NCAA 2025 NCAA Championships (April 17-19)

[RedBirdie]

McKenna Smith's insistence on the Nastia-esque poof with braids and a bun is A Thing.

 

[Kara]

I did harder tumbling than Gilstrap as a high school gymnast that never made it past level 8.

 

[Laura722]

I didn't watch her routine closely enough to have an opinion. I though Moors and Chiles could have been higher. Bowers and Fatta were overscored IMO, though Fatta's score didn't factor in.

I don't think UCLA should be ahead, but I don't think the scoring was even between the two teams.

Anyway, we'll see how OU vaults.

Chiles & Moors scored really high, not sure you could ask for more. In that case, you could say Davis & Bowers were underscored on beam.

 

[RedBirdie]

I did harder tumbling than Gilstrap as a high school gymnast that never made it past level 8.

It's insulting that a routine like that starts at a 10.0.

 

[MaryClare]

McKenna Smith's insistence on the Nastia-esque poof with braids and a bun is A Thing.

Early 00s fashion is already back. It won’t be long before 2010s fashion is back.

 

[Sasha]

I'm not ready for bumpits to come back.

 

[gtu07]

Hu with another beam title winning routine. That was fantastic.

 

[arabiandoublefront]

Bring back 3 required passes

I also feel like it should be a compositional deduction if you're doing a two pass routine and both tumbling passes are in the first 20-30 seconds.

 

[jezmerallia]

OU killed that vault rotation.

 

[irichluck21]

Helen Hu robbed of a 10.

WHERE WERE THERE DEDUCTIONS JUDGES??

 

[MaryClare]

Helen Hu robbed of a 10.

WHERE WERE THERE DEDUCTIONS JUDGES??

The press handstand was slightly laboured. That was it I guess?

 

[jezmerallia]

I also feel like it should be a compositional deduction if you're doing a two pass routine and both tumbling passes are in the first 20-30 seconds.

This is my main gripe with two pass routines. It burns my biscuits every time the announcers point out that Dani Sievers does her tumbling as quickly as possible.

 

[irichluck21]

Oklahoma in the driver's seat. It's not over yet though. Oklahoma had a .3 lead over UCLA in 2018. So.

 

[Sasha]

Honestly, if OU wins I'd rather they do it decisively, otherwise we'll never hear the end of it.

I'd be fine with a UCLA win if they really pull it together on beam and OU is iffy on bars. Which is admittedly unlikely.

 

[Laura722]

9.9250 is too high for Lee.

 

[RedBirdie]

9.825 for McCallum, with a deep squat and step back. Some things never change.

 

[irichluck21]

Here comes UCLA

 

[Sasha]

There goes UCLA

 

[cftmoonlight79]

They need to address the 2 pas routines for sure.

 

[gtu07]

This is OU's to win or loose at this point.