Stefanie Merkle – Canada – Revolution Gymnastics
Gold Medal Routine
5th All Around Senior
Backhandspring into the 1 1/2.
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Floor was a very entertaining apparatus at Gymnix. Nice to see.
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UCLA Seniors defeat Oklahoma
Happy Happy in L.A. tonight.
Bruins get more dangerous the closer you get to SHOW TIME.
… UCLA senior Tauny Frattone earned the first perfect 10 of her career on vault.
… Aisha Gerber scoring a career-high 9.95 to win uneven bars, and Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs tying her career-high of 9.95 to tie for first on floor.
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Samantha Peszek won the all-around with a career-high score of 39.575
Gymnix Finals
Congratulations to everyone who competed in Montreal.
MARCH 8-11, 2012
With 800 athletes, 200 coaches and referees and 300 volunteers, the International Gymnix as become the biggest and the most important competition of gymnastics in Canada.
Junior/senior Cup Finals FLOOR
1. Lauren Mitchell (AUS). 2. Dominique Pegg (CAN). 3. Emily Little (AUS).
Junior/senior Cup Finals BEAM
1. Lauren Mitchell (AUS). 2. Emily Little (AUS). 3. Bianca Dancose-Giambattisto (CAN).
Junior/senior Cup Finals BARS
1. Bianca Dancose-Giambattisto (CAN). 2. Kaitlyn Hofland (CAN). 3. Georgia Simpson (AUS).
Junior/senior Cup Finals VAULT
1. Emily Little (AUS). 2. Kaitlyn Hofland (CAN). 3. Lauren Mitchell (AUS).
Examiner – Quick hits: Gymnix Event Finals
Gymnix Challenge division FLOOR
1. Stefanie Merkle (CAN). 2. Ashleigh Brennan (AUS). 3. Sabrina Gill (CAN).
Gymnix Challenge division BEAM
1. Gabriella Douglas (CAN). 2. Ellie Black (CAN). 3. Madeline Gardiner (CAN).
Gymnix Challenge division BARS
1. Larissa Miller (AUS). 2. Nikki Cheung (AUS). 3. Georgia Rose Brown (AUS).
Gymnix Challenge division VAULT
1. Ellie Black (CAN). 2. Sabrina Tomassini (CAN). 3. Paula Meija (PUR).
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Gymnix videos
Couch Gymnast is scanning YouTube for Gymnix routines.
… Here is Ellie Black, the girl who came second behind Peng Peng Lee in the Challenge Cup …
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Kristian Thomas – Floor
Kristian Thomas EF FX Euros 2011
D-score: 6.2
E-score: 9.100
15.300 4th
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Routines like this are under-appreciated right now. With only one conspicuous error, Kristian gets 9.1 execution.
An error riddled routine might end up with 8.1 execution. 😦
Thanks nastierlookin.
Moose Jaw gymnastics
Moose Jaw?
Is that a real place?
Yep. I was there yesterday for the annual Gymtastiks Invitational. Here’s their training gym, impressive for a town this size.
The competition was hosted just next door.
One nice touch — an extra strip of Floor on each side of the 40′ x 40′.
Check Gym Score Depot for full results and photos by Stu Cram.
Back in the 1990s I spent many weeks coaching training camps in Moose Jaw. A fascinating town.
FASTER, HIGHER, RICHER
Will the 2012 Olympic lose money?
• Olympic Games cash machine defies global doom
• London Olympics will break even.
• Factbox: How the Olympic Games are funded
So far, it looks good. The doubters quieted.
Trampoline in Britain
A cute edit.
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I’m now coaching at Gymnastics Adventure in Canada. We have a BIG Trampoline and Tumbling program. Love the sport. It’s so much more accessible to so many more kinds of athletes than is Artistic.
U Denver 196.725 upsets OSU
The No. 22 University of Denver gymnastics squad upset No. 9 Oregon State and Texas Woman’s, posting a season-high 196.725 on Saturday night at Hamilton Gymnasium. OSU finished with a 196.325 and TWU tallied a 193.650. With the victory, …
“It was a complete and total team effort tonight,” head coach Melissa Kutcher-Rinehart said. “What was impressive is we went 24-for-24 for the first time this season and we set our season-high.” …
In another shocker, West Virginia 195.675 defeated Arkansas 195.125.
flatback vault systems
Many nations offer one level of competition where gymnasts vault to flatback. In the USA WAG, it’s Level 4.
From Norberts:
Our slipover cover is a cost effective alternative to purchasing a regular Level 4 system.
Convert your 5′ x 10’ practice mats or pits into a Level 4 landing system by simply stacking any combination to meet 32″, 40″ and 48″ competition heights. Cover has a permanent yellow judging line, eliminating need to measure and tape before event. 2” wide webbing straps with side release buckles and a snug fit prevents mat stacks up to 48” from shifting.
Custom colors are available.
VS-300 Level 4 Slipover Cover – $175.00
At the Great West Gym Fest, instead of base mats, we used a Tumbl Trak Air Pit for the Vault competition. Adding top mats to vary the height.
Much lighter and more easily portable.
Leave a comment if you’ve got any other competition Vault set-up to recommend.
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