Ncaa Gymnastics

The NCAA or National Collegiate Athletic Association is responsible for the governance and control of college and university sports. NCAA gymnastics is one aspect of their sport’s mandate. The organization began in 1905 and was incorporated on March 31, 1906 as the Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (IAAUS). Its only sport, at that time, was football. There were no female athletes falling under this association’s umbrella. It was an all-male athletic organization.

In 1910, the IAAUS became the NCAA. It held its very first NCAA national championship in 1921 for track and field. Women still did not fall under the organization’s perusal. This did not happen until 1980. Only then did women athletes hold championships and meet the criteria of the NCAA standards.

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Today, both male and female gymnasts operate under the regulations and rules of NCAA gymnastics. Annually, the NCAA hosts two major championship events in gymnastics – one for the women and one for the men. In 1997, Iowa hosted the NCAA gymnastics championships for men in Iowa City. In 2005, the NCAA gymnastics championships, for women, were held at Bear-Eaves Coliseum in Auburn, Alabama. NCAA gymnastics rankings arrive out of these competitions. In 2004, the top NCAA gymnastics ranking went to University of Illinois followed by Oklahoma University, Ohio State and Pennsylvania. These were rankings only for NCAA men’s gymnastics. The NCAA does not provided rankings for women gymnastics for that year. In 2007, however, the server does provide the women gymnast’s rankings. As result of the NCAA gymnastics championship for 2007, the rankings are as follows: University of Georgia, first, University of Utah, second and University of Florida, third. The women did well in a field of approximately 66 schools. An amount that exceeds the number of schools involved in male gymnastics.

The NCAA, which separates the schools into three divisions, provides an important service for its college and university members. Every year, the organization publishes a handbook containing all the rules and any updates or changes. The gymnastics rules, since 1981, conform to those of the International Gymnastics Federation or FIG. NCAA and FIG rules and regulations cover and govern everything from warm-up individual and team attire to judges and judging, competition formats, formats, individual events and a code of ethics for judges and coaches. At a NCAA gymnastics championship, sanctioned NCAA gymnastic photos and videos reveal the adherence to the dress code. All gymnasts must wear their team’s official clothing during both warm-ups and competitions. An NCAA gymnastics photo from any meet will also show you that the athletes do not wear any jewelry.