Monday March 19 Update - Includes Big 12 Bus Trip details

Long time, no type to everyone,

I won't have a new article in the Daily about the gymnastics team until Friday, but I was able to write a very brief recap of the Nebraska meet in today's paper. The blurb was too small to make it on the site, but here's what it said:

"Fifteenth-ranked Iowa State gymnastics’ recent struggles on balance beam continued in a 196.500-195.450 loss to No. 5 Nebraska on March 11. The Cyclones posted a 48.500 on beam, its lowest event score of the meet. In the past four meets, Iowa State has averaged a 48.469 on beam, compared to a 48.910 average the first five meets of the season."

Compiling those beam averages brought even more interesting results than I expected. By the way, the rankings hadn't been released at press time, so Iowa State's current ranking is No. 17, with Nebraska at No. 7. Interesting of note is that Denver is now ranked 16th. Denver and Iowa travel to Ames this Friday for Iowa State's last home meet of the year, which is also Senior Night.

In other news, the Big 12 Championships are March 31 in Columbia, Mo. One of my loyal readers, Steve Kemp, is organizing a bus trip down to Missouri for fans. Here's some more details direct from Steve:

"The cost is just $45 per person. Contact us right away to reserve your spot. Payments must be made by March 24th (there will be a table in the Hilton south foyer before and after the meet).

The bus will leave from the ISU campus on Saturday morning, make a stop for a meal, and arrive at the stadium by 6pm for the 7pm meet. Tickets are not included, but we also have $8 reserved seat tickets on sale for a special ISU section. We will return shortly after the meet and arrive back in Ames early Sunday morning.

Please let me know right away if you are interested so that I can reserve your spot. It is first come/first served. Contact Steve Kemp by email Sjkemp62@msn.com or phone 515/450-7713. Go Cyclones!"

I might actually be riding down on the bus myself as long as there is enough interest to make the trip by bus.

Finally, the sixth-seeded ISU women's basketball team plays in the second round of the NCAA tournament today against third-seeded Georgia. The game will be shown live on ESPN2 at 6:00 p.m. tonight. Should be a great game.

Thanks for reading,
Cody