the history of Jazzercise

You’ll think this is a Saturday Night Live skit.

Not so. This was a real TV show in 1982. 🙂

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Judi Sheppard Missett began what would evolve into Jazzercise as a student at Northwestern University. Sheppard Missett was teaching at a dance studio and noticed her classes had high dropout rates. Realizing students were attending for physical fitness and not to become highly technically proficient in dance, Shepard Missett began to hold “just for fun” classes that began with a jazz warmup. These classes were eventually renamed “Jazzercise.”

Maile O’Keefe wins Jr Gymnix

1. Maile O’Keefe, USA, 55.934
2. Gabby Perea, USA, 55.700
3. Giorgia Villa, Italy, 55.502
4. Emma Malabuyo, USA, 54.135
5. Asia D’Amato, Italy, 53.934
6. Elisa Iorio, Italy, 53.902
full results

Lauren Hopkins was there. Read her LIVE commentary.

Beam – Handspring to Rudi dismount

Cool.

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Margo Hayes – world’s best female rock climber

American Woman Reaches a New Milestone in Rock Climbing

Nineteen-year-old Margo Hayes has taken a huge leap in shrinking the climbing world’s gender gap.

best NCAA meet of the weekend?

I think so. Boise State 197.675 v 197.150 Denver.

International Gymnix Results

1 Hitomi Hatakeda Japan 54.635
2 Shallon Olsen Canada 53.401
3 Brooklyn Moors Canada 53.001
4 Jade Chrobok Canada 52.635
5 Ayu Koike Japan 52.402
6 Sophie Marois Canada 52.168
full results

The host nation won the Team title.

Oksana Chusovitina Uzbekistan 14.567 Vault

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Apparatus Finals Qualifiers (Organizing Committee will add one additional gymnast to each Final.)