Sunday, 09 October 2011 09:49

World Championships: Men's Preliminaries, Day 1

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The OU laden USA Men's team is in 2nd place after the first day of qualifications at the world championships. The USA squad contains former and current Oklahoma team members Jonathan Horton, Steven Legendre, Jake Dalton and Alex Naddour.  They are in 2nd after the first day of competition. Others with NCAA links also competed:  Tommy Ramos (ex PSU)

Here are some NCAA-related individual placement highlights:

AA:  Horton is in fifth, behind US teammates Danell Leyva (3rd) and John Orozco (2nd)

FX:  Legendre is 4th, Dalton is 7th

PH:  Naddour is 5th

R:  Horton is 4th, Ramos is 15th

V:  Dalton is in 8th in the two vault qualification standings

PB:  Horton was 12th

HB:  Horton was 7th

Link:  Results

Saturday, 08 October 2011 10:34

World Championships: Women's Preliminaries

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The Women's qualifying sessions of the World Championships have concluded and the US women hit 20 for 20 to advance to the final as the lead qualifier. Several future and present NCAAers were in action in the 2nd day.

In terms of the qualifiers, Florida commit Aly Raisman is the fourth qualifier in the AA and the top qualifier on FX.  She also advanced in the BB.  Michigan commit Austin Sheppard, competing for Hungary, is the third alternate on VT.

Former DU great Jessica Lopez qualified to the AA final in 18th place, while UCLA signee Christine "Peng Peng" Lee qualified in 20th.

Link:  Results

Friday, 07 October 2011 14:37

OU Tops Men's Preseason Poll

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OU tops the Toester.com GymInfo Men's Preseason Coaches' Poll, edging out Illinois in 2nd place.  Illinois, however, received more first place votes.  Michigan received two first place votes, and Stanford three.

Several NCAAers, past, present and future, competed at the World Championships.   The injury-beset USA team competes on Saturday (Tokyo time).  The Women's Preliminaries Day 1 competition are now complete (through Session 5), and here's an NCAA recap:

DU's Jessica Lopez (Venezuela) is in fifth AA and looks to advance to the AA final, with solid scores on UB (3rd) and FX (6th).

UCLA signee Peng Peng Lee (Canada) is in sixth after problems on BB.  Her best finish was on UB (5th). 

Stanford's Kristina Vaculik (Canada) was 12th, with her best event on BB.

Iowa grad Houry Gebeshian was 59th for Armenia; she competed watered down sets.  WVU commit Jaida Lawrence (Jamaica) placed 77th.

Link:  FIG Story and Results (by Session)

Thursday, 22 September 2011 21:41

Washington Hires Ray

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Washington has announced the hiring of Olympian and former NCAA champion Elise Ray as an assistant coach.  After performing with Cirque du Soleil, Ray has been coaching at Carroll in Maryland. 

Link:  UW Release

Wednesday, 21 September 2011 19:28

USAG names Worlds and Pan Am Teams

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Named to the Women's World Championships:

Gabrielle Douglas
Anna Li
McKayla Maroney
Alexandra Raisman
Alicia Sacramone
Sabrina Vega
Jordyn Wieber
Alternate: Shawn Johnson

Named to the Women's Pan American Games:

Bridgette Caquatto
Jessie DeZiel
Brandie Jay
Shawn Johnson
Chellsie Memmel
Bridget Sloan
Alternates:
Grace McLaughlin
Hallie Mossett
McKenzie Wofford

USAG Announcement


Monday, 12 September 2011 20:04

NC State Hires Starkell as an Assistant

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NC State has announced the hiring of former Illinois Head Coach Bob Starkell as an assistant.

Link:  NC State Release

Saturday, 10 September 2011 01:32

Ten Years Later, 9/11: Cline's Escape

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Washington profiles senior Amanda Cline, who was staying with her family in the Marriott Hotel at the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2011.  For the first time, she tells the story of her day, which started with the first planning hitting the tower above their hotel room.  Read more at the UW website
Saturday, 10 September 2011 00:56

Ten Years Later, 9/11: Remembering Mari-Rae Sopper

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It's been ten years since the tragic events of September 11th, 2001.   Today we honor the heroes of September 11th, 2001, including those who lost their lives. One of those people, Mari-Rae Sopper, closely touched the collegiate gymnastics community. As you may know, Mari-Rae Sopper was Head Coach of the University of California, Santa Barbara's women's gymnastics team. She was also a former standout collegiate gymnast and team captain for Iowa State. Many of you knew her in the capacity of coach, teammate, competitor, colleague and friend.

Friday, 09 September 2011 14:43

Ohio State Terminates Hamm

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Ohio State has announced it has fired Men's assistant coach Paul Hamm.  Hamm was arrested over the weekend, after an alleged assault.

Link:  Ohio State Release

Tuesday, 06 September 2011 21:10

2012 and 2013 Women's NCAA Code Modifications

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Every fall, a new set of Women's code modifications are published by the NCAA.  These code modifications outline variances in the NCAA code from the USA Gymnastics Junior Olympics Level 10 code.  This is the means by which all routines are evaluated during the upcoming season.  The latest update contains some changes for the new season, with balance beam the most impacted.  Here's a summary of the changes:

Tuesday, 06 September 2011 12:52

Kent State Hires Ballard as Assistant

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Craig Ballard has joined the staff at Kent State, according to a school release.  He had been an assistant at Bowling Green.

Link:  Kent State Release

Tuesday, 30 August 2011 09:48

Fain Named Head Coach at Centenary

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Jackie Fain has been named the new Head Coach at Centenary, according to a school release.  She had been an assistant at TWU, and has experience as a coach, judge and former UK competitor.

Link:  Centenary Release

Sunday, 28 August 2011 13:17

Kristina Vaculik earns a spot on Canadian World team

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Vaculik is taking a year off from Stanford to prepare for upcoming international competitions.  So far she has earned a spot at Worlds.  Others named to the team are UCLA recruit Peng Peng Lee, Dominique Pegg, Talia Chiarelli, Mikaela Gerber, Coralie Leblond-Chartrand, and Madeline Gardiner.

GYMCAN Announcement

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