The 2010 Tyson American Cup boiled down to who kept it clean. Russia's Maxim Devyatovskiy did just that, and by hitting all six events, he took home the prize. The former Russian bad boy seems to be coming into his own, after winning the 2009 Champions Trophy and placing 5th at the World Championships. He did have some help after Jonathan Horton [...more]
Stanford really put the wood to Michigan in their final home meet of the season. Granted, Michigan was not at full strength, but Stanford still posted the season's highest team score (361.40) by far. Did they send a message? Well, if you consider the fact they scored over 60 points on floor, rings and vault, and also over 58 points on the remaining events, then [...more]
Once again, the team of Japanese collegiate all-stars easily prevailed over Stanford and Cal at the 2010 Pacific Coast Classic. The Japanese tallied 358.80, as Stanford (354.20) remained unbeaten over Cal (349.45) this season. Iowa (331.05), Arizona State (318.75) and Washington (282.75) rounded out the rest of the field. For the first time this season, [...more]
Oklahoma grad Chris Brooks took care of business at the 2010 Winter Cup. After leading the competition after Thursday's preliminary, Brooks remained consistent and stayed on the pommel horse for good measure. His two-day score of 175.80 (day 1-88.30/day 2-87.50) was enough to outlast [...more]
The biggest story at yesterday's Winter Cup preliminary competition was Chris Brooks' dominating all-around performance. Brooks (88.30) easily outlasted fellow Oklahoma alum Jonathan Horton (86.50), and also posted the day's highest scores on [...more]
2010 is the year of the freshmen in NCAA men's gymnastics. This season's crop of freshmen is making a dramatic impact for their respective teams. After three weeks of competition, seven freshmen are [...more]
The second weekend of NCAA men's gymnastics is now in the books. Michigan showed great improvement over last weekend and ended up with the young season's highest team score (355.65) in their easy romp over Penn State. The Wolverines' top performers, Chris Cameron and Thomas Kelley, put it together to enable an early showcase as to why Michigan [...more]
2009 was a great season for men's gymnastics! Japan's Kohei Uchimura and Germany's Fabian Hambuchen dominated. It's too bad that Hambuchen's injury prevented a match-up of the two best gymnasts at the London Worlds. Still, these two gymnasts are pretty much locked in as the two All-Around favorites at the '12 Olympics. Uchimura is now unquestionably the world's top gymnast. On the U.S. side, Jonathan Horton has moved into the role of [...more]
True to form, USAG is spreading the wealth when doling out international assignments. USAG announced the other day that Sasha Artemev, Alex Buscaglia and Tim Gentry will be competing at the 2009 Toyota International Gymnastics Competition in Toyota City, Japan (December 12-13). This will be Artemev's [...more]
Last week was the start of the early signing period for men's club gymnasts eager to commit to Division I programs for the 2010-2011 season. Most signees have not been officially announced, but so far, Illinois has landed two of the top recruits. Today, the Illini announced the signing of [...more]
