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All the best over the coming year.

A $4 million fund where the interest could pay for the relatively inexpensive Men’s program.

Began in 1926. This is our 88th year

Olympians: Chet Phillips (36), Bob Stout (52), Dominick Minicucci (92)

Olympic coaching staff members: Fred Turoff (92), Miles Avery (04, 08)

Highest GPA of all Temple teams the past three years

Top 3 highest GPA of all NCAA Men’s Gymnastics teams the past three years

We’ve run Philadelphia Boys’ Gymnastics, the only competitive program for area boys, for 11 years

via Some facts about TUMG (PDF)

That PDF has contact information for 3 administrators at Temple who could be petitioned.

Ted Pearson, a historian who teaches at Franklin & Marshall College, said his sons Will, 15, and Owen, 12, have been attending gymnastics at Temple for about five years.

“They really like it,” said Pearson, who brings the boys from their home in Merion. “It teaches them discipline, gives them physical fitness and mental alertness.”

“If we lose this program, I don’t know what we’re going to do,” Pearson said. “There’s no boys gymnastics where we live.”

Read more at Philly.com – Will boys’ gymnastics program at Temple survive?

related – Neil D. Theobald, president of Temple University, gives the media his version of why 7 teams were cut. He’s clear that cutting Football, instead, would not have saved those seven.

The former World Champ is looking pretty good in his comeback.

2nd with 15.800

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Thanks Joel.

Nice edit.

Montage of some of USAG’s first year juniors, All of these girls are very talented and definitely have the ability to make it to either Rio 2016, or Tokyo 2020!

… Maile, Sydney, Jordan, Norah, Alexis, Ragan, & Ariana.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

(via Swing Big)

Wallers’ GymJam Academy:

Jimmy the Elf working on his flexibility

Born March 25, 1991, in Saskatoon, Sask., Loran trains under coach Markos Baikas at Taiso Gymnastics Club in his hometown.

He won the silver medal on high bar at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. In 2011 Loran placed seventh all-around at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara …

IG – Fitness, Firefighting on Agenda for Loran

Click PLAY or watch Anderson learning Kovacs in 2008 on YouTube.

Sweet swing.

For example …

Or should that be effin’ G elements? 🙂

Many of these are seriously near impossible.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

😦

GymCastic:

Please stop whatever you’re doing and pray to the gym gods that Oksana Chusovitina’s ankle will heal quickly! #ChristmasMiracle

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