NCAA Gymnastics

[Coco]

Michigan has some real talent, but they need to find the whatever it is to get consistently and eliminate hops and bobbles.

 

[barbk]

I'm really curious about how the University of Denver (6500 undergraduates, another 3000 or so grad students in professional programs) is competing so well against schools with enormously larger student bodies, endowments and athletic budgets.

 

[HeatherC]

I was SO rooting for Clemson to pull the upset earlier tonight but it was not meant to be. Bummer for them but they have SO much promise for a team only in their second year!

So far, the regional competitions today have had a few more surprises than the ones yesterday (holy Arizona!). Here are the final results:


Washington Regional
Arizona
Missouri
Oklahoma
Auburn

Alabama Regional
Oregon State
Florida
Alabama
Cal

Regional finals start tomorrow!

 

[ptvvibezz]

MSU, LSU, Utah, & UCLA are going to Ft. Worth! The Penn State regional was the better of the two today imo.

 

[annie720]

I'm really curious about how the University of Denver (6500 undergraduates, another 3000 or so grad students in professional programs) is competing so well against schools with enormously larger student bodies, endowments and athletic budgets.

Seriously. When we moved to Denver ~2015 we were amazed to discover the school had the #1 NCAA lacrosse team as well as a top hockey team. It was also shortly after this when the gymnastics team started making a name for itself and we happily started attending events for all three teams.

 

[HeatherC]

I am BEYOND gutted for Auburn to miss out on going to nationals by one freaking tenth of a point. What a heartbreaking way for this last regional to end.

Final Bracket
Semifinal #1
LSU
Utah
UCLA
Michigan State

Semifinal #2
Oklahoma
Missouri
Florida
Alabama

I am going to keep it to myself who I am rooting for in this particular nationals bracket but I have to admit that this weekend has been exhausting as a fan of this sport. There's been a lot of really good gymnastics which has been great but there's also been a lot of scoring that has left me scratching my head or rolling my eyes. We'll see what happens next but hopefully all these teams bring their A games because it's gonna take a LOT to win the national title this year.

 

[Aceon6]

there's also been a lot of scoring that has left me scratching my head or rolling my eyes

Just catching up, but they’ve GOT to do something about 10.0, especially on vault. There needs to be a landing deduction if the upper body is past the gymnast’s toes, even when they don’t move their feet.

 

[Coco]

And how about some lines on the mat to show distance and direction?

 

[Coco]

Any quick hits or reports from podium training? We get started with semi #1 in less than an hour!

 

[beckab81]

Wow, FL misses the final! So happy for Missouri, they were my favorite performances of the session (especially Helen Hu on beam!)

 

[ptvvibezz]

Sad that Leanne had one of her worst (collegiate) meets ever here...at least she ended her NCAA career with a good bar routine

 

[HeatherC]

As long as UCLA is one of the two teams that gets to the final on Saturday, I really don't care which of the other three teams goes there with them from this second semifinal, LOL (Tonight just can't be the last time we see Brooklyn Moors' gorgeous FX routine )

That first semifinal was insane! I did not expect it to be that close at all.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

I missed seeing the first session because I thought these were tomorrow. Probably going to miss out on some of the drama by knowing who wins before I watch it. Ah well.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Is there anywhere that you can see the individual apparatus scores live? Like ranked with session 1, not session 2 only.

 

[HeatherC]

YAY FOR UCLA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And Brooklyn Moors is the national FX champion!!! So happy that I get to see her routine one more time on Saturday!

 

[Theatregirl1122]

I'm so sad for Jade. She's been so great all season. I would have loved to see her get this. On the other side, Grace McCallum really had the meet of her life, though!

Do they do podiums at NCAA? I remember at NCAA meets they'd like weirdly do them down to like 6th or something.

I don't have strong feelings about the teams, so I was defs rooting for chaos, and that was pretty chaotic!

 

[Coco]

What amazing meets! If MSU could have bottled their beam from Big 10s or even regionals they would have made it, but they should be proud.

The 2nd semi was crazy.

 

[HeatherC]

I'm so sad for Jade. She's been so great all season. I would have loved to see her get this. On the other side, Grace McCallum really had the meet of her life, though!

Do they do podiums at NCAA? I remember at NCAA meets they'd like weirdly do them down to like 6th or something.

I don't have strong feelings about the teams, so I was defs rooting for chaos, and that was pretty chaotic!

I feel bad for Jade too. That stupid vault hurt so many athletes today!

I think they do results down to 8th here but don't quote me on that one. I'm not 100% sure but I feel like I've seen that in the past.

 

[skipaway]

Is there anywhere that you can see the individual apparatus scores live? Like ranked with session 1, not session 2 only.

Semi final 2Click on the Stats link

Semi final 1 Stats

Results link for Sat Final

 

[beckab81]

I know that Oklahoma and Utah were clean, but both felt a bit overscored to me. I'll be rooting for UCLA and Mizzou on Saturday, I find them so much more dynamic.

 

[Coco]

@Theatregirl1122 someone on reddit posted a combined score sheet published by LSU. I can't link to it as I got the link to the google doc off the college gym fans group on FB.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Semi final 2Click on the Stats link

Semi final 1 Stats

Results link for Sat Final

Right, that's session 1 only and session 2 only, so that was what I already had.

@Theatregirl1122 someone on reddit posted a combined score sheet published by LSU. I can't link to it as I got the link to the google doc off the college gym fans group on FB.

That's okay. I was looking for them during the event, so the moment has passed. LOL.

 

[Aceon6]

That's okay. I was looking for them during the event

As was I. I’m spoiled by usually having ISU live scoring, and when there is none, some kind soul always posts a link.

 

[Coco]

This thread has some good videos

NCAA Women's Gymnastics News Bot (@ncaawgymbot.bsky.social)

An unofficial bot for NCAA women's gymnastics news from NCAA.com. 🤸‍♀️ RSS: https://www.ncaa.com/news/gymnastics-women/nc/rss.xml GitHub Repo: https://github.com/mgmisiak/ncaawgymbot Made by @mmisiak.bsky.social 〽️ Based on @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social

bsky.app

 

[OlieRow]

Very pleased with individual winners (especially Hu and Moors!) and looking forward to Saturday! So excited for Mizzou qualifying for the first time.

Clemson announced they’ve parted ways with Amy Smith in what’s the shortest press release ever written. I’m sure it’s got to do with her prior allegations of abuse but I’d be interested in how it all went down. They recognized a ton of “seniors” at senior night who had graduated but some of them have multiple years of eligibility left. It’s been a blast cheering the team on the past 2 years but I definitely had my reservations about Smith. Hopefully they can snag someone solid and continue to build on the foundation that’s been set. I’d have to think it’s a pretty desirable job? Good facilities, good funding, enthusiastic fan base.

Clemson Announces Change In Gymnastics Leadership

CLEMSON, S.C. - Clemson University has parted ways with Amy Smith, Director of Athletics Graham Neff announced. Clemson will immediately commence a national search for its next head coach.

clemsontigers.com

 

[Theatregirl1122]

As was I. I’m spoiled by usually having ISU live scoring, and when there is none, some kind soul always posts a link.

I found the individual ones without a problem. I wanted combined, which, as it turns out, didn't exits. Thus I could not find it. LOL.

Paid for one month of ESPN+ tonight so I could watch the men. I am a little worried that Michigan might have left it all out there a little too much. Although just as I was worrying about that, they decided to fall ON RINGS. Who falls on rings???

 

[her grace]

OU for the win!

 

[HeatherC]

I am going to keep my comments about judging in today's women's meet to myself, but I am SO super proud of the Bruins for their amazing season. No one expected them to be in this final today so I am just over the moon for them. Ugh, I'm gonna miss way too many of those seniors though! (Congrats to Missouri too....they did a very respectable job today and should be super proud of themselves! )

And if I hear KJ Kindler talk anymore about being underdogs or redemption after today, I am going to fly to OK and show her pictures of ACTUAL women's gym teams who are truly underdogs and have gone through WAY more hardships than her team has ever gone through since she took over that program.

 

[Aceon6]

Aaargh. My recording of the men’s final cut off at the start of the 6th rotation. Off to find the archive.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Aaargh. My recording of the men’s final cut off at the start of the 6th rotation. Off to find the archive.

Alas! It was so exiting!

I was so happy for Michigan. I really thought they had given it away going into the second to last rotation with vault and PBars to go for Stanford while they had to have RINGS. And then Stanford was great on vault. With this being Paul's senior year, I especially wanted it for them.

Man, you can say what you want about Fred Richard, but he has been absolutely CLUTCH for the team in the last year. His routines just got better as the stakes got higher. He ended up top 6 in every event. Paul was also great, save the uncharacteristic mistake on pommel horse. Can't believe he finished 2nd in the AA even with the fall.

We also had some specialists do some really great work to help us over the line. The whole team really came through.