Five of these 7 teams will qualify to Regionals on April 1st. Two will be disappointed.
32 Penn State
33 North Carolina
34 Maryland
35(t) BYU
35(t) Central Michigan
37 Minnesota
38 Western Michigan
Yale defeats Stanford
George Washington and NC State defeat Stanford.
It’s been a rotten season for Stanford.
And an amazing season for Yale. Today they hit 24 / 24. No counting score below a 9.6.
Sr Gymnix Apparatus Finals
Oksana is 25 years older than the other two on the podium!
VAULT
| Shallon Olsen | CANADA 2 | 00 | 14.500 | 1 | ||
| Oksana Chusovitina | OUZBEK | 75 | 14.475 | 2 | ||
| Hitomi Hatakeda | JAPAN | 00 | 14.025 | 3 |
BARS
| Hitomi Hatakeda | JAPAN | 00 | 5.5 | 13.825 | 1 | |
| Emily Whitehead | AUST | 00 | 4.9 | 13.000 | 2 | |
| Ayu Koike | JAPAN | 99 | 4.8 | 12.950 | 3 |
BEAM
| Hitomi Hatakeda | JAPAN | 00 | 4.9 | 13.350 | 1 | |
| Jade Chrobok | CANADA 1 | 01 | 5.5 | 13.275 | 2 | |
| Rianna Mizzen | AUST | 99 | 5.4 | 13.200 | 3 |
FLOOR
| Hitomi Hatakeda | JAPAN | 00 | 5.2 | 13.600 | 1 | |
| Megan Roberts | CANADA 1 | 00 | 5.1 | 13.567 | 2 | |
| Shallon Olsen | CANADA 2 | 00 | 5.5 | 13.467 | 3 |
Jr Gymnix Apparatus Finals
VAULT
| Emma Malabuyo | USA | 02 | 14.388 | 1 | ||
| Maile O’Keefe | USA | 02 | 14.100 | 2 | ||
| Asia D’Amato | ITALIE | 03 | 13.975 | 3 |
BARS
| Gabby Perea | USA | 02 | 6.0 | 14.600 | 1 | |
| Sunisa Lee | USA | 03 | 5.7 | 14.125 | 2 | |
| Eliza Iorio | ITALIE | 03 | 5.6 | 13.725 | 3 |
BEAM
| Gabby Perea | USA | 02 | 5.6 | 13.825 | 1 | |
| Zoé Allaire-Bourgie | CANADA | 04 | 5.2 | 13.575 | 2 | |
| Maile O’Keefe | USA | 02 | 5.7 | 12.575 | 3 |
FLOOR
| Maile O’Keefe | USA | 02 | 5.2 | 13.675 | 1T | |
| Gabby Perea | USA | 02 | 5.3 | 13.675 | 1T | |
| Ana Padurariu | CANADA | 02 | 5.1 | 13.500 | 3 |
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Washington 196.925 v 194.100 Seattle Pacific
This was my first visit to Hec Edmundson Pavilion, host of an upcoming Regional Championships. (Apr 1st).
“I’m so proud of this team,” said head coach Elise Ray. “All week, they trained with the intention of giving everything they had for their seniors. Last night was the same: they competed with full hearts for their incredible senior class. It was a special night. Though we attained our second highest score of the season, the team is hungry for more, I can see it in their eyes.” …
The new coaching staff at Washington look to be doing a terrific job. Congratulations.
Head Coach ELISE RAY
Assistant coaches CALEB PHILLIPS & CHAD WIEST
Hailey Burleson is even better LIVE than on YouTube. So tall, so slim. And extremely confident.
Hailey was easily winning the AA after 3 apparatus. Then – shockingly – she under-rotated a punch front on Floor to end up with 9.20.
Washington would like a do-over on Vault. Not their best day. But Beam (49.425) was very impressive. I thought they stuck 6/6 dismounts — but the announcer stated it was 5/6.
Some of those Beam routines would have scored .05 to .10 higher if they were from one of the top 6 teams.
Can Washington qualify for Nationals? Definitely, though I wouldn’t bet the mortgage. Vault is not at all top 10 in the NCAA. Nor is tumbling.
In fact I appreciated the (Division 2) Seattle Pacific tumbling and vault equally. (This was a season-high for the Falcons by 1.50. And their 7th highest score in history.)
It was seniors night. A touching tribute for these ladies.
Click PLAY or watch Kaitlyn’s tribute video on Twitter.
Emery Cole – Shewfelt
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Olympic/World competitors in NCAA Gymnastics
There are 36 World/Olympic team members in college this year. A total of 27 former US National Team members … competing on 9 teams. Alabama has the most former national team members with 6 this year. …
Olympic/World Championship Team Members Competing in College Gymnastics in 2017
the history of Jazzercise
You’ll think this is a Saturday Night Live skit.
Not so. This was a real TV show in 1982. 🙂
Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.
Judi Sheppard Missett began what would evolve into Jazzercise as a student at Northwestern University. Sheppard Missett was teaching at a dance studio and noticed her classes had high dropout rates. Realizing students were attending for physical fitness and not to become highly technically proficient in dance, Shepard Missett began to hold “just for fun” classes that began with a jazz warmup. These classes were eventually renamed “Jazzercise.”
Maile O’Keefe wins Jr Gymnix
1. Maile O’Keefe, USA, 55.934
2. Gabby Perea, USA, 55.700
3. Giorgia Villa, Italy, 55.502
4. Emma Malabuyo, USA, 54.135
5. Asia D’Amato, Italy, 53.934
6. Elisa Iorio, Italy, 53.902
full results
Lauren Hopkins was there. Read her LIVE commentary.
Beam – Handspring to Rudi dismount
Cool.
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