Noah Lyles is a sprinter. Fastest in the 100 m, 200 m, and 4 x 100 m events at the 2023 World Championships, becoming the first man since Usain Bolt in 2015 to complete the sprint treble at a World Championships.
BUT Noah started as a gymnast.
Fred Richard reached out to get some advice on his Vault sprint.
Rhiannon Franck is a former national-rated NAWGJ women’s gymnastics judge with over 15 years of USAG judging experience and nine seasons judging NCAA gymnastics.
As many noted, scores at the 2024 Tennessee Collegiate Classic seemed impossibly high.
As the meet was not was not broadcasted or recorded, Rhiannon went online to find as many routines as possible.
Lindenwood was the only team that recorded and posted all of their routines, and there were no routines available from Kent State. The other team’s routines were cobbled together from social media posts by fans or the teams. Despite this, I’ve re-evaluated every routine I could find to try and make some sense out of this competition for us all. …
With a few exceptions, most of the overscores were overlooking details like knees, feet, leg separation, body posture on landing, etc. …
Worst case scenario, this very high scoring could later affect who qualifies for regionals.
MAYBE it’s time to make NCAA judging fair. … Fairer. 😀
The weakest link in the entire ecosystem of women’s college gymnastics is the lack of consistent, quality judging! All of the athletes, most coaches, and most schools do a fantastic job… they deserve better!