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College & Cocktails: Canadian Excellence Meet

03.01.2026
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College & Cocktails: Iowa and Minnesota at Utah

College gymnastics is back, and College & Cocktails returns with its live post-meet breakdown of the Canadian Excellence showdown featuring Utah, Minnesota, and Iowa.

Recorded immediately after the meet, this episode covers early-season judging trends, start value controversies, standout performances, and what January scoring can (and can't) tell us about the rest of the NCAA season.

In this episode:

  • Did the right team win?
  • Avery Neff's breakout meet and a start-value judges' conference
  • Utah's depth, Minnesota's beam strength, and Iowa's returning veterans
  • Superlatives: Simone of the Meet, Artist of the Meet, Assassin of the Meet
  • Early-season judging inconsistencies and ...dun dun dunnnn altitude effects!
  • Fantasy gymnastics implications and lineup strategy
  • Audience Q&A on winter break training, international eligibility, and college gymnasts with named skills
  • Corrupt or Correct: re-judging controversial routines

College & Cocktails is GymCastic's live, behind-the-scenes NCAA gymnastics show — recorded in real time, rated TV-14, and fueled by strong opinions, expert analysis, and the Spencer with a cocktail.

This episode is part of our weekly Friday night College & Cocktails series.

Full episode with live Q&A are available to Club Gym Nerd members. Join here.