tumbling, tramp, diving, acrobatics, circus, cheer, dance, martial arts, X sports … and more
On the up side, it was done much better than last year.
On the down side, there’s still plenty to complain about βΒ especially if you are Iowa State.
If you want a detailed breakdown of what’s happening, click over to Balance Beam Situation. It includes all the individuals that qualified.
Regionals will be hosted March 30-April 2 at four schools:
Here’s a summary.
Anybody tumbling lower should be deducted.
Superb leap and jumps.
Entertaining and energetic choreography.
NCAA judges should be studying this routine to fine tune who’s actually deserving of a 10.0 on floor.
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I expected a masterpiece. I expected a Deanna Hong masterpiece as we’ve seen in the past.
But this fantastic edit was directed and produced by Vanessa Zamarripa!
And it’s a masterpiece with a lot of original angles and concepts.
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Beam
π₯ Yuliia Kasianenko UKR 13.400
π₯ Zsofia Kovacs HUN 13.133
π₯ Daniela Batrona UKR 12.167
Floor
π₯ Dorina BΓΆczΓΆgΓΆ HUN 12.733
π₯ Dildora Aripova UZB 12.600
π₯ Laurie DenommΓ©e CAN 12.567
Rings
π₯ Artur Davtyan ARM 14.980
π₯ Nazar Chepurnyi UKR 14.850
π₯ Artem Dolgopyat ISR 14.450
P Bars
π₯ Illia Kovtun UKR 14.833
π₯ Ferhat Arican TUR 14.800
π₯ Ilias Georgiou CYP 14.367
H Bar
π₯ Carlo Macchini ITA 14.400
π₯ Paul Juda USA 13.933
π₯ Alexander Myakinin ISR 13.666
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Our Worlds AA bronze medalist has been on the World Cup circuit since before the start of Putin’s invasion.
So far his family is safe. But he’s very worried.
A great meet for Quebec’s Felix Dolci.
TEAM
1 USA 249,100
2 Italy 247,800
3 Germany 241,800
4 GBR 236,400
5 Canada 235,500
6 France FRA 235,050
Vault
π₯ Denelle Pedrick CAN 13.283
π₯ Asia D’Amato ITA 13.150
π₯ Karina SchΓΆnmaier GER 13.033
Bars
π₯ Giorgia Villa ITA 13.833
π₯ Romi Brown AUS 13.700
π₯ Nola Matthews USA 13.700
Beam
π₯ Konnor McClain USA 14.033
π₯ Martina Maggio ITA 14.000
π₯ Sanna Veerman NED 12.600
Floor
π₯ Angela Andreoli ITA 13.666
π₯ Konnor McClain USA 13.300
π₯ Emily Whitehead AUS 13.000
TEAM
The big surprise for me is Australia. Could we see the Aussies in the Paris Olympics?
If you can get to one of the four Regionals March 30-April 2, this is probably the strongest year ever for Women’s Gymnastics. Very competitive.
Though it won’t be official until the NCAA Selection Show on Tuesday, March 22 βtop 16 teams should be seeded:
At Oklahoma: Oklahoma, Minnesota, Cal, Arizona State
At Auburn: Florida, Auburn, Kentucky, Denver
At NC State: Michigan, LSU, Missouri, UCLA
At Washington: Utah, Alabama, Michigan State, Oregon State
36 teams qualify for Regionals. In 2022 #36 Western Michigan got in with 196.215.
#37 Central Michigan just misses with 196.140.
See the full list of teams that qualified.
