Alyssa Baumann – Floor

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Taylor Lawson – Beam Arabian

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College gymnasts should be paid for name, image, likeness

Nancy Armour: 

“You either get to go pro or you get to go to NCAA,” said Morgan Hurd, who has retained her eligibility despite winning the world all-around title in 2017.

“There’s no in-between, you get one or the other. But football players, they get to go to NCAA and then they get to go pro, too, and get paid.” …

Katelyn Ohashi was featured on talk shows and news programs after one of her floor routines went viral in January 2019. Politicians tweeted about her. She was featured in Rolling Stone’s “Women Shaping the Future” issue, and asked to do op-eds.

She didn’t get a dime from any of it. …

Opinion: Allow gymnasts, like football players, to cash in on name, image, likeness

Derrian Gobourne – Floor

A QUEEN 👑 wears a crown.

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Week 6 Oklahoma still #1

Oklahoma
Florida
Utah
UCLA
Denver
Alabama
Michigan
Minnesota
LSU
California

Full rankings.

Lesson of the week: if you’re a team at home expecting to be ranked in the single digits, you need to be going mid-197s …

Balance Beam Situation recap

I’m impressed with Utah this season. Even without MyKayla Skinner they are looking Final 4 worthy.

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Stanford leads Men’s NCAA

Stanford 415.917
Oklahoma 411.233
Michigan 407.667
Ohio State 407.217
Illinois 406.733
Navy 406.633

Full rankings.

College Acrobatics & Tumbling is booming

FRANKLIN SPRINGS, Ga. — Emmanuel College announced the addition of Acrobatics and Tumbling as a varsity intercollegiate sport beginning in Fall 2020. …

“Acrobatics and Tumbling is an emerging sport within the NCAA and has exploded in sponsorship at the collegiate level over the past three years. …”

The sport involves tumbling, tosses, acrobatic lifts and pyramids. Teams compete in head-to-head competition in meets consisting of six events, including Compulsory, Acro, Pyramid, Toss, Tumbling and Team Event.

The sport is governed by the National Collegiate Acrobatics and Tumbling Association (NCATA). Competition will take place between February and April. The NCATA National Championships are held annually in April on an NCATA member campus with event and team champions crowned. …

Emmanuel College Adds Acrobatics & Tumbling, Becomes 33rd Program

 

Arizona at UCLA Pride Meet

# 5 UCLA to host its Pride Meet on Sunday afternoon Feb. 9th vs. #20 Arizona. 🏳️‍🌈

Great cause. But this promotion video is more hilarious than inspiring. 😀

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Jade Degouveia – Bars

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Lacy Dagen – Beam

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