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Inside Gymnastics Journal | 2025 NCAA Monday Minute Week 2


Congratulations to Oklahoma’s Jordan Bowers on being Inside Gymnastics Girls’s Gymnast of the Week for Week 2! 

Bowers is getting her senior season going with out lacking a beat! She scored an enormous 39.675 within the All-Round to take the title on the Sprouts Farmers Market Collegiate Quad. Her efficiency additionally helped Oklahoma win the competitors, incomes a 197.950. Bowers’ day was highlighted by her 9.950 ground routine. Her partaking and complicated choreography, mixed with image good tumbling, showcases her brilliance! Six-time NCAA champion Oklahoma is on a redemption tour, and Bowers shall be key to their success!

Congratulations to Ohio State’s Kameron Nelson, who made HISTORY this weekend, on being Inside Gymnastics Males’s Gymnast of the Week for Week 1! ! He turned the primary gymnast to ever carry out two triple backs in a single ground routine. He executed a triple pike and a triple tuck! These unimaginable expertise led him to a 13.800 and helped him win the occasion title on the West Level Open. His routine is a should see!

Girls’s NCAA Occasion Leaders 

All-Round: Leanne Wong (Florida) – 39.725

Vault: Makenzie Wilson (Kentucky), Anna Flynn Cashion (Kentucky), Danie Ferris (Florida) – 9.95

Bars: Audrey Davis (Oklahoma) – 9.963

Beam: Leanne Wong (Florida), Religion Torrez (Oklahoma) – 9.950 

Ground: Aleah Finnegan (LSU) – 9.963

 

Males’s NCAA Occasion Leaders 

All-Round: Brian Solomon (Navy) – 78.650

Ground: Kameron Nelson (Ohio State) – 13.800

Pommel Horse: Parker Thackston (Ohio State) – 14.500 

Rings: Matthew Underhill (Penn State) – 13.675

Vault: David Wolma (Michigan) – 14.350

Parallel Bars: Drake Andrews (Ohio State) – 14.050

Excessive Bar: Carson Eshleman (Michigan) – 13.500 

Routines of the Week 

UCLA’s Jordan Chiles mixed high-flying tumbling and very entertaining choreography to showcase precisely what a ground routine must be. Chiles’ routine, set to music by Prince, is not possible to look away from, and helped lead the Bruins to a 49.6 on ground!

Pommel Horse Battle 

The twin meet between Oklahoma and Airforce had an thrilling pommel horse battle! Oklahoma’s Ignacio Yockers scored a 14.450 edging out Air Pressure’s Patty Hoopes who scored a 14.350. Topping the PH scores and into the No.1 spot within the rankings, nevertheless, was Ohio State’s Parker Thackston. Thackston’s win led the Buckeyes’ pommel horse rotation. If Paris taught us something, we love a superb horse battle and this season is proving to set us up for among the finest!

Leapin’ Leadoff 

Probably the most vital elements of a school gymnastics lineup is a robust leadoff athlete, and lots of unimaginable leadoffs had been on show this week! 

For those who search for the definition of an ideal leadoff athlete within the dictionary, Oklahoma’s Dani Sievers would seem. Her bars routine is highlighted by an enormous full twisting double again dismount that’s nearly a assured caught touchdown! This week, Sievers acquired a 9.900 for her routine!

In Week 2, LSU used simply two leadoff athletes throughout the 4 occasions: freshman Lexi Zeiss on vault and bars and tremendous senior Sierra Ballard on beam and ground. These two athletes dealt with the stress very effectively – 2022 World staff alternate Zeiss introduced in a 9.850 on vault and 9.825 on bars. Ballard recorded a 9.850 on beam and a 9.825 on ground. 

After a shaky begin in Week 1, UCLA wanted a robust begin to set the tone for this competitors (and for the remainder of the season). Emily Lee did simply that. Her lovely beam routine, which scored a 9.900, helped lead the Bruins to win the third session of the Sprouts Farmers Market Collegiate Quad with a 197.550.  

The Bruins competed with coronary heart and soul, bringing collectively the gang inside the world and at dwelling, competing in honor of their metropolis. Our hearts are with everybody impacted by the devastating fires in California. We salute all of the courageous firefighters working tirelessly and all these offering assist and assets for these impacted. Los Angeles has been dwelling to many particular initiatives for Inside Gymnastics journal by the years, and can at all times have a particular place in our coronary heart. 

#Skillz of the Week! 

Utah’s Avery Neff is already making waves in her freshman season! In simply her second week of NCAA gymnastics competitions, she’s turning into identified for bringing big expertise to NCAA gymnastics. Her full twisting double format dismount on bars is gorgeous, and she or he often caps it off with an exclamation mark by sticking the touchdown.

In her ground efficiency this week, Chae Campbell caught her full twist double again chilly! 

Virtually 10.0!

This week was highlighted by many routines that scored a 9.975! Up to now, there may be but to be an ideal 10.0, however let’s discuss in regards to the routines that got here shut! 

Oklahoma’s Religion Torrez exuded absolute confidence on beam in a single the highest routines of your entire weekend – showcasing a wonderful aspect aerial + format step out and a caught gainer full. Oklahoma’s 9.975’s didn’t finish there. Audrey Davis delivered a stellar bar routine that included a piked jaeger and a caught double entrance half dismount. Olympian Grace McCallum (Utah) additionally scored a 9.975 for her bar routine, which included a chow + pak mixture and a caught full twisting double again. 

LSU’s Aleah Finnegan continues to rock the ground. From the choreography to the tumbling, it is not going to be lengthy till each judges are giving this a ten.0!                               

Plus! One of many largest crowds in Oregon State College gymnastics historical past turned out for its dwelling opener!



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