Yep.
Head Coach Jordyn Wieber is bringing in bestie Chris Brooks who’d been coaching Men in Oklahoma. And Chris Bogantes who’s been coaching at Illinois the past 2 years.
Category: NCAA
Christine MacDonald new CMU Head Coach
MacDonald recently completed her 25th season as a member of the CMU coaching staff after being a student-athlete for the Chippewas from 1988-91 and a student coach in 1992. …
NCAA WAG home attendance
Average:
Utah 14,842
Alabama 11,864
LSU 11,082
UCLA 10,242
Georgia 10,093
Florida 8,333
Division I Academic sports
R.I.P. Carol Johnston
One of the gymnasts that inspired me most in my life, Carol Johnston, died of complications from Early On-set Alzheimers. We trained together as kids at Altadore Gymnastics.
Julie Knight Bowse posted in Gymnastics – A Golden Era
“It is with a heavy heart that I let all of you know that Carol Johnston-Koniar [“Lefty”] passed away on Saturday, May 11, 2019 ….
Carol and I were teammates and roommates at Cal State Fullerton and remained lifelong friends. Her husband called me Saturday and asked that I inform the gymnastics community. He is grateful that she is no longer suffering.” 😥
Click PLAY or watch her Beam on Facebook.
related – Her husband Scott D. Koniar posted her medical story in the Gianna Homes newsletter in 2017.
My wife Carol Johnston Koniar was born with one arm in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. …
Her parents encouraged her to not let her one arm be a handicap. Carol grew up enjoying both ice skating and gymnastics.
Carol … received a scholarship to Cal State Fullerton.
In 1979, Disney produced a documentary short on Carol entitled The Truly Exceptional: Carol Johnston.
The documentary was turned into a feature film Lefty, which premiered across the nation as part of Disney’s Wonderful World series.
… read more (page 5)
Click PLAY or watch a Cal State Fullerton tribute on YouTube.
via Fans of Canadian Gymnastics
Robert Ladanyi to Nebraska
Nebraska women’s gymnastics Head Coach Heather Brink announced the hiring of Robert Ladanyi on Friday as the newest member of the Nebraska coaching staff.
He’s got plenty of experience having coached at Florida, Denver and Utah.
Heart this on Twitter.
new UCLA Head Coach Chris Waller
No surprise.
Chris is a great guy. Great coach. Super experienced.
Congratulations.
Miss Val:
“Chris was born to coach, and I can honestly say that so much of our program’s success since he’s been on this staff has been due to his contributions. He is a true student of the sport of gymnastics and has embraced the psychological side of coaching as much as he has the technical side. I am confident that Chris will sustain the culture and excellence of the program, and I am excited to see the next chapter of UCLA Gymnastics under his guidance.”
fierce LSU INTRO video
Wow. The Tigers really had a great Nationals to finish second.
These ladies deserve MORE than a billboard.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Maggie Nichols wins the Honda
It’s got nothing to do with the Heisman. The Honda is better. 😀
Maggie is absolutely one of the greatest College gymnasts all time.
Oklahoma junior and 2019 NCAA team, vault and all-around champion Maggie Nichols was named the Honda Sport Award winner for Gymnastics, the Collegiate Women Sports Awards (CWSA) announced Tuesday. …
“It is such an honor and truly a blessing to receive this award,” Nichols said. “Being one of the three athletes in OU history to ever receive this award is truly incredible. I also want to congratulate Brenna Dowell, Sarah Finnegan and Kyla Ross on being nominated this year as they are all incredible athletes.
Nichols was chosen by a vote of administrators from over 1,000 NCAA member schools. …
