Category: Gymnastics

Michigan’s Sierra Brooks

There’s much for Michigan to be proud of from its 2019 season. The team came back from missing nationals entirely in 2018 to finish 2019 in 5th place, which quietly ranks as Michigan’s best result of the decade. In fact, Michigan hasn’t done better than 5th since Elise Ray was a freshman. …

Michigan has brought in two of the nation’s top L10 recruits in Sierra Brooks and Gabby Wilson …

Balance Beam Situation 

“I felt like I had accomplished everything I wanted to do in my J.O. (Junior Olympics) career and was looking forward to coming to Michigan.

Leaving home and my club gym family were heavy factors that weighed on my decision, but the pros and cons led me here. I am glad it did.” …

How a Junior Olympic Standout Wound Up at Michigan a Year Early

The Routine Podcast interviewed Sierra.

Men’s NCAA Gymnastics preview

CGA (College Gymnastics Association) posted a preview of the coming season with predictions:

  1. Stanford
  2. Michigan
  3. Oklahoma
  4. Nebraska
  5. Illinois
  6. Minnesota
  7. Penn State
  8. Iowa
  9. Ohio State
  10. Navy

Elise Ray and Bev Plocki

Great story.

… Elise Ray was at a crossroads.

After finishing her career as a gymnast at Michigan, she’d performed for Cirque du Soleil for three years, then worked briefly as a trainer and broadcaster.

Like many athletes whose careers had come to an end, Ray wasn’t sure what was next. So she called Bev Plocki, her college coach, and asked for advice.

“I haven’t really found that thing that I love,” Ray told her.

Plocki responded: “Elise, in my opinion, you were born to coach gymnastics.”

It was the first of three phone calls that came to define Ray’s career. …

How Elise Ray-Statz found a new path in gymnastics through Bev Plocki’s mentorship

how to leap on Beam

Alexis Vasquez

Penn State coach Ashleigh Gnat

Former LSU great Ashleigh Gnat is coaching at Penn State this season.

Click PLAY or watch an interview on Twitter.

NEW Gymnastics TV show – My Perfect Landing

My Perfect Landing follows a family of gymnasts through their struggles of dealing with a life- changing move from Miami to Toronto, Canada.

Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.

It’s filmed at Manjak’s Gymnastics in Toronto and features gymnasts from the club.

The show launches today in the U.K.

In Canada March 2020 on the Family Channel.

I’m not sure about the rest of the world.

(via Kelsey Arnold)

top MAG scores 2019

1 Nikita Nagornyy Russia World Championships AA 88.772
2 Artur Dalaloyan Russia European Championships QF 87.930
3 Sam Mikulak United States U.S. Championships Day 2 87.400
4 Deng Shudi China Chinese Championships QF 87.100
5 Kazuma Kaya Japan Summer Universiade AA 87.000
6 Oleg Verniaiev Ukraine World Championships AA 86.973
7 Xiao Ruoteng China World Championships AA 86.690
8 Sun Wei China World Championships AA 86.523
9 David Belyavskiy Russia European Games QF 86.499
10 Oliver Hegi Switzerland Magglingen Friendly 86.300

See the full list.