opening weekend NCAA rankings

Oklahoma is the top women’s team, so far.

Michigan the top MAG.

1-arm chin-ups

I’ve never seen LIVE any female do a true 1-arm pull-up.

How about climber Dinara Fakhritdinova from Russia? She started as a gymnast. Switched to climbing at age-10. Born 1992.

Lily Smith – Bars

One of the most anticipated new NCAA gymnasts in 2024.

Justin Spring Podcast

I can’t think of any other coach who better can compare and contrast Men’s and Women’s NCAA.

Justin was Men’s Head Coach of Illinois before taking a job as an Assistant Coach with the Women’s Team — Alabama.

He’s co-hosting with Nicole Langevin for a limited run, a NEW podcast. 

Search for “Our Chenko“.

Very entertaining and informative. 😀

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Mean Girls Super16 – part 2

Alabama topped day 2 of the season opening NCAA meet in Vegas.

Alabama 197.125
Minnesota 196.850
Cal – 196.850
Auburn – 196.600
UCLA – 196.550
Oregon State 196.525
Southern Utah 196.025
BYU 195.750

UCLA had a Balance Beam Situation.

Read Spencer’s LIVE blog.

Here are the results from day 1.

Oklahoma 197.850
Denver – 196.850
Kentucky 196.775
Michigan State 196.300
Michigan 195.875
Illinois – 195.725
Washington – 195.000
San Jose – 194.950

Mean Girls Super16 – part 1

The NCAA season got off to a terrific start with 16 teams in Vegas.

Eight on Friday. Eight on Saturday.

Friday, Jan 5th results:

Oklahoma 197.850
Denver – 196.850
Kentucky 196.775
Michigan State 196.300
Michigan 195.875
Illinois – 195.725
Washington – 195.000
San Jose – 194.950

You can watch some of the competition on the Mean Girls Super16 Gymnastics Championships YouTube page. Click the LIVE link.

Read Spencer’s LIVE blog.

Maile O’Keefe – 10.0 Beam

The first 10.0 of the season.

Men’s NCAA Gymnastics 2024 begins

To kick off the 2024 NCAA Men’s Gymnastics season, Penn State hosts Army (Jan 5th), and Michigan hosts Greenville & Simpson (Jan 6th).

Here are the favourites as ranked by the preseason coaches poll.