Men’s NCAA struggle for survival

Will Graves interviewed Justin Spring, Mike Burns, Shane Wiskus, and many others putting together an article before the end of the College season.

Iowa dropped Men’s Gymnastics.

Two months later, Minnesota dropped the men’s team.

The losses will leave just five men’s gymnastics programs in the Big Ten and just 11 at the Division I level overall, not including the three service academies.

And it leaves the USA Gymnastics men’s program in the precarious position of trying to reclaim a spot among the world’s elite while dealing with a diminishing talent base.

There are 11,000 boys or men enrolled in USA Gymnastics, down from over 13,000 in 2007. With only 6.3 scholarships available per school at Division I …

Football and men’s basketball pay a massive chunk of the bills. Athletic directors are increasingly concerned about what the shifting economics mean to Olympic sports. Nearly 80% of the 558 U.S. athletes at the Rio Games in 2016 came out of an American college program. …

Olympic Gold: Men’s Gymnastics Struggling to Survive

 Minnesota will host the 2021 NCAA National Collegiate Men’s Gymnastics Championships on April 16-17.

The rise of Black gymnasts

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Carlo Macchini – H Bar

Wow. Great angles. 6.1 start with only 3 releases.

Carlo‘s idol is Igor Cassina. No surprise.

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Men’s NCAA MVP Nominees

Congratulations.

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Flavia in training.

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SEMO wins USAG Collegiate Nationals

SEMO 195.025
Lindenwood 194.875
Air Force 194.400
Texas Women’s University 193.700
Centenary 190.875

Alana Fischer led off a program-best 49.375 line-up on beam to clinch the title.

Solorzano-Caruso and Alana are both Canucks.

Canadian Duo’s Long Journey to Redemption Season for SEMO

“Body Image” by Sydney Staier

Maryland athletes, including gymnasts, read Sydney’s important poem.

A good body is one that gets the job done.

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Sydney wrote that for herself. But when team dietitian, Paula Karamihas, saw it — she recommended it be shared.

Read the poem here.

Southern Utah in 2022

Watch out. After a fantastic season in 2021 (#21), things look even better for 2022.

Impressive since Cedar City, Utah has a population less than 30,000.

The Flippin’ Birds anticipate the return of seniors Hannah Nipp, Morgan Alfaro and Mikaela Defilippo for their respective additional seasons of eligibility. Returning these three seniors and the strength of mainstays like Shylen Murakami, Rachel Smith and Karley McClain …

Spectrum

Coach Scotty Bauman says this is the easiest team he’s coached in 30 years at SUU.

Dutch coaches for Tokyo

Head Coach: Bram van Bokhoven
Assistant: José van der Veen
Assistant: Aimee Boorman

Bram van Bokhoven is the Men’s National Coach, who accepted the WAG position on an interim basis.

Wevers, Kooistra, Zijp, Kiens and other personal coaches will continue to train the national team members. Some will coach on the floor at Europeans in Switzerland, as well.

If they needed to bring in a neutral, positive coach — Aimee Boorman is a good choice. It sends a message.