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In The Know

  • Michigan continues to dominate... again.
  • Kara Eaker only suffered a sprained ankle.
  • Watching gymnastics on ABC was great.
  • UCLA: aaacckkk... they're right on schedule.
  • We may have jinxed San Jose State.
  • Arkansas got bars.
  • Simone Biles is the funny one this week on Black-ish .
  • Nya Reed is clutch
  • So is Trinity Thomas.
  • Luisa Blanco continues to look like the beam champ.
  • Kyla Bryant is the top AA as of Sunday.
  • Lexy Ramler is your Top AA as of Monday.
  • LSU cancelled their meet this week because of Covid.
  • So did Georgia.

The 5th Rotation: January 17th, 2022

What We’re Talking About

We got to watch the first ever regular season NCAA meet on ABC featuring Florida and Alabama–and the competition was must see TV! On a Sunday that featured three NFL playoff games, the SportsCenter listed Trinity Thomas’s walk-off 10.0 floor routine that sealed the victory for Florida as the No. 1 “play” of the day.

Olympians Jade Carey, Jordan Chiles, Ana Padurariu, and Brooklyn Moors all made their college debuts this week. Sunisa Lee performed her first floor routine. And did we mention Brooklyn Moors and Jade Carey?

King Uchimura Kohei has officially announced his retirement, although he’s going to compete one more time in March in an all-around exhibition. As the King himself said, “I’ve always been an all-arounder so I want to go out as one.”

Natalie Wojcik is unicorn-powering-a-spaceship amazing.


Feelings

  • Malle O’Keefe is just glorious.
  • Brooklyn Moors should be getting bonuses for her artistry or everyone else needs to be getting deductions. No wonder she emotes so much pain of a nation.
  • Sam Peszek is a boon for the SEC network.
  • Somehow we always knew NCAA vault champion, Vanessa Zamaripa, would end up in a biker gang for Boba Fett.

Facts

  • 28: The number of Olympic and World Championship medals for King Kohei
    • 13 of them are gold, including:
    • 6 World Championships in a row
    • Back-to-back Olympic all-around titles.
  • Lexy Ramler’s 39.700 is the top all-around score in the country so far.
  • Stanford has enough bars to perform an exhibition routine.
  • Utah is 12-0 against Oklahoma in Utah.
  • 194.925: The highest season-opening score for the University of Pennsylvania in program history.
  • Jade Carey performed the best double-double in NCAA history and the second best ever.
  • Trinity Thomas has joined the “Gym Slam” club.

Awards

  • Mind Changer: Isabel Mabanta
  • Stick Crown: Rutgers Gymnastics
  • Pain of a Nation: Brooklyn Moors

What’s On the Socials?

https://twitter.com/BeaverGym/status/1482576994466365441?s=20

Riley McCusker - Gaslighting Post


Quotes

“If you are a real sport, you need to be live. If you are a real sport, you need to have your score on the screen constantly. It’s getting the real sports treatment.” ~ BART CONNER, NADIA’S HUSBAND

Olympic gold medalist and commentator, Bart Conner, discussing the premiere viewing of a regular season NCAA gymnastics meet on ABC.

“There are two sports I have come across in my career at ESPN that I believe have unlimited potential: gymnastics and softball. I say it all the time, ‘you have to show it to grow it.’ ” MEG ARONOWITZ, ESPN SENIOR COORDINATING PRODUCER

A wise woman from ESPN who is helping lift other women up by recognizing their value.

“That’s Bullshit.” ~ KYLA BRYANT, STANFORD TRUTHTELLER

Kyla was reacting to… we think her score, which obviously wasn’t high enough. 

 

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What? You want even more? Be sure to check out our new College & Cocktails episodes for Club Gym Nerd members on Friday nights right after the competition. Then we give the sober analysis on Monday after we’ve allowed the data to penetrate our feelings.

This column was composed and compiled by Steve Cooper, Editor, GymCastic; as performed by hosts Jessica O’Beirne and Spencer Barnes. 

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<ul> <li>Michigan continues to dominate... again.</li> <li>Kara Eaker only suffered a sprained ankle.</li> <li>Watching gymnastics on ABC was great.</li> <li>UCLA: aaacckkk... they're right on schedule.</li> <li>We may have jinxed San Jose State.</li> <li>Arkansas got bars.</li> <li>Simone Biles is the funny one this week on <em>Black-ish</em> .</li> <li>Nya Reed is clutch</li> <li>So is Trinity Thomas.</li> <li>Luisa Blanco continues to look like the beam champ.</li> <li>Kyla Bryant is the top AA as of Sunday.</li> <li>Lexy Ramler is your Top AA as of Monday.</li> <li>LSU cancelled their meet this week because of Covid.</li> <li>So did Georgia.</li> </ul>The 5th Rotation: January 17th, 2022
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