27 perfect 10s have been awarded at NCAA Championships.
Will there be more in 2014?
NCAA – Perfect 10
Aliya Mustafina – Unbreakable Stride
walk-on Michael Squires NCAA Champ
“You’ve got to understand, he was not recruited by anybody,” Oklahoma coach Mark Williams said. “He was from Edmond, Okla. One of my former gymnasts coached him for one or two years, and he begged me to come see him. …
… On Saturday night, Squires, now a junior, defended his still rings title at the NCAA NC Men’s Gymnastics Championships in Ann Arbor. His score of 15.800 bettered second-place C.J. Maestas of Illinois by .075 points. One night earlier, Squires also put up the top rings score of 15.700 in helping Oklahoma take second place in the team competition.
“This never happens,” Williams said. “I’ve been doing gymnastics for 25 years at the college level, and nobody has ever done this. Somebody that is totally unheard of at the [Junior Olympic] level, never did anything as a ringman, and to improve the way he did in a year and a half is a testament to how hard he worked and believing in a plan and executing it.” …
NCAA – From unwanted to NCAA champ
Oklahoma’s former walk-on Michael Squires defends his rings title
I can’t find his NCAA gold medal routine, so here’s a 6.9 start from 2014 Winter Cup Challenge Finals.
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Here are your 2014 Men’s NCAA champions:
Floor: Alec Robin, OU
PH: Ellis Mannon, Minn
Rings: Michael Squires, OU
Vault: Robin, OU
PB: Sam Mikulak, Michigan
HB: Jordan Valdez, Illinois
Sam Mikulak’s win tied him with two others for the most NCAA titles in history.
related – Syque Caesar goes from walk-on to three national championships:
Syque Caesar, a graduate student and co-captain of the gymnastics team, became the first Michigan athlete in 53 years to be part of three NCAA team titles (2010, 2013-14).
(via FIG)
Hall of Fame gymnasts
Six individuals, representing four different gymnastics disciplines, comprise the 2014 class of inductees for the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame.
The five athletes and coach are: long-time University of Illinois men’s gymnastics head coach Yoshi Hayasaki of Champaign, Ill.; 2002 World uneven bars champion and two-time Olympic medalist Courtney Kupets of Gaithersburg, Md.; 2008 Olympic all-around gold medalist Nastia Liukin of Plano, Texas; three-time U.S. rhythmic gymnastics all-around champion Lisa Wang of Libertyville, Ill.; and 2004 Olympic silver medalist Blaine Wilson of Worthington, Ohio. Acrobatic gymnastics judge and administrator Jola Jones of Fair Oaks, Calif., is the final member of the Class of 2014, receiving a Lifetime Achievement honor. …
Meanwhile, …
Gymnastics legends Li Yuejiu (China), Klaus Köste (Germany), Natalia Yurchenko (Russia), and Jackie Fie (USA) will be inducted into the International Gymnastics (magazine) Hall of Fame on May 17 in Oklahoma City.
Renowned ABC Wide World of Sports television commentator Gordon Maddux will receive the Frank Bare Award for his contributions and promotions of gymnastics. …
related – Catching up with Blaine Wilson
Amazing Football/ Gymnastics Catch
Fooling around at Taiso Gymnastics in Saskatoon. 2011.
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Taiso is building a new gym. 🙂
this IS tumbling
The critical drill for strong back tumbling. As Iarov told us in 1994, the rest is “trampoline”.
Pumped for Newfoundland Provincials
Painfully funny. 🙂
Kenny Budge-twostep cheats his way to victory in the florentine division at the 2014 provincials and learns a hard lesson.
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What the H is that all about you ask?
Michele Soucy:
We had a “Pumped for Provincials” challenge where we invited kids to send in a video on why they were excited for Provincials.
… the men’s coaches unfortunately beat the women’s this year. 🙂
growth and development …
Some Jr gymnasts grow taller, faster than others.
Check this pic posted by Alec Yoder on Instagram.
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Pacific Rim awards podium. That’s Kakeru Tanigawa from Japan with the U.S. guys.
(via Nico on GymFever)
Sang Lan has a baby boy
Sang Lan, a former world-class Chinese gymnast who was tragically paralyzed while preparing for the 1998 Goodwill Games, gave birth to a baby boy in Beijing on April 14. …
(via wogymnast)
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