5 months ago
With NCAA Gymnastics play just around nan corner, it’s clip to look astatine nan caller nationalist qualifying scores (NQS) look that will beryllium utilized this season. On November 26, nan National Collegiate Women’s Gymnastics Committee announced that caller qualifications will return effect for nan 2026 season, arsenic reported connected by College Gym News.
While past year, only six meets counted arsenic portion of nan NQS, this play a minimum of 9 will beryllium counted, including a maximum 5 location meets. If a squad competes successful much than 5 location meets, past only nan 5 lowest location scores will beryllium factored in.
What this really intends is that since nan Tigers person six location meets, an further location meet could switch a people and perchance little nan NQS. TLDR; people a location precocious people and it won’t count, but people debased and it tin bring down nan NQS. Yikes.
In addition, nan scores from astatine slightest 5 distant meets — Mizzou had 8 past play and will person six this season, including nan SEC Championships — each will beryllium counted towards those 9 minimum meets.
Once nan scores are lined up, nan highs and lows will beryllium dropped and nan remaining scores will beryllium averaged successful bid to get nan last number.
When I asked Mizzou caput coach Shannon Welker astir nan caller strategy successful a media convention connected December 8, he said, “I don’t deliberation it’s going to alteration excessively much. We’re conscionable counting much scores this year. Kind of simply, it intends much scores are going to count.”
Since we don’t person immoderate caller play scores, let’s look astatine really this caller strategy would person shaken retired pinch 2025’s scores. I’ve ordered nan regular play scores (and SECs) from highest to lowest. In nan erstwhile system, nan team’s NQS was 197.510 pinch six counting scores and nan highest taken disconnected arsenic good arsenic scores 8-12.
- (H) 198.100— Mar 9 v. Auburn
- (A) 197.800— Mar 14 astatine Arkansas
- (A) 197.725— Feb 28 astatine Florida
- (H) 197.425— Feb 21 v. Georgia
- (A) 197.400— March 22 astatine SEC Champs
- (A) 197.200— Feb 9 astatine Illinois
- (H) 197.200— Jan 26 v. Kentucky
- (A) 197.175— Jan 31 astatine LSU
- (A) 197.150— Feb 14 astatine Zou to Lou
- (A) 196.750— Jan 17 astatine Oklahoma
- (H) 196.700— Jan 3 v. Ball State/IL State/SEMO (Beauty & nan Beast)
- (A) 196.125— Jan 12 astatine Denver (UGA, LIU quad)
In nan caller system, this would driblet Missouri’s 198.100 location score, arsenic good arsenic that unsightly 196.125 astatine nan Denver meet, starring to a caller NQS of 197.2525. Because Mizzou’s schedule was road-heavy, there’s really not overmuch fluctuation, and nan team’s wide standings would not person changed.
“I deliberation consistency has ever been a key,” Shannon said. “Maybe you spell pinch personification who’s a small much consistent, depending connected nan meet. And you [will] cognize wherever you’re astatine pinch your scores. Do you request different people aliases not? I deliberation it’s much of a measurement and it counts much of your season.”
Guess we’ll spot really this pans retired soon enough, eh? Mizzou has ever been beautiful consistent, truthful I don’t expect overmuch of a change, and much than anything, I conscionable can’t hold for this play to get started, and this will beryllium by acold nan shortest gymnastics-themed portion you will publication from maine successful nan adjacent 4 months.
