Thursday, 28 May 2015 21:04

Canadian Championships: Day 1

THe Canadian Championships started on Thursday, 5/18/15 with the preliminary session of the Women's Senior High Performance (Elite) competition.  The athletes are vying for a spot on the Pan Am team.  Rose-Kaying Woo, a junior competing with the seniors, placed 1st AA in the prelims.  In 2nd was senior Isabela…
Thursday, 14 May 2015 21:43

2015-2016: McDuffie to Temple

Elizabeth McDuffie, L10 at United Gymnastix in Maryland will compete for Temple Gymnastics.  This season she was 13th AA at the 2015 Region VII L10 Regionals. Link:  Videos
Friday, 08 May 2015 16:34

Men's Junior Olympic Nationals

The first day of the Men's JO Nationals was finished on May 7th, and Region III won the team title.  In the junior elite division, athletes competed one day of optionals under the JO rules.  Saturday, they'll do technical sequences.  Here's the top scores by age group: 18 year olds:…
Sunday, 19 April 2015 13:58

NCAA Event Finals

Event champions were crowned today at the 2015 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships.  Stanford's Elizabeth Price won the VT, while Utah's Georgia Dabritz won the UB.  On BB, UCLA's Samantha Peszek was the victor, while Florida's Kytra Hunter took home the top prize on FX.
Saturday, 18 April 2015 18:20

Florida Wins 2015 NCAA Team Title

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Florida frosh Alex McMurtry stuck her double layout off UB and was awarded a 9.95, lifting the Gators above the Utah Utes, who already finished. Utah entered the final rotation 0.15 behind Florida but proceeded to drill their vaults to a 49.55 team total.  Florida experienced a series of landing…
Friday, 17 April 2015 20:06

Event Finals Qualifiers

The top four gymnasts (including ties) should advance to the Event Finals, set to be held on Sunday.  Here's the field based on the results:
Florida's Kytra Hunter and UCLA's Samantha Peszek tied for the 2015 NCAA All-Around Title with a score of 39.6.  Their score from the first session held up in the second, as AU's Caitlin Atkinson and LSU's Rheagan Courville tied for third at 39.55.  LSU's Jessie Jordan was fifth.  Hunter was…
Friday, 17 April 2015 19:41

Session II: OU, Bama, Auburn Advance

Oklahoma survived a scare on BB with a counting fall in the last rotation to still win the session, posting a 197.4.  Alabama held off Auburn, 197.1 to 197.075, for 2nd.  Not advancing from the session are NU (196.675), LSU (196.55) and Oregon State (195.875).  One of the early season…
Florida and Utah battled to a tie for first, scoring 197.475.   Stanford, which held the lead early on, advances with score of 197.125.   Kytra Hunter and Samantha Peszek tied for the top AA score of 39.6.  Georgia Dabritz picked up the only 10.0 of the session on bars.
SPU's Maria Hundley won the UB and BB to lead the finalists at the 2015 USA Gymnastics Women's Collegiate Nationals.  AA winner Kierstin Sokolowski won the VT.  On Floor, TWU's Kayla Jones tied with Bridgeport's Sasha Tsikhanovich and Caitlin Perry for the title. Link:  Results
Saturday, 11 April 2015 20:47

Men's Event Finals

The 2015 NCAA Men's Event champions are as follows: FX:  Thad Lawson, PSU  15.725PH:  MIchael Reid, OU  15.5R:  Michael Squires, OU 16.4VT:  Sean Senters, Stanford  15.475PH:  Brian Knott, Stanford  15.2HB:  CJ Maestas, Illinois  15.125 Link:  Results
Lindenwood won the Women's USA Gymnastics Collegiate Natoinal team title with a 195.55, easily outdistancing Bridgeport 194.675.  SPU was 3rd at 194.225 and TWU 4th at 193.775.  Link: Results
Friday, 10 April 2015 20:18

Men's: OU Wins NCAA Title

Oklahoma posted a 447.05 to win the NCAA Team Title, to cap off a dominant season.  The Sooners won their first title since 2008.
Four teams advanced to the Finals at the 2015 Women's USA Gymnastics Collegiate Nationals.  First session qualifiers Lindenwood and TWU will be joined by SPU and Bridgeport in what is shaping up to be a super close final.
Thursday, 09 April 2015 20:41

Men's: OU Dominates Prelims at Nationals

Host OU dominated the preliminary sessions of the Men's NCAA Nationals, posting a huge 450.75 to win the evening prelim session.  Michigan posted a 437.0 and Iowa posted a 435.05 to advance to the final.  Stanford won Session 1 with a 435.85, with Cal 2nd at 433.7 and PSU 3rd…
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