Easily the regular season's best matchup, Oklahoma and Stanford did not disappoint in their televised meet. In fact, the two teams battled to a 409.30 tie in the face-to-face contest hosted by the Sooners. Competing without standout Vitaliiy Guimaraes, the Sooners did quite well with only a ten-man lineup. Winning only two team event titles (FX,HB), they managed a balanced attack, hitting on over 95% of their routines. Gage Dyer, back from [...more]
Stanford is now back in the title hunt thanks to finally having a full roster with all their stars, including 2019 NCAA AA champ Brody Malone, back on campus. The Cardinal (404.40) got warmed up with their Friday virtual victory over Springfield (368.15). They had six different event winners, led by [...more]
The 2021 Winter Cup wrapped up on Sunday with Event Finals. Gymnasts with the highest two-day scores on each event were able to lay claim to an apparatus title. Based on Day 1 results, there really weren't any surprises, but there were some great performances. Here are [...more]
Michigan's Cameron Bock and Stanford's Riley Loos traded turns atop the 2021 Winter Cup standings most of the way, but Bock came away with the title after his strong performance in the last rotation (SR). It was Bock's (84.15) first major all around title in the Senior ranks, and his first since winning multiple national titles as a Junior. He had a great, consistent meet, earning top-5 scores on five events. Loos (83.25) likewise was strong from start to finish, grabbing the highest scores on [...more]
Michigan (413.30) posted the season's fourth highest team score in their resounding defeat of Illinois (405.55) and host Nebraska (401.60). The Wolverines, for the moment at least, are firmly entrenched as the nation's number two squad behind Oklahoma. After only two meets, they have two of the top five recorded scores. It was their first meet since January 17, after being unceremoniously shut down a week later, undoubtedly an unnecessary travesty. [...more]
For the third straight weekend, Penn State was involved in close contests. After prevailing in the first two against Illinois (Week 3) and Nebraska (Week 4), the Nittany Lions (403.90) dropped a tight battle against host Ohio State (405.50). The two teams split the team events, but the victors tallied big winning margins on SR and PB to pull out the win. Jesse Tyndall (AA-81.75, PB-14.30) and Donovan Hewitt (VT-T1st-14.55) each won individual events to lead the Buckeyes. Double winner Matt Cormier [...more]
For the second straight week, Penn State (406.90) eked out a win in the final rotation. This week's victim was Nebraska (403.05), as Nittany Lions spoiled the Cornhuskers' season opener. A pair of freshmen, Matt Cormier and Michael Jaroh, paced the Penn State attack. Jaroh was a triple winner, posting the top scores on PH (T1st-14.10), VT (T1st-14.55) and HB (14.00), while Cormier had the highest score on FX (14.75). Jaroh's 5-event average was a nifty [...more]
Oklahoma continued their early-season mastery by recording their third consecutive score of 413-plus. They've been the picture of consistency in the opening three weeks -- Week 1 (414.45), Week 2 (413.75), Week 3 (413.40). The Sooners had no trouble winning their virtual tilt over Army (375.10). Vitality Guimaraes (82.85) and Spencer Goodell (81.15) were the nation's top-scoring all arounders in Week 3, sparking their [...more]
On September 10th, 2020, The University of Minnesota announced it was cutting 4 men's sports, including men's gymnastics. The stated reasons were budget considerations and Title lX compliance. Last week the University let it out that women's roster spots would be cut as well. Now the men's teams are considering a Title lX lawsuit on behalf of [...more]
Three NCAA Division 1 men's gymnastics programs have been unceremoniously dropped in the month of September -- William & Mary, Iowa and Minnesota. The timing of these announcements was not only cruel, but also most certainly unnecessary. The pandemic has wreaked havoc on the sports world. All collegiate spring sports were canceled amid the abrupt premature ending to the winter sports season. There was no NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championships, no March Madness... No nothing. The decision to drop William & Mary's men's gymnastics program was not even a financial one. The program enjoys an endowment, [...more]
