Category: NCAA

happy NCAA teams week 5

Spencer’s weekly update:

Last season, it look an NQS in the 197.9s to rank in the top 4 (seeded to make the championship), in the 197.4s to rank in the top 8 (seeded to make nationals), in the 196.9s to rank in the top 16 (seeded to make the regional final), and in the 196.2s to rank in the top 36 (advancing to regionals). …

Right now, we see only the current top 4 with any scores at that 197.9 level, reinforcing the gap they have created between themselves and everyone else and the likelihood that they stay in those positions. …

Week 5 Rankings and Notes

1.Oklahoma198.020
2.Michigan197.755
3.Florida197.735
4.Utah197.695

Maile O’Keefe – Beam

Adriana Popp – Vault

Awesome.

Adriana Popp competes for Boise.

nine 10s last night in NCAA

Though Spencer bemoans the judging, there were some terrific team and individual performances on Friday, Feb 3, 2023.

Which of these routines would YOU award a 10?

Jerry Reighard settles with CMU

Central Michigan University is paying up in a lawsuit filed by its former gymnastics coach.

Jerry Reighard was fired in April 2019 after a 35-year career, where he was revered as a gymnastics coach. The school claimed he was terminated for telling a gymnast to lie about concussion symptoms.

But Reighard disputed that and filed an age discrimination lawsuit. On Friday, a settlement was announced in two lawsuits brought by Reighard, the one against CMU and the other against ESPN and one of its reporters.

The settlement, which was announced a week before the case was scheduled for trial, includes CMU paying Reighard $350,000. He also settled his defamation lawsuit against ESPN and its reporter, Dan Murphy. …

ABC

Women’s NCAA Gymnastics booming

confetti at a Gymnastics meet?

Great idea. 😀

NCAA Coach Well-Being Study

In the profession of Gymnastics coaching, getting to the NCAA can be your career highlight. Salaries of the top College coaches are the highest in the world.

BUT there is plenty of media scrutiny and pressure to deliver results.

A short survey of 6,000 head and assistant NCAA coaches conducted in spring 2022 answered many interesting questions on student mental health and coach well-being under a changing college athletics landscape.

The results are available here:

celebrating Black History Month