Alabama Head Coach Sarah Patterson ESPN Films' next SEC Storied documentary, "Sarah & Suzanne," will premiere Wednesday, April 30, at 7 p.m. ET on ESPNU. The 60-minute film chronicles the paths of two Southeastern Conference gymnastics coaches who, while simultaneously building their programs and experiencing great success, elevated the level of competition and created an extraordinary rivalry...
Isabel Zamora celebrates the Soviet/Uzbekistan gymnast, born in April. The post TCG Birthday Profile: Roza Galieva appeared first on The Couch Gymnast . ...
This year's NCAA Nationals was the most incredible weekend of gymnastics that I've ever seen. There was a lot of excitement built up around the competition and it definitely lived up to the hype. However, we were so caught up in the moment that we might have overlooked a key part of the glamour- the leotards! There were three packed days of competition so we decided to split our leotard polls into...
In the past 10 years, recruits have been verbally committing to colleges earlier and earlier. This trend could be caused by multiple factors including more elites attending college and the overall level of NCAA gymnastics being raised....
A play-by-play recap from event finals at this year's NCAA Championships in Birmingham, Alabama. The post NCAA Championships: Event Finals Recap appeared first on The Couch Gymnast . ...
2013 Honda Award Winner - Bridget Sloan, Florida The Honda Sports Award acknowledges athletic achievement as well as scholastics and community involvement, and is given to female athletes in 12 different NCAA-sanctioned sports throughout the year. Each Honda Sports Award winner is recognized as the top collegiate female athlete in her sport, and the award is considered by many as one of the highest...
It was the final day of competition at the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex Arena today and it saw the Individual Event Finals of the 2014 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships take place. Can I just say how much I loved the leotards we saw over the last three days?! Stunning designs. Senior All American Katherine Grable of the University of Arkansas earned the first and second National titles...
After an incredible season with multiple school records broken, the LSU coaching staff received the National Coach of the Year awards. Head coach D-D Breaux was named the National Coach of the Year and Jay Clark and Bob Moore shared the National Assistant Coach of the Year honors. It Takes a Village When asked if this team is the best in LSU history, Breaux answered, "I think it's not only the best...
Relive the Super Six team finals at the 2014 NCAA Championships with this play-by-play recap from U.S. editor Lauren Hopkins. The post NCAA Championships: Super Six Recap appeared first on The Couch Gymnast . ...
France hosted last Saturday a "friendly" against Romania and Belgium. Find here a brief report and all the results! The post Fra vs Rou vs Bel: Report and Results appeared first on The Couch Gymnast . ...
What an amazing NCAA Championships this past weekend. Congrats to all the competitors, teams and of course Florida and Oklahoma! I was not in attendance, but the footage I was able to watch was full some amazing gymnastics. After the dust settles and the teams make their way back to their universities what do the athletes and coaches take away from this experience? I love the definition of journey:...
What an amazing NCAA Championships this past weekend. Congrats to all the competitors, teams and of course Florida and Oklahoma! I was not in attendance, but the footage I was able to watch was full of some amazing gymnastics. After the dust settles and the teams make their way back to their universities what do the athletes and coaches take away from this experience? I love the definition of journey:...
Photograph of Stella Zakharova, courtesy of the Kiev Times Amid rising political and military tensions in Ukraine, former Soviet gymnastics champion Stella Zakharova, now a resident of Kiev, is struggling to find government support for her gymnastics competition, the Stella Zakharova Cup, last year supported by a strong field of competitors including teams from Russia, Japan and Brazil as well as...
For the first time in NCAA gymnastics history, the Super Six Finals ended in a tie! The 2014 Co-National Champions are the University of Florida and the University of Oklahoma. Click HERE for the full meet recap Click HERE for competition VIDEOS NCAA Championship Team Finals Host: Alabama Date: April 19, 2014 Location: Birmingham Jefferson Civic Center Alabama Head Coach: Sarah Patterson Gymnast Vault...
Top Gator routines to watch from the NCAA champs! The Florida Gators put on a show during the 2014 NCAA Championships becoming back-to-back victors. While hardly any routine dissapointed, these some of the best highlights of Florida's competition and their road back to the top. Watch Sloan's redemption on beam here Watch Sloan give the performance of her life on floor for the Gators Watch Bridgey Caquatto's...
Watch the top routines of the NCAA Champion Oklahoma Sooners! Oklahoma nabbed the NCAA Championship Team title for the first time in program history at the 2014 Super Six competiiton. Each routine proved essential to place the Sooners on top with the Florida Gators. Catch up on the highlights that led to Oklahoma's co-victory below! Watch Taylor Spears's final floor routine. Watch Taylor Spears's...
In the last day of competition at the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex four athletes earned themselves atop the podium and established themselves as the best in the event finals and the 2014 NCAA Event Champions. On the vault, sharing the title of vault champion are Katherine Grable of Arkansas and Rheagan Courville of LSU. Courville amazed the judges with a floating yurchenko full that flaired...
There are athletes and there are fighters. A ginormous congratulations to Olivia Vivian, who has become the second Australian gymnast this year to score a maiden World Cup medal overseas. Liv overcame a hand injury sustained during her guest performance at the recent Victorian state championships to snaffle a medal on uneven bars. I can't seem to find results or reports anywhere but her instagram...
Analysis of the teams in this year's NCAA Championships Super Six finals. The post NCAA Championships: Super Six Finals appeared first on The Couch Gymnast . ...
Slovenian Teja Belak earned the Vault honors at the 2014 Ljubljana World Challenge Cup. Croatia's Ana Derek and Argentina's Ayelen Tarabini rounded out the remaining medal positions on the event. Azerbaijan's Anna Pavlova won the Uneven Bars title over Belarussian Anastasiya Yekimenka and Switzerland's Stefanie Siegenthaler. Dutchman Casimir Schmidt earned the Floor Exercise title with Tomislav Markovic...