NCAA Championships 2025: All Around, Event Finals, Team Semifinals

The Elite season is heating up, we look ahead to this week's NCAA Championships, and chat with Will Graves about his piece on trans and non-binary athletes in NAIGC gymnastics

Jessica and Spencer are joined by former professional musical theater boys turned super choreo-coaching duo, Daymon Jones and Patrick Kiens to discuss Celine van Gerner's iconic Cats makeup, the Paris Olympic FX final from their perspective as Romanian team head coaches, choreographing in over 15 countries combined and the 2025 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships of course. They will also take your questions live.

How: Virtual and In-Person Tickets

When: Friday, April 18, Doors at 6:30, Show 7:00 CT

Where: Ft. Worth, Texas or online from anywhere

Live Show Virtual Season Pass now available (For a limited time, four live show tickets for the price of three)

• Meet and Show Schedule for NCAA Week
  • Thursday, April 17 - All-around, Event Finals, Team Qualifying & LIVE Podcast
    • Semifinal One: ESPN2 at 4:30pm ET/1:30pm PT featuring Oklahoma, Florida, Missouri, Alabama
    • Semifinal Two: on ESPN2 at 9:00pm ET/6:00pm PT featuring LSU, Utah, UCLA, Michigan State
    • After awards and press conference, we will go live for a post-meet podcast for club members after semifinals. The top two teams will advance to finals
  • Friday, April 18 at 7 pm CT - GymCastic LIVE SHOW
    • No meets, but our first live show of 2025! Expect games, shenanigans, and interviews
    • Got a question? You can submit it with a virtual or in-person ticket
    • Want to upgrade to an in-person ticket? Be sure to do it before Friday!
  • Saturday, April 19 - Team Finals & Podcast
    • 4:00pm ET/1:00pm PT on ABC
    • The four teams battle it out for the 2025 NCAA title
    • Join us after the NCAA Finals press conference and award ceremony for our live reaction podcast

• A mixed-gender gymnastics event is coming to LA 2028!
  • We spent 300 hours discussion options on Behind The Scenes: Mixed Team Event Added to LA28. We still don't have details on the format, but expect more information in May after the next FIG meeting
• Livvy Dunne spoke at the House NIL (Name, Image, and Likeness) settlement hearing about being consistnetly undervalued and not having a say in the process.

• Italy won the team final Jesolo!
  • Manila Esposito won the all-around with a 55.750
  • Zoey Molomo suffered a knee injury on vault during training
  • Both of the D'Amato sisters made their return
• Osijek World Cup
  • First-year senior Jun Iwai tied Tokyo Olympic Champion Artem Dolgopyat for the floor title
• Naya Howard announced she is transferring from Georgia
• Badass woman alert: Marta Pihan-Kulesza won the Polish national championships for the thirteenth time
• Carly Baumann and Reyna Guggino (University of Michigan) announced they will be returning for a sixth year
• Morgan Price (Fisk University) makes history again for HBCU gymnastics, repeating as the USA Gymnastics All Around Champion
• The University of Iowa opened its new $20 million training center for its spirit squads and gymnastics teams

• Four enter only two survive!
  • Semifinal #1: Oklahoma, Florida, Missouri
  • Semfinal #2: LSU, Utah, UCLA, Michigan State
• What does a victory look like for each team?
• Who is each team's secret weapon?
• What is each team's biggest roadblock to winning?
• Who is our favorite to win the all-around
  • You may have heard of her, but we think Jadey Carey has a convincing argument
  • Jordan Bowers' 39.900 at Regionals (with three 10s) could challenge Carey
  • Chae Campbell won the Big 10 all-around title - how could she fit into the equation?
• What about our apparatus champions?
  • We pick our likely and our dream winners for each event

• If we draft a hypothetical Olympic team made...