Veteran Arizona gymnastics assistant coach John Court has been named interim head coach for the 2017-18 season …. Court has been on the Wildcats’ staff for the past 19 seasons under previous head coaches Bill Ryden and Tabitha Yim. …
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FISU Women’s apparatus finals
Vault
1. ROGERS Brittany CAN 14.250 (VIDEO)
2. AKHAIMOVA Liliia RUS 13.983
3. PASEKA Maria RUS 13.916
Bars
1. SPIRIDONOVA Daria RUS 14.233 (VIDEO)
2. BUI Kim Ngan GER 14.066
3. Ellie BLACK CAN 13.966
Beam
1. Ellie BLACK CAN 14.133
2. SASADA Natsumi JPN 13.833
3. IORDACHE Larisa ROM 13.666
Floor
1. IORDACHE Larisa ROM 13.800 (VIDEO)
2. TERAMOTO Asuka JPN 13.766
3. AKHAIMOVA Liliia RUS 13.533
Lauren Hopkins – Canada Grabs Two Golds in Event Finals
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• Canada’s Ellie Black, Brittany Rogers grab gymnastic gold at Universiade
new Stanford Head Coach Tabitha Yim
Former Stanford standout Tabitha Yim has been named head coach of the Cardinal women’s gymnastics team …
Yim, a former Cardinal assistant coach, spent the past two seasons at Arizona as head coach of the Wildcats’ program. …
Larisa wins FISU
1 RUSSIA
2 CANADA
3 JAPAN
1 Larisa Iordache Romania 56.750
2 Asuka Teramoto Japan 55.650
3 Ellie Black Canada 54.950
4 Evgeniya Shelgunova Russia 54.200
5 Natsumi Sasada Japan 53.250
6 Filipa Martins Portugal 52.400
full results
Despite not competing on all four events since last summer, Larisa Iordache showed up at Universiade in Taipei this week to win the all-around gold medal while also qualifying in the top three on every event but vault. …
Ellie Black of Canada led all-around qualifications with a 56.050 with her best competition of the year, hands down, but a missed catch at the end of her Maloney to Hindorff combo on bars and a muscled hop change into her piked Jaeger led to just a 12.9 on bars and a 54.950 in the all-around. …
8 NCAA superstars
Lucy Wener
Missy Marlowe
Karen Lichey
Mohini Bhardwaj
Jamie Dantzcher
Jenny Hansen
Courtney Kupets
Mykayla Skinner
Click PLAY or watch Lucy Werner’s 1988 Bars on YouTube. Check that release.
Nebraska’s new facility approved
Men and women will train together in the new Gym.
Kristen Smyth is stepping down
I didn’t see this coming.
Kristen Smyth is stepping down as head coach of the Stanford women’s gymnastics team …
Smyth led the Cardinal to unprecedented success in the gym during her tenure, including seven NCAA Super Six appearances and four top-four finishes. Of Stanford’s 115 All-America honors, 95 have come under Smyth’s leadership. …
Stanford will immediately launch a search for Smyth’s replacement.
I’m surprised this announcement did not come immediately after last season.
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Fred Turoff’s retirement party
R.I.P. Roger Counsil
Roger L. Counsil (born January 11, 1935 in Wood River, Illinois died August 8, 2017) was one of the most successful gymnastics coaches in the United States and headed the United States Gymnastics Federation, now known as USA Gymnastics.
In his 17 years of coaching at Indiana State University, Counsil’s teams produced 46 All-Americans and his team won the 1977 NCAA Division I championship.
Among the outstanding individuals Counsil coached were former Sycamore great Kurt Thomas and Dave Seal, another ISU Hall of Fame member.
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