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 training for Oklahoma
Category: NCAA
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.
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.
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Kirsten Peterman gets ready for Maryland
Congratulations Kirsten. We’ll be cheering you at University of Maryland. 🙂
HEART this photo on Instagram.
Kyla Ross montage
I predict Kyla will instantly be one of the top NCAA gymnasts next season.
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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.
Miss Val profile in UCLA magazine
No one does floor exercises like the Bruins, who are renowned for their ability to paint a scene while running, jumping and somersaulting through the air. Such storytelling elements are a hallmark of UCLA gymnastics, says Amanda Borden, a Pac-12 network commentator and Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics. She points to “routines uniquely designed for each athlete” as one of UCLA’s key strengths. …
Coach Valorie Kondos Field – Born to Perform
College Gymnastics humour
Myia Hambrick from LSU is funny.
She posted a humour piece online. A listicle.
Being a college gymnast is an exciting and unique experience; it’s basically our full-time job. To give you some insight on things only gymnasts have to worry about, here is Jess from “New Girl”.
For example:
# 10. Basically having to cut off the leotard after a meet.
First off, getting into those sequined spandex suits (say that three times fast!), is difficult. They are meant to be tight so as not to get in the way of your gymnastics, but sometimes after sweating during a meet and the copious amounts of hairspray that falls on you, they are even more difficult to get off! Plus, when you’re shimmying out of them you have to be careful not to make any of the rhinestones fall off or ripping any of the seams!
College Gymnastics As Told By Jess From New Girl
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Christina Aragon to Stanford
Not as a gymnast. She’s on a Track scholarship. A High School sensation!
4:16 High Schooler Christina Aragon Considers Herself a Gymnast First
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Thanks Don.
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