By Christina Marmet, Elizabeth Grimsley and Caroline Medley Continuing with the throwback leotard theme, this week we’re taking a look back at the fashion at the 1999 national championships. There was lots of VELVET ALL THE VELVET. Thanks to @1InsanePerson on Twitter for suggesting the meet!
The criteria is the same as during the season. But to refresh your memory: up to three points for design; two points for fabric, sparkle, etc.; and two points for school spirit; three points for overall appearance. But we want to know your thoughts too! Make sure to vote in our poll at the bottom of the page.
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By Emily Howell-Forbes Today’s post is all about those rare gymnasts who have managed to perform consistently on beam. It is fairly common in both J.O. and NCAA competition for competitors to have several falls over the course of a season, which results in their overall average being pulled down. Gymnasts who have completed their level 10 season with an average of 9.4 or above have generally had fewer than two falls over the course of the season.
By Emily Howell-Forbes
With the sheer number of incoming freshmen it can be difficult to sort out who may consistently deliver a high score on an event week after week. In an attempt to narrow it down, we broke down the top 10 on each event based on their average score in J.O. this season (plus a few honorable mentions that either did not make nationals or haven’t been mentioned previously).
For the sake of an accurate picture of a gymnast’s abilities, a single low score on each event was left out of the average if it was more than a point lower than the next lowest score. This prevents bad days and injuries from majorly skewing a gymnasts’ average. Also, for fairness, gymnasts with less than three scores on an event were not included to prevent skewing in the other direction. Over the next four days, take a look at the top gymnasts across the four events that will be joining your favorite team in 2018. Today we’ll look at vault, followed by bars on Tuesday, beam on Wednesday and rounding things out with floor on Thursday. By Christina Marmet, Elizabeth Grimsley and Caroline Medley Since we certainly loved judging leos every week, we decided to keep it going during the off season by looking back at some throwback competitions and what the fashion choices looked like back then. With the recent comeback of Courtney Kupets and Suzanne Yoculan at Georgia, what better meet to start with than their last official one in 2009 before retirement?!
The criteria is the same as during the season. But to refresh your memories: up to three points for design; two points for fabric, sparkle, etc.; and two points for school spirit; three points for overall appearance.
By Elizabeth Grimsley, Christina Marmet and Caroline Medley
Teams sure ended their seasons with a bang with their leotard game! With so many new leotards, it was extremely difficult to choose our favorite! But we managed… The criteria is the same as always. But to refresh your memory: up to three points for design; two points for fabric, sparkle, etc.; and two points for school spirit; three points for overall appearance. After assigning points to each category, we’ll tally up the scores and average them with the previous week’s. So by the end of the season, we’ll know for sure which team has the best leotards (according to us) and which teams not so much. We want to know what you thought too (or if we forgot one of your favorites from this weekend)! Let us know in the comments below or on Twitter. And make sure to vote in our poll at the bottom of the page to make your opinion heard in the fan vote, new this season.
All photos courtesy of Christy Ann Linder Gymnastics Photography. |
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