After an exciting Saturday afternoon of gymnastics involving teams from the eastern half of the country, it was time for Stanford to generate some excitement of their own in the west coast evening nightcap. The host Cardinal (414.10) put on quite a scoring display, grinding out one season high after another in their resounding victory over Cal (395.05) and Washington (368.30) in the Stanford Open. They established new season standards on all six events, and are now the proud owners of the nation's [...more]
Week 3 of men’s NCAA gymnastics features the season debut of both Michigan and Oklahoma at Michigan, and a match up between 3rd-ranked Illinois at 2nd-ranked Penn State. The high scores for Illinois (407.6) and Penn State (407.6) are 0.1 apart. Road to Nationals calculates the highest team score possible if every man got his [...more]
Nebraska (411.75) raised the bar in their convincing home victory over Ohio State (404.15) to remain the nation's top-ranked team. Two weekends into the young 2018 season, the Huskers appear to be the real deal. A second straight qualification into the NCAA team finals not only looks like a foregone conclusion, but now many are talking about Nebraska being strong title contenders. The home team captured four of six [...more]
The second week of the 2018 season features the season premiere of defending champions Oklahoma, and a rematch between Nebraska and Ohio State. [...more]
Nebraska (407.70) posted the opening weekend's best team score to outlast a Rocky Mountain Open field that included Ohio State (404.45), Arizona State (390.95), host Air Force (389.95), Olympic Training Center (386.45) and Washington (370.60). The Huskers were led by two-event winner Kyle King (FX-14.65, VT-14.85) and Antonio Castro (HB-14.00). Alec Yoder led Ohio State with a two-event winning effort (PH-15.05, SR-14.70). Freshman Sean Neighbarger had a great collegiate debut with [...more]
The 2018 season starts this weekend! Plenty of excitement will ensue, as Oklahoma aims to win a fourth consecutive team title. Lots of new freshmen talent will inject some high energy into the high-flying juggernaut that is NCAA Men's Gymnastics! Four meets are on the slate in the opening weekend. [...more]
By Shelli Koszdin
According to the year end review of the National Gymnastics Judging Association –
http://www.ngja.org/images/stories/2017-2018/President_Docs/Presidents_Update_-_2017_End_of_Year_Review.pdf
New NCAA initiatives in place for 2018:
Emphasis on applying FIG rules at all NCAA competitions
NCAA Judges Challenge in December – to help judges align with FIG rules
New NCAA NALs to also align NCAA judging with FIG rules
Evaluated NCAA routines at NGJA.org for education and comparison
And I’m here for it. The only way to ensure a level playing field for [...more]
