Monday-9:00-12:00, 3:30-4:00
2010 Men's Gymnastics NCAA National Championships
Tuesday: (All-Day)
Wednesday: (All-Day)
Thursday: (All-Day)
Friday: (All-Day)
Saturday: (All-Day)
Sunday: (All-Day)
This is the week that everyone was waiting for all season. This is what the team was working for and now it is finally here.
The week started with last mintue preparations on Monday...mostly packing.
Last year, I overpacked but I will not make that mistake again.
On Tuesday, had the earliest wake-up call ever when we decided to leave OKC at 7:00. that means we all had to meet at the gym at 4:45. It was bad.
The flight was good and coming into Newark, N.J. we could see downtown NYC. It was awesome.
The first day of competition was Thursday and the days leading up to that was just perparation with the website. I was bloging about the whole experience on SoonerSports.com. It was difficult at first but I think I got the hang of it after a while. Next year, it will be better. I noticed I wasn't rushing everything like last year. I could stop and enjoy the moment for a second but only for a second because if you take too long someone is there to kick you in the head and say NO.
The championship was at the United State Military Academy at West Point and that was really cool. We got some time to go around and see all the cool stuff there.
We came in third in the team competition but claimed two Individual National titles on the third night and evryone seemed happy about that.
The local media back home picked up evrything well but it some of the small stuff was not the way I would have liked it. (You live and you learn, I guess)
Next year I will be better.
Friday, April 23, 2010
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Preparing for Championships: Blog for the week of April 5-9
Monday-9:00-12:00, 3:30-4:00
Tuesday: 9-5
Wednesday: 9:00-11:30, 3:30-5:00
Thursday: 9-5
Friday: 9-5
This was a busy week. This is the one time of year that I don't like but excited for the next week.
I started preparing for the NCAA National Championships this week and it requires a lot of preparation before we leave.
The main preparation is making a post-season guide with all the updated statistics and results. It is a lot of work in a sort time period.
I also have to send in a lot of roster information to be place in the program.
After finishing everything I send it to the host site which this year is the United States Military Academy in West Point.
It will be an awesome trip and I am looking forward to it. The only downfall is the length of time on the trip. It will be for a whole week and we leave at 4:45 in the morning. That is bad.
I guess it was the only flight that we could find direct to Newark, N.J.
Next week, I will blog about the experience at West Point.
Tuesday: 9-5
Wednesday: 9:00-11:30, 3:30-5:00
Thursday: 9-5
Friday: 9-5
This was a busy week. This is the one time of year that I don't like but excited for the next week.
I started preparing for the NCAA National Championships this week and it requires a lot of preparation before we leave.
The main preparation is making a post-season guide with all the updated statistics and results. It is a lot of work in a sort time period.
I also have to send in a lot of roster information to be place in the program.
After finishing everything I send it to the host site which this year is the United States Military Academy in West Point.
It will be an awesome trip and I am looking forward to it. The only downfall is the length of time on the trip. It will be for a whole week and we leave at 4:45 in the morning. That is bad.
I guess it was the only flight that we could find direct to Newark, N.J.
Next week, I will blog about the experience at West Point.
Monday, April 5, 2010
MPSF Championship
Monday-9:00-12:00, 3:30-5:00
Tuesday: 9-5
Wednesday: 9:00-12:00, 3:30-5:00
Thursday: 9-5
Friday: 9-5
Saturday: 4:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m.
Well the big week is here and it is not fun. This is the first time in my career at OU that I have not had fun. With everything that went on this week I was very glad that anything didn't fall through the cracks.
This is also a big week for the Communications and Marketing offices, because this is our chance to host a big gymnastics event and try a get a lot of people there.
The week of the event I created a autograph sheets for Bart Conner adn Jonathan Horton to sign. This was big having them here because they are Olympic medal winners and the faces of USA gymnastics right now.
I was also put in charge of making flyers for the event to pass our the Norman community and the campus. This was a pain in the neck. I am not supposed to be doing this but I did anyway, which made my life a more living hell.
Not only was I making these but also organizing five teams in the score system and making release and notes. Cordinating media was also a big concern for the event. We got two tv spots and multiple newspaper hits.
It was a very busy week!!
The other side is that WE WON!! This is our 10th MPSF conference championship in 12th years
and our 18th overall.
HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!!!
See you next week for the preparation for the National Championship.
Tuesday: 9-5
Wednesday: 9:00-12:00, 3:30-5:00
Thursday: 9-5
Friday: 9-5
Saturday: 4:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m.
Well the big week is here and it is not fun. This is the first time in my career at OU that I have not had fun. With everything that went on this week I was very glad that anything didn't fall through the cracks.
This is also a big week for the Communications and Marketing offices, because this is our chance to host a big gymnastics event and try a get a lot of people there.
The week of the event I created a autograph sheets for Bart Conner adn Jonathan Horton to sign. This was big having them here because they are Olympic medal winners and the faces of USA gymnastics right now.
I was also put in charge of making flyers for the event to pass our the Norman community and the campus. This was a pain in the neck. I am not supposed to be doing this but I did anyway, which made my life a more living hell.
Not only was I making these but also organizing five teams in the score system and making release and notes. Cordinating media was also a big concern for the event. We got two tv spots and multiple newspaper hits.
It was a very busy week!!
The other side is that WE WON!! This is our 10th MPSF conference championship in 12th years
and our 18th overall.
HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!!!
See you next week for the preparation for the National Championship.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Preparing for Men's Gymnastics Conference Championship
Last Week
Monday-9:30-12:00
Tuesday: 9-5
Wednesday: 9:00-12:00, 3:30-5:00
Thursday: 9-5
Friday: 9-5
This was hell week. I don't remember a busy week like this.
I am preparing for the MPSF Men's Gymnastics Conference Championships on Saturday, April 3 at 7 pm.
It is going to be our last home meet of the year and it will be a big one. Stanford, Cal, Air Force and Nebraska will be there. We will have to have our best stuff to beat most of these teams.
If you look at our scores from the past meets, I think that we have the scores to do it. If we are all hitting, than no one can stop us.
I have been given some extra stuff this week to work on that are not in my job discription and I will have to address this at the end of this year to the gymnastics staff. Such as: extra flyers about the meet, autograph sheets for Jon Horton and Bart Conner, they tried to have me make a poster but that is a NCAA violation and I wouldnot do it, ect.
Next week will be hell week part II but it should be ok. I have worked ahead a little bit and got some notes updated.
I can't believe the season is almost over. It will be so nice not having to mess with this for the rest of the season.
I will see you next week...maybe, if I am not dead.
Monday-9:30-12:00
Tuesday: 9-5
Wednesday: 9:00-12:00, 3:30-5:00
Thursday: 9-5
Friday: 9-5
This was hell week. I don't remember a busy week like this.
I am preparing for the MPSF Men's Gymnastics Conference Championships on Saturday, April 3 at 7 pm.
It is going to be our last home meet of the year and it will be a big one. Stanford, Cal, Air Force and Nebraska will be there. We will have to have our best stuff to beat most of these teams.
If you look at our scores from the past meets, I think that we have the scores to do it. If we are all hitting, than no one can stop us.
I have been given some extra stuff this week to work on that are not in my job discription and I will have to address this at the end of this year to the gymnastics staff. Such as: extra flyers about the meet, autograph sheets for Jon Horton and Bart Conner, they tried to have me make a poster but that is a NCAA violation and I wouldnot do it, ect.
Next week will be hell week part II but it should be ok. I have worked ahead a little bit and got some notes updated.
I can't believe the season is almost over. It will be so nice not having to mess with this for the rest of the season.
I will see you next week...maybe, if I am not dead.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Penn State and other Stuff
Monday-10:30-12:00
Tuesday: 9-4:00
Wednesday: 9:00-5:00
Thursday: All Day (Ford Center)
Friday: DAY OFF
Saturday: 3-10:30 (Ford Center)
Sunday 5:00-10:30 (LNC Women's Tournament)
Spring Break....Yeah Right!!
To every person that went on vaction this spring break, I hate you.
This was the most hectic week I have hadin a long time. We are hosting the Women's NCAA Tournament and some of us worked the Men's NCAA Tournament at the Ford Center as well. What made it hectic was that almost everyone that works in our office left for spring break. So,everyone left had to do all the work.
Not only that, I had to prepare for the meet gymnastics meet against Penn State.
We had to make credentitals for everone attending, name cards for people to sit and make flipcards with all the roster information on it.
It is quite the undertaking for anyone trying to host the event. Especially for spring break week. It was also toubling to see that our own communications office had some communication breakdowns as well with scheduling.
With all of that, I and some others went to the Ford Center to work men;s basketball games for the NCAA. They were great becuase we saw the nine seed Northern Iowa beat the number one overll seed Kansas. It was really funny seeing all those Kansas fans upset.
Oh, I also stayed behind to helpout with everything here and opted not the go to Penn State for the meet.
This is not the first time that I didn't go on a trip for men's gymnastics. I did not go to Nebraska as well.
I am still working tonight. The OU women are playing San Diego State tonight in the first round of the tournament.
And...men's gymnastics won...again. We are good.
Next week we have a off date but I will blog about preparations for the MPSF conference championships.
Tuesday: 9-4:00
Wednesday: 9:00-5:00
Thursday: All Day (Ford Center)
Friday: DAY OFF
Saturday: 3-10:30 (Ford Center)
Sunday 5:00-10:30 (LNC Women's Tournament)
Spring Break....Yeah Right!!
To every person that went on vaction this spring break, I hate you.
This was the most hectic week I have hadin a long time. We are hosting the Women's NCAA Tournament and some of us worked the Men's NCAA Tournament at the Ford Center as well. What made it hectic was that almost everyone that works in our office left for spring break. So,everyone left had to do all the work.
Not only that, I had to prepare for the meet gymnastics meet against Penn State.
We had to make credentitals for everone attending, name cards for people to sit and make flipcards with all the roster information on it.
It is quite the undertaking for anyone trying to host the event. Especially for spring break week. It was also toubling to see that our own communications office had some communication breakdowns as well with scheduling.
With all of that, I and some others went to the Ford Center to work men;s basketball games for the NCAA. They were great becuase we saw the nine seed Northern Iowa beat the number one overll seed Kansas. It was really funny seeing all those Kansas fans upset.
Oh, I also stayed behind to helpout with everything here and opted not the go to Penn State for the meet.
This is not the first time that I didn't go on a trip for men's gymnastics. I did not go to Nebraska as well.
I am still working tonight. The OU women are playing San Diego State tonight in the first round of the tournament.
And...men's gymnastics won...again. We are good.
Next week we have a off date but I will blog about preparations for the MPSF conference championships.
Post for the week of March 15-20: Ohio State
Monday-10:30-12:00
Tuesday: 9-4:00
Wednesday: 10:00-12:00, 3:30-5:00
Thursday: 9-3:00
Friday: All Day (On the Road)
Saturday All Day (On the Road)
Sunday All Day (On the Road)
On the Road...Just can't wait to get on the road again.
This week we arein Columbus, Ohio to go against sixth-ranked Ohio State and this was good trip.
I was kind of excited for this trip becuase it is not every day that you get to Ohio State and see Buckeye country.
The week leading up to the meet was a little bit lgither than usual becuase all I have to do is notes (To remind everyone, notes are a small packet that SIDs and media use for quick facts about the team or game).
So, after finishing my notes I worked on other small stuff that needs to be updated throughout the year on SoonerSports.com (career highs on the bio pages, stats and media note links).
We left on Friday afternoon, which was wierd becuase we usually leave in the morning. So I got to do some things around the house and getting ready.
It was a rough ride to Chicago and then to Columbus because of some thunderstorms in the area. I have been on some flight with turbulance but not lightning.
Ohio State was awesome. The meet was in the afternoon,which made it easier to get the story out in time. The weather was nice, too. When we got back it was colder than when we left and colder than Ohio State.
Overall, it was a good trip and the Ohio State was very helpful with the results and anything I needed to do my job.
And of course....we won.
NEXT, Penn State.
Tuesday: 9-4:00
Wednesday: 10:00-12:00, 3:30-5:00
Thursday: 9-3:00
Friday: All Day (On the Road)
Saturday All Day (On the Road)
Sunday All Day (On the Road)
On the Road...Just can't wait to get on the road again.
This week we arein Columbus, Ohio to go against sixth-ranked Ohio State and this was good trip.
I was kind of excited for this trip becuase it is not every day that you get to Ohio State and see Buckeye country.
The week leading up to the meet was a little bit lgither than usual becuase all I have to do is notes (To remind everyone, notes are a small packet that SIDs and media use for quick facts about the team or game).
So, after finishing my notes I worked on other small stuff that needs to be updated throughout the year on SoonerSports.com (career highs on the bio pages, stats and media note links).
We left on Friday afternoon, which was wierd becuase we usually leave in the morning. So I got to do some things around the house and getting ready.
It was a rough ride to Chicago and then to Columbus because of some thunderstorms in the area. I have been on some flight with turbulance but not lightning.
Ohio State was awesome. The meet was in the afternoon,which made it easier to get the story out in time. The weather was nice, too. When we got back it was colder than when we left and colder than Ohio State.
Overall, it was a good trip and the Ohio State was very helpful with the results and anything I needed to do my job.
And of course....we won.
NEXT, Penn State.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Going to Lincoln...Not really.
Monday-9-12:00
Tuesday: 9-4:00
Wednesday: 9:00-12:30, 3:30-5:00
Thursday: 9-3:00
Friday: 9-3:30
Saturday 10:00-2:00
Hello Everybody...like anyone is listening.
Well, this week was a easier one than the rest of the season. For some reason away meets are easier.
Whether it be just not much to prepare for...I think that is it...or it is knowing that you dont have to deal with all the people.
Eventhough I love the university and this was one of the least challenging weeks of the season, this was the most stressfull two weeks with the administration and coaches I have ever had to experience.
I have never heard more gripping and whinning for coaches and administration than this week. It was absolutily disgusting and unattractive to the university.
I don't know whether it is just this university athletics program or the type of people but it made me not want to work here.
Well........the team did good. Doing notes for this team was easy, it is always easy. This team is great and I can only hope to work with them some more.
I will not be traveling wih the team to Penn State but I will be going to Buckeye town (Ohio State). The team lost today to Stanford but we all knew it was goingto happen. Right know they are better than we are but we will keep working hard and will see what happens at the National Championship.
Thanks to all....se you next week.
Tuesday: 9-4:00
Wednesday: 9:00-12:30, 3:30-5:00
Thursday: 9-3:00
Friday: 9-3:30
Saturday 10:00-2:00
Hello Everybody...like anyone is listening.
Well, this week was a easier one than the rest of the season. For some reason away meets are easier.
Whether it be just not much to prepare for...I think that is it...or it is knowing that you dont have to deal with all the people.
Eventhough I love the university and this was one of the least challenging weeks of the season, this was the most stressfull two weeks with the administration and coaches I have ever had to experience.
I have never heard more gripping and whinning for coaches and administration than this week. It was absolutily disgusting and unattractive to the university.
I don't know whether it is just this university athletics program or the type of people but it made me not want to work here.
Well........the team did good. Doing notes for this team was easy, it is always easy. This team is great and I can only hope to work with them some more.
I will not be traveling wih the team to Penn State but I will be going to Buckeye town (Ohio State). The team lost today to Stanford but we all knew it was goingto happen. Right know they are better than we are but we will keep working hard and will see what happens at the National Championship.
Thanks to all....se you next week.
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