So far in the early action, EMU went 48.725 on vault, while WMU is just behind with 48.650 on bars. Scores a bit soft. No counting problems for either team.
I’ll start with a little of Michigan hosting Rutgers.
The full American Cup roster has (finally?) been revealed, so let’s get into it.
RULES: The countries that finish in the top 3 in total ranking points at the end of the all-around world cup series in 2020 get an extra Olympic spot. Which is why this is one of the better fields the American Cup has seen in a long time, particularly for the men.
The US is bringing its biggest guns to the men’s competition with Mikulak and Moldauer both on the list. There really wasn’t much of a choice, at least with Mikulak, because the competition is going to be so steep for these Olympic spots. Russia has broken its American Cup embargo and will send Nikita Nagornyy, who obviously enters as the favorite, while Ukraine is sending Oleg Verniaiev, who can always win depending on the state of himself, China is sending Deng Shudi, and Japan is sending Daiki Hashimoto, the future king of gymnastics. It’s a tough group.
Grab your Ativan and an entire wedding cake because Metroplex is here again. On the heels of the “SHE WAS OVERSCORED TO A DEGREE BEYOND WHAT I EXPECTED, WHICH WAS ALREADY SOME” drama that followed…pretty much all of these teams last weekend, they now assemble at the Metroplex Challenge, a meet that is famous most of all for being the judges’ annual popping-off convention. So, it’s going to be an experience.
Links will continue to be added as they become available.
#13 Iowa State is idle this week.
Meets on Monday are not included as part of week 4 for ranking purposes, but I include them here because I won’t post links again until after they’re done.
