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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 ...

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.

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 -

With the Rio Olympics just around the corner, gymnasts are adding new skills to their repertoire that they may possibly add to their routines when the time comes. US gymnast, MyKayla Skinner is one such person. Skinner has been busy at work.

Last night at the Secret Classic, US gymnast , team world champion and vault  bronze medalist MyKayla Skinner debuted a new floor routine with an interesting an music choice.

USA Gymnastics has announced the rest of the field for the upcoming American Cup, being held March 7 in Dallas, Texas. Two time world champion, Simone Biles accepted the invitation to compete before the end of 2014, joining her will be her teammate and 2014 vault bronze medalist, MyKayla Skinner. Last year's men's American Cup champ, Sam Mikulak is accepting the invitation for the men for the second year in a row, he will be joined by his teammate, Donnell Whittenburg.

Recently, young upstart vault and floor worker MyKayla Skinner has taken the USA Gymnastics scene by force. She's gained much attention this year for her powerful floor routine and her extremely powerful left arm. She's being compared to 2008 Olympic Silver Medalist and former World Champion, Alicia Sacramone. Like her counterpart, Alicia is a strong vaulter and a powerful floor worker and has contributed greatly to team USA on those events. Their similarities do not end there. Here are some comparisons of these two dynamic athletes:

After winning a team gold and another all-around championship title,  US gymnast Simone Biles continued her dominance at the World Championships in Nanning, China winning gold medals on the beam and the floor exercise. The event finals went as expected if not better for Simone, but for some, the results were definitely a surprise, and there were some upsets. 

Surprise surprise (not really) Team USA pulled out another world championship win during today's team final. Team USA, led by Simone Biles and Kyla Ross, left no prisoners as they led their team to victory with a huge 6.693 lead over team China. Taking the bronze, team Russia, led by Aliya Mustafina. The ladies of team USA pulled out all the stops and performed near flawlessly while their competitors littered the floor with falls and mistakes.

The ladies of Team USA will head to the Karolyi Ranch on Monday to decide who will represent the United States at the World Championships in Nanning, China.

After two days of competition, Team USA brought home four gold medals and a silver at the Pan American Championships. Day one, the men and the women brought home a team gold medal and MyKayla Skinner was a surprise all-around winner. Day two - the first day of event finals. MyKayla Skinner, no surprise there, she took home the gold medal for the vault.

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:

Two years into the quad and we're starting to see up and comers likely to be big contenders for Rio. This was the first real meet of the elite season, so most everybody was a little rough around the edges. Since I don't have time to analyze every single routine by every single athlete, I'm going to be analyzing some top players and up and comers.

MyKayla Skinner is proving herself to be a valuable part of team USA. At the National team training camp at the Karolyi Ranch, MyKayla has been looking stronger and more consistent than she has.

US gymnast and trickster galore, MyKayla Skinner has posted a video of herself training a new floor combination. Photo via Katelyn Wiley, Flickr

Just in case you didn't remember, MyKayla Skinner is a complete bad ass.

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.

Welcome to 2014. It's the New Year, which means it's time to start making New Year's Resolutions and then forget about them by Valentine's Day. I thought I would take it upon myself to suggest some New Year's resolutions for the gymnastics community.

As they say in baseball, MyKayla Skinner is ready for the major leagues with her triple double.