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The No. 15-ranked University of Michigan women’s gymnastics team earned its third straight Big Ten Championships team title, using a season-best 197.075 to edge No. 16 Illinois (196.750) and No. 13 Penn State (196.525) in the last rotation Saturday (March 21) at Huff Hall. …

Wilson, Botterman Lead U-M to Third Straight Big Ten Title

Bragging rights for Bama. Roll Tide!

Two low scores on Beam dropped favourites Georgia to second place.

Alabama – 197.300 1st
Georgia – 196.925 2nd
Florida – 196.750 3rd
LSU – 196.550 4th
Auburn – 196.350 5th
Arkansas – 195.650 6th
Kentucky – 195.000 7th

Live Scoring

This heats up the legendary rivalry for NCAA Championships – Georgia Head Coach Suzanne Yoculan’s vs Alabama Head Coach Sarah Patterson.

Courtney Kupets won the all-around, as usual.

SEC Athlete of the Year – Courtney Kupets
SEC Freshman of the Year – Whitney Rose of Kentucky
SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year – Grace Taylor of Georgia
SEC Coach of the Year – Suzanne Yoculan

Twitter users, … if you follow Michigan_WGym RIGHT NOW you can get live updates on the Women’s Gymnastics Championships.

(via Michigan_WGym on Twitter)

From Amanda Turner (appropriate name for a report from Germany) on International Gymnast:

Gymnasts from five nations struck gold Saturday at the first day of finals of the 2009 “Tournament of Masters” World Cup in Cottbus, Germany.

Olympic finalist Ariella Käslin won vault for Switzerland, making her an early favorite to win the title at the European Championships next month in Milan.

German Olympian Anja Brinker easily won the gold on uneven bars. Belgium’s Aagje Vanwalleghem took silver on both vault and uneven bars.

Top floor exercise qualifier Kohei Uchimura again defeated Brazil’s Diego Hypolito on men’s floor. Belgium’s Donna-Donny Truyens won pommel horse, and World Cup veteran Yuri van Gelder (Netherlands) won still rings over former world and Olympic champion Dimosthenis Tambakos.

Competition concludes Sunday with the remaining finals: women’s balance beam and floor exercise, and men’s vault, parallel bars and high bar.

click through for full results – IG – Five Nations Golden at Cottbus World Cup

Diego Hypolito of Brazil performs on the floor to place second during the World Cup Gymnastics challenge “Turnier der Meister” in Cottbus, Germany, Saturday, March 21, 2009.

ESPN

Commentary in English and German is posted on the official homepage of the FIG-Weltcup Turnier der Meister® – NEWS.

Gymnastike is covering the fantastic Southeastern Conference NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Championships LIVE.

2009 SEC Championships – March 20, 2009

Some quick highlights from the Friday practice sessions for the 2009 SEC Championships in Nashville, Tennesse

Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike.
http://www.gymnastike.org/assets/portal/add_ons/mediaplayer-4.2/player.swf

The girls look relaxed.

ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE
Alabama Head Coach Sarah Patterson

“I think it is the strongest field we’ve ever seen. There are four teams in the field that were in the NCAA Super Six team finals last season and there are six teams ranked in the top-12 nationally right now. …

AUBURN TIGERS
Auburn Head Coach Jeff Thompson

… The only unblemished record is held by Georgia and I think that they, too, are beatable on the right night. … One step on one landing on just one event will separate the winner from second place.”

FLORIDA GATORS
Head Coach Rhonda Faehn

“The Southeastern Conference Championships are going to be a challenge for us. Although we are short handed due to injuries, this team isn’t giving up. We have some gymnasts stepping into the lineups with limited experience, but they want to do it for the team. The athletes are really motivated.”

GEORGIA GYM DOGS
Head Coach Suzanne Yoculan

“First of all, I am so excited for Nashville. I love neutral sites. I love being able to expose other areas and other people to what a great sport collegiate gymnastics is.”

“Our team is ready. We are looking forward to defending our title and competing against some of the best teams in the country.” …

“The win-loss records in the SEC have been all over the place. It’s certainly the most wide-open that the SEC Championship has ever been. It’s going to be a fight not just for first but also for second, third and fourth. Anyone can emerge as the SEC champ this year. It will be a fight to the end.”

more SEC Gymnastics Championship Coaches’ Quotes

Day 1 results are up for the NCGA Gymnastics Championships. (Division 3 NCAA)

host Hamline University – details

Congratulations to all competitors. Looks like it was a terrific meet. Wisconsin-La Crosse continues to be the team to beat in the NCGA. They came from behind on the last rotation to seal the victory.

vrba sends us news that the websites are up for two World Cup meets to be hosted in Maribor, Slovenia next month are up.

April 17-19 – ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CUP MARIBOR – home page

April 25-26th – RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CUP MARIBOR – home page

Both feature high quality videos of competitors from 2008.

This is the second most interesting of the NCAA Conference Championships, after the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

Doors open at 3PM Saturday, March 21st at Maples Pavilion, Stanford University.

No. 19 ARIZONA,

ARIZONA STATE,

CALIFORNIA,

No. 10 OREGON STATE,

No. 3 STANFORD,

No. 7 UCLA,

and WASHINGTON.

official competition website – 2009 Pac-10 Women’s Gymnastics Championships

Last year the teams finished:

1. Stanford 197.000
2. Oregon State 196.550
3. UCLA 196.200

Stephanie on the BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL WORLD TOUR.

GymNiceTic has posted the results of the qualifying round.

Here are the leaders on each apparatus:

Womens Vault:
Ariella Käslin (SUI) – 14,425 (handspring–somersault fwd. 1/1 twist & Yurchenko 1/1 twist)

Womens Uneven Bars:
Kim Bui (GER) – 14,150

Womens Balance Beam:
Hu Yuhong (CHN) – 14,750

Womens Floor:
Sui Lu (CHN) – 14,150

Mens Floor:
Kohei Uchimura (JPN) – 15,466

Mens Pommel Horse:
Saso Bertoncelj (SLO) – 15,300

Mens Still Rings:
Dimosthenis Tambakos (GRE) – 15,800

Mens Vault:
Jeffrey Wammes NED 16,016

Mens Parallel Bars:
Fabian Hambüchen (GER) – 15,600

Mens High Bar:
Yann Cucherat (FRA) – 15,500

Fabian Hambüchen (GER) qualifed second on his best event with 15,266.

As expected, the Men’s meet was much more competitive than the Women’s.

To see the top 8 finalists on each event click through to GymNiceTic – World Cup in Cottbus – final results

Commentary in English and German is posted on the official homepage of the FIG-Weltcup Turnier der Meister® – NEWS.