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Lya Wodraska:

… Marlowe Clausi (age-13), the daughter of former Utah gymnast and Olympian Melissa Marlowe, has since received interest from UCLA, Florida, Auburn and other schools.

All the attention stuns even her mother, who grew up in the spotlight herself as an elite athlete.

“It’s crazy, it’s wonderful, but it’s so far away it just seems ridiculous,” Marlowe said of her daughter’s possible collegiate experience. “But it’s real.” …

… even those involved in the trend acknowledge they don’t like it.

“It is a huge concern,” Utah coach Greg Marsden said. “It opens up the door for more problems down the road. People change and situations change, so someone you thought might be a good fit when they were in the eighth grade may not be a good fit when they are a senior, but you can’t wait, either, because everyone else is doing it. You have to play the game.” …

Utah gymnastics: Coaches banking on young(er) talent

College programs are courting 13-, 14- and 15-year-olds to get an edge.

Upworthy:

Lorde Found A Photoshopped Photo Of Herself And Decided To Tweet An Untouched Real One Next To It

i find this curious – two photos from today, one edited so my skin is perfect and one real. remember flaws are ok 🙂 pic.twitter.com/PuRhxt2u2O

— Lorde (@lordemusic) March 31, 2014

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Teams and individual qualifiers were announced for the 2014 National Collegiate Men’s Gymnastics National Championships.

Oklahoma 444.463
Michigan 442.263
Ohio State 441.888
Stanford 440.688
Illinois 434.063
Penn State 433.725
Minnesota 432.638
Iowa 430.413
California 428.800
Air Force 427.900
Nebraska 424.663
William & Mary 423.600

Click over to NCAA.com to see the individual qualifiers.

As usual, I’ve got NO IDEA whether Michigan will be able to defend. Home court should help.

Road to Nationals NCAA rankings

MAG scores UTRS 2013 and 2014 | WAG UTRS 2013 and TAA 2014

NCAA MAG Facebook | social media

… what could go wrong?

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(via Dave Adlard)

Deadline for entry is midnight April 2nd, 2014 EST

USA Competitions:

As long as it’s gymnastics related there are no restrictions on what you can enter. Show us your best routine, a new skill you are working on, your own gymnastics montage, or even your toddler doing a forward roll for the first time — we can’t wait to see!

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Layout forward somersault mount.

No joke. 🙂

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Thats Dom Palange linked via GymFever.

Grótta Gymnastics is looking for a full time professional WAG coach for girls 10-20 years old. Two of the girls are on Sr National Team, one on the Jr Team (Icelandic junior champion).

They are looking for a coach that can start working soon, temporary — or for a longer period of time.

For details email Sesselja Järvelä, Head coach:

fimleikar (a) grottasport.is

Prior to the London Olympics.

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(via GYMNAST CROSSING – How Hard Can Gymnastics Be?)