Morgan has been everywhere lately.
On the Half In, Half Out podcast.
The All Things Gymnastics podcast.
On the Tokyo Olympics REDDIT.
Morgan has things to SAY.
Read her piece on NBC SPORTS – Silence is compliance: Morgan Hurd’s call to action
Month: May 2021
Nebraska’s new facility
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GAGE Gymnastics Camp
Canadian Championships day 1
Lauren posted results from the virtual competition.
Ava Stewart has really benefited from the pandemic year. She’s been second to Ellie all season.
Sadly her teammate Ana Padarariu seems to be no longer eligible for the Olympics, unable to come back from injury. We may have to wait to cheer Ana at UCLA. I’d certainly support any appeal to go directly to Olympic trials.
It’s been a super difficult year for Canadians, many having faced multiple Gym closures and restrictions.
It’s weird, as well, competing “Nationals” in your own Gym. With no audience.
The one plus is avoiding injury on competition vault landing mats. I was at Nationals in 2012 when Peng was injured out of the London Olympics on a training day. Vault landing.
Gymnastics Canada posted some of the top routines on Vimeo.
Foam Pits allowed in GBR
Clubs can now reintroduce foam pits as part of sessions after research concluded that the risk of Covid-19 transmission in foam was low after one minute. …
British Gymnastics
One very tiny upside to pit closures during the pandemic was a reduction in overusing them.
Coaches had to schedule more progressions. Less throw and go.
Jordyn says: Get Vaccinated
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USAG Development Program Nationals Results
USA Gymnastics Women’s Development Program National Championships for Level 10 athletes, previously known as the Junior Olympic National Championships, concluded Sunday …
All-around and individual event champions were crowned across 12 age divisions spanning junior and senior classifications. …
Region 8 claims Super Team title as 2021 USA Gymnastics Women’s Development Program National Championships wrap in Daytona Beach
Champions:
- All-around: 1. Emerson Fisk, Valrico, Fla./Golden City Gymnastics, 38.125
- All-around: 1. Alana Walker, West Orange, N.J./North Stars Gymnastics Academy, 38.425
- All-around: 1. Avery Neff, South Jordan, Utah/Olympus Gymnastics, 39.000
- All-around: 1. Hannah Scheible, Kimball, Mich./All American Flames Gymnastix, 38.800
- All-around: 1. Madison Ulrich, Fort Mill, S.C./Southeaster Gymnastics Center, 38.700
- All-around: 1. Kylie Coen, Fort Worth, Texas/Empire Gymnastics Academy, 38.925
- All-around: 1. Sarah Moraw, Holland, Mich./Champion Gymnastics USA, 38.375
- All-around: 1. Anna Roberts, Seattle, Wash./Metropolitan Gymnastics, 38.425
- All-around: 1. Selena Harris, Henderson, Nev./Gymcats Gymnastics, 38.950
- All-around: 1. Lali Dekanoidze, Matthews, N.C./Southeastern Gymnastic Center, 38.900
- All-around: 1. Skyla Schulte, Bolingbrook, Ill./Phenom Gymnastics, 38.950
- All-around: 1. Sloane Blakely, Frisco, Texas/WOGA Gymnastics, 39.200
USAG Men’s Age Group Nationals
… Men’s all-around and individual event titles were awarded in Junior Elite and Junior National divisions for Levels 8, 9 and 10.
Regional team champions were also named for each division, while Junior National club team championships were awarded by level.
Levels are determined by age and skill level. Level 8 is comprised of athletes who are 11 or 12 years old. Level 9 consists of 13 and 14-year-olds, and Level 10 is split between two age divisions: 15-16 year olds and 17-18 year olds. …
2021 Men’s Development Program National Championships conclude in Daytona Beach
Junior Elite Level 8 11-year-old champions: All-around – 1. Hayden Brown, Corona Del Mar, Calif./SCATS Gymnastics, 130.100
Junior Elite Level 8 12-year-old champions: All-around – 1. Rahul Mandava, Cypress, Texas/Cypress Academy of Gymnastics, 125.900
Junior Elite Level 9 13-year-old champions: All-around – 1. Danila Leykin, Frisco, Texas/WOGA Gymnastics, 131.300
Junior Elite Level 9 14-year-old champions: All-around – 1. Sasha Bogonosiuk, Buffalo Grove, Ill./Gymkhana Gymnastics Club and Dance Studio, 132.650 (not eligible for U.S. National Team)
Junior Elite Level 10 15-year-old champions: All-around – 1. Vahe Petrosyan, Van Nuys, Calif./Gymnastics Olympica USA, 134.100
Junior Elite Level 10 16-year-old champions: All-around – 1. Caden Clinton, Cypress, Texas/Cypress Academy of Gymnastics, 132.150
Junior Elite Level 10 17-year-old champions: All-around – 1. Landen Blixt, Fowlerville, Mich./Infinity Gymnastics Academy, 132.450
Junior Elite Level 10 18-year-old champions: All-around – 1. Nicolas Kuebler, Seattle, Wash./Metropolitan Gymnastics, 137.100
Junior National Level 8 champions: All-around – 1. Giorgio Alarcon, Winter Garden, Fla./Gymnastics USA, 72.850
Junior National Level 9 13-year-old champions: All-around – 1. Kai Prater, Franklin, Tenn./Harpeth School of Gymnastics, 69.500
Junior National Level 9 14-year-old champions: All-around – 1. Junnosuke Iwai, Lewisville, Texas/Texas Dreams, 73.900
Junior National Level 10 15-year-old champions: All-around – 1. Tyler Tran, Orlando, Fla./Gymnastics USA, 150.400
Junior National Level 10 16-year-old champions: All-around – 1. Luke Esparo, North Haven, Conn./New Era Gymnastics, 153.950
Junior National Level 10 17-year-old champions: All-around – 1. Jack Critz, Huntington Beach, Calif./SCATS Gymnastics, 155.350
Junior National Level 10 18-year-old champions: All-around – 1. Lais Najjar, Oak Brook, Ill./Lakeshore Academy of Art Gymnastics, 159.000
Lais Najjar has an FIG licence with Syria. In fact he competed for Syria at the 2019 Jr World Championships.
5 difficult tumbling skills
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Stanford will not cut sports
Great news.
Stanford University has reversed the decision to cut 11 of its varsity sports programs. In an announcement on Tuesday, the school said the school backtracked in part because of “an improved financial picture with increased fundraising potential.”
At the time of the original decision in July of 2020, the university received heavy backlash after it announced the following sports would be discontinued:
- Men’s and women’s fencing
- Field hockey
- Lightweight rowing
- Men’s rowing
- Co-ed and women’s sailing
- Squash
- Synchronized swimming
- Men’s volleyball
- Wrestling
Also factoring into the decision are federal lawsuits from the athletes affected, as well as on-field protests.
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