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The latest rankings are out on Troester GymInfo.

Upsets this past weekend did not result in any major shake-up. The ranking list is fairly stable by this point in the season.

1. Florida
2. Oklahoma
3. UCLA
4. Alabama
5. Georgia
6. Nebraska
7. Utah
8. Oregon State
9. Arkansas
10. LSU
11. Stanford
12. Penn State
13. Ohio State
14. Auburn
15. Boise State
16. Missouri
17. Denver
18. Arizona
19. Minnesota
20. North Carolina State
21. Michigan
22. Illinois-Champaign
23. Kentucky
24. Washington
25. Arizona State

What unexpected school will qualify to Championships in Georgia this season? Last year it was Kent State. They went 196.400 this weekend, by the way.

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Vanessa Ferrari decided not to compete her double double, instead using full-in punch back tuck.

… It nearly worked.

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Stefanie Merkle – Canada – Revolution Gymnastics
Gold Medal Routine
5th All Around Senior

Backhandspring into the 1 1/2.

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Floor was a very entertaining apparatus at Gymnix. Nice to see.

Happy Happy in L.A. tonight.

Bruins get more dangerous the closer you get to SHOW TIME.

… UCLA senior Tauny Frattone earned the first perfect 10 of her career on vault.

… Aisha Gerber scoring a career-high 9.95 to win uneven bars, and Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs tying her career-high of 9.95 to tie for first on floor.

UCLA Wins Top 3 Matchup over Oklahoma, 197.525-196.475

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Samantha Peszek won the all-around with a career-high score of 39.575

Congratulations to everyone who competed in Montreal.

MARCH 8-11, 2012

With 800 athletes, 200 coaches and referees and 300 volunteers, the International Gymnix as become the biggest and the most important competition of gymnastics in Canada.

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Junior/senior Cup Finals FLOOR
1. Lauren Mitchell (AUS). 2. Dominique Pegg (CAN). 3. Emily Little (AUS).

Junior/senior Cup Finals BEAM
1. Lauren Mitchell (AUS). 2. Emily Little (AUS). 3. Bianca Dancose-Giambattisto (CAN).

Junior/senior Cup Finals BARS
1. Bianca Dancose-Giambattisto (CAN). 2. Kaitlyn Hofland (CAN). 3. Georgia Simpson (AUS).

Junior/senior Cup Finals VAULT
1. Emily Little (AUS). 2. Kaitlyn Hofland (CAN). 3. Lauren Mitchell (AUS).

Examiner – Quick hits: Gymnix Event Finals

Gymnix Challenge division FLOOR
1. Stefanie Merkle (CAN). 2. Ashleigh Brennan (AUS). 3. Sabrina Gill (CAN).

Gymnix Challenge division BEAM
1. Gabriella Douglas (CAN). 2. Ellie Black (CAN). 3. Madeline Gardiner (CAN).

Gymnix Challenge division BARS
1. Larissa Miller (AUS). 2. Nikki Cheung (AUS). 3. Georgia Rose Brown (AUS).

Gymnix Challenge division VAULT
1. Ellie Black (CAN). 2. Sabrina Tomassini (CAN). 3. Paula Meija (PUR).

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Couch Gymnast is scanning YouTube for Gymnix routines.

… Here is Ellie Black, the girl who came second behind Peng Peng Lee in the Challenge Cup …

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All 4 routines from Peng Peng.

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Kristian Thomas EF FX Euros 2011

D-score: 6.2
E-score: 9.100

15.300 4th

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Routines like this are under-appreciated right now. With only one conspicuous error, Kristian gets 9.1 execution.

An error riddled routine might end up with 8.1 execution. 😦

Thanks nastierlookin.

Moose Jaw?

Is that a real place?

Yep. I was there yesterday for the annual Gymtastiks Invitational. Here’s their training gym, impressive for a town this size.

The competition was hosted just next door.

One nice touch — an extra strip of Floor on each side of the 40′ x 40′.

Check Gym Score Depot for full results and photos by Stu Cram.

Back in the 1990s I spent many weeks coaching training camps in Moose Jaw. A fascinating town.

Will the 2012 Olympic lose money?

• Olympic Games cash machine defies global doom

• London Olympics will break even.

• Factbox: How the Olympic Games are funded

So far, it looks good. The doubters quieted.

A cute edit.

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I’m now coaching at Gymnastics Adventure in Canada. We have a BIG Trampoline and Tumbling program. Love the sport. It’s so much more accessible to so many more kinds of athletes than is Artistic.