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.

Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.

Can Iowa Men’s Gym survive?

Head coach J.D. Reive will TRY to develop a club team.

University of Iowa cut Men’s Gymnastics after this season.

Arizona State’s athletics department cut men’s gymnastics in 1993, but it has operated with a self-sustaining budget since then. …

Reive said Arizona State’s success outside of its intercollegiate athletics department is the “gold standard.”

The Gazette

Men’s College Gymnastics in Boise

Great news.

The Board of Directors (including Sho Nakamori) for the Boise Men’s Gymnastics Foundation (BMGF) has voted unanimously to operate its collegiate men’s gymnastics program as an independent team for the 2021-2022 season, free of affiliation with any specific university. …

Coach Chris Nagy has also announced that the program has adopted the Golden Eagle, a bird of prey native to the Boise area, as its mascot.  The Golden Eagles’ new logo pictured above also reveals the new program’s iconic black and gold color scheme.

BoiseMensGymnastics.com
Boise Golden Eagles

Any athlete studying at a Boise university or college could fill out their recruitment questionnaire for more information.

Evan Manivong – 14.75 vault

STICK. Then pulls out his vaccination card!

More than a million people have watched this vault.

“Go get vaccinated everyone.”

Click PLAY or watch Evan on CNN.

Click PLAY or watch an ABC interview on Twitter.

Maddy Pike @ Perfection Gymnastics

Great interview.

Maddy recently won her age group at the 2021 Ohio Level 10 State Championships.

Cheer her next season at Ohio State.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.