For as long as I can remember, Spieth Anderson (now SA Sports) has been the official equipment supplier to the Canadian National Gymnastics Championship.
No more.
GYMNOVA is our NEW supplier. And official equipment for the London Olympic Games.
This means, for Canadian clubs, purchasing and installing GYMNOVA equipment for all gymnasts training towards Nationals.
Kelly Manjak just installed this new beam into the line-up at Oakville.
There was some concern that the new beam might not fit into the existing SA beam mats. No problem. It did not take much tinkering.
Contact Robert SVP if you want more information on best ways to add GYMNOVA equipment into your gym.
Oklahoma’s Jake Dalton won his two specialty events, floor (16.20) and vault (16.55), a day after his team fell just shy of the team title. …
FX – Jake Dalton (Oklahoma) – 16.20
PH – Alex Naddour (Oklahoma) – 15.55 & Daniel Ribeiro (Illinois) – 15.55
SR – Brandon Wynn (Ohio State) – 16.00 VT – Dalton – 16.55
PB – Tyler Mizoguchi (Illinois) – 15.20
HB – Alex Buscaglia (Stanford) – 15.75
It was fantastic to see some great performances put in by several outstanding freshmen who qualified for event finals. As you can see, they all earned All-American honors! Here is the list:
FX: Sam Mikulak (Michigan) – 15.70 (3rd)
PH: Chris Turner (Stanford) – 15.00 (4th)
VT: Jeff Treleaven (Ohio State) – 16.10 (3rd); Mikulak – 15.50 (7th)
PB: Mikulak – 14.70 (4th)
HB: Kris Done (Ohio State) – 15.00 (5th); Wasef Burbar (Penn State) – 14.80 (6th)
… Michigan’s Sam Mikulak has had quite a year, going back to last May. He won the JO Nationals all-around championship, VISA U.S.A. all-around championship, Big 10 all-around championship and the NCAA all-around championship. Can’t think of any other athlete who has accomplished the “grand slam” of gymnastics. …
That’s from the best coverage of the Men’s NCAA Gymnastics – Stick It Media.
Steven Legendre of Oklahoma. Credit: Greg Long/Longshot Photography
Stephen, the Nissen-Emery Award winner, was expected to win the all-around, but problems with his Dragalescu vault took him out.
One more thing:
… The Men’s programs themselves do a fairly poor job promoting their own cause. That may hurt chances of survival, long term.
It’s a shame, too, that they schedule Championships concurrent with the women’s meet. Most media go to the girls competition, if they must choose. Best for the Men and for fans would be a combined NCAA MAG and WAG meet.
Note that she does not use the easier Kasamatsu technique. These are true Tsuk 1 1/2 and 1/1.
College girls need show 2 different vaults in finals, not 2 different families.
Vault was the weakest final, however. Most of the girls only train 1 vault, winging it on the second, if they make the final. I feel that’s dangerous … though it wasn’t today (happily). If there was an injury on the second (untrained) vault, I’d argue that the NCAA rules partially contributed.
No more. 
