Men College Meet

[skschlag]

D and I watched a college meet tonight. It was Illinois, Cal and Air Force. Illinois was incredible. They posted the highest team pommel score of the season in the NCAA! 4 of 5 were over 15 and the one one that was not was a 14.85. Just a clinic on pommel horse. And the highest high bar score of he season was posted at the meet 15.75. The kid was from Air Force and really was amazing.

 

[profmom]

Wow! I wish I'd seen that pommel rotation! Maybe Justin Spring should run a clinic at the OTC.

 

[skschlag]

It was just jaw-dropping. the other coaches (Jeff Robinson and Brett McClure) came over to congratulate him. Brandon Ngai was just amazing. I think it was his career high. D and I were about 15 feet from it all.

 

[Pigeon]

Fantastic. I'd love to see a college meet live.

 

[skschlag]

They really are fun. I love how excited the men are, how supportive they are.

 

[Pigeon]

I wish Colombus were closer to us! I think we've missed our chance to watch the college guys this season (within reasonable driving distance!). But next year I'd like to set up a trip for our boys team to go to a meet. I think there would be a great response from our younger boys and their families.

We should be able to watch Stanford vs. Oklahoma on replay tonight (the only time our over-priced cable sports package has come in handy!). Love watching the college men compete, fantastic talent!

 

[skschlag]

oh I would love to be in Columbus the first of April for Big 10 Championships!!!

 

[Pigeon]

Well, that one falls on the same weekend as our regional competition. But, the NCAA championship is 2 weekends after that in Colombus, right?

Explain to me (in some detail) the difference between the Big 10 championship and the NCAA Championship? (yes, you can call me a noob, I won't be offended ). We are about a 6 hour drive from Colombus...with enough notice I might be able to get together a crew from our team to go watch and make a fun weekend of it (hey, States and Regionals will already be over, so why not?).

Would it be worth it to make the drive?

 

[skschlag]

OH YES!!! I would totally go if it were that cose!

 

[skschlag]

Big 10 will just include the Big 10 schools, which will be amazing as it is. Nationals will include the top teams and athletes from everywhere!

 

[Pigeon]

What is the difference betweeen (from the USAG site):
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March 25-26 - USA Gymnastics Men's Collegiate Championships - Springfield, Mass.
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and..
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April 15-16 - NCAA Men's Gymnastics National Championships - Columbus, Ohio
Hosted by Ohio State University
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2 college championships?

 

[sce]

What is the difference betweeen (from the USAG site):
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March 25-26 - USA Gymnastics Men's Collegiate Championships - Springfield, Mass.
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and..
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April 15-16 - NCAA Men's Gymnastics National Championships - Columbus, Ohio
Hosted by Ohio State University
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2 college championships?

Men's gymnastics is not a heavily supported college sport - so a lot of schools have cut their NCAA teams but some places have found a way to keep a program going with outside funding thus creating a club team. So the NCAA teams compete at the NCAA meet. The club teams compete at the other meet.

 

[lilmisssunshine]

Thanks for posting this. We might try to catch that big 10 one.

 

[skschlag]

Jealous!