The NCAA teams have started official practice, and the process of polishing routines and assessing lineups has begun. Each of the Top 25 teams have some scores to replace from last year's lineups, but some are better off than others. Here's a quick look at the vacancies as we start official workouts.
The 2015 Superlatives recognize the effort of gymnasts to go beyond the minimum and add elements of exceptional difficulty. Only successfully completed and credited skills are listed. Read more here.
The Women's final National Rankings are comprised of the Top 12 Finishers at Natinoals, plus the other teams ranked by the total of their Regional Score plus Regional Qualifying Score.
It's the final push to Nationals for the final 36 teams! Who will advance from the Regional? Which Top 12 team will be upset? It's anyone's guess. Here's a short preview of a pressure-packed weekend.
The SEC is one of the strongest conferences in women’s gymnastics to date. In the last 10 NCAA National Championships, an SEC team has won the title 9 times. Three different teams within the SEC have held the NCAA National Title: Florida, Georgia and Alabama. In last year’s Super Six (final 6 teams contending for the title), four teams represented the SEC. This year, all 8 SEC teams have consistently held a top 25 spot the entire regular season. With talent, determination, and redemption at an all time high, this year’s SEC Championship in Duluth, GA will be a tight…
Weekly Recap: Heading to the Mid-Point
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We're almost halfway through the season, and we're going to see a switch to the Regional Qualifying Score (RQS) in a few weeks. Now that the jitters and novelty of the new season is wearing off, we're starting to see some clear trends emerge. "Slow Starters" are making big improvements while "Early Leaders" are finding new teams nipping at their heels. As we head into the "mid-point shakeup", here are some observations.
Weekly Recap: Scoring "201"
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We're a full month into the season and we're going to take a break from our regular weekly recap to take a look at how judges score routines. But rather than explaining the basics, we are offering a course in "Scoring 201": an intermediate look at some of the deductions beyond the obvious and clear deductions taken by the judges. We are hoping to shed light on where the judges in more strictly judged meets are taking their deductions, for fans that may be unfamiliar with the more subtle points of scoring. We're not experts, but this will hopefully serve…
Weekly Recap: The Field Bunches Up
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Another weekend has passed, and we've see more questions open up about the season as the rankings have shuffled once again. Team that started strong have since wobbled a bit, while others with some early stumbles have steadily climbed. And we've seen some others that have been steady and consistent in the meets thus far, and have solid Top 25 positions to show for it. As 197 becomes the new 196, let's see how the week has gone....
Weekly Recap: Mixing It Up
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The second full week is in the bag (the third weekend overall) and we are already seeing the fan excitement, enthusiasm and in some cases, speculation and angst, build. It's a been a wild weekend full of standout performances and rising stars. And, unfortunately, we're seeing injury and scoring variation dominate the conversation. Here's our weekly recap...
Week 1 Recap: The Season Takes Shape
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Well the first weekend of NCAA competition is in the bag and it's time to recap some key impressions from the competition thus far. There were highs, there were lows, and a lot of questions yet to be answered.
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For those of you who wanted changes to the NCAA code, you'll have to wait another year. As fully expected, the NCAA has left in place the same code for 2014-2015 as was used in 2013-2014. There are a few possible changes, however, due to enforcement education efforts and small modifications to the USA Gymnastics rules on execution.
(Note: Editorials and opinion pieces will now be categoried separately) This past season, I've typed the phrase (when recapping a women's meet), "the highest score since 2004", too many times to count. Team after team recorded new all-time high scores, or achieved their highest mark since 2004. Why is the year 2004 significant? Well, it was the season before the last time the coaches and judges collaborated to recalibrate the scoring system. In 2004, the 12th ranked team had a Regional Qualifying Score (RQS) of 196.99. The following season, the 12th ranked team finished the season with a 195.715. This…
As the fall workouts continue, teams are hard an work to prepare for the coming season. Key veterans are looking to advance from where they left off last spring, while newcomers look to break into the rotations for the coming season. This past summer, we said good-bye to some top athletes at teams across the national. Athletes like UGA's Kat Ding, Bama's Geralen Stack-Eaton, OU's Megan Ferguson and UCLA's Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs have been stars in their respective programs for the past four years. Although it is still early in the preseason, here's a quick summary of the status of Top…
We are entering into our final weekend of competition, and the Race to the Regionals is heating up! Teams are chasing one of 36 spots available in post-season competition.
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