Seems to me Women’s College gymnastics is getting more and more R-E-S-P-E-C-T from everyone these days.
It’s a great program. Check out these impressive stats:
… Utah drew 15,552, the largest crowd in NCAA gymnastics history, to its Jan. 22 dual meet against Georgia, which it won, 196.550-196.500. The following week the Utes defeated Washington on the road in front of 1,851. I asked Utah coach Greg Marsden if his team ever experiences a motivational letdown on the road when there is a sparse crowd.
“To be honest, that can be a problem at times,” he said. “We have to work hard to create our own energy. At home, the crowd does that for us.”
For the record, Utah’s 15,552 eclipsed its own single-meet record of 15,447 against BYU, March 28, 2008. Perhaps even more impressive is that of all women’s NCAA sports, Utah ranked second in home attendance in 2008-09 to Tennessee basketball, 13,999-13,861. Alabama gymnastics was fourth (10,484), behind Connecticut basketball (10,529) …
Nice to see such detailed coverage from International Gymnast online.
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