Chapter 14
MENS TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS |
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Division I1938 Chicago |
Division II1968 San Fernando Valley State |
Men's Gymnastics Individual Champions Division I |
1938 Joe Giallombardo, Illinois |
Steve Wejmar, U.W. won the vault championship in 1977.
Yohsi Hwyasaki U.W., won Horizontal Bar championship in 1970.
Mel Cooley, U.W., won the horizontal bar championship in 1978
UW men's team won the club division at the 2006 NCAA Championships in 2006.
Women's Gymnastics NCAA Team Championships |
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Division I 1982 Utah |
Division II 1982 Cal St. Northridge |
SPU Women's Team won the National Div.2 title in 1986, 1992 and 1997.
Women's Gymnastics Individual Champions |
1982 Sue Stednitz, Utah |
Laurel Tindall won vault in 1973 (UW) and 1975 (SPU). |
Division I EVENT CHAMPS |
VAULT1982 - Elaine Alfano, Utah |
UNEVEN BARS1982 - Lisa Shirk, Pittsburgh |
BALANCE BEAM1982 - Sue Stednitz, Utah |
FLOOR EX1982 - Mary Ayotte-Law, Oregon State |
The Division of Girls and Women's Sports (DGWS), a division of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (AAHPER), was the first nationally recognized collegiate organization for women’s athletics and the forerunner of the AIAW.
The Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (CIAW) operated under the auspices of the DGWS. The CIAW governed from 1966-72 and conducted championships in seven sports.
During the 1972-73 season, its first year of actual operation, the AIAW offered its first seven national championships in the same seven sports (badminton, basketball, golf, gymnastics, swimming & diving, track & field, and volleyball).
In years when small-college championships (Division II or III) were not contested, and in sports without divisions, there was open competition among eligible teams.
Except as noted, the NCAA sponsored its first women's championship in each sport in the 1981-82 academic year. Individual athletic programs and, in some cases, individual teams within a program were permitted to choose the organization in which they participated. The NCAA has never sponsored championship competition in badminton, synchronized swimming, or slow-pitch softball.
DIVISION I1969 Springfield College (MA)(DGWS) |
DIVISION I1978 Centenary (LA) |
DIVISION I1980 Wisconsin-Oshkosh |