As the 2010 NCAA Men's Gymnastics season is about to launch into post-season competition, Michigan (364.45) made a huge statement last weekend in their regular season-ending dual meet against Ohio State (353.80). Their gigantic team score is the NCAA's best of the season by over two points. Coming off a previously posted season-high score (359.65) from their victory over Big 10 nemesis Illinois two weekends ago, it's apparent [...more]
The 2010 NCAA men's gymnastics season is starting to wind down. The conference meets are a couple weeks away and the NCAA Championships are a month from now. The biggest meet of the weekend was the shootout in Champaign between Michigan and Illinois. Michigan tallied [...more]
Cameron Rogers had quite a season last year. He started out by winning the 2009 Region 8 all-around championship over such stalwarts as Edward Mesa, Harris Coleman, Alex Barrera and Wyatt Aycock. Although he placed 17th AA at JO Nationals, he came back with a vengeance at the [...more]
The 2010 Tyson American Cup boiled down to who kept it clean. Russia's Maxim Devyatovskiy did just that, and by hitting all six events, he took home the prize. The former Russian bad boy seems to be coming into his own, after winning the 2009 Champions Trophy and placing 5th at the World Championships. He did have some help after Jonathan Horton [...more]
Stanford really put the wood to Michigan in their final home meet of the season. Granted, Michigan was not at full strength, but Stanford still posted the season's highest team score (361.40) by far. Did they send a message? Well, if you consider the fact they scored over 60 points on floor, rings and vault, and also over 58 points on the remaining events, then [...more]
Once again, the team of Japanese collegiate all-stars easily prevailed over Stanford and Cal at the 2010 Pacific Coast Classic. The Japanese tallied 358.80, as Stanford (354.20) remained unbeaten over Cal (349.45) this season. Iowa (331.05), Arizona State (318.75) and Washington (282.75) rounded out the rest of the field. For the first time this season, [...more]
One week after the 2010 Winter Cup, NCAA men's action resumed with somewhat of a whimper, although Oklahoma turned in the highest team score of the young season. Understandably, all the top teams either rested or greatly restricted the participation of their top stars. Oklahoma was no exception, but they got enough significant contributions from [...more]
Oklahoma grad Chris Brooks took care of business at the 2010 Winter Cup. After leading the competition after Thursday's preliminary, Brooks remained consistent and stayed on the pommel horse for good measure. His two-day score of 175.80 (day 1-88.30/day 2-87.50) was enough to outlast [...more]
The biggest story at yesterday's Winter Cup preliminary competition was Chris Brooks' dominating all-around performance. Brooks (88.30) easily outlasted fellow Oklahoma alum Jonathan Horton (86.50), and also posted the day's highest scores on [...more]
2010 is the year of the freshmen in NCAA men's gymnastics. This season's crop of freshmen is making a dramatic impact for their respective teams. After three weeks of competition, seven freshmen are [...more]
