Category: NCAA

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

Gymnastics – International Women’s Day

In 2023 one of the top Olympic women’s sports is Gymnastics. One of the few domains where males are the minority.

Increasingly, leadership has been taken over by women. A good trend.

I’d say the most successful competitive division of WAG in the world is not FIG, but rather NCAA. And Utah led the way in making the College sport so big in the eyes of the general public.

Congratulations to all the ladies in Gymnastics on #progress. And thanks to Utah for building the sport.