This weekend was the final HOME meet for Randy Solorio who’s retiring the end of this season. Thanks for all the good years, coach.
Category: NCAA
197.950 Oklahoma – Florida 197.700
With some of the top names out of the Gators line-up, #1 OU defeated #2 Florida in one of the most anticipated competitions of the season.
In fact, after an excellent 1st rotation, neither team had a terrific meet.
LSU unshakeable
Another terrific LSU hype video.
funding NCAA Gymnastics Coaching jobs ➙ UCLA
… alumna Rita C. Rothman (’70) … establish The R.C. Rothman UCLA Head Gymnastics Coach Endowment in support of the head gymnastics coach’s position. In honor of Rothman’s gift, the position will now be known as The R.C. Rothman UCLA Head Gymnastics Coach. …
“I began my volunteer and philanthropic involvement in 1982 with the UCLA Gymsters, the booster group for men’s and women’s gymnastics, serving as president for seven years,” said Rothman. “This contribution is a tribute to Coach Valorie Kondos Field’s 37-year extraordinary tenure of guiding UCLA Gymnastics to seven NCAA championships and worldwide recognition.”
UCLA Athletics Receives Gift to Endow Head Gymnastics Coach Position
A dedicated alumna, volunteer and supporter, Rita Rothman’s boundless commitment to UCLA has served the university for more than 40 years. …
Rustam Sharipov interview
A member of the gold-medal-winning Unified Team in 1992, Rustam Sharipov returned in 1996 to claim Ukraine’s first men’s gymnastics gold, with a parallel bars win in Atlanta, where the Ukrainian men’s team also claimed bronze. …
Ohio State head coach Rustam Sharipov:
You became a U.S. citizen in 2008 and have lived in the United States for more than 20 years now, but you have family still living in Ukraine.
Yes, my parents are still there, my brother is still there, my nephew. I’m glad they are fine so far, but it’s hard every day …
The IOC recently said they’d consider letting athletes from Belarus and Russia compete under a neutral flag in 2024. As a Ukrainian Olympian, what are your feelings about that?
When this war first began, I sort of agreed about keeping politics and sports separate, but then I saw Russian athletes start actively supporting the war, supplying stuff for the war, and creating young military kids who are going to ‘protect’ their country…That’s when I completely changed.
This idea that letting Russia and Belarus compete will help bring the war to an end? That’s, excuse me, B.S. …
The other thing that really bothers me is that the Russians, their life didn’t change. They have everything they need to prepare for competitions, while Ukraine athletes…Some are dying, and most don’t have a place to practice, no coach, no gym. But the IOC says they should compete on the same field? That’s not fair. …
Inside Gymnastics – FROM UKRAINE WITH LOVE, PART ONE: RUSTAM SHARIPOV
NQS Feb 28, 2023
IF the season ended today.
R.I.P. Rusty Mitchell
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Rusty Mitchell, who coached men’s gymnastics at The University of New Mexico from 1966-99, passed away over the weekend at the age of 80. …
Mitchell’s Lobos won 11 Western Athletic Conference championships out of a possible 18, and he produced 16 NCAA individual champions and 53 All-Americans. …
He was twice selected as Assistant Coach for the U.S. Olympic Men’s Gymnastic Team, Mexico City, (1968) & Munich, Germany, (1972). …
GoLobos
We believe Rusty was the first to successfully compete Double Back on Floor in the Olympics. 1964 Tokyo.
Beam ➙ physics, what physics? 😀
To stay on you MUST keep your centre of gravity over the base of support.
Not Ellie Lazzari, of course. 😀
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