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NCAA Gymnastics 2018 - Week 1 Schedule – Week 1 Friday 　 Jan. 5th     6 ET/5 CT/4 MT/3 PT Bowling Green @ Michigan State BTN + 5:30 ET/4:30 CT/3:30 MT/2:30 PT Alabama @ Michigan ESPN / Scores 7 ET/6 CT/5 MT/4 PT George Washington, Ball State, Southeast Missouri @ Kentucky SECN + 7 ET/6 CT/5 MT/4 PT Florida @ West Virginia Live Stream / Scores 8 ET/7 CT/6 MT/5 PT Arkansas @ LSU Scores / SECN 9 ET/8 CT/7 MT/6 PT BYU @ Utah Pac 12 Saturday, Jan. 6 th 2 ET/1 CT/12 MT/11 PT Illinois State @ Central Michigan Scores 4 ET/3 CT/2 MT/2 PT Eastern Michigan @ Penn State Scores / Live Stream 4 ET/3 CT/2 MT/2 PT UW – Eau Claire @ Gustavus Adolphus 6 ET/5 CT/4 MT/3 PT Auburn, Iowa, Iowa State @ Arizona State Scores / Pac12+ 6 ET/5 CT/4 MT/3 PT Denver, New Hampshire, Rutgers @ Arizona Scores / Live Stream 7 ET/6 CT/5 MT/4 PT Hamline @ UW-Oshkosh Live Stream 7:30ET/6:30 CT/5:30 MT/4:30 PT Maryland, New Hampshire ,Temple ...

Simone Biles became the first woman since Kim Zmeskal to win three consecutive all-around national titles with a lead of nearly five points with a two night total of 124.100.

The US Secret Classic concluded last night. There was returning favorites and new challengers and old familiar faces who rose to the occasion. It's a year out from the Olympics, and really, this is the time where it counts. Team USA is deeper, which makes the field more competitive. The USA could have several Olympic teams. This meet is the start of the "season" for Team USA. From here, the girls will compete at the P&G Championships in Indianapolis in a couple of weeks, from there, a selection committee will chose from a pool of girls at the Worlds selection camp, which they will be invited to depending on their finish at Championships. Here are some highlights from the meet.

Saturday will be the premier of the USA gymnastics will kick off championship season season starting with the Secret Classic,  final qualifier to the P&G Championships, for the women. It's the year before the Olympics, so it's very likely we will see contenders for the Olympic team performing at the meet. There are a plethora of newbies as well as some returning heavy hitters, all of whom have the ultimate goal, to be named to the world championships team for the USA.

The first camp video of 2015 has been bestowed upon the Gymternet by the amazing gym gods at USA Gymnastics. This video is a feature about the newest Team USA seniors, Bailie Key Miss "I win everything all the time", Nia "I have the best standing Arabian on beam ever", and Chow's newest ingenue, Alexis Vasquez. The girls are all interviewed about their anticipation about becoming seniors. Bailie says she's excited to become a senior because she knows all the senior girls. Marta Karolyi, Team USA's women's team coordinator is interviewed and she talks about each of the girls and their strengths and weaknesses and of course, her goals for them. Marta says she wants to see Alexis upgrade some of her skills and she wants to see Nia work on her consistency.  But the best part is Bailie is training some boss new skills.

Since I had some free time post holidays, I decided to compile some gymnastics haikus.

2015 will be an exciting year for gymnastics. There are many up and coming and highly touted juniors from around the world that will be joining the senior ranks and will be age eligible to represent their country at the World Championships or Olympic Games. Many of whom, the world has been waiting on for what seems like an eternity to join the senior ranks. I've put together a list of some of the most anticipated athletes and put together a small biography about each one.

Having the same floor music as another gymnast is almost akin to wearing the same dress as another girl at the prom. This week at the World Championships in Nanning, China, a certain pretty blond French gymnast showed up using the same music for her floor routine as a certain prominent pretty blond junior gymnast in the United States.

Since Bailie Key's junior career has come to a close, I decided to feature her last routine as a junior in this edition of Favorite Routines.

Nationals are almost here! As USA Gymnastics so blatantly put it, it's like Christmastime for gymnastics fans. Two years out from the Olympics and the competition is just getting more fierce. This year, the world championships will have a team competition so there will be more places to compete for. So who is in and who is out? Who will prosper and who will falter? The Seniors:

Bailie Key will be unable to defend her national title this year since she has pulled out due to an elbow injury. Bailie, aka Miss I-win-everything-all-the-time was also absent at the Secret Classic last week due to the same injury.  Her coaches, 1991 World Champion Kim Zmeskal and her husband, Chris Burdette announced Bailie's forfeiture via the Texas Dreams website earlier today.

Elite season is full force in the US, with the upcoming Secret Classic and the P&G Championships. USA Gymnastics has released the roster for the athletes competing at the upcoming Secret Classic, which  serves as the final qualifier for the P&G National Championships (Aug. 21-24), which will determine the national team and serve as a qualifying step to USA's worlds team.

Young Bailie Key is joining the ubiquitous Amanar club.

At the May national team camp, young Bailie Key was seen throwing some serious new skills.

Last week, at the Pacific Rim Championships, the story was yet again, "Bailie Key Rules the World" literally.

Elizabeth "Ebee" Price is continuing her awesome year with another win at the Pacific Rim Championships. Make that two wins. In addition to taking home the all-around title, she and Team USA took the team gold medal

This past weekend at the Jesolo Trophy,  USA junior Bailie Key reinvented herself with a new floor routine.  Bailie's reinventing herself one floor routine at a time, much like Madonna, just with gymnastics.

After dealing with an injury that kept her out of the American Cup (and gym switching adventures), 2013 World Champion is competing for the first time this year at the Pacific Rim Championships.

The latest news coming from the City of Jesolo Trophy is young Bailie Key once again was the triumphant leader.

Following the conclusion of last week's training camp, USA Gymnastics has named the teams going to the City of Jesolo Trophy this weekend.