If you're a men's gymnastics fan, Las Vegas will be the place to be this weekend. A two-day extravaganza kicks off the Olympic year. Winter Cup will play a major role in determining who will go to Rio. The meet is not as important for members of last year's World Team, but it has huge ramifications for those not currently on the Senior National Team. Eighteen gymnasts will emerge from Winter Cup as [...more]
The weekend before Winter Cup is usually a relatively quiet one for college men's gymnastics. The schedule is light, stars are usually resting up and lineups look a little different. Ohio State (444.50), despite not being at full strength, exploded to the nation's fifth highest score of the season in their resounding home victory over [...more]
College men's gymnastics fans take note -- Saturday, March 5 -- in arguably the most anticipated dual meet of the season, top-ranked Oklahoma will host 2nd-ranked Stanford. Both teams have clearly dominated the scoreboard this season and this weekend was no disappointment. The Cardinal (447.70) posted the weekend's top score in their big win over [...more]
Minnesota (435.15) turned in their best performance of the season in a victory over Nebraska (428.10). The anticipated battle between the two young upstarts started out as a closely-contested brawl. Both teams put on a phenomenal display of talent on FX, with the Gophers just barely eking out a winning margin (75.50-75.45) thanks to Zach Lieber (15.80) and Alex Wittenberg (15.50). They smashed their season team high by well over [...more]
The internet and social media have made following NCAA Men's Gymnastics a snap - if you know where to look. Start here @RoadToNationals for the schedule of upcoming meets. This site also has the latest rankings, weekly recaps of [...more]
Judging from the first two weekends of the college men's gymnastics season, it was inevitable. The third weekend was a charm. Welcome to the 440 Club, Stanford! The Cardinal put up 75-plus on FX (75.95) and HB (75.05) to easily join Oklahoma as the only two teams to score over 440. Akash Modi again dominated the all-around (90.55) and set personal highs on FX (16.00) and HB (15.55) to lead Stanford (445.55) to [...more]
Seems like only yesterday when the 2015 version of Oklahoma Men's Gymnastics was blowing up arena scoreboards with 15s, 75s and 450s. Version 2016 2.0 just might end up being better. Last year, the Sooners scored 441, 440 and 440 in their first three meets. Perhaps an ominous sign of things to come, the Sooners put up 448.55 in their season-opening win over [...more]
The 2016 NCAA Men's Gymnastics season got under way with a light opening weekend schedule. Illinois got things going hosting a dual meet featuring an outstanding livestream production that got rave reviews. The Illini put up a program record 432.50 for an opening meet as they easily handled the visitors from UIC (374.25). Online viewers were able to watch every routine by both teams, giving gym fans hope [...more]
Oklahoma signed two Junior National Team recruits, and Penn State nabbed another one to highlight this year's early signing period. Matt Wenske and Tanner Justus, fresh off a trip to the Czech Republic for the Olympic Hopes Cup, will make their collegiate debuts for the Sooners, while Valdez will be taking his talents to Penn State. Compared to the past several years, this year's signing period activity has been [...more]
Danell Leyva and Donnell Whittenburg earned the first medals for the U.S. Men's Gymnastics at the 2015 World Championships in Glasgow. In the day's first event, Whittenburg nailed his Dragulescu and Tsuk full-in (15.35) to win the VT bronze. After failing to repeat as medal winner on PB, Leyva turned in a beautiful, gutsy [...more]
