College gymnastics week #2

Top 25 Rankings for Team – 17 January 2011 – by Total Season Average.

Vanessa Steck has a comprehensive wrap-up on Couch Gymnast – NCAA Report: Week Two

Actually, I’m already getting interested in the (long) women’s College season. Minnesota went 195.325. Kent State 195.475. North Carolina State is in the top 10.

Over the next few weeks things will shake out with the same old, same old atop those rankings.

Florida is the big story, so far. They look unstoppable.

Mackenzie Caquatto

(photo via Bloop Bloop Blip Bleep Blop and The All Around)

Aunt Joyce overstates for comic effect:

With a majority of the teams getting off to a particularly slow start this season, it is a dreary time for gymnastics fans.

He does make a good point here, though:

Overly-good sportsman, politically correct answers and fake smiles are wonderful for beauty pageants, but they have no place in elevating a dying sport like collegiate gymnastics. When is the last time you got really jazzed to see a group of sweet, socially-behind girls act like home schoolers who just hoped to do their best and see what happened?

There aren’t many colourful celebrities in College gymnastics right now.

flooded gym back in business

Recall the photos of Allstar Gymnastics flooded in Australia?

… Well, kids must train.

more photos on Facebook.

Thanks to all those who helped in that emergency.

filming Uchimura, Tanaka for TV

A film shoot for a Tokyo World Championships advertisement.

Kohei Uchimura, Rie Tanaka … World Gymnastics 2011 filming

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Miss Longines is so pretty.

(via The All Around Gymnastics News on Facebook)

Chris Brooks highlights reel

Best known for his amazing Horizontal Bar and poor toe point, MAG coaches are advised to check this edit.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

If you don’t follow MAG, you still might want to see his original trampoline skill starting at 4min 57sec.

… Difficult to describe in words. I’ll call it the “Brooks” from now on.

Cal beats #1 Stanford

The No. 5 California men’s gymnastics team opened its 2011 campaign with not just a 349-650-348.700 win but a victory over rival and No. 1-ranked Stanford. …

Junior Glen Ishino handily won the all-around with a 90.300 while Stanford’s Tim Gentry took second with an 87.450. …

No. 5 Cal Upends No. 1 Stanford, 349.650-348.700

Parallel Bars and Pommels were the difference, traditionally strong apparatus for Berkeley under former coach Weiner.

Most years Cal is my favourite team.

I’m impressed with this gutsy performance. The guys are trying to prove themselves to those who want to cancel the program next year.

… On the other hand, I don’t see any improvement in the quality of online meet reporting from last season. The guys are far, far inferior to the women’s Collegiate when it comes to promoting themselves.

Somebody needs to step up and make more photos and videos available immediately from the Men’s NCAA meets. This post is pretty dull without it.

(via Stick it Media)