Category: NCAA

Chae Campbell – Vault

Men’s Gymnastics Ramblings

A NEW Men’s Gymnastics website — but one with good content and links.

They are posting on Facebook and Twitter, as well.

The first week of the best time of the year has started – Men’s NCAA gymnastics season! …

The new Division lll teams are off to a great start of their second season, with Simpson scoring 366 (a 24.65 point improvement over week 1 of 2023) and Greenville scoring 383.5 (a 10.4 point improvement over week 1 2023). …

NCAA Snapshot Week 1

Freshman stepping up:

  • Greenville freshman Logan Watterson ranked #1 in the nation on vault with a score of 14.95
  • Michigan freshman Kyle Walchuck ranked #1 on pommel horse with score of 14.3
  • Greenville freshman Zach Connelly ranked #1 on floor with a score of 14.1.
  • Michigan freshman Pierce Wolfgang is ranked #1 in the nation in the AA. Check out this video he made about the state of men’s NCAA gymnastics. …

Men’s NCAA preview 2024

Christy Sandmaier posted a terrific article with Head Coach interviews with 8 top ranked teams.

Stanford’s Thom Glielmi:

Key Athletes: “This is a difficult one to narrow down. Asher Hong, definitely, as he brings big scoring potential on most events. After that, it’s between Colt Walker, Khoi Young and Taylor Burkhart. I’m going to give the edge to Taylor, as he will be in the mix on every event and brings high scoring potential on most.”

Secret Weapon: “Nick Kuebler or Brandon Nguyen. 

Michigan’s Xiao Yuan:

Key Athletes: “World medalists Fred Richard and Paul Juda, no question. Last year Paul was injured, so to have both this year, together for the first time at Michigan, is very fortunate. …

Secret Weapon: “Maybe not a big secret, since he’s on the National Developmental Team, but Landen Blixt. …

Two years ago, the gap between Stanford and Michigan was 10 points. Last year it was 2.5, and this year we have Paul Juda. …

Read the full article:

06 Jan 2024 Men’s NCAA Preview!

Leo reveal

Very cool.

new facility for Cal

About time. Just sayin’ 😀

opening weekend NCAA rankings

Oklahoma is the top women’s team, so far.

Michigan the top MAG.

Justin Spring Podcast

I can’t think of any other coach who better can compare and contrast Men’s and Women’s NCAA.

Justin was Men’s Head Coach of Illinois before taking a job as an Assistant Coach with the Women’s Team — Alabama.

He’s co-hosting with Nicole Langevin for a limited run, a NEW podcast. 

Search for “Our Chenko“.

Very entertaining and informative. 😀

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Lily Smith – Bars

One of the most anticipated new NCAA gymnasts in 2024.

Mean Girls Super16 – part 2

Alabama topped day 2 of the season opening NCAA meet in Vegas.

Alabama 197.125
Minnesota 196.850
Cal – 196.850
Auburn – 196.600
UCLA – 196.550
Oregon State 196.525
Southern Utah 196.025
BYU 195.750

UCLA had a Balance Beam Situation.

Read Spencer’s LIVE blog.

Here are the results from day 1.

Oklahoma 197.850
Denver – 196.850
Kentucky 196.775
Michigan State 196.300
Michigan 195.875
Illinois – 195.725
Washington – 195.000
San Jose – 194.950

Mean Girls Super16 – part 1

The NCAA season got off to a terrific start with 16 teams in Vegas.

Eight on Friday. Eight on Saturday.

Friday, Jan 5th results:

Oklahoma 197.850
Denver – 196.850
Kentucky 196.775
Michigan State 196.300
Michigan 195.875
Illinois – 195.725
Washington – 195.000
San Jose – 194.950

You can watch some of the competition on the Mean Girls Super16 Gymnastics Championships YouTube page. Click the LIVE link.

Read Spencer’s LIVE blog.