From Keeping Up with the Cool GIFs – Week 5.
Category: NCAA
Washington coach Jen Llewellyn
With mentor Tanya Chaplin.
UCLA Beam – loud, distracting music
Freshman Selena Harris said throughout beam practice in Westwood on Wednesday, the Bruins’ coaching staff played intentionally distracting music to help prepare the team for the atmosphere at the Red Rocks’ Jon M. Huntsman Center.
“The day before we left (for Utah), we trained beam with super obnoxious songs, and we played them super loud so that it could distract us,” Harris said.
“… That was horrible. But that was the whole point – to still do a strong beam routine while so much noise is happening.” …
Daily Bruin
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Wow – superb LSU video
Who’s the video editor in Baton Rouge?
Giovanni Lamonte
#respect
Rebekah’s Ripley team choreography 😀
happy NCAA teams week 5
Spencer’s weekly update:
Last season, it look an NQS in the 197.9s to rank in the top 4 (seeded to make the championship), in the 197.4s to rank in the top 8 (seeded to make nationals), in the 196.9s to rank in the top 16 (seeded to make the regional final), and in the 196.2s to rank in the top 36 (advancing to regionals). …
Right now, we see only the current top 4 with any scores at that 197.9 level, reinforcing the gap they have created between themselves and everyone else and the likelihood that they stay in those positions. …
Week 5 Rankings and Notes
| 1. | Oklahoma | 198.020 |
| 2. | Michigan | 197.755 |
| 3. | Florida | 197.735 |
| 4. | Utah | 197.695 |
Maile O’Keefe – Beam
Adriana Popp – Vault
nine 10s last night in NCAA
Though Spencer bemoans the judging, there were some terrific team and individual performances on Friday, Feb 3, 2023.
Which of these routines would YOU award a 10?
Jerry Reighard settles with CMU
Central Michigan University is paying up in a lawsuit filed by its former gymnastics coach.
Jerry Reighard was fired in April 2019 after a 35-year career, where he was revered as a gymnastics coach. The school claimed he was terminated for telling a gymnast to lie about concussion symptoms.
But Reighard disputed that and filed an age discrimination lawsuit. On Friday, a settlement was announced in two lawsuits brought by Reighard, the one against CMU and the other against ESPN and one of its reporters.
The settlement, which was announced a week before the case was scheduled for trial, includes CMU paying Reighard $350,000. He also settled his defamation lawsuit against ESPN and its reporter, Dan Murphy. …
ABC
Gymnastics Coaching.com 