Illinois mounted a furious comeback to tie Michigan for the Big 10 Championship. The Illini were 2.5 points behind going into their final rotation (rings). It took career high or season high performances from Tyler Mizoguchi, Nick Stango and Tyler Williamson to get the job done.
Michigan's Thomas Kelly (89.35) edged out teammate Chris Cameron (89.10) for the All-Around title. Illinois and Michigan captured a total of five event titles. Paul Ruggeri won two event titles on floor (15.625) and parallel bars (15.10), and Luke Stannard prevailed [...more]
Arizona State won their 11th team title last weekend at the 2009 USA Gymnastics Collegiate Championships. The Sun Devils won the collegiate (club) title, while William & Mary nailed down their 13th national title in the Varsity division (funded programs).
ASU's Alex Gaudaur led the way with a first-place finish in the All-Around (81.35), while Riley Barclay (76.05) and Charles Baysinger captured 5th and 6th place, respectively.
Arizona State's Division I program was unfairly eliminated [...more]
Stanford easily dispatched UIC 359.70 to 336.70 last night in the regular season finale for both teams. The Cardinal posted their highest ever team score, meaning that they are peaking at the right time as they head into next weekend's MPSF Championships.
The Cardinal were red-hot on [...more]
Top-ranked Oklahoma posted a blazing team All-Around score of 366.85 to torch 8th-ranked Penn State last weekend. The top score easily set a new NCAA record. The Sooners added insult to injury by sweeping every team event title. Talk about a team that is peaking at the right time.
Steven Legendre scored a career high 92.25 to win the All-Around. Legendre also dominated on [...more]
The 2009 NCAA Men's Gymnastics season is winding down its regular season with conference championships looming just around the corner. The major conference action takes place on April 3-4 with the Big 10 Championships at Ann Arbor, MI, while the MPSF Championships will be held on April 4 at Stanford.
There was plenty of action this past weekend. Oklahoma pummeled [...more]
The Big 10 Network will televise the March 7 tri-meet that featured Oklahoma, Stanford and Minnesota. Oklahoma remained undefeated by beating number one ranked Stanford and Minnesota. The Sooners won three team events on pommel, rings and vault. The top performers for OU were [...more]
Daniel Ribeiro posted an NCAA season high score of 15.95 on pommel horse to lead the Illini to victory over UIC. Illinois had 5 gymnasts with scores of 14.00 or better on the apparatus, which enabled the Illini to compile the nation's top team pommel horse score of 60.05.
The Illini also posted their season-high team score of 357.85. The meet marked the return of [...more]
According to the stats compiled by GymInfo, the men's NCAA Division I rankings are becoming a bit clearer. As of March 2, the top 5 plays out like this: [...more]
StickItMedia Exclusive Interview
Jake Dalton is a perennial top all-arounder who trains at Gymnastics Nevada (Sparks, NV) under Coach Andrew Pileggi. Among his many accomplishments:
2008 - 2nd place All-Around J.O. Nationals / 3rd place All-Around VISAs
2007 - 5th place All-Around J.O. Nationals / 4th place All-Around VISAs
A member of the Junior National Team, Dalton was recently awarded a scholarship to attend the University of Oklahoma, starting in Fall '09. His signing capped off a remarkable recruiting class for the defending national champion Sooners. Joining Dalton at OU in the fall are [...more]
Coach Rick McCharles at GymnasticsCoaching posted about some of the tallest women's gymnasts of all time. Well, it's time that we update our list of the tallest men in collegiate gymnastics. As of now, there are at least 12 gymnasts who are six feet tall or taller. Here is the updated list. [...more]
