Category: NCAA

BYU had a great season

I recall when Guard Young took the Head Coaching position, wondering whether it would work.

He was switching from coaching Men’s Gymnastics with Mark Williams to the WAG team at BYU.

It worked.

My brother did 2 degrees at Brigham Young. That’s a University that demands discipline.

I shouldn’t be surprised. His father Wayne Young was the top American at the 1976 Olympics. AND a very successful coach.

Guard trained as a gymnast with Mark Williams from age-13, eventually qualifying for the 2004 Olympics. Silver medalist, by the way.

I’m already looking forward to next season.

The Young Legacy

Two gymnasts’ journey from BYU to the Olympics

https://twitter.com/BYU_Gymnastics/status/1378066090241101825

Shout out to volunteer assistant coach Warde Allan who started at my home Gym in Canada.

Men’s NCAA struggle for survival

Will Graves interviewed Justin Spring, Mike Burns, Shane Wiskus, and many others putting together an article before the end of the College season.

Iowa dropped Men’s Gymnastics.

Two months later, Minnesota dropped the men’s team.

The losses will leave just five men’s gymnastics programs in the Big Ten and just 11 at the Division I level overall, not including the three service academies.

And it leaves the USA Gymnastics men’s program in the precarious position of trying to reclaim a spot among the world’s elite while dealing with a diminishing talent base.

There are 11,000 boys or men enrolled in USA Gymnastics, down from over 13,000 in 2007. With only 6.3 scholarships available per school at Division I …

Football and men’s basketball pay a massive chunk of the bills. Athletic directors are increasingly concerned about what the shifting economics mean to Olympic sports. Nearly 80% of the 558 U.S. athletes at the Rio Games in 2016 came out of an American college program. …

Olympic Gold: Men’s Gymnastics Struggling to Survive

 Minnesota will host the 2021 NCAA National Collegiate Men’s Gymnastics Championships on April 16-17.

USAG Collegiate Nationals Finals

SEMO is a Division 1 team, but qualifies for this competition as they offer fewer enough scholarships.

Vault
Maddie Gose TWU 9.862
Tyler Davis Air Force 9.812
Aleah Leman Lindenwood 9.800

Bars
Taylor Ann Wilson Centenary 9.875
Maddie Griffith TWU 9.862
Dahlia Solorzano-Caruso SEMO 9.812
Jolie Miller SEMO 9.812

Beam
Anna Kaziska SEMO 9.912
Maddie Gose TWU 9.850
Hadley Roberts Lindenwood 9.850
Alana Fischer SEMO 9.850

Floor
Isabel Goyco TWU 9.925
Maddie Gose TWU 9.875
Anna Kaziska SEMO 9.875

2021 USA Gymnastics Women’s Collegiate National Championships concludes with individual event finals

Related – LIVE BLOG: USAG Nationals Event Finals

The rise of Black gymnasts

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SEMO wins USAG Collegiate Nationals

SEMO 195.025
Lindenwood 194.875
Air Force 194.400
Texas Women’s University 193.700
Centenary 190.875

Alana Fischer led off a program-best 49.375 line-up on beam to clinch the title.

Solorzano-Caruso and Alana are both Canucks.

Canadian Duo’s Long Journey to Redemption Season for SEMO

“Body Image” by Sydney Staier

Maryland athletes, including gymnasts, read Sydney’s important poem.

A good body is one that gets the job done.

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

Sydney wrote that for herself. But when team dietitian, Paula Karamihas, saw it — she recommended it be shared.

Read the poem here.

Southern Utah in 2022

Watch out. After a fantastic season in 2021 (#21), things look even better for 2022.

Impressive since Cedar City, Utah has a population less than 30,000.

The Flippin’ Birds anticipate the return of seniors Hannah Nipp, Morgan Alfaro and Mikaela Defilippo for their respective additional seasons of eligibility. Returning these three seniors and the strength of mainstays like Shylen Murakami, Rachel Smith and Karley McClain …

Spectrum

Coach Scotty Bauman says this is the easiest team he’s coached in 30 years at SUU.

Div II & III NCAA Nationals

Centenary College, Lindenwood, Texas Woman’s University, United States Air Force Academy and host Southeast Missouri State.

Team and all-around competitions Saturday, April 10.

Finals Sunday, April 11.

Both will stream on subscription service ESPN+.

The USA Gymnastics Collegiate National Championships is open to schools with fewer than seven-and-a-half full scholarships.

Haleigh Bryant – Vault

Spencer watches more NCAA routines than anyone on earth — and he’d only award maybe three 10.0 scores this season.

Haleigh‘s vault is one.

Click PLAY or watch some of it on Twitter. The rest is out-of-frame.

Iowa State Cyclones – great season

Congratulations.

Sadly, it sounds like Sophia Steinmeyer had an Achilles injury.

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