“Sports digest: No. 2 Stanford defeats UCLA in gymnastics” plus 2 more |
- Sports digest: No. 2 Stanford defeats UCLA in gymnastics
- Gymnastics loses grip on early lead against UA
- New Minehead gymnastics centre
| Sports digest: No. 2 Stanford defeats UCLA in gymnastics Posted: 23 Jan 2011 08:33 PM PST The Stanford women's gymnastics team earned its second victory in two meets over defending national champion UCLA, pulling away on the final rotation to capture the dual meet before a packed house at Burnham Pavilion on Sunday. Ashley Morgan scored a 9.925 on the final routine of the day to complete the Stanford comeback in its 196.200-194.825 victory before a crowd of 1,100. No. 2-ranked Stanford (7-0) got consecutive floor scores of 9.85 from Allyse Ishino, Nicole Pechanec, and Shelley Alexander during the final rotation while UCLA suffered three falls on the balance beam, enabling the Cardinal to rally from a 147.000-146.950 deficit heading into the final rotation. Winter sports Lindsey Vonn captured a super-G in Cortina d' Ampezzo, Italy, despite a strained left knee that required painkillers before her run. She hurt herself the day before on a strenuous and spectacular recovery in a downhill. Vonn finished in 1 minute, 22.64 seconds on a clear day, beating overall World Cup rival Maria Riesch of Germany by 0.05 seconds. Swiss teenager Lara Gut finished third, 0.88 back. It was the second victory in three days for Vonn.
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| Gymnastics loses grip on early lead against UA Posted: 23 Jan 2011 05:44 PM PST The ASU gymnastics team fell just short against UA on Friday, losing by less than two points at the McKale Center in Tucson. The Sun Devil's shaky performance on the balance beam was the deciding factor in the meet, which was tied at 96.825 after two events. "I feel like our energy was really great, but then once we went to beam people were nervous and trying too hard to get past UA," senior Beaté Jones said. "We were really nervous and thought too much." ASU came out of the gates hot with a solid showing on the uneven bars, earning a total score of 48.600 to grab the early lead over the Wildcats. "We went out there and hit everything we could on bars," ASU coach John Spini said. "Then, we went over and vaulted mediocre. But we didn't give it away, so after two events we were tied." After the vault, ASU went to the floor exercise. They posted a total score of 48.425, which put the Sun Devils just 0.375 points behind UA heading into the final event. "I don't think we did anything terrible on floor, but we definitely didn't do anything to help ourselves," Spini said. ASU could not make up the deficit on the balance beam, where they had three falls en route to the 193.625-192.050 loss. "We felt the pressure [heading into beam]," Spini said. "[Historically], this is a stellar event for us, and we're going to get there. We just have to keep working hard at it, and put ourselves in a situation where we enjoy that pressure, not worry about it." The Sun Devils believe they have a deep and talented squad, but all the pieces just haven't come together yet during competition. "We just need to be consistent and confident and we need everyone to hit [their routines] at the meet when it counts, not just at practice," Jones said. ASU plans to work to increase its confidence through competition-like situations at practice. "We just need more pressure sets and we just need to keep building up as a team together," sophomore Christina Salavec said. "[We have to] just keep doing what we've been doing … people are slowly building confidence. We know we're a good team." Even with the disappointment that comes from a loss to the rival Wildcats, ASU is optimistic about the progress they have made since the beginning of the season. "We didn't do as well as we expected to, but we did a lot better than we did at the Pac-10 Preview," Salavec said. "I'm excited for the rest of the season." ASU's next competition will be on Friday, when they host Brown University. "We're just going to keep working at it and take this as a learning step," Spini said. "Yeah, you want to beat UA, your big rival, and we were close, but we just can't do beam like that and win a meet." Reach the reporter at kyle.j.newman@asu.edu Categories: Gymnastics Sports Tags: ASU gymnastics pac 10 UA This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| New Minehead gymnastics centre Posted: 22 Jan 2011 11:35 PM PST New Minehead gymnastics centre7:20am Sunday 23rd January 2011 CHILDREN in Minehead are leaping for joy as a new gymnastics centre is due to open. West Somerset Sports and Leisure centre will house the new facility opening at the end of February. An £8,5000 grant from Sport England and £3,000 from Somerset Leisure is being spent on three new gymnastic proficiency centres in Somerset. The Head of Sport and Programming at Somerset Leisure, Stephen Hughes said: "The new centres are recognised by British Gymnastics as providing a structured gymnastics programme for school children. "The new equipment will provide a safe and exciting environment for children to enjoy gymnastics and to progress further in the sport." Essential gymnastics equipment, including junior springboards, high bars and landing mats will be available This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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