Category: NCAA

LOUD NCAA competitions

If you are going to Utah, LSU and some other venues in 2023 — it‘s going to be loud. You might not be able to hear your Floor music, for example.

West Virginia head coach Jason Butts:

“I have this obnoxious crowd noise music. It’s got Guns N’ Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and then I mixed in some smooth jazz just to really get on [the team’s] nerves. We blared it as loud as it could go in the gym to get them ready,” Butts explained …

Carlee Nelson:

… I hate that music, but thank you for doing that to me,” Butts recalled with a laugh. “I think the prep worked.” …

Unconventional Methods Prepared West Virginia for LSU Environment

2023 AAI Award Finalists

Maile O’Keefe (Utah), Luisa Blanco (Alabama), Sierra Brooks (Michigan), Lynnzee Brown (Denver), Trinity Thomas (Florida) and Raena Worley (Kentucky) are finalists for the 2023 AAI Award!.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

I’d have to vote for Trinity.

Kat LeVasseur deserves 10s

I’m OK with Kat’s 10s on Vault.

By any standard of NCAA, these are amongst the best Vaults.

Maryland, Yale, Temple, George Washington, Towson

America’s best and brightest standing up for human rights.

All are created equal.

And — therefore — all wear the same leo. 😀

Carly Dockendorf coaching Beam

Click through for a terrific interview.

Ironically, the first must-have on Utah associate head coach Carly Dockendorf’s checklist of essentials for a Red Rocks beam worker is something she didn’t possess as an athlete herself: a love for the apparatus.

“To be honest, I was terrible at beam as a gymnast,” admitted Dockendorf. “It was my worst event. …

… last season their beam NQS was the highest in the NCAA on any apparatus—a feat they’re in the process of repeating with their 49.670 leading the nation currently. …

Behind the Scenes of Utah’s Beam Dynasty

This photo is from a 2020 post on College Gym News – Dockendorf Brings Unique Experience to Utah and Coaching

College gymnasts returning to Elite

If you are the rest of the world, the trend of College gymnasts returning to Elite to try for Olympic qualification means the USA will be getting even stronger.

Careers will be extended.

Gymnasts should be more consistent, even with their Elite difficulty routines.

Maile O’Keefe’s amazing Vault

Of hundreds of Yurchenko 1/1s I’ve seen this season, Maile’s is best.

OPEN before landing. WAY before vertical. This is like the top trampolinists.

JORI JACKARD – Bars

Excellent Giant 1/1.

2023 Nissen Emery Finalists