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NCAA Champions:

Kytra Hunter – Vault
Kat Ding – Bars
Geralen Stack-Eaton – Beam
Kat Ding – Floor

Click PLAY or watch Kat’s Bars on YouTube.

Judges don’t deduct much in College gymnastics. But they do require good handstands.

Andy wants Vanessa Zamarippa to return to Elite. For Bars.

Click PLAY or watch her Super 6 routine on YouTube.

An excellent highlights edit.

FIG Official — Best of 2012 Worlds in Orlando

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Glimpse what goes on at the hotel. In the elevator. Off the floor at the NCAA Championships.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Stanford did a fantastic job at Championships 2012. #NoRegrets

… It’s difficult to believe these girls are geni‘, with IQs higher than you and I combined. 🙂

The French and Romanian WAG teams went head to head this weekend. The Romanians led the meet with a team score of 175.200, over France’s 165.550.

Romanians claimed the top two spots in the all-around too. Larisa Iordache somewhat unsurprisingly won the all around meet with a 60.150. Reports have it that the little ball of energy pulled out a double double on floor. …

Couch Gymnast

Thanks to Gymfever and Bea Gheorghisor for the information!

One of my favourite Summer camps is registering.

July 16th- 21st
Prov 3 – National

At Mountain Shadows Gym Club
Okotoks, Alberta near Calgary

Six days intensive optional training. The 15th annual Mountain Shadows Camp is directed by Jim McLuskey and Jen Krause. Coaches include Crystal Gilhooly, Gary Ricks and many of the regulars. 🙂

$480 includes accommodation in the gym and the BEST camp food anywhere. Catered.

Download the 2012 Comp Camp Brochure. (Docx) Or check it out online.

@USAgym:

Senior U.S. National Team members won at least a share of 5 of the 6 events and combined for 10 of the possible 18 medals tonight.

Floor 1. Eddie Penev (Stanford)
Pommels 1. Glen Ishino (Cal)
Rings 1. C.J. Maestas (Illinois)
Vault 1. Eddie Penev (Stanford) and Paul Ruggeri (Illinois)
Parallel Bars 1. Jake Dalton (Oklahoma)
Horizontal Bar – 1. Sam Mikulak (Michigan)

Click through to read Dwight Normile’s wrap-up article on IG – Penev Wins Pair of Titles at NCAAs

(Turn off the audio if you don’t want to listen to the auto-loading video on that page.)

related – Blythe Lawrence – NCAA men’s team redux: Will Jake Dalton return to Oklahoma?

related – Oklahoma wins three individual titles

NGM feels this Vault may have been better than Zamarippa’s 10.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. 9.975

Landing is better. But Vanessa “sets” better. And is higher. Still, I’d have awarded both superstars a 10.

Geralen Stack-Eaton bio

… with all the pressure in the world on your shoulders, what do you do?

HIT for 9.950

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Alabama bio

And the All-around probably should have been even higher.

One of the greatest College gymnasts all time.

UCLA – athlete bio

Click PLAY or watch watch her 10.0 Vault on YouTube. The only 10 of the competition.