Tuesday, 19 April 2016 08:06

Final Women's Rankings of 2016

Here's the final women's rankings of 2016, as compiled by Road to Nationals:

Sunday, 17 April 2016 19:55

Rio 2016 Test Event: NCAA Results

Several gymnasts with ties to the NCAA competed in Rio this weekend at the Rio 2016 Test Event.  At stake were team and individual spots at the Olympics.  Even if a gymnast received a qualification spot, a country's federation may choose not to send that gymnast.  Thus, all qualification are preliminary.

Women's Qualifiers are based on preliminary results:  Jessica Lopez Arocha of Venezuela (former DU), Toni-Ann Williams of Jamaica (Cal), Courtney McGregor of New Zealand (Boise St incoming), Houry Gebeshian of Armenia (former Iowa), Simona Castro of Chile (former DU), and Kylie Dickson of Belarus (Bama commit). 

Men's Qualifiers based on the preliminary list:  David Jessen of the Czech Republic (Stanford incoming, son of Hana Ricna), Mikhail Koudinov of New Zealand (former Ohio State), Ryan Patterson of South Africa (Cal),

Ohio State signee Victoria Kayen Woo also competed.  However Canada has qualified a full team of five and she is currently battling for a spot. 

On the Women's team side, Brazil, Germany, Belgium and France qualified full teams.  One-time world power Romania did not qualify, along with fifth place Australia, sixth place Switzerland and eigth place South Korea.   

On the Men's team side, Germany, Ukraine, the Netherlands, and France qualified.  Romania, Spain, Belgium and Canada will be allowed to send one gymnast each. 

Link:  Women's Results

Link:  Men's List of Qualifiers 

Saturday, 16 April 2016 21:24

OU Wins 2016 Team Title

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The OU women completed a Sooner sweep of the Gymnastics Team title by claiming the Women's crown in a near-perfect Super Six competition.  With all teams hitting, the Sooners came out on top with a 197.675, edging LSU's 197.45 and Bama's 197.4375.  Florida was just a step back at 197.35.  UCLA posted a 196.825 to edge UGA's 196.8125.

Saturday, 16 April 2016 21:16

Men's: Oklahoma Claims Tenth National Title

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Led by frosh AA Champion Yul Moldauer, OU finished its second consecutive undefeated season and won its 10th title overall.  They posted a 443.4 for an easy win.  Stannford was 2nd at 434.05, a point ahead of Ohio State.  Illinois was just back in 4th at 432.75.  PSU was fifth at 425.4 and Minnesota was sixth at 424.4.

Florida's Bridget Sloan posted a 39.7 to win the AA at the 2016 NCAA Championships.  Her score in Session I held throughout the day.  OU's Chayse Capps was 2nd at 39.6125 and LSU's Myia Hambrick was third at 39.5625.

At the Men's NCAA Prelims, OU posted the top score of the day, a 441.2, to lead all qualifiers into Saturday's finals.  Minnesota was 2nd in Session I at 426.4, with PSU third at 423.95.  NU was fourth at 423.55, Cal fifth at 421.35 and Navy 6th at 410.1.

In Session II, Stanford posted a 434.35 to slip past Ohio State's 433.4.  Illinois was close behind at 432.05.  All three advance to the finals.  Iowa hit for a 423.25, Michigan posted a 422.15, and Air Force posted a 412.65. 

Link:  OU Release for Session I and Session II Results

OU posted the high score of the day, a 197.7875, to win the evening session at the NCAA Semi-Finals and advance to the NCAAs.  Bama kept things close with a 197.3875 for third.  UCLA posted a 196.7 to easily take the third spot.

It was an SEC sweep as Florida, LSU and UGA advanced to the Super Six Finals from today's Session 1 Preliminary round.  UF tallied a 197.475 to edge LSU's 197.3375.  UGA was safely in third at 196.725.  Stanford was well back at 195.575, ahead of AU at 195.1 and Minnesota trailing at 194.9875.  All three squads advancing did not count a fall. 

Friday, 15 April 2016 09:49

Mable Wins AAI Award

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Minnesota's Lindsay Mable won the AAI Award, the award given to the nation's most outstanding senior.  She is the first Gopher to win the award.

Link:  Release

Friday, 15 April 2016 09:46

Glenn Wins Nissen-Emery Award

Jesse Glenn of Army won the Nissen-Emery Award, the first time an Army gymnast had won this prestigious honor.  It's awarded to the nation's most outstanding senior male gymnast.   

Link:  Release

NCAA athletes had a good day at the Pacific Rim Championships, where event finals were decided.  UGA's Brittany Rogers (Canada) took a silver on VT and bronze on UB.  OU's Breanna Dowell won a silver on FX and took fifth on UB.  OU commit Ragan Smith won the BB.  Boise State incoming frosh Courtney McGregor won the bronze on VT and placed 6th on BB and 8th on FX.   Washington incoming frosh Madison Copiak was fourth on UB while Iowa incoming frosh Charlotte Sullivan took 4th on BB.  UGA commit Megan Roberts was 5th on BB and 6th on FX. 

On the Men's side, former Sooner Jake Dalton won FX while former Stanford star Eddie Penev took 2nd.    Penev later won the VT.  Cal's Aaron Mah was 3rd on FX and 5th on HB.  Former OU star Alex Naddour won the PH while former NCAA champ Sam Mikulak of Michigan was 2nd. 

Link:  Women's Results

Link:  Men's Results

Link:  Videos

 

Sunday, 10 April 2016 18:19

L10 Senior JO Qualifiers (final)

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Here's the JO L10 National qualifiers by Region and their signed/committed school.

Saturday, 09 April 2016 22:46

Pacific Rim Championships: US Women Win Gold

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The US women won the Gold medal at the Pacific Rim Championships, easily outpacing the field.  Canada was 2nd and Australia 3rd.  World Champion Simone Biles continued her domination, posting a 62.45 in the AA for the win. 

OU's Brenna Dowell had the fourth highest score in the AA and qualified to the AA final.  UGA's Brittany Rogers (Canada) qualified to the VT and UB finals.  Washington incoming frosh Madison Copiak (Canada) was fifth AA (8th by score) and qualified to the UB final.  Maryland incoming Kirsten Peterman (Canada) was 10th AA (by score).   Boise State signee Courtney McGregor was 7th AA (11th by score) and also made the VT, BB and FX finals.  Iowa signee Charlotte Sullivan made the BB final.   

Link:  Team Results   AA Results

Link:  Event Final Qualifiers

Link:  All Videos

 

Host Lindenwood defended their USA Gymnastics Collegiate National Team Title, edging Briidgeport 195.875 to 195.8.  SPU was third qt 194.875 and Brown was fourth at 194.5.  LU scored a new team scoring record. 

Link:  LU Release

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