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]
Brody Malone, Vitaliy Guimaraes and Kevin Penev lead a strong recruiting class of '18 signees for NCAA Men's Gymnastics. All three gymnasts are current Junior National Team members. Stanford landed this year's top recruiting prize by signing Malone, the 2018 U.S. Junior AA champion (age 17-18). The Cardinal have five signees, including Ian Gunther, who placed 10th AA (17-18) at P&Gs. Illinois signed six gymnasts, including top signee [...more]
The 2017 Taipei World University Games (WUG) Men's Artistic Gymnastics (MAG) team arrived back in the USA Thursday after finishing 7th in team standings, while Robert Neff placed 12th in the All Around. A good start for future USA MAG teams competing at the every other year sporting event! The three top team scores went to Japan, Ukraine and Russia. (Since 2001, these three teams plus Korea, and Romania once, have finished in the top [...more]
With day one, the biggest day, of the 2017 World University Games (WUG) behind the USA's Men's Artistic Gymnastics (MAG) team, the waiting begins. Three more sessions of teams compete today, followed by tonight's team awards ceremony. How TeamUSA will finish only time will tell. Today is all about this team. Each team member expressed their genuine excitement to be part of this USA team. They trained skills and routines since the start [...more]
ANAHEIM,CA -- Yul Moldauer earned his first U.S. Championships all-around title, leading the contest the whole way, also garnering a share of the floor title. He joins rare company among those who have won JO, U.S. and NCAA all-around crowns. Now with a domestic trifecta, the world awaits. Moldauer also tacked on top-8 placements on four other events (PH,SR,VT,PB), including a 2nd-place finish on PB. His only blemish on twelve events was a fall on HB, but he made up for that with a spectacular performance on FX (14.95). Moldauer's former Oklahoma teammate Allan Bower again demonstrated his uncanny [...more]
With the 1st of 2 days and 2 of 5 subdivisions complete for team finals, AA and individual qualifications, Team USA sits in 1st place with a score of 242.325; 10.525 points ahead of 2nd place Hungary and 12.275 points ahead of 3rd place Romania. Robert Neff finished 1st in the AA with an 82.1. He also placed 2nd in PBs, HB and floor; 5th on PH. Alex Diab finished [...more]
