Category: NCAA

NCAA 16 teams Vegas Jan 6-7, ’23

The 2023 NCAA season will open with the Super 16 invitational at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas on January 6 and 7. The largest college invitational in memory will feature about 300 gymnasts from teams in the Big Ten, Big 12, EAGL, MRGC, Pac-12 and SEC. Fisk will also open its inaugural season at the event.

Presented in four sessions over two days …

Super 16 Brings Olympians, National Champions to Las Vegas for NCAA Opening Weekend

“Flashing the U” at Utah

It all started with gymnast Melissa Vituj. And one of the team’s loyal fans, John Bircumshaw.

Daniel Ribeiro 5-year-contract at Illinois

Congratulations to the new permanent Head Coach, Daniel Ribeiro.

Ribeiro was named interim head coach this past summer after serving four seasons as assistant coach and seven years as the associate head coach for the Illini, and in November, he promptly signed one of the top recruiting classes in the nation. …

Fighting Illini

GymAct coaches poll

No surprise. Arizona #1, as usual.

There are 14 teams in the Men’s College GymAct program for 2023.

Nationals May 13, 2023 in conjunction with USA Gymnastics’ JD Championships.

  1. Arizona State (275 points, 9 first place votes)
  2. Washington Men’s Gymnastics (263 points, 2 first place votes)
  3. Minnesota Men’s Gymnastics (241)
  4. lowa Men’s Gymnastics (231, 3 first place votes)
  5. Temple Men’s Gymnastics (216)
  6. Rocky Mountain Mavericks (201)

See the full list.

Oklahoma #1 in preseason poll

As voted by the Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association.

  1. Oklahoma (22)
  2. Florida (21)
  3. Utah (2)
  4. Michigan (4)
  5. Auburn
  6. LSU
  7. Alabama
  8. California
  9. Missouri
  10. UCLA

Here’s the list from last season:

  1. Michigan (2405 points) (37 first place votes)
  2. Florida (2319 points) (16 first place votes)
  3. Oklahoma (2317 points) (6 first place votes)
  4. Utah (2306 points) (8 first place votes)
  5. LSU (2179 points) (1 first place votes)
  6. Alabama (2027 points)
  7. California (2020 points) (1 first place votes)
  8. UCLA (1887 points)
  9. Minnesota (1803 points)
  10. Denver (1763 points)

See the full list on Road to Nationals.

How about MSU?

Men’s College East v West

1st annual Collegiate All-Stars competition, hosted by the College Gymnastics Association.

SUNDAY, December 11 at 5 p.m. ET on YouTube.

Each team will select four All-Stars / apparatus.

John Roethlisberger and Bridget Sloan as the commentators, along with Heath Thorpe, Maggie Nichols, Livy Dunne, and Stephen Nedoroscik serving as judges.

Wednesday Addams dance moves

Reminding me of Uma Thurman, I’m looking forward to seeing some of these moves referenced in NCAA routines 2023. 😀

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Here’s Uma. Watch it on YouTube.

sign up to be a Utah “philanthropy-fan”

This is new for the NCAA, I believe.

The “Who Rocks the House” (WRTH) collective encourages small donors to fund the program through monthly contributions.

Funds go to the gymnasts when they participate in community activities, such as a recent Girls on the Run 5k in Sugarhouse Park.

This is legal under the NCAA Name Image and Likeness (NIL) program.

After one month, WRTH has already collected over 6 figures. It’s working.

… The administration fees are being covered by an advisory board and management team that includes prominent longtime backers of the sport including Marsden, who retired in 2015, Megan Marsden who retired as co-coach in 2019, former Director of Athletics Chris Hill and former gymnasts MyKayla Skinner and Missy Marlowe in addition to fans Dan Lofgren and Brent Wilson.

Former gymnast Kim Brunisholz (who competed in the early 2000s as Allan) serves as Executive Director. …

Salt Lake Tribune – Utah collective looks to ‘philanthropy-fans’ to raise funds for gymnasts

College Gym News poll

15 editors of this fan site ranked the top 36 teams for the 2023 season.

  1. Oklahoma (13 first-place votes) 640
  2. Florida (4 first-place votes) 631
  3. Utah 604
  4. Michigan (1 first-place vote) 601
  5. Alabama 571
  6. Auburn 540
  7. LSU 522
  8. Missouri 498
  9. UCLA 490
  10. California 452

See the full list.

Here’s their rationale for how they came to that list.

January 6th LSU @ Utah

The 2023 season begins on Friday, January 6th, an opening day headlined by LSU @ Utah— …

Michigan State @ Alabama is also slated for the first day …

We have three new teams in college gymnastics this season (bringing us back up to 84) with Fisk, Simpson, and Greenville joining …

Read Spencer’s preview:

2023 NCAA Schedule Highlights