Tall for an NCAA Gymnastics team. Check the roster. Only one gymnast shorter than 5’3”. (Ashley Hiller)
related – Balance Beam Situation – 2018 FRESHMEN – OKLAHOMA
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Category: NCAA
more gymnasts should compete Higgins to L grip
Like this.
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Alma Kuc was born in Canada, raised in South America and the U.S. … then competed for Poland.
She trained under coaches Artur Akopyan and Galina Marinova at All Olympia Gymnastics Center in Los Angeles.
(via BBS)
Pitt Gymnastics coach Samantha Snider
Samantha Snider was named the head coach of the University of Pittsburgh gymnastics program on June 12, 2017 …
Snider becomes the third head coach in the history of the gymnastics program at Pitt, stepping into her first head coaching role after spending the previous nine seasons at the University of Arkansas.
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And if you don’t catch your release move at Pitt …
gymnasts are academically strong
Yet another example.
The Academic Progress Rate (APR) is an NCAA multi-year measurement of academic progress and an institution’s retention of student-athletes.
Thanks Greg.
University of Houston Gymnastics Team
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training Beam at Oklahoma
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Rape and the Justice System in a College Town
Gymnovosti posted on how rape is viewed in former Soviet Union nations. Things are even worse there for girls and women than in the west.
The protection afforded rapists there, however, reminded me of the protection afforded American Football stars. 🙁
_____ originally posted June 2016
I’m worried when gymnasts – male and female – go off to University.
College athletes have, at least, a support system on arrival. A team. Coaches and staff looking out for them.
You would never have seen Brock Turner’s face if he had been sentenced 3-5 years. Or more. He could’ve gotten 14 years.
When he was sentenced only 6 months people asked:
• Is it because he’s a Stanford student?
• Is it because he’s a scholarship athlete?
• Is it because he’s white?
This case led me to read Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer.
The acclaimed author researched 230 rapes in town, most of which either weren’t prosecuted or the prosecutions were bungled. Most rapists walked away without punishment.
This guy did go to trial. If I were on the jury I would have found star quarterback Jordan Johnson guilty of rape.
Instead the state of Montana paid Johnson $245,000 under a settlement where he agreed to drop claims that the school and its officials mishandled the investigation against him.
This guy – Brandon Vandenberg – former Vanderbilt football player, was found guilty for his role in the gang rape of an unconscious female student in 2013.
Only one of his rapes. He was sentenced to 17 years in prison.
The Department of Education has an investigation ongoing into 192 universities alleged to be mishandling sexual-assault complaints.
A good gift for a student going away to University for the first time would be this book – Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town
Most young people don’t know the law. Are clueless when it comes to date rape. Acquaintance rape. 😦
related – my full review of the Krakauer’s book
27% of Division 1 NCAA coaches change
Wow. I wonder if this is a one time thing. Or the new normal.
Silver Linings: Christine Lee’s Olympic Story
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Courtney McGregor interview
Boise State gymnast Courtney McGregor was happy to have come to Worlds representing New Zealand.
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