One of Miss Val’s favourite UCLA Floor Routines*.
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Category: NCAA
Alexis Vasquez on mental health as a College athlete
Alexis Vasquez is a fantastic gymnast on one of the fastest improving teams in the NCAA.
I was in the audience when her team defeated both Florida and Oregon State University last season. Alexis was Regional co-Champion on beam. A fantastic performance.
Yet unbeknownst to almost everyone was the fact that Alexis was suffering mental health issues.
She’s decided to share her story in an essay and interview. Click over to Denver Pioneers to see that.
Sierra Brooks – double double
One of the most exciting new gymnasts for this College season.
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longterm decline of NCAA Gymnastics
Via Greg Marsden.
Margzetta Frazier’s new Floor
Showtime!
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UCLA personalized leotards
UCLA gymnastics donned personalized leotards for the 2019-20 edition of “Operation Peacock” at Saturday’s Meet the Bruins intrasquad …
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Chris Waller is now the head coach. BJ Das the new choreographer.
Das, a professional dancer, competed at Washington before a career-ending injury prompted her to pursue dance. Since graduating from Washington in 2006 and moving to L.A., she has performed with artists such as Beyoncé, Pink and Usher, and choreographed for commercials and TV shows such as “GLOW” and “The Masked Singer.”
Last year, she choreographed floor routines for Utah …
Oklahoma #1 NCAA preseason poll
1 Oklahoma
2 LSU
3 Florida
4 UCLA
5 Utah
6 Michigan
7 Denver
8 Georgia
9 California
10 Alabama
See the top 36.
2020 Men’s NCAA preseason poll
- Stanford
- Oklahoma
- Michigan
- Illinois
- Nebraska
- Minnesota
- Penn State
- Iowa
- Ohio State
- Navy
STANFORD SNAGS TOP SPOT IN CGA PRESEASON COACHES POLL
Iowa’s JD Reeve is a candidate for the USA Gymnastics Men’s VP position.
MOST 10s in NCAA history
Seniors Kyla Ross and Maggie Nichols currently sit in sixth and seventh place respectively, with Ross nine 10.0s away from tying the record. She recorded fourteen 10.0s during the 2019 season. …
1 Jenny Hansen (Kentucky) 28
2 Jamie Dantzscher (UCLA) 27
3 Hope Spivey (Georgia) 24
4 Kim Arnold (Georgia) 21
5 Karin Lichey (Georgia) 20
6 Kyla Ross (UCLA) 19
7 Maggie Nichols (Oklahoma) 17
Right. judging has NOT been consistent over the decades. We are living in one of the highest scoring eras.
increasing the # of American College gymnasts
For many years the National Association of Intercollegiate Gymnastics Clubs (NAIGC) has been promoting the expansion of collegiate and adult gymnastics opportunities in the United States.
Our membership has grown to over 1750 members from more than 100 clubs.
Beyond the NCAA, there is a growing divide between the increasing demand for collegiate gymnastics, dwindling funding for gymnastics scholarships, and rising tuition. In 2017, we launched a scholarship program to help bridge this gap and every year we have been able to award $1500 scholarships to two male and two female athletes each year. …
The NAIGC is trying to raise $10,000 towards 4 new scholarships.
