Flexible, stylish Olivia signs with one of the top teams. And one of my favourite coaching teams.
The Oregon State gymnastics program added another talented gymnast to an already impressive recruiting class, head coach Tanya Chaplin announced Wednesday.
Vivian, a member of the Australian National Team, is currently training for the Australian Olympic Trials. A veteran of national and international competition, Vivian represented her country at the 2005 and 2006 world championships. …
“I’m very excited to join the gymnastics program at Oregon State,†Vivian said. “I appreciate the extra effort made by Tanya to come and meet me and my parents here in Australia. I really enjoyed my visit to OSU, everyone seemed so nice and the team is full of awesome people.â€
YouTube Olivia Vivian montage.
Most top Canadian female gymnasts dream of going to the NCAA one day. But that’s not so true in other countries around the world. Even Australia.
I’d like to see more International representation in future.
UPDATE: One other Aussie headed to America:
Monique Blount, formerly AIS … is heading to George Washington University.
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