unheralded stars of week 9

Balance Beam Situation:

Gymnasts from schools outside the top 25 who scored over 9.900

Danielle Mulligan, New Hampshire – Bars, 9.925
Mulligan is currently ranked 12th on UB and is setting herself up as one of those gymnasts who could legitimately get to nationals as an individual.

Breahna Wiczkowski, Temple – Beam, 9.925
New name to learn. Sophomore whose previous high was 9.850 and had broken the 9.8 barrier just three times in her career.

Macey Hilliker, Central Michigan – Floor, 9.950
She’s so the new Rachel Stypinski in this category. After six 9.925s, CMU finally hit a 9.950. 

Rachel Stypinski, Kent State – Floor, 9.950

Bailey Abernathy, Minnesota – Floor, 9.950

Briannah Tsang, Penn State – Floor, 9.950
Penn State broke 196 for the first time this season, in the process moving back into the top-36 regional spots. I wonder what changed…

Nicola Deans, Michigan State – Floor 9.950

Kayla Beckler, Kaitlyn Menzione, Sydney Finke, Ball State – Floor 9.925
School record 49.500 on floor.

Krysten Howard, Arizona – Floor, 9.925

Victoria Ortiz, Arizona – Bars, 9.925

Taylor Chan, San Jose State – Floor, 9.925
The freshman is top 50 on floor, following a string of 9.875s with this 9.925. 

USA Men’s Jr Spring assignments

University of Calgary International Cup, Calgary, Canada, March 17-18

Cameron Bock, Tustin, Calif./SCATS Gymnastics
Julian Brutchin-Roose, Van Nuys, Calif/Gymnastics Olympica USA
Paul Juda, Deerfield, Ill./Buffalo Grove Gymnastics Center
Ian Lasic-Ellis, Dover, Mass./Massachusetts Elite Gymnastics Academy
Alexei Vernyi, Cypress, Texas/Cypress Academy of Gymnastics
Shane Wiskus, Spring Park, Minn./Mini-Hops Gymnastics

Coaches: Levon Karakhanyan, Massachusetts Elite Gymnastics Academy and Igor Vernyi, Cypress Academy

International Junior Team Cup, Berlin, Germany, April 7-8

Brandon Briones of Gilbert, Ariz./USA Youth Fitness Center
Asher Hong, Frisco, Texas/WOGA Gymnastics
Josh Karnes, Erie, Pa./Lakettes Gymnastic Academy
Jacob Moore, West Bloomfield, Mich./Twistars USA

Coaches: Jacob Marks, Lakettes Gymnastics, Sergei Pakanich, WOGA Gymnastics

USAG

‘Fearless Girl’

The stunt, timed to International Women’s Day on Wednesday, is meant to symbolize the power of women in leadership. More specifically, it’s part of a campaign by SSGA to emphasize that companies with women in top positions perform better financially. …

The new campaign also calls on more than 3,500 companies—the ones that SSGA invests in on behalf of clients—to take steps to increase the number of women on their corporate boards. …

Why McCann Dropped a Statue of a ‘Fearless Girl’ Next to Wall Street’s Charging Bull Overnight

Trampoline Park injuries

Coaches of Trampoline and Gymnastics mostly can’t believe Trampoline Parks can stay open. Why aren’t they sued into bankruptcy?

Hospital visits are on the rise.

Those statistics are from a study in Paediatrics – Trampoline Park and Home Trampoline Injuries (2016)

related – Sun (U.K.) – FLIPPING DANGEROUS A shattered spine, fractured skull, iron rod in leg, broken ankles, dislocated foot, black eyes – why are trampoline parks jumping in popularity?

Gymnix this weekend

Best Junior Meet of the Year in Montreal This Weekend

Team USA

The 2017 International Gymnix takes place this weekend in Montreal, featuring one of the best junior battles in the world with the top young gymnasts from the United States, Russia, Italy, Japan, and Canada expected to attend.

Following a training camp held in February, national team coordinator Valeri Liukin named reigning junior national champion Maile O’Keefe, Emma Malabuyo, Gabby Perea, and Sunisa Lee …

But the hometown favorite will be Canada’s own Ana Padurariu …

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