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Kari Lee for VISA
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Category: NCAA
Sara Ulias – Bars
Sara plans to compete for UCLA.
Click PLAY or watch the height on her dismount on Twitter.
Click PLAY or watch the height of her Jaeger (first gymnast) on Instagram.
Katelyn – Glamour’s 2019 College Women
Meet Glamour’s 2019 College Women of the Year
These 10 women aren’t asking for anyone’s permission to act, or leaving it up to someone else to change things. They’re taking charge—and we’re so thankful for it.
Kristina Baskett new Arizona State Assistant
do you find this Gymnastics photo controversial?
The top photo. Not the bottom photo. 😀
Head Coach Greg Marsden used the top photo for a billboard promoting University of Utah Gymnastics in 1993.
Dvora Meyers:
More than two decades ago, a billboard went up in Salt Lake City near the 600 South exit of the I-15. It featured a young woman in repose clad in a sleeveless black leotard, her back to the viewer and her head tilted up. …
The woman on the billboard wasn’t a model but a gymnast on that 1992-93 team, 19-year-old sophomore Aimee Trepanier, whose pose from her floor routine was advertised as a way to sell competition tickets for the then-defending NCAA champions.
But to others in Salt Lake City, the ad was selling something else — sex. …
It’s a fascinating story.
In fact, the University’s athletic director Chris Hill had already decided to remove the billboard ahead of schedule. Utah is a very conservative State.
Click through for the long read.
The Gymnast’s Position
Aimee Trepanier was proud to showcase the pose that started her 1993 gymnastics floor routine in a billboard ad off I-15 in Salt Lake City. But when Utahns looked up, that’s not what they saw.
Men’s NCAA may show scores out of a PERFECT 10
Division 1 Men’s College Gymnastics in the USA continues to decline. One day there may only be College clubs. 😕
To improve the situation the Men’s College Gymnastics Association are considering some changes:
- do we make our scoring more understandable?
- How do we make our competitions easier to follow?
- How can we make our product more attractive for television?
- How do we increase parity and competitiveness within our competitions?
Proposal: Use a 10.0 conversion system in conjunction with the open ended scoring system
Straw Vote: 21 in favor; 4 against; 11 abstentions.
Some of the top coaches are strongly against.
If a gymnast scored 14.00 FIG they would flash a 9.75.
Personally, I think it’s worth a try.
Spencer and @papaliukin point out that a BETTER change would be for Men’s teams to provide good, consistent scoring, University media coverage and online video.
Since the Men are already posting competition videos after the fact on Road to Nationals, I’d like to see them increasingly use that site for LIVE coverage. LIVE scoring, etc.
There’s much more under consideration. Click through for Details.
Jay Clark now LSU Co-Head Coach
Jay doesn’t anticipate any major changes for next season.
Canada’s FISU teams (officially) announced
Men’s Artistic – COACH: Tony Smith – Calgary, AB
Jeremy Bartholomeusz; Jake Bonnay; Damien Cachia
Women’s Artistic – COACH: Chris Licameli – Southeast Missouri State
Jessica Dowling; Alana Fischer; Denelle Pedrick
Rhythmic – Alexandra Chtrevenskii – Montreal, QC (Concordia)
Alexandra Chtrevenskii
top 10 NCAA teams in 2020?
College Gym News posted a VERY early prediction:
1. UCLA
2. Florida
3. Oklahoma
4. Michigan
5. Georgia
6. LSU
7. Denver
8. Utah
9. Minnesota
10. Oregon State
Click through to see their top 20 and rationale.
Way Too Early Top 20 for 2020
NCAA sport – injuries before College
The majority of gymnasts have had a major injury before getting to College.
Ours is a youth sport. And a dangerous sport.
Via Greg Marsden
Gymnastics Coaching.com 