Sunday, 16 October 2011 00:58

World Championships: Event Finals Day 2

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Florida commit Aly Raisman won the bronze on the FX as the world championships concluded.  She also placed 4th on the BB, while teammate Jordyn Wieber won the bronze on BB.  For the US men, Danell Leyva won the gold medal on the PB. The other men's event champions included…
Saturday, 15 October 2011 09:42

World Championships: Event Finals, Day 1

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McKayla Maroney of the US won the world title on the vault as the first day of event finals.  Former OU Sooner Steven Legendre finished 5th on FX while current Sooner Jake Dalton was 8th.  On Rings, former OU star Jonathan Horton was 7th.  The other event champions included Russia's…
Friday, 14 October 2011 08:43

World Championships: Men's AA Final

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Kohei Uchimura of Japan won his third world title in a row, an unprecedented feat.  His margin of victory was over three points.  Link:  Results  
Thursday, 13 October 2011 07:19

World Championships: Women's AA Final

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Jordyn Wieber won her first World Championship AA title, adding to her team gold from earlier this week despite problems on UB and a step out on FX.  Russia's Viktoria Komova finished just 0.033 behind.  Florida commit Aly Raisman was 4th after a major break on UB.  UCLA signee Christine…
Wednesday, 12 October 2011 08:46

World Championships: Men's Team Final

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China won yet another Men's World Championships, winning by roughly two points over Japan after the later suffered two falls on their final event, HB.  The US team, featuring four current or former OU Sooners, placed 3rd, just .01 points behind 2nd place Japan, with three hit sets on HB. …
Tuesday, 11 October 2011 08:20

World Championships: Women's Team Final

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The young US squad, which includes Florida commit Aly Raisman and former UCLA star Anna Li (alternate), powered to the world title, routing the field by over four points.  Russia finished well behind in 2nd, and China held off Romania for third. Link:  Results
Monday, 10 October 2011 09:31

World Championships: Men's Qualifications

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The 2nd day of Men's Qualifications was held and several NCAAer (past and present) competed.  The OU powered US men's team is in 2nd place, behind Japan and ahead of China (in 3rd).  Olympic host Great Britain failed to earn an automatic spot at next year's Olympic Games.  Here are…
Sunday, 09 October 2011 09:49

World Championships: Men's Preliminaries, Day 1

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The OU laden USA Men's team is in 2nd place after the first day of qualifications at the world championships. The USA squad contains former and current Oklahoma team members Jonathan Horton, Steven Legendre, Jake Dalton and Alex Naddour.  They are in 2nd after the first day of competition. Others…
Saturday, 08 October 2011 10:34

World Championships: Women's Preliminaries

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The Women's qualifying sessions of the World Championships have concluded and the US women hit 20 for 20 to advance to the final as the lead qualifier. Several future and present NCAAers were in action in the 2nd day. In terms of the qualifiers, Florida commit Aly Raisman is the…
Several NCAAers, past, present and future, competed at the World Championships.   The injury-beset USA team competes on Saturday (Tokyo time).  The Women's Preliminaries Day 1 competition are now complete (through Session 5), and here's an NCAA recap: DU's Jessica Lopez (Venezuela) is in fifth AA and looks to advance to…
Sunday, 21 August 2011 08:59

VISA Championships: Women's

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Jordyn Wieber won the AA title at the 2011 VISA (US) Championships, posting a big second day tally of 61.45 to widen the gap over 2nd place McKayla Maroney.  Florida commit Alexandra Raisman was third, and current Gator Mackenzie Caquatto was fourth.  Wieber won the national titles on UB and…
Friday, 19 August 2011 21:15

VISA Championships: Men's Final

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Danell Leyva won his first AA title at the VISA (US) Championships on Friday night.  Former Sooner Jonathan Horton was 2nd.  Jake Dalton of OU was the top current NCAAer.  He finished fifth.  In the Junior Men's 16-18 category, incoming Michigan frosh Adrian de los Angeles was 1st, edging first…
Thursday, 18 August 2011 20:54

VISA Championships: Women's Day 1

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Jordyn Wieber of Geddart's Twistars powered to a first day lead at the VISA (US) Championships.  In 2nd was Alexandra Raisman, with Chellsie Memmel in third.  UCLA grad Anna Li holds the top spot on UB, while Florida's Mackenzie Caquatto is the top rated NCAA athlete, placing 6th.    Link: …
Saturday, 23 July 2011 20:49

Raisman Wins CoverGirl Classic

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Alexandra Raisman of Brestyan's won the AA title at the CoverGirl Classic on Saturday night.  Chellsie Memmel of M&M was 2nd AA. Earlier in the day, Kyla Ross of Gym Max won the junior title.  UCLA grad Anna Li competed on UB, hitting her new skills but coming off on…
Monday, 11 July 2011 04:44

Men's VISA Qualifier Results

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29 Men qualified for the VISA Championships out of this past weekend's qualifier.  Among collegians, Mel Anton Santander led the way in 3rd place while former teammate Chris Cameron as 2nd.  Edward Mesa won the meet.  Seung Tai Lee of Ohio State was 4th, while Kyle Bunthuwong of Cal was…
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