MCSMaria's Artistic Gymnastics Blog

First live blog of Saturday afternoon featuring the first BIG 5 qualifying meet featuring Nebraska, Maryland, Illinois, Ohio State and Michigan State at Michigan State. So the first three finishers from this meet will qualify for the evening session of the BIG 10 Champs next week and the first three from the second meet tonight will qualify there as well. So follow along and refresh the page every five minutes or so to follow along. Updates at the bottom. First rotation  - Nebraska is on vault, Illinois is on floor Kynsee  Robee VT Nebraska - FTY, pretty clean, small hop on landing. Kylie Noonan Illinois FX - front full + front lay,  tour jete full, sw ring + sw 1/2,  1 1/2 + front lay Grace Williams VT Nebraska - FTY, stuck the landing, good height, legs a bit separated on landing. Shynelle Aragan MD UB  - pak, leg seps, DLO stuck 9.825 Nicole Biondi Illinois FX - double pike, solid,  clean double back, good control,  ...

It's Tuesday, March 15 and, if you're familiar with Shakespeare, you may recall that it is the Ides of March. Beware the Ides of March!  It's also time for Power Rankings. As per usual, these aren't the official Road to Nationals rankings, rather they are stories and people that have caught my attention throughout the week, whether it be note-worthy events or a reaction to something. Last week's Power Rankings were # 1 The Rankings Shakeups # 2 Greg Mardsen throwing shade at SEC scoring during the Georgia, Stanford & UCLA tri-meet # 3 Will the real Stanford please stand-up? # 4 Lindsay Mable # 5 Beam Fails # 6 Jessie Peszek Without further adieu, I present this weeks rankings:

Much more gymnastics to come with the second qualifier for next weekend's B1G Ten Championships. Ohio State is hosting tonight and they are joined by Nebraska, Illinois-Champaign, Maryland College Park and Michigan State. The first three finishers from this meet go to the evening session of the Big Ten Championships, for the biggest chance to win all the glory and all the bragging rights. Expect some fierce competition. Refresh the page every 5-10 minutes for all the good stuff.

I'm back for more NCAA Gymnastics. Today, it's Michigan State at Michigan. Refresh the page for all the action every few minutes or so.