Seitz – Bhardwaj combo

Sanna Veerman.

NCAA rankings – week 4

From Balance Beam Situation.

1=Oklahoma197.963197.775
2=Cal197.638197.950
3+4Kentucky197.450197.950
4+1Utah197.419197.675
5-2LSU197.369197.225
6=Alabama197.363197.575
7-3Arkansas197.300197.225
8=Florida197.283197.425
9=Missouri197.088197.325
10+2Denver197.019197.150

 Last season, it took an NQS of197.720 to get a 1-2 regional seeding, an NQS of 197.100 to get a 3-4 regionals seeding, and an NQS of 196.285 to make regionals overall.

Biggest Movers (+)

Kentucky was the big winner this week, scoring a program-record 197.950 …

UCLA is 11th and +4 in this week’s rankings …

Iowa State has now gone 196.900 and 196.650 in its last two meets, scores that should easily be enough to make regionals this year …

 Clemson successfully completed another right of passage this week with its first road meet and first road hit, ending in a new high of 196.550 and a ranking jump back into the top 20. …

BBS – WEEK 4+ TOP 25 AND RANKING NOTES

Chae Campbell – Floor

10 / 9.9 judging split.

Canadian Pediatrics endorses ‘risky play’

Perhaps the word risky is not ideal in this article. 

Free play, mostly free from injury — but with minor risk of bumps and bruises is recommended for parents.

Certainly many in 2024 are helicopter parents. Too much oversight is not optimal.

Kids need to climb trees, jump off things, and ride their bikes—even at speed. That’s what the Canadian Pediatric Society is recommending in a new white paper: Healthy Childhood Development Through Outdoor Risky Play. …

But what about the physical danger that risky play sometimes involves? How can doctors—and parents and schools—ignore that? …

And as the Pediatrics paper notes, “The research has established that children are less likely to be injured while engaging in unstructured activities than when playing an organized sport.” …

Reason – Even Canada Thinks the Nanny State Has Gone Too Far on Outlawing Fun

record 197.950 for Kentucky

Coach Noah Lyles 😀

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.

Click PLAY or watch it on Instagram.

1-arm handstand on H Bar

The amazing Savina Gabriella.

Click PLAY or watch it on Instagram.

UCLA 197.825

The Bruins put together a MEET.

With that much talent, they really should be a National Championships contender.

Makenzie Wilson – Vault