Year: 2016

new College gymnasts this season

10. Polina Shchennikova, Michigan
9. Maddie Desch, Alabama
8. Sabrina Vega, Georgia
7. Rachel Gowey, Florida
6. Ruby Harrold, LSU
5. Amelia Hundley, Florida
4. MyKayla Skinner, Utah
3. Madison Kocian, UCLA
2. Kyla Ross, UCLA
1. Maggie Nichols, Oklahoma

NCAA Gymnastics: Top-10 freshmen to watch

Kyla Ross of the United States jumps from the balance beam as she competes in the women's team final of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championship at the Guangxi Gymnasium in Nanning, capital of southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Kyla Ross of the United States jumps from the balance beam as she competes in the women’s team final of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championship at the Guangxi Gymnasium in Nanning, capital of southwest China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

jumping / landing conditioning

Jesse Kitzen-Abelson

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qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics

Lauren Hopkins posted the best summary I’ve read.

… 48 women will qualify on teams, at least 34 women and as many as 46 women will qualify as individual all-arounders, and at least 4 women and as many as 16 women will qualify as event specialists. …

Clearing Up the 2020 Confusion

ASSuming the new FIG Executive and Technical Committees don’t tinker with the qualification system, a real possibility.

Despite the complexity, I much prefer this to what we had for Rio.

Tokyo 2020

Beam routines contest

Coach Kelsey Arnold.

15 points if you hit the first routine. 10 points for the rest.

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Manjak’s Gymnastics in Toronto is booming these days. All programs growing quickly.

Elite Canada 2017

MAG & WAG
Halifax, Nova Scotia, February 2-5, 2017

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Music must be played on CDs. (Are we still in the CD era?)

Official hotels: Future Inns Halifax, Holiday Inn Express and Suites Halifax-Bedford, Château Bedford

“How was Gymnastics today?”

That’s the first question most kids face when reaching Mom or Dad.

Brad Frost, Head Coach for the University of Minnesota Women’s Ice Hockey team, has some good advice for parents: Too Many Kids Leave Sports Because Of The Car Ride Home

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