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It’s a party! Jessica and Spencer are joined by Kensley AND Evan to discuss all of the many, many (many) gymnastics-related events of the past week.
- WOGA Classic (1:18): Kensley was there and discusses Ashton Locklear’s return, the Blakelys, and the presence of the entire Brazilian women’s team
- NCAA news (6:38)
- How the mid-season blues affected LSU, Georgia, and apparently shorted out live stream and live score capabilities across the country
- The bars drama at Denver and why Brenna Dowell did not compete
- Evan needs you to know that if you’re not Lynnzee Brown’s double layout, you’re doing it wrong
- George Washington’s best meet promotion ever
- Trinity Thomas is too perfect for this code
- Nebraska’s entirely non-pusillanimous vault rotation, and the floor-side throne that brought out peak-narcissism Spencer
- The worst commentary disasters of the weekend
- Why Missy Marlowe and Jenny Hansen reigned as heroes
- Crack or correct—10s edition (56:45)
- Lynnzee Brown’s tumbling AND dance element brilliance, Katelyn Ohashi’s split-leg DLO is back, and Jessica takes Spencer (a.k.a., the 10.0 Grinch) to movement science school over Kyla Ross’s vault landing
- 67% of the 10s awarded this season have gone to UCLA. What’s up with that?
- Do teams with meets against UCLA, Oklahoma, and Florida get crack-by-association?
- Mini-commission – the “bubble” teams (1:29:38)
- A mini-commission from Mohini Bhardwaj Forever has us profiling the bubble teams for regionals qualification like Utah State, North Carolina, Bowling Green, and UIC, plus thoughts on the new play-in format for NCAA postseason competition (spoiler alert: we likey)
GYMTERNET NEWS (1:43:30)
- Skinner 2020?
- Related: Maile O’Keefe is heading to Utah a year early and competed L10 in Las Vegas this weekend
- Larisa Iordache has been cleared to return to training, and guess who’s out of retirement (again) to coach her.
- A rundown of the latest DUMPSTER FIRE news (it’s a dumpster fire)
- Katelyn Ohashi was on Busy Tonight and Jessica has feelings about it. Plus, Ohashi’s parents gave great quote in the Seattle Times.
- It was Svetlana Boginskaya’s birthday, so celebrate by listening to our 2015 interview with her.
FURTHER READING
- Jessica’s interview with physical therapist-gymnastics coach, Dave Tilly on the Shift Show
- Week 6 Ranking Notes
- Sunday Live Blog – February 10, 2019
- Saturday Live Blog – February 9, 2019
- Friday Live Blog – February 8, 2019
- Things Are Happening – February 8, 2019
- Roster Notes – Week 5
- 2019 RQS Calculator
- Only the Best – Week 5
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