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Everyone looks quite relaxed. … aside from Sam.

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Sam Peszek just did her standing full up on beam! She actually looked nervous beforehand. But it looks great!

Apparatus finals are a bit of an afterthought to the team competition.

The girls are not used to having so much warm-up time.

Here are the 2011 NCAA Individual Event Finals Qualifiers and the competition order which they drew to compete. By qualifying to event finals all of the girls listed below have also earned first team All American honors.

VAULT (in the order they will be competing):
1 Janelle Giblin, Nebraska, 9.90
2 Kylee Botterman, Michigan, 9.925
3 Jamie Schleppenbach, Nebraska, 9.90
4 Madison Mooring, Oklahoma, 9.90
5 Brittani McCullough, UCLA, 9.95
6 Amy Borsellino, Arkansas, 9.90
7 Katie Zurales, Michigan, 9.90
8 Alaina Johnson, Florida, 9.90
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9 Marissa Gutierrez, Alabama, 9.95
10 Marissa King, Florida, 9.90
11 Geralen Stack-Eaton, Alabama 9.90
12 Erin Davis, Nebraska, 9.95
13 Kayla Hoffman, Alabama, 9.90
14 Lindsey Cheek, Georgia, 9.90
15 Stephanie McAllister, Utah, 9.90
16 Ashley Sledge, Alabama, 9.90

BARS:
1 Trish Wilson, Michigan, 9.925
2 Kat Ding, Georgia, 9.925
3 Sarah DeMeo, Alabama, 9.90
4 Emily Wong, Nebraska, 9.90
5 Olivia Vivian, Oregon State, 9.90
6 Megan Ferguson, Oklahoma, 9.90
7 Maria Scaffidi, Nebraska, 9.90
8 Geralen Stack-Eaton, Alabama, 9.90
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9 Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs, UCLA, 9.90
10 Monique De LaTorre, UCLA, 9.90
11 Jen Kesler, Oregon State, 9.90
12 Alaina Johnson, Florida, 9.90
13 Kayla Nowak, Oklahoma, 9.90
14 Makayla Stambaugh, Oregon State, 9.90
15 Brittnee Martinez, Michigan, 9.90

BEAM:
1 Kim Jacob, Alabama, 9.875
2 Kayla Hoffman, Alabama, 9.90
3 Kylee Botterman, Michigan, 9.85
4 Mary Beth Lofgren, Utah, 9.825
5 Megan Ferguson, Oklahoma, 9.925
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6 Melissa Fernandez, Illinois, 9.85
7 Sam Peszek, UCLA, 9.875
8 Natasha Kelley, Oklahoma, 9.90
9 Aisha Gerber, UCLA, 9.85
10 Leslie Mak, Oregon State, 9.875

FLOOR:
1 Lora Evenstad, Nebraska, 9.90
2 Erin Davis, Nebraska, 9.90
3 Jaime Pisani, Arkansas, 9.95
4 Geralan Stack-Eaton, Alabama, 9.925
5 Cassidy McComb, Georgia, 9.90
6 Marissa King, Florida, 9.925
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7 Makayla Stambaugh, Oregon State, 9.90
8 Kylee Botterman, Michigan, 9.925
9 Brittni McCullough, UCLA, 9.925
10 Alaina Johnson, Florida, 9.90
11 Maranda Smith, Florida, 9.90
12 Katherine Grable, Arkansas, 9.90

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The routine that sealed the deal for Alabama, Kayla Hoffman on floor:

http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/OTI5NDg1MDYy

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USAG – Alabama wins 2011 NCAA Women’s National Championships team title

Kayla Hoffman, who was second in the NCAA all-around yesterday, Kim Jacob and Geralen Stack-Eaton competed on all four events for the Tide. Other members of the championship team are: Becca Alexin, Sarah DeMeo, Marissa Gutierrez, Diandra Milliner and Ashley Sledge. DeMeo, Hoffman and Stack-Eaton are former U.S. National Team members.

Amanda Turner linked this video from Facebook.

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GYMNAST CROSSING linked to a 1990s Japanese Anime TV show featuring male gymnasts preparing for the 2000 Olympics.

This is like an animated “American Anthem” meets “Stick It” meets Japanese weirdness.

Click PLAY or watch a segment on YouTube. (12min 35sec)

Watch part 2 linked from this post – Gymnastics Anime TV Series

That post links to details on the series.

Ganba! Fly High … written by Shinji Morisue and illustrated by Hiroyuki Kikuta. It is about high school gymnast Shun Fujimaki as he pursues his goal of competing in the 2000 Olympic Games, and is in part based on Morisue’s experiences as an Olympic champion. …

The series was adapted as a 30-episode anime television series called Ganbarist! Shun … produced by Sunrise. It was broadcast on Yomiuri TV from 1 July 1996 to 10 March 1997.

http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/MTM0NDg0OTc4

Watch more video of 2011 NCAA Women’s Gymnastics National Championships on gymnastike.org

An amazing meet. Congratulations to all competitors and coaches.

Floor
1 Jacob Dalton Univ. Of Oklahoma 16.200
2 Steven Legendre Univ. Of Oklahoma 16.000
3 Sam Mikulak Univ. Of Michigan 15.700

Pommel
1 Alex Naddour Univ. Of Oklahoma 15.550
1 Daniel Ribeiro Univ. Of Illinois 15.550
3 Ty Echard Ohio State Univ. 15.250

Rings
1 Brandon Wynn Ohio State Univ. 16.000
2 Anthony Sacramento Univ. Of Illinois 15.400
2 Miguel Pineda Penn State Univ. 15.400

Vault
1 Jacob Dalton Univ. Of Oklahoma 16.550
2 Christian Monteclaro U.C. Berkeley – California 16.250
3 Jeff Treleaven Ohio State Univ. 16.100

P Bars
1 Tyler Mizoguchi Univ. Of Illinois 15.200
2 Jacob Dalton Univ. Of Oklahoma 14.900
3 Cameron Foreman Stanford Univ. 14.800

H Bar
1 Alex Buscaglia Stanford Univ. 15.750
2 Ian Makowske Univ. Of Michigan 15.350
3 Kyle Bunthuwong U.C. Berkeley – California 15.100

full results

Date: April 16, 2011
Location: St. John Arena — Columbus, OH

Official results.

1 University of Alabama 197.650

2 UCLA 197.375
3 University of Oklahoma 197.250
4 University of Nebraska 196.725
5 University of Utah 196.500
6 University of Michigan 196.425

A terrific victory for the Crimson Tide. Congratulations.

Videos will be coming up soon on the betweentheolympics YouTube channel.

Women’s Gymnastics Meet Results
NCAA Championship Team Finals
Date: April 16, 2011
Location: Wolstein Center, Cleveland, Ohio

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LIVE scores. You could try the LIVE video, too.

LIVE jots …

Rotation 1 – Nebraska probably has the least difficulty on Bars of the 6 teams. But they HIT. Good landings. 49.300.

Utah hits beam. Respect. They won’t be 6th of 6 as they were in 2010. Smart – gainer dismounts are easy to stick. Canadian Gael Mackie anchored the team with an entertaining, interesting set … 9.825 seems low.

Rotation 2 – Oklahoma’s Floor was entertaining. But UCLA is the class of the NCAA when it comes to choreography. Nice job, Syd. MucCullough’s is still my favourite routine of the year. … Courtney anchors for 9.825, my least favourite routine in their line-up. She’s taped for hamstring.

Scores for Alabama’s Vault in the first rotation some thought high 49.575. To me it looked like Oklahoma was better, but only scored 49.350. Review the video.

LOVE those Michigan monster Tkachevs. Great Bars rotation 49.375.

Nebraska tough on Beam for 48.875 after Maddie Steinauer falls.

Rotation 3 – UCLA towels down the Yurchenko mat, board and horse after each competitor. Good job on this apparatus today. GREAT landings. 49.50 … lower than Alabama. hmm

Michigan fall on Beam for Sexton. (Front tuck.) And a fall for Zurales. … They cannot win counting a fall.

Utah has the least tumbling difficulty of the Super 6, but showed nice, clean routines. 49.050

Half way through the meet Alabama and UCLA tied …

Rotation 4 – Nebraska impressive tumbling. I always expect good tumbling and vault from the Huskers. Evanstad gorgeous 9.90.

Alabama rockin’ Beam. … 9.95 for Kim Jacob the high score of the meet on that apparatus. Deserved? … Kayla Hoffman falls. Pressure is on the last 2 competitors for the Tide. … Wow – double pike dismount DeMeo. And Stack-Eaton hits. Whew. … Both Alabama and UCLA have had one fall, but it didn’t hurt the team score too badly.

Rotation 4 – Since Alabama got through Beam with a 49.350, I’m guessing (and tweeting) they will win. … UCLA still has Bars and Beam to compete.

UCLA Bars EHH early release on double layout dismount = big step.

MIchigan Round-off double pike, you don’t see that often. … many variations of headspring on Floor at this meet. I like them. Fall Sexton. Botterman wonderful routine to anchor.

Oklahoma killing it on Beam, the best team so far. … 49.425. What’s happening with all those relatively poor Sheep Jumps? … Getting deducted, or not?

Oklahoma finishes with 197.250. Enough to win? … Nebraska 196.725

Rotation 6 – A thriller.

Sweet Home Alabama … XLNT first routine on Floor for Jacob. Sweet double layout for Gutierrez. ‘Bama scores seem low to me.

UCLA on Beam. EHH shaky 9.825. McCullough saves a fall. Peszek big wobble … STUCK dismount though.

Michigan not strong on Vault landings. Doesn’t hurt the team score much.

…

1. Racea 54.566
2. Lopez 53.931
3. Haidu 52.432

full results (PDF)

Full Twist – LIVE blog

I had my fingers crossed for Jessica López, age-25.

Between the Olympics has posted some videos.

… There were falls all over the place, along with watered down routines. The only two gymnasts who did not fall were Amelia Racea and Jessica Lopez …

The highlight of the meet was Giulia Steingruber’s Rudi in the first rotation …

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Daniel Purvis does his homeland proud at the World Cup.

Full Twist – Glasgow World Cup: Men’s Competition LIVE