During the NCAA offseason, there’s a lot we miss about college gymnastics, from the sparkly leotards to the fierce rivalries. But the thing we miss most is every NCAA gymnastics fan’s favorite hobby: arguing about scoring. In fact, we were so sad about it that we decided to get our discourse fix in the form of a brand new series. What are we going to argue about? Every gymnastics fan’s pet peeve: ties where the routines are not equally good.
In each edition of The Tie Break, we’ll choose a tie from NCAA gymnastics history and debate until we decided how the routines truly should have been ordered. This week, we’ll tackle the bars title at the 2023 Big Ten championship, in which six gymnasts tied with a 9.950.
Our weekly contributors, editor-in-chief Elizabeth Grimsley and GEC editor Rebecca Scally, will be joined by NCGA-East editor Allison Freeman and intern Aaron Doyle.
The Contenders
Delanie Harkness (Michigan State)
The Debate
Rebecca: Welcome to this year’s second Tie Break! This week, we’re looking at a six-way tie for the Big Ten bars title between four Wolverines, one Spartan, and one…
