Category: NCAA

Elite to NCAA … a catharsis

Will Graves:

… Kondos Field has long felt that college gymnastics offers “psychological rehab” for former elite gymnasts who spent their teenage years buried in the gym for 30-plus hours a week, a physical and mental grind that can leave some broken in body or spirit by the time they reach college.

That’s where UCLA’s Katelyn Ohashi found herself when she arrived on campus in 2015. Once one of the top juniors in the country, Ohashi’s senior elite career was derailed by injuries and struggles with body image that followed her to Los Angeles. …

College gymnastics offers catharsis in wake of Nassar furor

Maggie Nichols 10.0 Beam

I’m OK with this 10.

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Oklahoma leads Men’s NCAA

Week 4. 

MSU gymnasts moving forward

Sydney Ewing:

Ewing made the trip from Texas to watch the Spartans compete and to visit campus again with her father, Steve Ewing, who insisted he has no fear of sending his daughter to Michigan State to be a gymnast and student.

“I’m not scared,” he said. “This is going to be the cleanest, safest program in the country. It’s going to be squeaky clean …

WaPo – Michigan State gymnastics team tries to move on from Nassar

UCLA & Oklahoma 10-fest

 

UCLA, Oklahoma Gymnasts Give Super Showcase

Teams combine for six 10.0s.

Judging was too high, but it was a great competition none the less.

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Click PLAY or watch Brenna on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/ou_wgymnastics/status/960289423815467008

Click PLAY or watch Anastasia Webb on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch Maggie on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/ou_wgymnastics/status/960326794615300096

Oklahoma still leads NCCA

Week 5.

Spencer posted the best wrap-up of week 5.

On GymCastic #175 he said this past weekend had CRACK judging all over the place. Impossible scores.

Together We Rise – UCLA & Oklahoma

An emotional montage by Deanna Hong.

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Who cares who won the dual meet. These teams are both winners.

related – watch the video being presented at UCLA

LSU instead of the Ranch

Good idea.

Some of the wonderful NCAA Gym are not all that busy.

“We want to thank LSU’s women’s gymnastics program for the opportunity to use their facility,” said Rhonda Faehn, senior vice president for women’s gymnastics.

“Their incredible facility allows us to hold an alternative for team verification that uses a format that is familiar to the athletes and coaches. …”

Athletes will be named for the all-around World Cup competitions in Stuttgart, Germany, Birmingham, Great Britain, and Tokyo, Japan, as well as the alternate for the 2018 American Cup. The opportunity is open to members of the women’s national team and other rising gymnasts who were invited to participate in the original February verification camp. …

USAG

via Gymternet Clan

MaKenna Merrell-Giles 10.0 vault

Click PLAY or watch the legit 10 on Twitter.

Great meet for the Utes.

coach Jordyn Wieber

A UCLA tribute.

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