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Category: NCAA
Taylor Rice Senior video
UCLA Seniors – They stole the show.
The Bruins may not win the team Championships 2016. But I’d say they had the best social media / public relations over this season.
Click PLAY or watch their Senior video on Facebook. A fantastic edit. 🙂
(via College Gymnastics Board)
Alyssa DiFrancesco – Why I quit Penn State
My morals, values and mental health were a million times more important to me than seeing my name on the wall in the locker room
… I was practically raised by my Russian coaches and knew nothing but tough love and endless yelling. “Eat, sleep, breathe gymnastics” was what we used to say to make fun of ourselves but it was accurate. I couldn’t count the amount of unattended school activities because of practice, the long weekends spent in hotels for competitions and the quarter-sized rips on my hands. However, with all those hardships came the rewards and the gratitude of winning a competition or perfecting a new skill. It was the highs and adrenaline that kept me going – I loved it.
It’s very clear that sports are physically exhausting and injuries happen all the time – I’ve been aware of this since I was maybe seven. When I walked-on for the Penn State Women’s Gymnastics team, injuries became a whole different story. …
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THE ARTIST – Ivana Hong
Ivana Hong can be defined by her grace, and her family for its courage
“How do you capture Ivana in words?” wondered Chris Swircek, Stanford’s women’s gymnastics associate head coach. “Her movement is so fluid and graceful, all the way down to her hands and her fingertips and the way she holds her head.
“It’s art, right?” …
Hong doesn’t compete to win, she said. She never has. She competes for perfection, or at least the pursuit of it.
Click PLAY or watch her Beam in Finals at Championships 2015 on YouTube.
Ivana’s Mom was one of the Vietnamese Boat People who fled the war as refugees.
Click through to read a fantastic profile on Go Stanford – The Artist
Thanks Cordelia.
McKenzie Wofford – Bars
Beam Queen Morgan Lane
Morgan is one of the highlights from last week as selected by the NCAA Power Rankings Week 10.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (9.85 @W&M)
Or watch her 9.95 at Florida on Twitter. (VIDEO)
NCAA attendance 2016
Utah 197.675 over Georgia 197.125
A great competition. Full results.
… Unfortunately, Saturday’s meet wasn’t all good news for the Utes. Sophomore Maddy Stover, the anchor on balance beam and a key performer on floor, injured her shoulder during her balance beam routine, which earned a 9.825. …
Farden said he isn’t sure if the Utes will have her back for the postseason, which starts Saturday with the Pac-12 Championships. The Utes already are without sophomore Kari Lee, who tore her Achilles’ tendon earlier in the season.
…Utah gymnastics » Hughes scores 10 on floor to beat Georgia.
Click PLAY or watch Utah highlights Senior Night on Facebook.
29 teams to Regionals
29 teams have mathematically made Regionals. 10 more to fight for the final 7 spots … See the teams here.
24 Eastern Michigan 195.875 MAC
25 Illinois-Champaign 195.870 Big Ten
26 Southern Utah 195.840 MRGC
27 West Virginia 195.805 Big 12
28 Penn State 195.800 Big Ten
29 Ohio State 195.765 Big Ten
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