Category: Gymnastics

Kristen Smyth is stepping down

I didn’t see this coming.

Kristen Smyth is stepping down as head coach of the Stanford women’s gymnastics team …

Smyth led the Cardinal to unprecedented success in the gym during her tenure, including seven NCAA Super Six appearances and four top-four finishes. Of Stanford’s 115 All-America honors, 95 have come under Smyth’s leadership. …

Stanford will immediately launch a search for Smyth’s replacement.

Go Stanford

I’m surprised this announcement did not come immediately after last season.

via College Gymnastics fans are HERE!

Pan-Am day 2 scores

Qualification round.

Beam

Carolyne Pedro (age 17)

Agustina Pisos (ARG) 12.600
Carolyne Pedro (BRA) 12.100
Mayra Vaquie (ARG) 12.050

Floor
Carolyne Pedro (BRA) 13.000
Brooklyn Moors (CAN) 12.950
Laurie Denommee (CAN) 12.700

Vault
Audrys Nin Reyes (DOM) 14.450 / 14.100
Joshua Valle (MEX) 14.450 / 14.100
Daniel Aguero (PER) 13.950 / 14.000

P Bars
Caio Souza (BRA) 14.300
Zachary Clay (CAN) 13.650
Audrys Nin Reyes (DOM) 13.500

H Bar
Caio Souza (BRA) 14.100
Juan Sanchez (COL) 13.900
Andrés Martinez (COL) 13.450

Top 8 in prelims

chatting with USA elites

… a quick nine-question roundtable and got some entertaining answers from everyone involved. Read what Morgan Hurd, Jordan Chiles, Trinity Thomas, Sunisa Lee, Ragan Smith, Emma Malabuyo, and Riley McCusker had to say …  

At the Chalk Bowl with Team USA

Brittany Rogers – Bars

The full twisting double layout is back.

Click PLAY or watch it on Instagram.

 

No doubt the National Team Director will be closely monitoring Brittany at FISU, Brooklyn Moors at Pan Ams.

USA Gymnastics Alumni Network

USAG did not have an Alumni program?

That’s surprising.

“As a past member of the national team, I think the Alumni Network is an incredible opportunity to interact and connect not only with gymnasts from my competitive days, but also the many talented athletes who have represented the USA at any point in time,” said David Durante, chair of the Athletes’ Council, athlete director on the USA Gymnastics Board of Directors, and 2008 Olympic Team alternate.

“I think having a specific place where this special group of gymnasts can meet and interact will regenerate the camaraderie and friendship that spans across disciplines and careers. I also hope this will keep our best and brightest engaged and involved in our sport in the years to come.”

To join the conversation and the alumni group, anyone who has been a member of a U.S. Senior National Team can go to Facebook’s USA Gymnastics Alumni Network and request to be a member. …

USA Gymnastics establishes senior national team alum network

Asuka inspired by Kohei

… Rio 2016 was definitely her best major competition to date, as she placed eighth in the all-around and fourth in the team final (the best finish for the Japanese women’s team since 1964).

“After the Rio Olympics, I was kind of burned out, physically and mentally,” Asuka recently told us. “But [my passion] came back and now I’m training for the World Championships in Montreal.” …

“I was actually thinking of retiring after Rio,” Asuka admits, “but as I saw Kohei [Uchimura] become the first pro gymnast in Japan, and he is still making progress…I started thinking [that I should do the same]. I started thinking [about bringing] the women’s team up on the stage just like men’s team. So I decided to keep competing until Tokyo 2020.” …

 Anna Rose Johnson – ASUKA TERAMOTO AIMING FOR TOKYO 2020

Asuka Teramoto 2014

Pan-Am scores

gimnasia latina posted some day 1 results from Lima, Peru. Qualification round.

Vault
Dayana Ardila (COL) 13,650
Brooklyn Moors (CAN) 13,500
Francesca Santi (CHI) 13,350

Bars
Ahtziri Sandoval (MEX) 12,830
Jade Chrobok (CAN) 12,600
Maria Maldonado (MEX) 12,550

Floor
Tomás González (CHI) 14,550
Jorge Vega (GUA) 13,900
Kevin Cerda (MEX) 13,550

Click PLAY or watch González on YouTube.

Pommel
Caio Souza (BRA) 13,350
Jackson Payne (CAN) 13,200
Israel Chiriboga (ECU) 13,150

Rings
Christopher Bohorquez (COL) 14,550
Federative Molinari (ARG) 14,500
Daniel Villafañe (ARG) 13,850

Aimee Boorman interview

The best I’ve read.

What was your favorite way to spend a day as a child?

I was a latchkey kid. Single mom. We lived close by the park district where I started doing gymnastics. Then when I switched to private club gymnastics, I would go home and get ready for gym. I’d eat a snack, get on the public transportation and go to gym. My mom would pick me up after and that’s pretty much what I did every day, because my life was gymnastics …

… (Simone) came in during a field trip. You walked in and you see all these 6-year olds on a field trip. She got a note sent home with her that said, “Hey, do you want to come in and try some classes?” …

As far as Simone goes, she has star quality. She did really ugly gymnastics when she was little, but she was powerful. She was this teeny little thing. People would see how high she would tumble, how dynamic she was, and that she had this smile from ear to ear because she was doing what she loved. It was just fun for her. …

What is the most important word that embodies that relationship? 

I think it is trust. We were together for 12 years. It was a long relationship …

AN INTERVIEW – Sarasota Scene Magazine