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“Get a Grip” Gymblog:

With a Double Twisting Yurchenko, a Full In floor mount and a beautiful piked Jaeger, one would expect Shallon Olsen to be a seasoned veteran rather than a mere 11 year old from Canada. …

To my knowledge, the youngest girl in the USA to perform a Double Twisting Yurchenko on an Elite stage was Lexie Priessman in 2009 who had turned 12 the previous January. Shallon first competed the vault at age 10 …

read more – Fresh Face Friday : Shallon Olsen

Find out who inspires Shallon. And see her Floor via that link.

… I don’t recall any girl so young and small who did Shallon’s kind of difficulty. There’s no explanation. She’s unique.

Click PLAY or watch her Vault on YouTube.

She is age eligible for Rio.

Shallon’s coached by Svetlana Lashina & Vladimir Lashin. Vladamir is the most controversial coach in Canada. Very severe.

related – GymCan – Shallon Olsen dazzles en route to junior victory at Elite Canada (Feb. 2012)

Click PLAY or watch it on Brightcove.

http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1

Yet another strong Olympic contender for team Canada, Dominique tied for Bronze on Floor in Cottbus. (VIDEO)

Dominique Pegg, 18, is seeking a spot on Team Canada s Olympic shortlist at the May Canadian National Championships in Regina.

Fellow Bluewater club members and Canucks, Talia Chiarelli, 17, and Emma Willis, 19, are also vying for spots on Team Canada. …

Observer

36 teams qualified. Congratulations.

And good luck to the individuals announced for the April 7 competitions:

Those in bold are the top 2 seeds, expecting to move on to Championships.

NC State Regional
1. Florida
2. Ohio State
3. Penn State
4. NC State
5. Kent State
6. North Carolina

Illinois Regional
1. Oklahoma
2. Stanford
3. Denver
4. Illinois
5. Kentucky
6. Illinois-Chicago

Arkansas Regional
1. UCLA
2. Arkansas
3. Boise State
4. Missouri
5. New Hampshire
6. Maryland

Washington Regional
1. Alabama
2. LSU
3. Arizona
4. Washington
5. Iowa
6. Central Michigan

Utah Regional
1. Nebraska
2. Utah
3. Minnesota
4. Iowa State
5. Arizona State
6. San Jose State

Auburn Regional
1. Georgia
2. Oregon State
3. Auburn
4. Michigan
5. West Virginia
6. Michigan State

Watch the VIDEO ANNOUNCEMENT from NCAA.

Possible upsets?

Could Boise beat Arkansas?

NCAA – Regional championship selections

The atmosphere at the Kyle Shewfelt Gymnastics Festival was electric.

And intense.

Aussie cowboys Joshua Jefferis, Thomas Pichler, Sam Offord and Brody Jai Hennessy:

In the City of Calgary, we welcome visitors with Smithbilt white Stetsons.

If you’re tired of slow, long, boring Canadian gymnastics competitions, schedule Kyle’s meet for 2013. For many of the 800 athletes who attended this, the 2nd annual, it will be the most FUN competition of the season.

Kyle’s negotiating dates for the next 3 years. When the calendar is fixed, I’ll post it here.

The hosts at University of Calgary added a lot of nice touches for 2012.

There are 1400+ more photos on the KyleShewfeltGymFest Flickr photostream. Most of the best were taken by Dave Holland.

2012 RESULTS.

There was a glitch in the software for Big Show Finals. Apologies for that.

Nebraska Wins Big Ten Women’s Gymnastics Championships

Huskers’ Emily Wong wins all-around crown to lead Nebraska to first Big Ten title

That link has full results.

Great quality video on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (part 1)

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (part 2)

At Gymnastics Adventure, Regina.

Nikolai Andrianov, the great Soviet gymnast, died last year at only age-58. After a long painful illness.

NY Times obituary

In honour of his memory, click over to the Facebook page for Miracles for MSA. And like.

Thanks for your time.

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That show is back.

… I’d watch an edit that ONLY includes gymnastics scenes. Otherwise, I prefer the real life drama of Storage Wars. 🙂

USAG has done a terrific job this season communicating stories from American Collegiate gymnastics. Here are the the champions and links to results from super Saturday March 24th, 2012:

Big 12 Championships – Oklahoma Sooners 197.475

Big Ten Championships – Nebraska

EAGL Championships – West Virginia University season-best 196.475

ECAC Div. I Championships – University of Pennsylvania edges Towson University 194.400 to 194.375

ECAC Div. II Championships – University of Bridgeport women’s gymnastics team won its fourth consecutive title

MAC Championships – Central Michigan best team-score of the season with a 195.675 edging out Kent State 195.225

MIC Championships – Illinois State gymnastics dominated

MPSF Championships – UC Davis claim its third straight title

NCGA Div. III National Championships – Brockport Women’s Gymnastics team finished in a tie for first-place with University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

Pac-12 — In front of 19,374 people at the Huntsman Center, UCLA claimed the first-ever Pac-12 Gymnastics Championship 197.425.

SEC Championships – No. 1 Florida 197.150 in front of 7,170 fans at The Arena at Gwinnett Center (same venue to be used for Championships)

WAC Championships – Denver

USAG – Collegiate conference champions crowned on Saturday