The 2021 Winter Cup wrapped up on Sunday with Event Finals. Gymnasts with the highest two-day scores on each event were able to lay claim to an apparatus title. Based on Day 1 results, there really weren't any surprises, but there were some great performances. Here are [...more]
Oklahoma continued their early-season mastery by recording their third consecutive score of 413-plus. They've been the picture of consistency in the opening three weeks -- Week 1 (414.45), Week 2 (413.75), Week 3 (413.40). The Sooners had no trouble winning their virtual tilt over Army (375.10). Vitality Guimaraes (82.85) and Spencer Goodell (81.15) were the nation's top-scoring all arounders in Week 3, sparking their [...more]
A week ago today (March 7), fans enjoyed a great day of gymnastics, highlighted by the American Cup and NCAA competition. Little did we know at the time, is that it would be the last weekend for quite a while. In fact, Thursday, March 12 became the day that all college sports got shut down. The announcements generated shock waves throughout the country. Sports got shut down by [...more]
Based on Thursday's preliminary results, Sam Mikulak won his third Winter Cup AA title, outdistancing his nearest competitor by over two points. On Saturday, he added the PB title to his long resume. Six different gymnasts won event titles, including Mikulak. Gage Dyer (FX), Alec Yoder (PH), Alex Diab (SR), Yul Moldauer (VT) and Colin Van Wicklen (HB) were the top event scorers over the [...more]
Sam Mikulak, showing the same amount of smooth, calm confidence as he did last summer at the U.S. Championships, won the 2020 Winter Cup all-around title by over 2 points. Mikulak (86.80) racked up the top scores on FX (14.60), PB (15.35) and HB (14.35) to keep his spot on the National Team. Minnesota junior and 2019 World Team member Shane Wiskus (84.55) earned an outstanding five top-4 placements, including the top score on VT (14.45), to clinch the number 2 position and his [...more]
Many men’s gymnastics followers point to the impact of Title IX as providing a critical blow to the sport on the collegiate level. However, an in-depth look at the history of gymnastics in education over the past 60 years shows that while Title IX is used as an excuse to eliminate collegiate teams, there were several elements that offered up men’s gymnastics to the chopping block. It was a perfect storm of [...more]
Stanford landed yet again a strong recruiting class, and for the third straight year, the defending champs will own the NCAA's top list of signees. Junior National Team standouts Colt Walker and Jeremy Bischoff sit at the top of that list, along with Brandon Nguyen. Walker swept the trifecta of major Junior titles in 2019, winning the U.S. Championships, JO Nationals (JE) and Winter Cup. He will be joining [...more]
The 2019 Men's JO Nationals concluded with Sunday's Level 8 (JO) and Level 10 (JO) competition. Five new national all-around champions were crowned -- One from the single-day level 8 contest, and four from the two-day level 10 competition. It was a great four days of gymnastics, and it punctuated the outstanding state of our [...more]
JO Nationals Day 3 featured all of the JE Division finals (technical sequences). The level 10 competition featured several NCAA Men's Gymnastics signees, and was a qualifier for the U.S. Championships in August. Two Texans, Colt Walker and Asher Hong, ended the day with the top scores of all the age divisions. Hong, the 2018 Winter Cup Junior champ, earned the first of what will likely be many appearances he will be making at the U.S. Championships. It was his third JE national title. As for Walker, [...more]
Day 2 of JO Nationals was all about the Level 10s (JO Division). After three sessions, Levon Chalikyan (Age 15-75.50), Mark Berlaga (Age 16-77.20), Erik Engelke & Zackrey Lerwill (Age 17-Tied-76.10) and Aidan Cuy (Age 18-77.00) emerged as the leaders of the two-day competition. The field has now been whittled down to the top [...more]
