MCSMaria's Artistic Gymnastics Blog

Now we head to Utah where they host Georgia. They're two former rivals with both teams having 10 national titles under their belts, although 1 title of Utah's was before the NCAA was the official body over collegiate gymnastics. Greg Marsden has retired and Suzanne Yoculan has retired and come back as a volunteer assistant coach to Courtney Kupets Carter. And even though it's senior night, there's going to be drama around the gymternet about something. Because Utah. But, keep your tissues and waterproof mascara handy, because I'm sure you'll cry at Maddy Stover's last beam routine in the Hunstman Center. Follow along with all the drama and the tears and whatnot, refresh the page every 3-5 minutes or so. First rotation - Utah is on vault, Georgia is on bars Missy Reinstadtler VT Utah -  beautiful FTY, looked like a stick... beautiful form, chest a tiny bit low. 9.875 Jordyn Pedersen UB UGA -  hecht mt,  blind change + pike jaeger, dbl front dism...

From the Big 10, we go to the SEC where Georgia takes on Boise State. Refresh the page to follow along, updates at the bottom of the page. Rotation 1 - Georgia opens on vault, Boise State on bars Marissa Oakley VT UGA - FTY, beautiful form in the air, chest a bit down on landing, small hop on the landing. 9.825  Sarah Means Boise State UB - toe on, falls, bail, good hs position,  giant full, to double back, solid landing. 9.225 Sabrina Vega VT UGA -  Y full, hop on the landing, elbows bent on entry. 9.775 Sandra Collantes UB BSU - giant 1/2 + straddle jaeger, bail,  solid on last HS, DLO, step back. 9.75 Jasmine Arnold VT UGA - FTY, lots of height, small hop in place, but great vault. 9.85 Emily Mulenhaupt UB BSU -  solid opening HS, blind change to straddle jaeger, bail, great final hs, bit late on the giant full, double back, step back. 9.75 Rachel Dickson VT UGA - FTY, hop on landing, good amplitude 9.85 Ann Stockwell UB BSU - ...

Hope you all enjoyed my half a rotation live blog this afternoon. Sorry it was so short, you know, lunch break and all. Plus, I thought it started an hour earlier than it actually did. Anyways,  first full live blog of the weekend is coming to you right now with Florida @ Georgia. Refresh the page to follow along! Had to take a phone call, sorry for any delays! Rotation 1- Sabrina Vega VT UGA - FTY - lots of distance, but not a lot of height, twisted off block early. 9.775 Alicia Boren UB FL -  good 1/st hs, tkatchev,  bail, good hs position, stuck dismount landing. 9.875 Marissa Oakley VT UGA -  beautiful y full,  great height, small hop on landing. 9.725 Jazmyn Foberg UB FL -  to eon + bail + shap + gienger, full in, stuck. Solid routine.  9.825 Rachel Dickson VT UGA - beautiful y full, great extension, flares it out, small hop on landing. 9.8 Megan Skaggs UB FL -  toe on + tkatchev, great height, ...

The SEC extravaganza continues into Saturday afternoon with Missouri at Georgia. It's a rebuilding year for Georgia for sure. They've struggled to put up 6 healthy athletes on each event. Yesterday, assistant coach Charlie Tamayo got the axe, because he wasn't meeting expectations . Lets see what's in store for these two teams this afternoon! Refresh the page every five to ten minutes to get the good stuff. Bridget Sloan is commenting on this meet. That's pretty sweet. First rotation - Georgia is on vault, Mizzou is on bars Sabrina Vega leads off vault for Georgia - FTY, nice height and distance, small hop on landing. knees a bit soft. 9.8

Welcome to Power Rankings! First one of 2018. This is where I recap the most interesting parts of the week of competition and stack them against each other. This isn't real team rankings. This is ranking the newsworthy and the interesting stuff that goes on during the week. We now have two weeks of NCAA gymnastics under our belts, all the teams have shown up in competition. There was drama, tears laughter, falls and crazy scoring! I'm a total procrastinator, so I missed the first week (sorry). So this is the procrastination edition. Since I put this off for a couple of weeks, this might be short. (sorry) Let's discuss!

Today, it's the current national champions, Oklahoma versus the former many time national champion Georgia. Oklahoma opens their season on the road and Georgia has their second meet in a matter of days. Georgia struggled in their season opener against Alabama and will definitely want to make Friday a distant memory. Oklahoma, as per usual is expected to kill it. Refresh the page every five minutes or so for all the good stuff! KJ looks incredibly bored. 1st rotation  - Georgia is on vault, Oklahoma is on bars. Sabrina Vega UGA -  FTY, chest a bit down, knees slightly bent. 9.775 AJ Jackson Oklahoma UB -  l grip giant, piked jaeger, bail,  full in- small hop 9.85 Marissa Oakley VT - UGA - small shuffle, good position and height 9.8 Anastasia Webb UB Oklahoma -  pak, very nice,  shap 1/2,  toe 1/2 + double front. solid, small step 9.85 Rachel Dickson UGA VT -  solid, nice height, flares it. small hop. 9.825 Stefani Catour U...

This meet features two powerhouse teams in the SEC and the NCAA. These are legendary programs and two former and maybe current rivals with a legendary list of accolades between them. Over the past year, Georgia had some big shake-ups, bringing in Courtney Kupets-Carter, former Olympian, NCAA Champion and Georgia Gym Dog as head coach. Along with her came former head coach, Suzanne Yoculan as the volunteer assistant coach. This is operation Make Georgia Great Again and this is their first meet of the season. Alabama had a rough opening meet at Michigan last week, struggling on beam and floor. They're eager to pretend last week didn't happen. However, they did have strong performances. Freshman and former elite, Kylie Dickson showed a beautiful bars set with lovely lines and huge releases. Lexi Graber also showed a solid start to her college career, showing the second highest score on beam last week in the midst of a beam meltdown. Refresh the page every 5 minutes or so f...

Week 2 Schedule & Links Tuesday, Jan. 9 th 4 ET/3 CT/2 MT/2 PT Cortland @ Brockport Video 7:30 ET/6:30 CT/5:30 MT/4:30 PT UW-Stout @ Winona State Video Thursday, Jan. 11 th 9 ET/8 CT/7 MT/6 PT Southern Utah @ Boise State Video Friday, Jan. 12 th 7 ET/6 CT/5 MT/4 PT Kentucky @ Arkansas SECN + 7 ET/6 CT/5 MT/4 PT UW Stout @ UW Oshkosh Live Stream 7 ET/6 CT/5 MT/4 PT UW Whitewater @ UW Eau Claire 7 ET/6 CT/5 MT/4 PT LSU @ Florida SECN / Live Scores 7:30 ET/6:30 CT/5:30 MT/4:30 PT Gustavus Adolphus @ UW-La Crosse 7:30 ET/6:30 CT/5:30 MT/4:30 PT Illinois State @ Southeast Missouri Live Scores 8 ET/7 CT/6 MT/5 PT Missouri @ Auburn SECN+ 8 ET/7 CT/6 MT/5 PT Lindenwood @ Texas Woman’s 8:30 ET/7:30 CT/6:30 MT/5:30 PT Georgia @ Alabama ESPN 9 ET/8 CT/7 MT/6 PT Cal @ BYU Live Stream / Live Scoring 10 ET/9 CT/8 MT/7 PT UC Davis @ Seattle Pacific 10 ET/9 CT/8 MT/7 PT Washington @ Sacramento State Live Scores 11 ET/10 CT/9 MT/8 PT Cortland @ Alask...

I'm back! I've had to deal with those adult issues (money, cars, careers, a wrist injury) that rear their heads up and demand that I pay attention to them. Lame. Enough about adulting and me. Here's some NCAA Gymnastics goings on from what I'm going to call the Gymternet News Cycle. News Brief 1 - Georgia is Reinstating the gymnasts Durante randomly suspended/dismissed

The drama in Athens continues as head coach Danna Durante has been fired. On Sunday, the Red and Black student newspaper, stated that a source had said Durante was being let go and by Monday, the university confirmed it. The news comes on the heels of the announcement that three gymnasts had ben set free from their roster. After having a really rough start to their season, and then falling apart at NCAAs, finishing a mere 12th out of the 12 teams, their lowest finish since 2010 when they missed out on making nationals all together, placing 13th. Jay Clark was head coach at the time, and he resigned a couple of years later and in 2012,  Durante took the reins.

Today in the world of NCAA gymnastics we have Amanars being thrown and some light "team restructuring." - Ashleigh Gnat just casually throws an Amanar... Because why not?

The NCAA Gymnastics Championships has concluded for 2017. Thus begins the void between the end of NCAA season and the start of elite season heading in to world championships. I have been in St. Louis last weekend catching all the action. We're still 8 months out from the start of NCAA season in 2018, so lets take some time to recap real quick and provide some closing thoughts.

Ok, it's my second live blog this week, lets see how my wrist holds up It's #6 Alabama @ # 8 Georgia, refresh every 10 minutes for the action.

It's Friday and that means it's time for NCAA Gymnastics. Tonight, I'm live blogging Kentucky at Georgia. Georgia got off to a slow start, but they managed to pull themselves back up. Kentucky is climbing up the ranks as we speak, ranked in the top ten - historic high for Kentucky. Refresh the page every ten minutes to follow along!

Week 2 is officially in the books! Which means it's time for my weekly power rankings! 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 Power Freshmen 2. The Judge at the LSU/Georgia meet who had to do everything 3. LSU & Oklahoma - Egregious home scoring or peaking too early? 4. Guys, I think we broke Georgia Without further adieu, here is this week's power rankings:

It's a new season of NCAA gymnastics and that means, I'm back with my power rankings for the week. This is not RoadtoNationals.com rankings. These rankings are determining who holds the power in NCAA gymnastics this week... or not so much.Who is winning at life and who is breaking our hearts this week. Get the lowdown below the cut -

It's the moment we've all been waiting for. The start of the NCAA season! I'm starting off with my first live blog of 2017 for Georgia at LSU. Follow along on all the action with me. Refresh the page every 5-10 minutes for the latest updates!

The 2017 NCAA gymnastics season is starting tomorrow, Friday, Jan. 6th.  Oh it's the best time of the year. Tons of great gymnastics every week. Here is a preview of what is to come this weekend. The meets are all listed on this page and when applicable, links for live scoring and broadcast/streaming are provided.  Friday Jan. 6th -  #10 Georgia @ # 2 LSU - 7 ET/ 6 CT/ 5 MT/ 4 PT This is an SEC powerhouse match-up. Georgia has a legacy behind them, with 10 NCAA titles under their belt. LSU came in 2nd last year behind Oklahoma, their best finish ever. No doubt they're looking to finally get that coveted NCAA title that has eluded them. Georgia should put up a good fight, but LSU is at home and they haven't lost at home since before Facebook existed. But who can remember a time before Facebook, am I right?

More gymnastics coming at you with the afternoon session of the SEC Championships. Competing in this session: Georgia, Kentucky, Arkansas and Missouri Refresh the page every few minutes to catch the action!

It's Tuesday and that means it's time for NCAA Power Rankings. 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, I talked about: # 1 LSU at Florida - Florida's home scoring benefits the visiting team, LSU # 2 Kelly Garrison's Oklahoma home meet commentary # 3 Maddie Gardiner is basically holding her whole team together # 4 Epic Beam Saves # 5 If Ebee Price Deserves a Traveling Group of Back-Up Dancers then Risa Perez deserves her own act in Vegas. # 6 Julia Ross of Denver FINALLY is Rewarded for her Glorious Beam Routine # 7 The Push to the Post Season Without further adieu, I present week 9 Power Rankings: