Category: NCAA

Oklahoma ready for the post season

BEST ‘perfect’ 10s 😀

Judge Rhiannon Franck has been re-evaluating perfect 10 routines from the 2023 season on College Gym News.

As we all know, no routine is perfect. The 10 is mostly used as a marketing device for WAG NCAA. And it works!

Here are 3 sets Rhiannon would be happy to see be awarded an actual College 10.

SEC Championships 2023

Session 1:
VT: No. 5 seed Auburn
UB: No. 6 Arkansas
BB: No. 7 Missouri
FX: No. 8 Georgia

Session 2:
VT: No. 1 seed Florida
UB: No. 2 LSU
BB: No. 4 Alabama
FX: No. 3 Kentucky

When OKLAHOMA joins next season, this competition will change radically.

The championship will move from a one-day event to a two-day format. The semifinals will consist of two sessions of four teams each.  The top seed will receive a bye to the championship.  The top seed plus the two session winners in the semifinals and the team with the next highest score in the semifinals will advance to a four-team championship.

#respect Janelle McDonald

Coach Janelle McDonald has been with UCLA gymnastics for less than a year, but the program can feel her impact already. After finishing the regular season at No. 18 in the country a year ago, the Bruins now sit at No. 4 …

“If it wasn’t for Janelle, we wouldn’t be the Bruins we are today,” said sophomore Jordan Chiles. …

“It feels like it’s a dream come true,” (Margzetta) Frazier said. “It’s too good to be true that Janelle is here, and she’s done nothing but lift and empower and learn.” …

Daily Bruin

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.