(GYM) Gymnastics 2024 - 2025

Been meaning to tell you how pleasant it has been with your being here and participating as in the past. You always post something interesting that triggers thoughts that I'm not normally thinking. Mentioning Kennedy Baker just didn't come to my mind as something to report, but you mentioning it brought back all sorts of memories from Kennedy's time with UF. Thanks for being here.

 

Michigan State at UCLA in week 5 was one of the best meets of the weekend. Fox actually showed the meet to a national audience.

Going into the final rotation, UCLA was down .7. What happened to close the meet was nothing short of amazing. At UCLA, they call floor as theirs and have named the event "The Dance Party". The Bruins proceeded to put up amazing scores none of which I had any trouble with. The floor score of 49.800 easily has to be the best of the season. UCLA went from down .7 to winning by .1, 197.300 to 197.200:

Schedule

It's like the UCLA gymnasts get a shot of adrenaline before hitting the floor. It's contagious the way they feed off each other's performances. Jordan Chiles received a 10. UCLA was simply on fire.

All of this leads me to the slow start UF has gotten off to on floor. The average scores for UF must improve. By the time UF goes to OU on 2/21, I'd like to see the UF floor team on fire, not like unique UCLA, but on Gators fire.

 

Road to Nationals Top 5 Team Event Leaders:

Standings

Vault
1. LSU
2. Florida
3. Michigan State
4. Oklahoma
5. Kentucky

Bars
1. Oklahoma
2. LSU
3. Utah
4. Florida
5. California

Beam
1. Florida
2. Oklahoma
3. Utah
4. Oregon State
5. LSU

Floor
1. UCLA - The Dance Party
2. Oklahoma
3. LSU
4. Arkansas
5. California
12. Florida

 

College Gym News: The Dismount - Week 5

The Dismount: Week 5 - College Gym News

I 100% agree that Michigan State at UCLA turned out to be the meet of the week. What I didn't know as the network didn't make a big deal of it at the time is the meet as televised on Fox nationally was the first live women's gymnastics shown by the network. I suspect Fox has seen the light with the now very popular women's gymnastics sport:

Fox Debut Fits the Bill
All eyes were on the West Coast this weekend, as the marquee matchup between tightly ranked Michigan State and UCLA not only carried huge conference implications but put the sport on its back as live gymnastics made its debut on a new national network. It brought the drama, too, along with plenty of Friday Night Height’s action and anticipated returns to also highlight week five.

Meet of the Week
Michigan State at UCLA

Big Ten fanatics have had this meet circled as one to watch since schedules dropped, as the conference’s top two ranked teams went head-to-head and lived up to the hype. After Michigan State’s stellar and nation-leading vault rotation that featured four sticks got the Spartans out to a healthy midway lead, the Bruins stormed back on floor, notching an insane 49.800 and Jordan Chiles’ perfect 10 giving UCLA the walk-off win. Plus, it was a major milestone for the sport as the first live NCAA women’s gymnastics meet to air on Fox. We already can’t wait for this rematch come conference championship season.

 

What a 10 on floor is supposed to look like:



Jordan Chiles' 10 is right up there with past UCLA great Katelyn Ohashi which went viral in 2019:

 

Happy Birthday Skye Blakely:

 

Inspirational story of one of the best Special Olympics Gymnastics Champions in the world:

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