Tonry has led Yale’s women’s gymnastics team since its inception in 1973, capturing 16 Ivy League championships after fighting for the team’s varsity status and clashing with the athletic department in the 1970s. …
With no competitions for the Bulldogs this year, Tonry reflected on her beginnings with Yale gymnastics and the nearly half-century since. …
“I think what makes Barb so successful is her confidence and her belief in everything about her program,” current Yale gymnastics captain Charlotte Cooperman ’21 said.
“She was an extremely successful athlete and brings the same mentality into her role as a coach. She believes in her gymnasts and gets her gymnasts to understand their own abilities as a team.” …
… 26 gymnasts have been named to the National Team through the 2021 U.S. Gymnastics Championships in June. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, this marks the first time the team has been named since the conclusion of the 2019 U.S. Championships.
The first Women’s National Team camp of the year wrapped up today with the naming of the 2021 Junior and Senior National Teams through U.S. Championships in June! Congratulations to all! https://t.co/BCHBkdLTCS
Artur Dalaloyan, the 2018 World AA champion and the 2019 World AA silver medalist, predictably took the lead in the competition today with 85.331 …
Dalaloyan was only slightly over 0.1 ahead of the rising star of the Russian team Aleksandr Kartsev (85.198). Nineteen-year-old Kartsev made his senior debut in 2019 and went to a couple of World Cups but wasn’t yet able to break onto major teams. …