USU renames Gym for coach Ray Corn

Utah State Athletics officially unveiled the new name of its gymnastics practice facility …

… now named the Ray Corn Gymnastics Training Facility in recognition of the impact that Corn made on Utah State Gymnastics …

Last Friday … Utah State gymnasts wore “RC” patches on their warmups and donned “RC” temporary tattoos in memory of Corn while they competed. …

Corn transitioned the gymnastics program from club level to NCAA status, serving as the Aggies’ head coach for 31 years before retiring in 2008. …

Utah State Athletics Renames Gymnastics Practice Facility in Honor of Ray Corn

Coach would be proud of how the team is doing this season.

Achilles pain before rupture

Ella Chemotti – Beam

Eastern Michigan rookie Ella Chemotti 9.95 to tie for the school record on this apparatus.

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Eileen Gu – living her best life

I’d say Eileen can do ANYTHING she wants.

Gu, 18, was born in San Francisco to an American father and Chinese mother, who raised her as a single mom and taught her to ski at nearby Lake Tahoe. …

… will attend Stanford this fall. She’s also a model with nearly a million Instagram followers and countless endorsement deals.

In 2019, she announced she’d be competing for China. Now, she’s so popular in her mother’s native country that her gold medal win caused Chinese social media platform Weibo to crash. …

Axios – Eileen Gu: A tale of two nations

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Asher Hong is pretty funny 😀

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We can already see that piked Stalders are going to be the new fUGLY.

https://twitter.com/intlgymnast/status/1490152447981109248

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https://www.instagram.com/p/CZLNfISFAFM/

could Simone quad double?

It certainly looks like she could land quadruple twisting double tuck.

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Suzanne Yoculan interview – part 2

One of the legendary NCAA coaches all-time is both entertaining and educational. I enjoyed hearing her many strategies for building Georgia into one of the top teams.

Highly recommended.

You can listen online.

Dominique Dawes 2.0 – What Makes You Think… Gymnastics Season

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NCAA Olympians since 1984

Which past, present and future NCAA gymnasts represented their country at the Olympic Games?

NCAA.com tried to put together a full list:

Complete history of Olympians in NCAA gymnastics, since 1984

Kathy Johnson took silver with the team and bronze on beam in 1984.

good news for Gymnastics in the USA

More than half of the 18 women invited to Olympic trials in St. Louis last month (2021) were women of color.

While numbers are still low on college teams, there is progress. Black women account for nearly 10% of the scholarship athletes at the NCAA Division I level, an increase from 7% in 2012.

More than 10% of USA Gymnastics membership self-identify as Black. …

Will Graves – ‘This can be me’: Black participation rising in gymnastics (July 23, 2021)

About 12.1% of Americans are Black so the USA is getting close to equal representation in Gymnastics, an expensive sport.

Simone Biles, right, hugs Gabby Douglas after the Secret U.S. Classic