2009 Men’s JO Nationals Suffers From Lack of Coverage
Posted on 04 May 2009 by admin
The 2009 men’s JO Nationals will take place this week (May 7-10) in Cincinnati, OH. Sadly, there will be no televised coverage of this great event. About the only video coverage we’ll be able to access will be whatever anyone happens to post on YouTube. You would think that an event of this magnitude would at least deserve a live webcast. After all, with all the existing technology, a webcast would be cheap and easy to produce. USAG needs to think long and hard about this, because a lot of gym fans and families of gymnasts are suffering because of the lack of coverage.
Anyway, it’s going to be a very fun event, with or without 21st century technology. The action starts on Thursday with the Level 10s going at it all day long. The 14-15 division will be especially interesting. Just who is going to beat John Orozco? This division is jam-packed with a lot of talent. The 16-18 division will be wide open, since Danell Leyva will not be competing.
On Friday, the Level 9s battle it out. Sean Melton will be out to defend his All-Around title, but will have to contend with last year’s runner-up, Allan Bower. Qualifiers from the Thursday/Friday competition will advance to the All-Around Finals on Saturday. The action concludes on Sunday with the Event Finals.
At the very least, we are hoping that the scoring will be live, just like the recent men’s NCAA competition. Let’s hope that a lot of folks end up posting a lot of videos to YouTube.
May 4th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
will the scores be live? Post when/if you find out. THANKS!
May 5th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
Just found out - there will be NO live scoring. Results will be posted after each session…hopefully soon after each session.
May 6th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
aww what a shame
May 6th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
The meet was registered on MeetScoresOnline yesterday, so there is a chance, depending on how the scorekeeper uploads the scores, that the scores will be updated in real time. Won’t know until tomorrow morning. Either way, it will be cool if folks end up submitting youtube links to MSO.
May 7th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
first session results are up
May 7th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
Looking forward to the evening session.
May 7th, 2009 at 8:08 pm
ya should be within the next few minutes. I keep refreshing
May 7th, 2009 at 8:17 pm
This is driving me nuts!
May 7th, 2009 at 11:13 pm
FINALLY
well here is as much as I’ve heard about the top 12 and where they are going to school next year
1. Alex Naddour-oklahoma
2.Christopher Stehl-oklahoma
3.Jake Dalton-oklahom
(UNBELIEVABLE 1-2-3 PUNCH)
4.Masayoshi Mori-Illinois?
5.Dylan Akers- (Junior ?)
6.Edward Mesa- (Universal kids never go to college)
7.CJ Meastas-junior
8.Josh Wokurka-Minnesota?
9.Matthew Chelberg- ?
10. Kyle Voissem-?
11. Presten Ellsworth-?
12.Ben Rudolph-Stanford?
If anyone can help verify my question marks
May 8th, 2009 at 11:27 am
Yoshi has not yet decided on a school. Rudolph signed with Stanford and Wokurka signed with Minnesota. Not sure about the others… nothing official has been published.