University of Maryland receives $21.25 million gift from Gossett family to help student-athletes
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Sean Melton wins Nissen-Emery
Alec Yoder MVP & Specialist of the Year
Ebee Price wins the AAI
Stanford’s first winner.
One of the favourites for the AA, she’ll rotate with Utah. Most likely she’ll compete after Skinner on each apparatus.
Here’s everyone who was nominated this season.
Maggie Nichols the favourite in AA
Maggie is ranked #1 going into Nationals.
MyKayla Skinner, Alex McMurtry and Ebee Price right behind.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Oklahoma wins NAIGC. Again.
1. University of Oklahoma 238.8
2. Arizona State University 234.7
3. Texas A&M University 231.2
full results
The Oklahoma Gymnastics Club team won their fourth consecutive National Association of Intercollegiate Gymnastics Clubs (NAIGC) Championships.
injuries at LSU
Good article.
LSU junior Lexie Priessman has had eight surgeries and may require another on her shoulder in the offseason. …
McKenna Kelley is sitting out her junior season after suffering an Achilles tendon tear in November. …
Gnat, now LSU’s student assistant coach, considers herself lucky. She said she has never had a stitch, surgery or been under anesthesia. …
Gymnasts passionately ‘push through’ sport despite high rate of injuries, which LSU is trying to curb

One study:
Female gymnasts more commonly suffered major injuries compared with men, and more commonly underwent surgery after injury (24.4% of female injuries required surgery vs 9.2% in males).
The anatomic region most often injured in men was the hand and wrist (24%). The anatomic region most often injured in women was the foot and ankle (39%). Overall, injury rates were highest in freshman-eligible athletes.
Evaluation of Men’s and Women’s Gymnastics InjuriesA 10-Year Observational Study (2015)
Emma Malabuyo inspired by Peng
Emma won Jesolo with an impressive 55.868.
Watch a GREAT interview with Emma — following the meet — on FloGymnastics
(At that same age Peng was inspired by UCLA’s Vanessa Zamarripa.)
After watching UCLA videos Emma decided to start vlogging.
Click PLAY or watch a L10 Texas State meet on YouTube.
NCAA Dance Party
Miss Val is always talking dance party. Keeping it light. Keeping it fun.
Click PLAY or watch a dance party montage on Facebook.
Minnesota’s Hannah Hitchcock gathered dance footage throughout the entire season.
Thanks Oklahoma, LSU, Nebraska, Iowa, Iowa State, Michigan, Cal, UW-La Crosse, Denver, UC Davis, UW-Eau Claire, Mizzou, Penn State, Kentucky, Lindenwood and your #Gophers!

