It's time for StickItMedia's follow-up to our previous articles about the tallest athletes in men's gymnastics. Sadly, our all-time favorite, Oklahoma's Russ Czeschin, has graduated. Czeschin was a four-time All-American on floor (3 times) and vault (1 time), and he stretched the tape measure to a whopping 6'3". The NCAA's tallest man mantle has been passed down to [...more]
The 2010 men's gymnastics season is about to launch into hyperspeed this month, with three high-profile meets taking place next weekend (January 15-17). The Windy City Invite will feature top club teams such as Bartlett Gymnastics, Buffalo Grove, Orlando Metro, Queen City and Hocking Valley. It will also serve as the season opener for Illinois-Chicago, Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota and Ohio State. The Rocky Mountain Open will help kick off the season for [...more]
2009 was a great season for men's gymnastics! Japan's Kohei Uchimura and Germany's Fabian Hambuchen dominated. It's too bad that Hambuchen's injury prevented a match-up of the two best gymnasts at the London Worlds. Still, these two gymnasts are pretty much locked in as the two All-Around favorites at the '12 Olympics. Uchimura is now unquestionably the world's top gymnast. On the U.S. side, Jonathan Horton has moved into the role of [...more]
Over the past several years World Olympic Gymnastics Academy (WOGA) in Frisco, TX has been a fertile breeding ground for many of the nation's top men's collegiate gymnasts. Just to name a few, WOGA has produced such stalwarts as Oklahoma's Steven Legendre, Stanford's Eric Hergenrader and Tim Gentry, Minnesota's Cole Storer and Colin McGuire, Nebraska's Cory Baumgarten and Ohio State's Phil Onorato. Last month, Nebraska announced the signings of [...more]
It's been a long time since we've reported. The '09-'10 season was officially kicked off with the 2009 Valeri Liukin Invitational, hosted by WOGA. 2009 World Team members Jonathan Horton and Danell Leyva placed 2nd and 8th in the AA, respectively. The young compulsory team from Vitaly Scherbo School of Gymnastics was very impressive, even without [...more]
True to form, USAG is spreading the wealth when doling out international assignments. USAG announced the other day that Sasha Artemev, Alex Buscaglia and Tim Gentry will be competing at the 2009 Toyota International Gymnastics Competition in Toyota City, Japan (December 12-13). This will be Artemev's [...more]
Today, Michigan finally made a highly anticipated announcement. The Wolverines have pulled off one of the top 2010-2011 recruiting hauls in the country by signing SCATS' Sam Mikulak and Jordan Gaarenstroom, Surgents Elite's Alex Bubnov, All American's Mike Myler and Josephson Academy's Dylan James. The prize nugget, of course, is [...more]
We received word that Nebraska has pulled off a great 2010-2011 recruiting coup with the signings of WOGA's Presten Ellsworth, Eric Schryver, Orlando Metro's Wyatt Aycock and Cypress' CJ Schaaf. Head Coach Chuck Chmelka and Assistant Coaches Jim Hartung and Phil Cahoy are wasting no time with their efforts to re-establish the Cornhuskers as a [...more]
Last week was the start of the early signing period for men's club gymnasts eager to commit to Division I programs for the 2010-2011 season. Most signees have not been officially announced, but so far, Illinois has landed two of the top recruits. Today, the Illini announced the signing of [...more]
The 2009 Junior Pan American men's gymnastics competition concluded yesterday in Aracaju, Brazil. The U.S. contingent performed admirably as they brought home a total of seven medals. Gold Cup's CJ Maestas won gold on rings and silver in the all-around, pommel horse and parallel bars. SCATS' Sam Mikulak took silver on floor and bronze on vault. The team, consisting of Maestas, Mikulak, Orlando Metro's Jake Martin and SCATS' Jesse Glenn, won the [...more]
