Bryant anchored with a team-high 9.925 to send the team to the second rotation. Tatum scored a 9.875 in her first ever collegiate routine and recorded a career high 9.900 against Missouri, which she matched again against Florida and Alabama. Chase Brock scored a career high 9.975 in the third spot and freshman Bryce Wilson followed with a 9.875 in her first career appearance in the event. Trinity Thomas, on floor as well, is about as good as it gets. The 2021 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships were held from April 16-17, 2021 at the Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. Pac-12 Network. Tori Tatum, a sophomore from Chanhassen, Minnesota, made her debut on bars against Oklahoma after suffering from an injury last year. Last weeks freshman to watch, DiCello, climbs into this weeks rankings after becoming the first freshman to earn a 10 this season, with the Gators now occupying half of the standings on bars. CONTENT FROM COLLEGEGYMNEWS.COM Roethlisberger: Lee's bar routine. Sophomore Alexis Jeffrey led off with a 9.800 followed by junior Olivia Dunne who made her first appearance of the year for the Tigers, scoring a 9.825. Most recently, Finnegan recorded her second perfect score on floor this year and fourth in her career last Friday at Alabama. Honorable mention: Iowas Jerquavia Henderson has been a household name for a few years now thanks to her floor work and constantly pushing for a career-first 10.0. They should find replacements easily with former elite gymnasts Faith Torrez and Ava Siegfeldt ready for their freshman campaigns. Lil Kim! BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (December 17, 2021) - All eight teams from the Southeastern Conference are ranked in the top 20 in the 2022 Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) Preseason Poll. Peszek: Oklahoma, Florida, Michigan and UCLA. However, its ability to warrant magical marks makes it competitive in any situation. In the fifth spot, Finnegan had another perfect routine to mark her second on floor for the year and take the win. Overall Overall Streak Pct. MORE FLOOR:Jessica Hutchinson scored a perfect 10 with parts of her mom's 1992 Olympic routine. As we enter the last half of the season, we checked in with our experts: Who has been the most impressive? Since then, the site has transformed into a one-stop-shop for college gymnastics news, from recruiting analysis to meet coverage at the NCAA national championships thanks to the hard work of 15-plus contributors. Brooks may not win the all-around every week, often outscored by teammates Abby Heiskell and Wojcik, but her consistent 39.600 to 39.700 totals shouldnt go unnoticed. 2020 Collegiate Gymnastics Rankings - Preseason. Apr 16, 2022 The Oklahoma women's gymnastics team took a late lead at Saturday's NCAA championship finals, and they ended up winning the national title. For the first time in weeks, an SEC rival swap gives us a new team in the power rankings as Week 6 of NCAA gymnastics brought more excitement and drama. In the offseason, she won the elite national bars title and helped the U.S. win the team gold medal at the world championships, both of which bode well for her 2023 prospects. https://lsutigerswire.usatoday.com/2023/03/03/lsu-gymnastics-set-to-compete-in-river-center-for-quad-meet/, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. After earning two titles against the Crimson Tide, she now owns 20 titles on the year; two on bars, three on beam, one on floor and seven on vault and the all-around. 1: Oklahoma 2022 Finish: No. Great releases, perfect swing, big dismount. A native of Dallas, Texas, KJ Johnson has shown out on floor and vault, where she owns season high scores of 9.950. After a slow start to the season, her opening full-in is as ample as ever as shes been above 9.900 the last three weeks and hit 9.975 along the way. Your email address will not be published. A consistent bars leadoff, Alexis Jeffrey owns a career high of 9.925 on bars and made her beam and floor debuts in Tuscaloosa. I think it is going to be a toss-up between Oklahoma and Florida for who comes out on top. A second consecutive home meet gives the Wolverines an excellent opportunity to garner even more momentum with the Big Tens conference championship seeding meet on the horizon. But my less-obvious crush is on 10-time national champion, Utah, the most consistently excellent team in NCAA gymnastics history and a squad full of stars poised to spoil Florida's weekend. Overall, it was a lower-scoring week for the usual leaders on vault, with stuck landings evading most and no one pushing perfection. Thomas scored 39.825, too, which is a total shes bested in seasons past but is just reaching for the first time in 2023. Sam Peszek: My money is on Florida right now. The Tigers own an overall record of 2-0-0 over California. Jade Carey, Oregon State 2. Carey was a 9.9-machine on beam last seasondropping into the 9.8s just twiceand notched a near-perfect 9.975 on several occasions, including at regionals. Our experts weigh in with predictions, the top routines in NCAA gymnastics -- and on the huge number of perfect 10s seen this season. @OU_WGymnastics was PERFECT on these routines pic.twitter.com/ebApc32pYL. Florida vs. Oklahoma. by Frank Mercogliano. olympics.com - Oklahoma, Jade Carey sit atop NCAA rankings ahead of week 9 of competition Plus, . 6 LSU gymnastics team will face No. Carey reigned her landing in the best while the rest of the bunchs bigger hops were noticeable in their scores. All-Around 1. The NCAA Women's Gymnastics NC official home. . Alabama 10. Initial Class of 2023 Recruiting Class Rankings. Freshman to Watch: Stanford enters the season with the top-ranked freshman class, and Taralyn Nguyen is a big reason why there will be a lot of eyes on The Farm this year. Sam Peszek: I think there have been the right amount of 10s, but some 10s were given and not deserved and other routines should have gotten a 10, but didn't. She now owns three weekly conference honors in her career. Fans can follow the Tigers on the teams social media channels @LSUgym onInstagramandTwitterandwww.Facebook.com/lsugym. The junior from Athens, Georgia, won the SEC vault title in 2021 and owns a season-high score of 9.925 on the event. Haleigh Bryant, LSU 6. Lee helped elevate Auburn from a nationals bubble team to a championship contender in just one season and is sure to keep the Tigers in the hunt for the title in her final NCAA campaign. When it looked like Tiger nation was about to say, "Here we go again," the rest of the team seemed to look at one another and say, "Not so fast." Roethlisberger: With the right to change my opinion, I've got Oklahoma, Florida, Utah and I'm gonna get crazy and pick an underdog, Alabama. Utah 4. Bryant anchored with a 9.975 as the Tigers earned a 49.575 in the third rotation. Shop official NCAA team and championship gear. It competes like it practices and makes it look so effortless. And Natalie Wojcik on any event is, simply put, gymnastics at its best. For a full list of who signed, see our tracker. Baker: Kentucky. It's been a wild NCAA gymnastics season so far. Despite its lower start value, UCLA junior Campbells Yurchenko full is consistently excellent: Shes never scored below 9.800 in her career and scored below 9.900 just once last season. Freshman to Watch: Michigan State freshman Nikki Smith followed up her victory at last seasons prestigious Nastia Liukin Cup by winning the all-around, vault, bars and beam titles at the 2022 level 10 national championships. Mar John Roethlisberger: Probably too many. Freshmen to watch: It was a standout week for freshmen on bars, with Oklahomas Faith Torrez exploding for a 9.975 to take the event title in a stacked field at Metroplex. All teams have excelled this season in ways that we as viewers knew was possible. The Tigers own an NQS of 197.575 in the week eight rankings and continue to climb the top-10 for the sixth consecutive week. BRACKET: Click or tap here for the semifinal bracket. Rankings. Floor was arguably the most competitive event of 2022, with 11 gymnasts scoring at least one perfect 10 and a whopping 51 averaging 9.900 or higher. As a member of the up-and-coming Spartans, Smith is poised to be a key contributor on all four events right out of the gate. Abby Heiskell, Michigan 4. Maile O'Keefe on beam is hard to leave off this list. It doesn't mean it will win NCAA championships, but from the first meet until now, it has been dominant. Shop official NCAA team and championship gear. Gymnastics Weekly News: Oklahoma, Jade Carey sit atop NCAA rankings ahead of week 9 of competition . Until it gives me a reason to change my opinion, I'm taking Oklahoma to win again. Cowan made her collegiate debut at Auburn where she scored a 9.775 on bars, while Wilson made her debut on beam against Utah and recently debuted on vault, where she earned a 9.875. 14 The only question is, can it keep this level of "perfection" through the end of the season? Honorable mention: Although she scored a 10.0 on beam this week, Thomas routine wasnt perfect, as she took a step on her dismount that was noticeable to everyone but the judges in attendanceeven warranting shade from Thomas herself on social media. No problem. Tim Garrison and his staff do such an amazing job with the program and they have had a fantastic season so far. The Tigers got a massive win at home on Friday night. Similarly, Oklahoma sophomore Jordan Bowers is more or less guaranteed to break 9.900 when she controls the landing on her Yurchenko one and a half. And I think it'll be a battle between Oklahoma and Florida. It will be interesting to see if it can stay the course, continue to dominate and capture yet another title. Standings : NCAA Gymnastics results, statistics, schedules, teams, and gymnasts. Postseason seeding in the NCAA Tournament is each team's National Qualifying Score . INDIANAPOLIS The NCAA announced today the teams and individuals who have advanced to compete in the 2022 National Collegiate Women's Gymnastics Championships. Among the uncommitted, two 5-star recruits are still looking for a college to call home, as well as six of the top . The squad enters the 2023 season in good position, having lost only three routines from two gymnasts ( Carly Woodard, beam and floor; and Karrie Thomas, bars) from their 2022 winning team. After LSU was eliminated from the postseason at regionals, Bryant missed the opportunity to defend her national title after being edged out on a tie-breaker by teammate Johnson. Floor is where the freshman should stand out most, where shell immediately threaten for 9.9s whether she opts for the double layout or the piked full-in she competed in her level 10 career. The sophomore earned a 9.875 on vault and matched her career high on floor with a 9.950 against the Bulldogs. Oklahoma (2317 points) (6 first place votes) 4. The Sooners will have no shortage of competition from the usual suspects as well as some teams on the rise, setting the stage for another ultra-competitive season. Honorable mention: Penn State is known for always having sneaky-good bars workers, and this year the honor is bestowed to Cassidy Rushlow. Missouri also happens to have Helen Hu, one of the most creative and underrated gymnasts in the college ranks. It's going to come down to which team has the magic to get the job done that day. . There are definitely some key teams that come to mind first: Florida, Michigan, OU because they have been dominant the last couple years. She revels in big moments and is a joy to watch on floor. Her debut at Meet the Bruins certainly lived up to the hype. Michigan looking for redemption, LSU overcoming injury to Kiya Johnson, California proving its time has come, UCLA's new coaching staff with something to prove it's going to be fun. College Gym News was founded in 2015 by Editor-in-Chief Elizabeth Grimsley. Arenas has been a consistent contender in the vault, bars and beam lineups. Sloan: Florida has been outstanding. Also, Kentucky has always been a team that is close to breaking the barrier between good and great. Florida 5. on Spotify, but you're going to want to make sure you catch it live because it's all but guaranteed to bring the house down. Oklahoma consistently boasts one of the best beam lineups in the country, and theres a strong argument to be made for Torrez to anchor it. 2023 NCAA | Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. 2023 NCAA women's gymnastics preseason preview, Last week's women's gymnastics power rankings, Career perfect 10 leaders in women's gymnastics, Jessica Hutchinson scored a perfect 10 with parts of her mom's 1992 Olympic routine, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Pressure does not seem to be a factor for this team. Careys other two floor scores in 2023 are 9.825 and 10.000, as she flexes her power and endurance with chest-up landings on the most difficult tumbling in the nation. Sophomore Aleah Finnegan also ranks amongst the top-25 gymnasts in the country as she placed at No. There is a delicate balance within collegiate rules to push the athletes but also not sacrifice the quality (and safety) of the gymnastics being performed. Oklahoma was tested over the weekend, trailing Alabama heading into the final rotation of the Metroplex Challenge, but responded as a defending champion does by casually putting up a new season high on floor to post a third straight 198. Iowa 17. Shes prone to the occasional miscue during the regular season but has an uncanny knack for pouring it on during the postseason. NC Women's Gymnastics Rankings - College Gymnastics Association | NCAA.com View All Scores DI M Basketball live 7:31 2ND HALF AUBURN 66 2 ALA 58 live OKLA 25 11 KAN ST 34 live 4:18 2ND HALF. Finnegan added a 9.900 before Bryant anchored with her perfect ten, which was the seventh of her career. Week 8: Gymnastics Athletes of the Week. Despite Chiles 10, Hooten remains in the top spot thanks to her perfect score the prior weekend and nearly repeating in the notoriously tight-scoring Big Ten. the immense pressure of redemption from last year, NCAA gymnastics championships: Four storylines not to miss, 'I have so much more in me': Olympic gold medalist Suni Lee wants to prove her doubters wrong. Her steady improvements, including a new career best this week, have been a major factor in the Sooners dominance. The top two teams from the Norman and Seattle regionals will compete in the first semifinal and the top two teams from the Auburn and Raleigh regionals will compete in the second semifinal. of the Wolverines have scored a 10.0 this season. 16 Missouri. Meanwhile, conference foe and perennial postseason threat Alabama is looking to rebound from a disappointing showing at nationals and a tumultuous offseason. NCAA gymnastics 2023: Who has surprised this season? On bars, Audrey Davis (Oklahoma), Leanne Wong (Florida), Suni Lee (Auburn), Helen Hu (Missouri), Grace McCallum (Utah) and Shania Adama (Alabama). Projecting the NCAA men's hockey tournament field, College baseball 2023 Golden Spikes Award preseason watch list -- favorites, sleeper picks, Women's college hockey: Top players, key storylines, Frozen Four picks, Men's college hockey: Top teams, best players, Frozen Four picks, Previewing the 2023 college baseball season: Teams and players to watch, key storylines, A dad's hunt for an Orioles prospect's unique baseball card. The womens gymnastics championships consists of eight teams, as well as four all-around competitors and 16 event specialists who were not members of a qualifying team. Chiles did the same on the west coast as the Bruins notched a new season best on bars, with just one judge disagreeing that her set was perfect. Passion Blog #3 - Review of Week 6 in NCAA Gymnastics This last week of college gymnastics included numerous key head-to-head challenges that undoubtedly expressed which teams are either gaining or losing momentum heading into the final stretch before postseason. @GatorsGym pic.twitter.com/Z1jfDfxJrQ. Back on floor this week meant a return to the all-around for Carey, and for the second time in as many performances, a clutch anchor routine to end Oregon States meet resulted in a tie against a higher-ranked opponent. For now: Embrace that underdog role. 3 on floor, No. Miles Greig: Kentucky is a sneaky good team. It relies on more all-arounders than the average team, which has its pros and cons. Carlos Gonzalez, Star Tribune via Associated Press There was palpable excitement entering the 2022 college gymnastics season, and for good reason. Last year, I took the Sooners at the beginning of the year and never wavered from that take. For more information on each individual recruit, visit ourclass of 2022 database. This is the NCAAs way of allowing teams to separate themselves from fluke performances while negating any home scoring inflation. Who will win? Team final: 1 p.m., ABC On Friday, if we're talking about Missouri, Alabama, Auburn and Minnesota instead of Florida, Oklahoma, Utah and Michigan, I will be surprised, not shocked. Ballard continues to bring the energy to the floor leadoff spot and owns a season high of 9.900 on the event. Derrian Gobourne on floor is so much fun. I do, however, want to make it the worst kept secret that I'm inwardly rooting for everyone to meet the moment and hit some incredibly memorable routines! Who are they picking to win it all at NCAA championships? Registering a username and password on USA Gymnastics gives you access to new and upcoming features within our website. Sierra Brooks, Michigan 5. Thomas and Carey dominated the all-around rankings last year, and 2023 is shaping up to be more of the same. In her first career appearance on beam, Jeffrey scored a 9.900. If her routine at the Gators December Hype Night is any indication, shes gunning for a repeat. Most of the time the judges get it right, but when they don't it takes away from the excitement. WEEKLY COVERAGE: The Mount | The Dismount BATON ROUGE - The sixth-ranked LSU gymnastics team has been selected as the second seed in the Raleigh Regional and will compete for a spot in the 2022 NCAA Gymnastics Championships March 31 and . For more information and tickets to the womens gymnastics championships, log on towww.NCAA.com/wgymnastics. Kathy Johnson Clarke: The issue of an excessive number of 10's or not is less of a burning question for me as the number of 9.9+ scores for routines with notable flaws or mistakes. 2022 Collegiate Gymnastics Rankings - Preseason Rankings courtesy of RoadToNationals.com . Johnson Clarke: Oh, gosh, I can't pick just one. It had that record-breaking season in 2022 and have surpassed that so far in 2023. Utah Gymnastics (@UtahGymnastics) April 16, 2022 The stage is set In the biggest upset of the semifinals, No. LSU won their fourth competition against the Crimson Tide in the teams last five meetings inside Coleman Coliseum. Part of me thinks it's almost been "too perfect" where if there was a mistake, I wonder if it could handle it. Oklahoma continues to outpace everyone and dark horse UCLA has formally entered the race for second place in the women's college gymnastics power rankings. Household names like Trinity Thomas, Sunisa Lee and Jordan Chiles are set to return along with dynamic freshmen and key returners who will surely have a say in how 2023 shakes out.
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