… did not go so well.
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the morning after Super 6 …
It was a pleasure and an honour to watch such a terrific final. This was the 9th in a row I’ve attended in person, and it was one of the best.
NCAA Women’s Gymnastics is the biggest and most successful competitive Gymnastics structure in the world. Road to Nationals ranks 82 teams. What a wonderful opportunity for all those gymnasts. All those coaches. And all us fans. 🙂
The Junior Olympic program leads seamlessly to College Gymnastics. Congratulations to the NCAA.
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Though the rules used to separate the best of the best are silly, I still felt the team ranking ended up correct.
Florida 197.850
Utah 197.800
Oklahoma 197.525
Alabama 197.275
Stanford 197.250
Auburn 195.625
Utah could have won. But when it was close in their last rotation, they did not stick enough vaults. Florida was stronger on Bars, I thought, than the Utes were on Vault. But it was close. If it had gone the other way, I’d not complain.
Oklahoma had a fantastic, fantastic year. (KJ Kindler should probably be named “NCAA Coach of the Year” every year.)
But they were let down by their Achilles heel – tumbling. Oklahoma’s tumbling is not competitive with the other 4 top teams. Nor do they look confident landing.
The NCAA really has to devalue front layout 3/2. 😦
OU Beam was fantastic. As usual.
Alabama was GREAT. If we repeated the Super 6 tomorrow night, the Tide could easily roll to victory. Any of the top 4 teams could win on any given night.
Anyone thinking Stanford’s qualifying to the Super 6 was “luck” should have seen them on Bars and Beam tonight. I would have gone 10.0 for Hong’s Bars & Beam. And Shapiro’s Bars.
Congratulations Cardinal.
Stanford’s Bars was the highlight rotation for me in Super 6.
And nobody can criticize Auburn. Though finishing 6th, this was a supreme achievement for these girls. Congratulations. I was so happy for you.
related:
• Balance Beam Situation – Super Six Live Blog
• Gymternet – Super Six Live Blog
• Let’s Talk Gym – 2015 Super Six: Gators 3-peat
Ellie Black – PanAms and Olympics
Halifax gymnast Ellie Black is taking a break from school as she trains for this summer’s Pan Am Games in Toronto.
Black, 19, has been a competitive gymnast since she was nine. She was studying kinesiology at Dalhousie University, but is taking this year and next year off to focus on her competitions. …
Black is temporarily stepping away from her kinesiology studies at Dalhousie University
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Here’s a nice feature on Ellie’s club.
Faster, higher, stronger – Halifax’s Alta Gymnastics Club is in the business of building champions
Not pictured is Ellie’s Head coach, Keiji Yamanaka, an old mentor of mine. Keiji and Tak Kikuchi were university teammates in Japan. Both moved to Canada in the early 1970s.
Courtney Tulloch training Pommels
Florida three-peat
Wow. What a night!
Florida 197.850
Utah 197.800
Oklahoma 197.525
Alabama 197.275
Stanford 197.250
Auburn 195.625
results (terrible format, by the way, Gymnastics ScoreKeeperTM by Beaver Creek Software)
A day after tying Utah for the top score in its afternoon qualifying round, Florida edged the Utes, 197.850-197.800, to win its third consecutive NCAA team title.
Dwight Normile – Florida Edges Utah to Complete Three-Peat
The Gators needed two clutch bar routines in the last two turns of the night, and Bridget Sloan and Alex McMurtry answered with back-to-back 9.95s that were enough to surge UF past Utah …
Bridget has been the single biggest factor in the … dynasty, I’d say. On that last Bar routine she nearly broke form on the overshoot. But with strength, toughness and sheer determination she SAVED it. And helped win another title.
off to the Super 6
🙂
Forget about Friday. The BIG dance starts Saturday 7pm ET.
Maria Paseka – Vault
Europeans Apparatus Finals – day 1
Montpellier (FRA)
UEG – Competition report: event finals day 1
Vault
1. PASEKA Maria (RUS) 15.250 (Amanar)
2. STEINGRUBER Giulia (SUI) 15.149
3. AFANASEVA Kseniia (RUS) 14.866 (Amanar)
results
Bars
1. Spiridonova (RUS) 15.466
2. R.Downie (GBR) 15.233
3. S.Wevers (NED) 14.200
results
Floor
1. THOMAS Kristian (GBR) 15.166
2. BELYAVSKIY David (RUS) 15.066
3. BRAEGGER Pablo (SUI) 14.941
results
Pommels
1. SMITH Louis (GBR) 15.800
2. MERDINYAN Harutyum (ARM) 15.333
3. BUSNARI Alberto (ITA) 15.200
results
Congratulations Louis.
Rings
1. Petrounias (GRE) 15.866
2. Ait Said (FRA) 15.566
2. Abliazin (RUS) 15.566
results
Nina McGee – Floor
LSU’s Lloimincia Hall went O.B. on her last tumbling pass. Out of the Floor Final yet again. One of the most talked about Floor routines over the past 4 years never qualified to an NCAA Final 😦
Happily Nina McGee from Denver is in. I’d love to see her win. College Floor is all about audience appeal. Nina’s routine, like Mincie’s, is impossible not to watch. And Nina’s double layout is even better.
Click PLAY or watch Nina’s prelims routine on YouTube.
YouTube doesn’t reveal how well Nina relates to the crowd. NCAA Floor you must see in person to appreciate.
… finished with an all-around score of 39.375 … 11th overall, earning her Second-Team All-American honors. Her final tally is the highest ever for a Denver gymnast at the NCAA National Championships …
“We can’t be any more proud of Nina,” said head coach Melissa Kutcher-Rinehart. “She hit four for four in her very first NCAA appearance, and we’re so pleased that she’s an all-around All-American.
(via College Gymnastics Board – more videos)
Georgia Dabritz 10.0 Bars
Again. This time during prelims at NCAA Championships. This was the only 10 of the day.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Utah is happy to be back in the Super 6. 🙂
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
