By Elizabeth Grimsley
With the 2017 Nastia Liukin Cup two days away, it’s time to take a closer look at the qualifiers and where they stand going into Friday’s competition. After seven weeks, we finally have all 36 qualifiers—18 juniors and 18 seniors—that will represent their club gyms, as well as, for some, their future colleges in New Jersey.
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By Elizabeth Grimsley The final qualifier weekend of the Nastia Liukin Cup series is over with the final seven qualifiers that will compete for the title March 3 in Newark, N.J, having advanced to the cup. Competitors from the Charity CHoice Invitational, Magical Classic, Excalibur Cup, Presidential Classic and WOGA Classic made it to the final stage of the series.
By Caroline Medley, Christina Marmet and Elizabeth Grimsley It’s time for another round of NCAA Gym News Power Rankings. This week we’ll be coming up with our top 11 teams and assigning them each a Superhero we think best fits its season up to this point. But we don’t expect you to agree with our opinions 100 percent. Let us know your thoughts and who you have in your top 10 in the comments or on social media.
If you’re a traditionalist or numbers freak, you can look at the Road to Nationals official rankings here.
By Elizabeth Grimsley, Christina Marmet and Caroline Medley
We had another handful of great leotards, including some stunners from unexpected teams the likes of Rutgers, Western Michigan and Maryland. But, as always, there were also some less-than-stellar leos—depending on your tastes. But we’ll let you decide that after reading through the options.
The criteria is the same as last 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. 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. By Elizabeth Grimsley Week five of the Nastia Liukin Cup series is over with eight new qualifiers that will compete for the title March 3 in Newark, N.J. Competitors at the Arizona Sunrays Classic Rock Invitational, Buckeye Classic, Chow’s Challenge, Pikes Peak Cup and Classic Spectacular competed for a chance to advance.
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