gymnastics.
Shoutout to my staff and my team…the last years have been difficult personally so to keep plugging through and not miss a beat is remarkable. This is the most exciting and fun team I have ever coached. They’re not as talented as teams I’ve had in the past but they’re extremely inspiring.
We haven’t had our whole team healthy, we’re hoping it’ll come together this weekend, but our non-scholarship athlete have stepped up BIG this season. 80% of our routines have been competed by non-scholarship athletes so it’s been fun to empty our bench on the competition floor and see them compete like Bruins
Lindenwood hosts Collegiate National Championships
… April 8-10 at Hyland Arena in St. Charles, Mo.
The teams that earned a spot in the nationals were Bridgeport, Lindenwood, Brown, Seattle Pacific, Cornell, Texas Woman’s, Yale, and Air Force. Individuals from Pennsylvania, West Chester, Southern Connecticut, and Centenary will also be in action throughout the weekend. …
The first session will include Bridgeport, Seattle Pacific, Cornell, and Air Force, and the evening session has Lindenwood, Brown, Texas Woman’s, and Yale. The top two teams in each session will advance to Saturday’s team finals. …
Bridgeport enters the competition as the top seed …
2016 USA Gymnastics Women’s Collegiate National Championships
George Washington’s best ever Regionals
What a season!
The No. 27 George Washington gymnastics team posted its highest-ever postseason team score with a 195.55 to place fifth at the NCAA Athens Regional on Saturday …
GW’s team score is the best-ever mark in 12 appearances at NCAA Regionals and nearly a full point higher than the previous best, which was 194.675 at the 2001 Southeast Regional. …
Head Coach Margie Foster-Cunningham was honored as the NCAA Southeast Region Coach of the Year for the second consecutive season. …
NCAA Men’s Championships
Ohio State will host the two-day event on Friday, April 15 and Saturday, April 16. The NCAA has pared down this year’s event from three days to two days. Event Finals will be included in Saturday’s Team and All-Around Finals. …
As in past years, a live video stream will be provided on the NCAA website, not to mention a live-scoring feed.
Stick It Media – Record-Breaking Weekend of College Men’s Gymnastics
Sadly the Men’s competition will be held the same weekend as the women’s Championships. Better for fans would be different weekends, as it was in 2015.
Cal qualifies for Championships
Recall 2010? Cal Berkeley announced that both Gymnastics teams would be CUT. For budget reasons.
Both team survived. And both teams have thrived. 🙂
Both will be competing with full teams at Nationals 2016.
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related – TONI-ANN WILLIAMS will miss Championships. She’ll be competing for Jamaica at the Olympic Test Meet.
12 teams to Championships
Hosted by Texas Woman’s University at the Fort Worth Convention Center Arena, April 15-16. Same venue as last year.
Oklahoma 197.575
LSU 197.300
Alabama 197.125
Utah 197.125
Georgia 196.850
Florida 196.725
Nebraska 196.550
Auburn 196.525
Stanford 196.525
UCLA 196.375
Minnesota 196.175
California 195.925
Click over to NCAA.com to see the AA and individual apparatus qualifiers.
I’ve attended Championships for the last 9 years. But I’ll be in Rio for the Olympic Test Meet this time. The dates conflict.
Eastern Michigan was awesome
… the Eastern Michigan University women’s gymnastics team turned in an incredible meet in their first ever NCAA Regional, April 2. The Green and White finished with a team score of 196.250, and were just .0275 away from first-place Stanford and Auburn.
“We had three fantastic teams in front of us that we were going to have to beat,” explained Head Coach Jay Santos. … our kids stood toe-to-toe with those three strong teams. We were leading the meet after a few rotations, and we hung with three of the best teams in the country. I’m super proud of what we did today …”
At the conclusion of the meet, Jay Santos was named Regional Coach of the Year, while Jess Santos was named Regional Assistant Coach of the Year. …
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