From the moment she won a national championship as a gymnast for Utah, Meredith Paulicivic (formerly King) knew she wanted to earn a ring as a Utah gymnastics coach.

In fact, she joked after graduation that Utah hadn’t seen the last of her. …

Paulicivic is in her second year as the Red Rocks’ assistant coach. The three-time vault All-American is the team’s primary vault coach. She also serves as Utah’s floor exercise choreographer and the director of the program’s summer gymnastic camps. …

Hard work, persistence lands Paulicivic dream job as Utah gymnastics coach

(via Greg Marsden)

Starts May 1, 2017.

USA Gymnastics has named 2004 Olympic team silver-medalist Brett McClure of Berkeley, Calif., as the high performance director for men’s gymnastics. McClure, who currently is the head men’s gymnastics coach at the University of California – Berkeley, will report to Dennis McIntyre, the vice president of men’s gymnastics, and will be based at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. …

Yoichi Tomita, chairman of the Men’s Program Committee, said, “Brett’s skills and knowledge of private club programs, collegiate programs and the national team was impressive, and his presentation and interview garnered strong support from the selection committee.”  …

USAG

1. Oklahoma 197.813
2. LSU 197.579
3. Florida 197.521
4. UCLA 197.025
5. Utah 196.879
6. Alabama 196.725
7. Boise 196.405
8. Michigan 196.338
9. Kentucky 196.257
10. Georgia 196.229
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Kentucky defeated Alabama this weekend for the first time with a 197.475 school record. ‘Bama had defeated them the previous 70 meets!

Freshman standout Mollie Korth’s floor routine capped a school-record team score as the No. 10 University of Kentucky gymnastics team beat No. 6 Alabama 197.475-197.050 at Memorial Coliseum on Friday night.

Korth finished first in the vault (9.925) and uneven parallel bars (9.925), and she tied for first in the floor exercise (9.925) to win the all-around title (39.625). …

Gym Cats set scoring record in upset win over No. 6 Alabama

The No. 12-ranked University of Denver women’s gymnastics team posted the sixth-highest team score in program history on Saturday night, edging out No. 8 Boise State 197.125-197.075. The Pioneers also tied the program record on bars with a team total of 49.400. …

Freshman Maddie Karr (Stillwater, Minn.) scored career highs in the all-around, bars, beam and floor on her way to scoring the fourth-highest all-around total in program history with a 39.675. She also won a share of the all-around, vault, beam and floor titles. …

“That might have been the best meet we’ve ever had,” co-head coach Neil Resnicksaid. “We’ve been trying to capture those special routines we see every day in practice, and tonight we saw several of those routines that were magical moments during the meet.” …

With the season-high score of 197.075, the Broncos will likely at least stand pat at their No. 8 spot in the national rankings.

No. 8 BSU Posts 197.075 at No. 12 Denver