Month: April 2019

Baylor wins 5th consecutive NCATA title

National Collegiate Acrobatics and Tumbling Association

Top seed Baylor used a strong performance in the tumbling and team events to earn its fifth-straight national championship with a 278.400-271.725 victory over second-seeded Oregon on Saturday evening in the NCATA Tournament finals.

The Bears also wrapped up their fourth undefeated season in program history by ending the year with a 12-0 record. Oregon wraps up the year with a 7-3 mark, with all three of its losses coming to Baylor this season. …

thencata.org

John Roethlisberger interview

Immediately following Nationals, Sam interviewed one of her ESPN co-hosts (triple Olympian) John Roethlisberger on the meet and the future of NCAA Gymnastics.

One NCAA Championships dream discussed:

  1. Thursday – Women’s prelims
  2. Friday – Men’s prelims
  3. Saturday – Women’s Four-on-the-Floor
  4. Sunday – Men’s finals

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Alicia Boren – Floor

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Click through to listen to a lovely interview with Alicia and her folks.

Chellsie’s old Beam skills

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Kohei doubts his readiness for Tokyo Olympics

Despite a lot of pain, the King tried to compete All Japan Championships.

He wasn’t able to finish all routines. 😞

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https://twitter.com/maple_maple555/status/1121777272896098305

Honda Award nominees 2019

Brenna Dowell – Oklahoma
Maggie Nichols – Oklahoma
Sarah Finnegan – LSU
Kyla Ross – UCLA

The nominees were chosen by a panel of coaches representing the Women’s Gymnastics Coaches Association (WGCA). The Honda Sport award winner for Gymnastics will be announced next week after voting by administrators from over 1,000 NCAA member schools. Each NCAA member institution has a vote.

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Past winners:

2017-18 Christine Peng-Peng Lee, University of California, Los Angeles
2016-17 Alex McMurtry, University of Florida
2015-16 Bridget Sloan, University of Florida

McKenna Kelley on the Today Show

McKenna Kelley is the daughter of Mary Lou Retton and Shannon Kelley.

She plans to be a motivational speaker and writer, “like my mom.”

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related – ‘I feel at peace’: LSU gymnast McKenna Kelley won’t return for fifth season in 2020

 

Leila needs Scoliosis surgery

Leila Bennadi from West London is a successful elite gymnast with Heathrow Gymnastics Club.

Sadly, Leila has recently been diagnosed with severe Scoliosis, which if not treated, will not only end her career as a gymnast , but would be life changing. Worryingly, given the rate of progression of the curve in her spine, if not treated immediately she will be outside the parameters for treatment.

She needs a new treatment called Vertebral Body Tethering (VBT) which is not available in the U.K.

GoFundMe

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