tumbling, tramp, diving, acrobatics, circus, cheer, dance, martial arts, X sports … and more
A strong competition in the AA.
Happiest on the list might be Louisa Blanco who will qualify for the Paris Olympics.
Jordan competes for UCLA. Kayla for Florida, though she’s taking a year off to train towards trying to qualify for Paris.
No response yet from the University, as I post.
I take that as a bad sign for the Head Coach, Tom Farden, who’s already been investigated and not found guilty on complaints similar to what Kara has experienced.
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I’d first seen motorized mat lifts in the nordic nations. For Team Gym.
GREAT idea.
The main progression for Vault is to train uphill. On to soft mats.
Taiso in Saskatoon has a permanent Vault table. It works extremely well.
But if you don’t have space for a permanent set-up, consider something custom like they are using at Clemson.
THIS is entertaining.
Sandra is an American who competes for Egypt. A former Ball State and Georgia gymnast, now training at the Georgia Elite club as an Elite for Egypt.
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Of course there are many male former and current NCAA gymnasts, as well.
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The best facilities and highest paid coaches in the world are in the NCAA.
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Farden will stay on with Utah. But has been warned and will be monitored moving forward.
This is not to say that the complainants were wrong. I fully respect the courage they showed sharing negative experiences. But the report deemed that Farden’s conduct did not exceed the threshold to recommend dismissal.
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