The excitement continued this week in NCAA gymnastics with the first 197s, unfortunate implosions and teams that continued to impress. LSU started the weekend off in shocking fashion, having to count three falls during its competition against N.C. State in Las Vegas. No. 1 Michigan and No. 3 Florida both won easily while No. 4 Oklahoma and No. 6 Alabama picked up two wins in three days. Read more about the top 15 teams’ meets and find full results and event winners for every competition that took place this weekend.
Floor wasn’t much better. The team had two falls, but last-minute-substitution Erin Macadaeg, competing in her first NCAA floor lineup, scored a whopping 9.95. Meanwhile, N.C. State had a consistent but average meet. The Wolfpack, scored three career-highs on vault from freshmen Caitlyn Fillard, Alexa Phillips and Maggie Tamburro.
No. 28 Ohio State at No. 1 Michigan: Full Results | Michigan Photos
Michigan: 196.950 | Ohio State: 195.275 VT: Karas 9.875 | UB: Brown 9.9 | BB: Chiarelli 9.95 | FX: Artz 9.9 | AA: Karas 39.425 You can’t say Michigan isn’t consistent. Hitting a near-197 the first two meets was impressive. However, a third asks the question whether the Wolverines are stuck. It’s the little things causing the team to just just short of the benchmark total. And with a few more weeks of competition and training under their belts, the Wolverines are sure to finally get over the hump. In the end, consistency is the most important thing of course. Consistently good, that is. And the team has at least that going for it — it hasn’t scored below a 49 on any event dating back to the 2014 season! Ohio State also had a solid competition to add to its week one results. With room for improvement, the Buckeyes are looking strong at this point in the season.
No. 11 California, No. 51 Texas Woman’s at No. 4 Oklahoma: Full Results
Oklahoma: 197.125 | California: 194.225 | TWU: 188.25 VT: Scaman, Jackson 9.9 | UB: Capps, Wofford 9.925 | BB: Lovan 9.925 | FX: Jackson 9.925 | AA: Kmieciak 39.425 Oklahoma picked up an easy win in its first home meet of the 2016 season. But it wasn’t without mistakes. The Sooners hit the 197-benchmark total, backed by a 49.475 on bars and a 49.4 on beam. Mistakes on floor, including a fall and a missed performance, caused the team from having a standout meet. Cal also had a pretty successful competition, with superstar sophomore Toni-Ann Williams picking the team up form a so-so beam rotation with a 9.9.
No. 4 Oklahoma at No. 16 Arkansas: Full Results
Oklahoma: 197.050 | Arkansas: 195.900 VT: Jackson 9.95 | UB: Wofford, Zaziski 9.9 | BB: Capps 9.925 | FX: Scaman 9.9 | AA: Kmieciak 39.4 "Almost but not quite" was the name of the game for Oklahoma on Sunday. The Sooners’ vault landings were getting there with Haley Scaman upgrading to the Yurchenko one and a half and Ali Jackson’s 9.95, but the beam and floor struggles continue. However, if it wasn’t for scores, we’re betting fans totally wouldn’t care because THAT DANCE. Either way, the Sooners totaled a very usable low 197 for the effort. Arkansas also had a drop from its competition against Georgia Friday night. The Gymbacks were wobble-city on beam and had a couple more iffy routines on floor but pulled it together to finish with a 195.9.
Elevate the Stage: No. 6 Alabama, No. 7 Auburn: Full Results | Auburn Video Highlights
Alabama: 196.875 | Auburn: 196.075 VT: Demers, Brannan 9.875 | UB: McNeer, Winston, Atkinson 9.875 | BB: Beers 9.9 | FX: Giancroce, brannan, Bailey 9.85 | AA: Atkinson, Winston 39.375 The teams were neck-and-neck through two rotations, with Alabama leading by only half a tenth going into the final half of the meet. However, mistakes on beam dropped Auburn down and the Tigers were never able to recover. It was still a solid performance, though, and the teams got their first taste of the podium in 2016. Tide senior Carley Sims was still missing in action, but Lauren Beers stepped up with a 9.9 on beam. Overall, the meet was consistent for both teams, with the only real mistakes coming on beam for Auburn. Had the rotation gone better and the Tigers might be coming off their first win ever over the Crimson Tide.
No. 21 Kentucky at No. 7 Auburn: Full Results
Auburn: 196.275 | Kentucky: 195.175 VT: Demers 9.9 | UB: Atkinson 9.9 | BB: Demers, Milliet, Atkinson, Rechenmacher 9.85 | FX: Puryear, Dukes 9.825 | AA: Dukes 39.125 Auburn continued to make its case for another berth to the night session of the SEC Championships. The team posted a solid 196.275 in its first home meet. The Tigers started out strong with a 49.2 on vault and a 49.25 on bars. But lower scores overall on both beam and floor slowed down the pace a bit in the second half. Lexus Demers, Abby Milliet, Caitlin Atkinson and Kentucky’s Cori Rechenmacher all tied for the beam title with just a 9.85 while Wildcats Taylor Puryear and Sidney Dukes won floor with merely a 9.825. Dukes also won the all around with a 39.125 to enforce the belief that this is Kentucky’s strongest freshman class in quite some time.
Southern Utah also completed a solid competition sans a rough bar rotation where the Thunderbirds had to count a fall in their total. But they bounced back, thanks to a 9.9 on floor from Madyson Blake. The Utes had a number of 9.9+ scores as well with Breanna Hughes on vault and bars (9.9, 9.925), Kassandra Lopez on bars (9.925) and Kari Lee and Samantha Partyka on beam (9.9).
No. 45 North Carolina, No. 56 Temple, Cornell, Penn at No. 7 George Washington: Full Results
GWU: 195.425 | Cornell: 194.025 | Temple: 191.375 | Penn: 190.625 | UNC: 188.925 VT: Mackey 9.875 | UB: Hedelund 9.9 | BB: DeMoura, Pfeiler 9.775 | FX: Raineri, Drouin-Allaire 9.9 | AA: Drouin-Allaire 39.3 After thoroughly impressing fans the first week of the season, George Washington was back in action Sunday in its annual Lindsey Ferris Invitational. While the team did hit 196 a second time around, it did post a solid mid-195 to add to its team average. Sophomores Cami Drouin-Allaire and Jillian Winstanley continued to impress and junior Chelsea Raineri closed the show with a 9.9 on floor. Cornell had a surprise second-place finish, totaling a whopping 194.025 at the meet.
No. 10 Arizona at No. 51 Texas Woman’s: Full Results
Arizona: 193.475 | TWU: 192.450 VT: Gentry 9.75 | UB: Laub 9.825 | BB: Sisler 9.85 | FX: Schneider 9.8 | AA: Jones 38.750 After a record-breaking performance in the season opener and first-year head coach Tabitha Yim’s first competition with Arizona, the team dropped a bit the second time out. The WIldcats had a less-than-stellar vault rotation and had to count two falls on beam but were solid on bars and floor to finish with a 193.475. Texas Woman’s also out-performed its previous two competitions, scoring a point better than its season high and more than four points higher than the previous meet.
No. 12 Oregon State, No. 57 Illinois State, No. 61 UW-Eau Claire, Bridgeport at No. 46 Lindenwood: Full Results
Oregon State: 196.350 | Lindenwood: 195.325 | Bridgeport: 194.15 | Illinois State: 190.725 | UW-EC: 188.925 VT: Gardiner 9.875 | UB: McMillan 9.875 | BB: Oswalt, Gardner 9.85 | FX: Radermacher, LaRoche 9.9 | AA: Gardner 39.3 Totals of 49+ on each event led Oregon State to a win over Lindenwood, Bridgeport, Illinois State and UW-Eau Claire in Lindenwood’s five-team competition Friday night. The Beavers, led by Maddie Gardiner, who took home titles on vault, beam and in the all around, only had two scores below 9.7 throughout the entire competition. Lindenwood also continued to impress fans and hold its own as a D-II team competing against D-I schools. The Lions posted a 195.325, a score similar to that other top teams scored in recent meets including Georgia’s opening 195.2 and Arkansas’ 195.15 in Cancun. It was a regular-season record for the team. Bridgeport also finished the competition with a solid 194.
No. 13 Denver at No. 39 Iowa: Full Results
Denver: 195.900 | Iowa: 194.725 VT: McGee 9.9 | UB: Ross 9.875 | BB: Ross 9.875 | FX: McGee, Drenth 9.85 | AA: McGee 39.425 Denver was back in action Monday after more than a week off to prepare since its last meet. Nina McGee continued to impress despite not replicating her perfect performance on floor a second time out. It was, however, the McGee and Julia Ross show for the Pioneers, as the duo swept the four events and the all around. Iowa’s Mollie Drenth also took a share of the floor title. The Hawkeyes continued to improve after a meh performance to start the season, posting another high 194 total for their Monday-afternoon effort.
No. 22 Stanford at No. 15 Georgia: Full Results | Storify
Stanford: 195.875 | Georgia: 195.750 VT: Jay 9.975 | UB: Rogers 9.925 | BB: Hong, Chuang 9.9 | FX: Marino, Box 9.9 | AA: Price 39.425 Georgia started off on its way to a season-high performance. But then beam happened. FOUR falls from the event in the third rotation all but erased the stellar start the Gym Dogs had on vault — where the team posted a nation-high 49.5 with the help of Brittany Rogers’ 9.95 and Brandie Jay’s 9.975. The team almost bounced back on floor, tying the meet with one routine left to go. The Gym Dogs needed a 9.9 from Jay to tie it. However, she only managed a 9.825 to give Stanford the win. The Cardinal didn’t have a meet to write home about either, but there were no glaring errors like Georgia had. Vault still featured a Yurchenko layout for one of its six and bars and floor included falls, but Elizabeth Price and Ivana Hong were there to save the day like always. And you can’t forget Taylor Rice, who got even the Georgia student section into her floor choreography and made it rain on beam as well.
No. 16 Kent State at No. 26 Utah State: Full Results
Utah State: 194.100 | Kent State: 193.500 VT: Chappel 9.8 | UB: Belliston, McIntire 9.775 | BB: Stypinski 9.85 | FX: Hardison 9.825 | AA: Martinez 38.5 No. 18 New Hampshire at No. 37 West Virginia: Full Results WVU: 195.800 | UNH: 195.225 VT: Koshinski 9.9 | UB: Goldberg 9.9 | BB: Lauter 9.95 | FX: Goldberg 9.95 | AA: Goldberg 39.225 Yale at No. 18 New Hampshire: Full Results UNH: 196.075 | Yale: 189.700 VT: Mahoney 9.875 | UB: Mulligan 9.875 | BB: Pflieger, Lauter 9.875 | FX: Aucoin, Doolin 9.85 | AA: Doolin 39.025 No. 19 Illinois at No. 40 Rutgers: Full Results Illinois: 195.500 | Rutgers: 191.600 VT: Buchanan, O’Connor 9.825 | UB: O’Connor 9.825 | BB: Horth 9.85 | FX: O’Connor 9.875 | AA: O’Connor 39.325 No. 20 Eastern Michigan, No. 48 Bowling Green at No. 32 Western Michigan: Full Results WMU: 195.275 | EMU: 195.050 | BGSU: 193.575 VT: Heath, Conrad, Slocum, Aragon, Corbett 9.775 | UB: Nocella, Valentin, Ellingboe 9.825 | BB: Underwood 9.875 | FX: Slocum, Underwood 9.825 | AA: Corbett 39.125 No. 25 Maryland at No. 23 Minnesota: Full Results Minnesota: 195.425 | Maryland: 193.150 VT: Mable 9.8 | UB: Mable 9.85 | BB: Mable, Nordquist 9.85 | FX: Mable 9.9 | AA: Mable 39.4 No. 27 Sacramento State at No. 49 San Jose State: Full Results Sac State: 194.900 | SJSU: 193.400 VT: Konnor, Matos 9.825 | UB: Benning, Bellingham 9.775 | BB: McCartney 9.85 | FX: Benning 9.9 | AA: McCartney 39.075 No. 31 Nebraska at No. 29 Penn State: Full Results Nebraska: 196.150 | Penn State: 194.575 VT: Tsang 9.85 | UB: Laeng 9.875 | BB: Williams 9.925 | FX: Blanske 9.875 | AA: Tsang, Blanske 39.3 Ozone Collegiate Classic: No. 32 Iowa State, No. 47 SEMO, No. 52 Pittsburgh, No. 60 Air Force: Full Results Iowa State: 194.200 | SEMO: 192.550 | Pitt: 190.350 | Air Force: 188.850 VT: Pearson 9.775 | UB: Green 9.875 | BB: Young 9.825 | FX: Young, Offutt 9.9 | AA: Thomas 38.775 No. 34 BYU at No. 38 Central Michigan: Full Results Central Michigan: 194.775 | BYU: 193.575 VT: Douglas, Teet 9.775 | UB: Lamphere 9.875 | BB: Clements 9.825 | FX: Bolender 9.9 | AA: Janowicz 39.0 No. 39 Iowa at No. 35 Michigan State: Full Results Iowa: 194.900 | Michigan State: 192.575 VT: Drenth, Ortiz 9.775 | UB: Sotillo 9.85 | BB: Sotillo 9.825 | FX: Lagoski 9.85 | AA: Drenth 39.125 No. 36 Washington at No. 43 Arizona State: Full Results Washington: 194.650 | Arizona State: 192.450 VT: Allex 9.9 | UB: Duranczyk, Northey 9.75 | BB: Goings, Northey 9.85 | FX: Allex 9.9 | AA: Northey 39.175 No. 53 Illinois-Chicago at No. 41 Northern Illinois: Full Results NIU: 192.975 | UIC: 190.375 VT: Van Voorhis 9.8 | UB: Carter 9.875 | BB: Greenfield 9.75 | FX: Nicholas 9.75 | AA: Squillo 38.7 No. 42 Towson at No. 50 Ball State: Full Results Ball State: 194.100 | Towson: 192.550 VT: Christian 9.8 | UB: McKellar 9.825 | BB: Christian 9.825 | FX: Christian 9.825 | AA: McKellar 38.7 No. 55 Seattle-Pacific, Boise State at No. 43 UC Davis: Full Results Boise State: 195.700 | UC Davis: 194.325 | SPU: 189.900 VT: Bir, Hundley 9.8 | UB: Jacobsen 9.875 | BB: Stamates 9.85 | FX: Collantes 9.9 | AA: Jacobsen 39.125 No. 56 Temple at No. 54 William & Mary: Full Results Temple: 190.150 | W&M: 190.100 VT: Stover 9.8 | UB: Phillip 9.775 | BB: Gipson 9.725 | FX: A.Kerr 9.75 | AA: Stover 38.225 No. 65 Springfield, Brown, Ithaca at Southern Connecticut: Full Results | Videos Brown: 188.950 | SCSU: 187.750 | Ithaca: 185.925 | Springfield: 185.275 VT: Prunchnik 9.675 | UB: Aberger, Kinamon 9.575 | BB: Butchness 9.675 | FX: Pruchnik, Williams 9.7 | AA: Mitchell 37.15
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