Cal Berkeley Women’s Gymnastics may survive

There may be some sort of announcement by Thursday.

NY Times:

When the University of California, Berkeley, announced it was eliminating five varsity teams last fall, the decision was sold as a necessary sacrifice by a university reeling from severe cuts in state aid.

Four months later, the university finds itself in a dilemma caused by a largely overlooked consequence of that decision. The cutting of two women’s teams — lacrosse and gymnastics — threw the Cal athletic department out of compliance with the federal gender-equity law known as Title IX. …

UC Berkeley May Restore Teams to Satisfy Title IX

What if the school backpedals, keeping the two women’s teams and dropping the men?

That would be awful for the men’s team that has worked hard to survive via the Cal Gymnastics Forever website.

Freshmen:
Matthew del Junco
Josh Van Bourg

Sophomores:
Donothan Bailey
Steven Lacombe
Jeffrey Langenstein
Dennis Mannhart
Christian Monteclaro
Jean Monteclaro

Juniors:
Nic Blair
Daniel Culpepper
Glen Ishino
Jacob Jizrawi
Jim Kerry
Raion Sabo

Senior:
Kyle Bunthuwong [C]
Bryan del Castillo
Michael del Junco
Daniel Geri [C]
Eric Haeussler

Tim McNeill – Head Coach
Colin Christ – Assistant Coach

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