Category: NCAA

UCLA assistant coach Jordyn Wieber

An in-depth interview with the former World Champion.

JW: … I so wish I could go out there and compete, just because being in gym with them every single day, being a part of the team and watching the triumphs and struggles that they go through every single day, I wish that I could be a part of that physically, actually doing the gymnastics. I know that if I hadn’t gone professional, and I could have done college [gymnastics], I know that I would have wanted to do really, really well.

… Now, I get to coach them, which is really cool. I’m so thankful that Miss Val gave me the opportunity to do that. …

Perspective: A Conversation With Jordyn Wieber

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Miss Val interview

Entertaining and informative as always, click through to The Skating Lesson’s interview.

Valorie Kondos Field on the Women of Team USA

Sam, Kyla, Jordyn
Sam, Kyla, Jordyn

Why I Hate the F Word

Miss Val:

This past year the UCLA Gymnastics team set a goal to win the National Championship. We finished 5th.

It doesn’t equate to failure. It means we didn’t perform well enough to earn enough points to take first place.

Facts: We finished higher than we’d been ranked all year. We hit 48 for 48 routines at the NCAA championships. We stuck more landings in those two meets than we did all season. We reached the pinnacle of Coach Wooden’s pyramid of Success – Competitive Greatness: “to be able to be your best when your best is needed.” …

Why I Hate the F Word

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Maggie Nichols training for Oklahoma

Maggie is ready to move on after not being selected for Rio, not even as an alternate.

She’ll be a superstar there without question.

Maggie Nichols competes on the floor exercise during the women's U.S. Olympic gymnastics trials in San Jose, Calif., Friday, July 8, 2016. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Maggie Nichols competes on the floor exercise during the women’s U.S. Olympic gymnastics trials in San Jose, Calif., Friday, July 8, 2016. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Jordyn Wieber – Four Years Later

A documentary by Deanna Hong. Sponsored by Tumbl Trak.

Four years ago, Jordyn Wieber brought home a gold medal from the London Olympics as a member of the US Women’s Gymnastics team, famously known as the Fierce Five. Since London, Wieber has moved across the country, found a new gymnastics family, and dived into a new role in the gym. Find out what Jordyn has been up to these past four years and what more is to come.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (9 min)

2016 NCAA Woman of the Year

517 student-athletes will be considered for this year’s award …

The top 30 honorees will be celebrated and the 2016 NCAA Woman of the Year winner will be announced at the annual award ceremony Oct. 16 in Indianapolis.

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See the list of female gymnasts nominated on PunchFront.net.

Maegan Chant – packing for Florida

The veteran of the Canadian team is finished with elite Gymnastics. She’s ready to move on to NCAA.

Click PLAY or watch it on Instagram.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BHU8b-8jQDY/

Kirsten Peterman gets ready for Maryland

Congratulations Kirsten. We’ll be cheering you at University of Maryland. 🙂

HEART this photo on Instagram.

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LSU coach D-D Breaux gets a raise

D-D Breaux, the school’s longtime gymnastics coach, is getting a 23 percent bump in pay to $240,000 and a two-year contract extension …

Breaux is receiving a $45,000 raise from her previous salary of $195,000 — a boost that follows the program’s best finish at the national championships in April when it took second behind Oklahoma.

Breaux, a Donaldsonville native, is entering her 40th season leading the gymnastics program.

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