Alright, what have you done for me lately, NCAA gym?
With JO Nationals coming up this weekend, focus is already shifting to the future—which gymnasts are leaving and which gymnasts are entering next season to make their teams inevitable garbage beautiful swans of success that will definitely win all the championships.
So, here’s a quick breakdown of the routines that are going away due to senioring and other reasons, along with the freshmen who will enter in 2018 and be expected to replace them.
I’ve noted which newbies are competing in which divisions of JO Nationals this weekend, so if you team is looking a little “What’s a bars routine?” you know which results to look out for.
OKLAHOMA
OUT:
Chayse Capps
Reagan Hemry
Charity Jones
Kara Lovan
Nicole Turner
McKenzie Wofford
Vault | Bars | Beam | Floor |
Marks | Capps | Jones | Jones |
Capps | Catour | Lehrmann | Brown |
DeGouveia | Dowell | Catour | Dowell |
Dowell | Lehrmann | Brown | Capps |
Jackson | Wofford | Nichols | Nichols |
Nichols | Nichols | Capps | Jackson |
IN:
Jordan Draper – qualified senior F
Abigail Matthews – qualified senior D
Evy Schoepfer – qualified senior E
Anastasia Webb – qualified senior E
LSU
OUT:
Sydney Ewing
Ashleigh Gnat
Shae Zamardi
Vault | Bars | Beam | Floor |
Finnegan | Zamardi | Macadaeg | Ewing |
Hambrick | Hambrick | Hambrick | Zamardi |
Ewing | Harrold | Ewing | Hambrick |
Harrold | Edney | Edney | Finnegan |
Edney | Finnegan | Finnegan | Kelley |
Gnat | Priessman | Gnat | Gnat |
IN:
Reagan Campbell
Gracen Standley
FLORIDA
OUT:
Claire Boyce
Lacy Dagen
Ashley Hiller
Vault | Bars | Beam | Floor |
Hundley | Boren | Baker | McLaughlin |
Alexander | Chant | McLaughlin | Slocum |
Baker | Gowey | Hundley | Hundley |
Boren | Baker | Gowey | McMurtry |
Slocum | Hundley | Boren | Boren |
McMurtry | McMurtry | McMurtry | Baker |
IN:
Alyssa Baumann
Vanasia Bradley
Jazmyn Foberg
Megan Skaggs
Nicole Webb
UCLA
OUT:
Angi Cipra
Mikaela Gerber
Peng-Peng Lee (?)
Hallie Mossett
Vault | Bars | Beam | Floor |
Cipra | Meraz | Gerber | Ohashi |
Kocian | Honest | Mossett | Toronjo |
Hall | Savvidou | Kocian | Ross |
Hano | Kocian | Ross | Cipra |
Ross | Ross | Lee | Kocian |
Preston | Lee | Ohashi | Mossett |
IN:
Nia Dennis – qualified senior F
Pauline Tratz
Kendal Poston – qualified senior E
UTAH
OUT:
Baely Rowe
Vault | Bars | Beam | Floor |
Rowe | Skinner | Stover | Roberts |
Roberts | Reinstadtler | Merrell | Reinstadtler |
Merrell | Merrell | Reinstadtler | Merrell |
Muhaw | Lewis | Skinner | Lewis |
Lewis | Rowe | Rowe | Rowe |
Skinner | Lee | McNatt | Skinner |
IN:
Lex Burch – qualified senior D
Sydney Soloski
ALABAMA
OUT:
Katie Bailey
Amanda Jetter
Keely McNeer
Mary Lillian Sanders
Aja Sims
McKenzie Valentin
Vault | Bars | Beam | Floor |
Childers | Brannan | Childers | Guerra |
Armbrecht | Mahoney | Sims | Childers |
Winston | McNeer | McNeer | Bailey |
Bailey | Jetter | Desch | Jetter |
Guerrero | Winston | Winston | Sims |
McNeer | Bailey | Guerrero | Winston |
IN:
Kylie Dickson – qualified senior F
Peyton Ernst
Lexie Graber – qualified senior F
Bailie Key
Alonza Klopfer – qualified senior E
NEBRASKA
OUT:
Jennie Laeng
Ashley Lambert
Vault | Bars | Beam | Floor |
Williams | Houchin | Houchin | Breen |
Schweihofer | Breen | Epperson | Schweihofer |
Lambert | Lambert | Hassel | Crouse |
Crouse | Epperson | Laeng | Laeng |
Houchin | Crouse | Williams | Houchin |
Laeng | Laeng | Breen | Lambert |
IN:
Anna Dujakovich
Torri Hutchinson – qualified senior D
Kynsee Roby
WASHINGTON
OUT:
Kaitlyn Duranczyk
Janae Janik
Alex Yacalis
Vault | Bars | Beam | Floor |
Copiak | Goings | Washington | Schaefer |
Roy | Washington | Schaefer | Goings |
Goings | Burleson | Nelson | Duranczyk |
Riley | Janik | Janik | Washington |
Yacalis | Copiak | Goings | Yacalis |
Burleson | Duranczyk | Burleson | Burleson |
IN:
Rachel Kaplan – qualified senior F
Jennifer Oh
Geneva Thompson – qualified senior E
DENVER
OUT:
Rachel Fielitz
Leah Lomonte
Julia Ross
Vault | Bars | Beam | Floor |
Schou | Kern | Ogden | Loper |
Addison | Lomonte | Addison | Ross |
Ross | Ogden | Loper | Schou |
Karr | Karr | Schou | Karr |
Fielitz | Chesnok | Ross | Addison |
Chesnok | Ross | Karr | Hammen |
IN:
Lynnzee Brown – qualified senior F
Emily Glynn
Mia Sundstrom – qualified senior D
MICHIGAN
OUT:
Nicole Artz
Talie Chiarelli
Vault | Bars | Beam | Floor |
Funk | Funk | Karas | Funk |
Zaziski | Karas | Zaziski | McLean |
Artz | Shchennikova | Funk | Karas |
Chiarelli | Brown | Artz | Chiarelli |
Karas | Artz | Marinez | Artz |
McLean | Zaziski | Chiarelli | Zaziski |
IN:
Lauren Farley – qualified senior E
Samantha Jananbakht – qualified senior F
Sydney Townsend
OREGON STATE
OUT:
Erika Aufiero
Silvia Colussi-Pelaez
Maddie Gardiner
Megan Jimenez
Kaytianna McMillan
Taylor Ricci
Vault | Bars | Beam | Floor |
Gill | M Colussi-Pelaez | Jimenez | Ricci |
Aufiero | Gardiner | Gill | Aufiero |
Gardiner | Jacobsen | S Colussi-Pelaez |
Lowery |
Jacobsen | Singley | McMillan | S Colussi-Pelaez |
McMillan | McMillan | Dessaints | Gardiner |
Dessaints | Aufiero | Gardiner | McMillan |
IN:
Savanna Force
Alexis Gonzales
Kaitlin Yanish – qualified senior E
GEORGIA
OUT:
Ashlyn Broussard
Lauren Johnson (aiming for 5th year)
Morgan Reynolds
Beth Roberts
Rachel Schick
…Danna
Vault | Bars | Beam | Floor |
Reynolds | Reynolds | Vega | Reynolds |
Marino | Sanders | Sanders | Roberts |
Roberts | Johnson | Reynolds | Babalis |
Broussard | Snead | Broussard | Dickson |
Johnson | Dickson | Babalis | Snead |
Snead | Schick | Schick | Marino |
IN:
Samantha Durante?? – qualified senior E
Ashley Foss
Madison McPherson – qualified senior E
Marissa Oakley
Emily Schild
BOISE STATE
OUT:
Mackenzie Bennion
Diana Mejia
Paige Urquhart
Vault | Bars | Beam | Floor |
Bennion | Stockwell | Mejia | Urquhart |
Remme | Collantes | McGregor | Remme |
Bir | McGregor | Urquhart | Bennion |
Means | Bennion | Remme | Stockwell |
McGregor | Remme | Means | Collantes |
Stockwell | Mejia | Esmerian | Webb |
IN:
Tatum Bruden – qualified senior F
Emily Muhlenhaupt
Rachel Obmann
KENTUCKY
OUT:
Sydney Waltz
Vault | Bars | Beam | Floor |
Hyland | Carlisle | Stuart | Carlisle |
Rosa | Coca | Korth | Rechenmacher |
Dukes | Dukes | Poland | Stuart |
Davis | Stuart | Carlisle | Hyland |
Stuart | Hyland | Dukes | Dukes |
Korth | Korth | Hyland | Korth |
IN:
Mackenzie Harmon
Katherine Marianos
Megan Monfredi
AUBURN
OUT:
Kullen Hlawek
Kelsey Kopec
MJ Rott
Lucia Scaglione
Vault | Bars | Beam | Floor |
Becker | Becker | Hlawek | Becker |
Engler | Kopec | Cerio | Day |
Phillips | Krippner | Becker | Scaglione |
Krippner | Cerio | Engler | Slapper |
Rott | Day | Slappey | Hlawek |
Day | Engler | Krippner | Rott |
IN:
Sydney Bassett
Jada Glenn – qualified senior D
Allie Riddle
Ashley Smith – qualified Senior F
Meredith Sylvia
Drew Watson – qualified senior F
CAL
OUT:
Isabelle Castillo
Zoe Draghi
Dana Ho
Jessica Howe
Charlie Owens
Desiree Palomares
Emily Richardson
Amber Takara
Vault | Bars | Beam | Floor |
Gallarzo | So Seilnacht |
So Seilnacht |
Owens |
Takara | Takara | Shu | So Seilnacht |
Peterson | Shu | Palomares | Peterson |
Robinson | Sternberg | Draghi | Robinson |
Palomares | Richardson | Richardson | Draghi |
Richardson | Gallarzo | Gallarzo | Palomares |
IN:
Kyana George – qualified senior F
Alma Kuc
Victoria Salem
Nina Schank – qualified senior F
Emi Watterson
MISSOURI
OUT:
Alyson Heimsath
Angie Kern
Vault | Bars | Beam | Floor |
Huber | Ward |
Bower |
Bower |
Lewis | Huber | Tucker | Huber |
Harris | Tucker | Albritten | Tucker |
Tucker | Kelly | Schugel | Kelly |
Ward | Miller | Kelly | Schugel |
Miller | Schugel | Ward | Harris |
IN:
Belle Gottula
Paige Kovnetsky
IOWA
OUT:
Savannah Borman
Mollie Drenth
Ashleigh Edlin
Angel Metcalf
Lexi Mura
Vault | Bars | Beam | Floor |
Carlson | Kaji |
Borman |
Chow |
Sullivan | Mura | Sullivan | Drenth |
Zurawski | Drenth | Kaji | Metcalf |
Metcalf | Sullivan | Youd | Snyder |
Ortiz | Zurawski | Drenth | Zurawski |
Drenth | Metcalf | Metcalf | Kaji |
IN:
Erin Castle – qualified senior F
Maddie Kampschroeder
Annabelle Mosier
Ashley Breanna Smith
ARKANSAS
OUT:
Heather Elswick
Leah MacMoyle (injury retirement)
Samantha Nelson
Vault | Bars | Beam | Floor |
MacMoyle | Anderson |
Yamzon |
Yamzon |
Rathjen | Garner | Garner | Anderson |
Yamzon | Yamzon | Nelson | Elswick |
Elswick | Speed | Speed | Nelson |
McGlone | Burton | McGlone | McGlone |
Speed | MacMoyle | Burton | Garner |
IN:
Sophia Carter – qualified senior F
Kailey Gillings – qualified senior E
Sydney Laird
Ellie Wylie – qualified senior E
WEST VIRGINIA
OUT:
Brooklyn Doggette
Alexa Goldberg
Vault | Bars | Beam | Floor |
Bernard | Bernard |
Goldberg |
Gillette |
Goldberg | Wright | Gillette | Kaufman |
Merwin | Muhammad | Koshinski | Cluchey |
Cluchey | Goldberg | Kaufman | Muhammad |
Koshinski | Tun | Muhammad | Goldberg |
Muhammad | Gillette | Doggette | Koshinski |
IN:
Jessie Bastardi – qualified senior F
McKenna Linnen – qualified senior E
Sydney Marler
ILLINOIS
OUT:
Erin Buchanan
Sarah Lyons
Vault | Bars | Beam | Floor |
Buchanan | Lyons |
Hodan |
Roe |
Lyons | Balthazor | Roe | Nguyen |
Balthazor | Howell | Nguyen | Howell |
Horth | Horth | Howell | Hodan |
LeDuc | Buchanan | Horth | Buchanan |
Givens | LeDuc | LeDuc | LeDuc |
IN:
Nicole Biondi
Grace Gough
Kylie Noonan
SOUTHERN UTAH
OUT:
Madyson Blake-Howard
Tyly Bozzutto
Virginia Brownsell
Danielle Ramirez
Memory Shettles
Sydney Townsend
Stacie Webb
Vault | Bars | Beam | Floor |
Me McBride |
Heltemes |
Jorgensen |
Gonzalez |
Jorgensen | Ma McBride |
Yee | Bozzutto |
Bozzutto | Shettles | Bozzutto | Webb |
Webb | Yee | Webb | Jorgensen |
Brownsell | Rosza | Gonzalez | Blake-Howard |
Ma McBride |
Townsend | Bayer | Brownsell |
IN:
Morgan Alfaro
Mikaela Defilippo
Hannah Nipp – qualified senior D
GEORGE WASHINGTON
OUT:
Kaitlin Cowles
Alex DeMoura
Chelsea Raineri
Kalia Solomon
Vault | Bars | Beam | Floor |
DeMoura | Zois |
Drouin-Allaire |
Mermelstein |
McLaughlin | DeMoura | Mermelstein | DeMoura |
Drouin-Allaire | Winstanley | Zois | Seibold |
Raineri | Drouin-Allaire | Pfeiler | Winstanley |
Mermelstein | Pfeiler | Winstanley | Drouin-Allaire |
Winstanley | Raineri | DeMoura | Raineri |
IN:
Hannah Cohen – qualified senior E
Anna Worhol
OHIO STATE
OUT:
Michelle Burns
Tenille Funches
Erin Malone
Jaine VanPutten
Vault | Bars | Beam | Floor |
VanPutten | VanPutten |
Merkle |
Harrison |
Merkle | Funches | Aepli | Huang |
Malone | Huang | Huang | Malone |
Stone | Mattern | Mattern | Aepli |
Aepli | Aepli | Funches | Mattern |
Mattern | Hofland | Harrison | Merkle |
IN:
Danica Abanto – qualified Senior F
Brooke Chesney – qualified Senior F
Morgan Lowe
Jenna Swartzentruber – qualified senior D
CENTRAL MICHIGAN
OUT:
Rachel Carr
Caroline Fitzpatrick
Shalia Segal
Kristin Stambaugh
Vault | Bars | Beam | Floor |
Stambaugh | Campbell | Memmel |
Kaplan |
Plaska | Plaska | Janowicz | Plaska |
Clements | Fitzpatrick | Segal | Pedrick |
Carr | Carr | Stambaugh | Janowicz |
Janowicz | Janowicz | Fitzpatrick | Clements |
Pedrick | Kaplan | Clements | Hilliker |
IN:
Kennedy Rae Johnson – qualified senior E
ARIZONA
OUT:
Selynna Felix-Terrazas
Krysten Howard
Gabby Laub
Vault | Bars | Beam | Floor |
Mattson | Howard |
Howard |
Mattson |
Leung | Spencer | Hendrickson | Cindric |
Cindric | Laub | Cowles | Swanson |
Swanson | Felix-Terrazas | Schneider | Howard |
Cowles | Berg | Ortiz | Schneider |
Leydin | Ortiz | Cindric | Berg |
IN:
Payton Bellows – qualified senior F
Sydney Freidin
Laura Leigh Horton
Adra Parks
EASTERN MICHIGAN
OUT:
Kelsie Brooks
Natalie Gervais
Sydney McEachern
Vault | Bars | Beam | Floor |
Conrad | Schwartz |
Hultgren |
Gendron |
Brooks | McEachern | Gresham | Conrad |
Hultgren | Gervais | Gervais | Dobronics |
Schwartz | Rubin | Rubin | Marino |
Gresham | Conrad | Valentin | Gresham |
Valentin | Valentin | Conrad | McEachern |
IN:
Courtney Bezold – qualified senior F
Megan Benzie
Cali Harden
Brianna Price
STANFORD
OUT:
Rachel Daum
Dani McNair
Nicolette McNair
Haley Spector
Vault | Bars | Beam | Floor |
Daum | N McNair |
N McNair |
H Hoffman |
H Hoffman |
Yu | Yu | Cole |
Cole | D McNair |
Cole | Spector |
Yu | Daum | Daum | Daum |
Price | Price | D McNair |
Price |
N McNair |
Maxwell | Fitzgerald | Tai |
IN:
Kyla Bryant
Rachel Flam – qualified senior E
Taylor Lawson – qualified senior D
Lauren Navarro – qualified senior D
Catherine Rogers
Caroline Spertus
IOWA STATE
OUT:
None
Vault | Bars | Beam | Floor |
Ledesma | Sievers | Paz |
Green |
Martin | Johnson | Johnson | Middelkoop |
Paz | Paz | Sievers | Sievers |
Converse | Young | Converse | Ledesma |
Young | Green | Diaz | Paz |
Sievers | Ledesma | Young | Young |
IN:
Ariana Orrego
Sophia Steinmeyer
MINNESOTA
OUT:
Bailey Abernathy
Bailie Holst
Kaitlin Rahon
Vault | Bars | Beam | Floor |
Quaglia | Quaglia |
Rahon |
Williams |
Hitchcock | Cutler | Cutler | Cutler |
Gardner | Gardner | Huebert | Holst |
Holst | Hitchcock | Holst | Rahon |
Abernathy | Lu | Gardner | Gardner |
Williams | Holst | Ung | Abernathy |
IN:
Ona Loper – qualified senior E
Lexi Montgomery
Lexy Ramler – qualified senior F
PENN STATE
OUT:
Nicole Medvitz
Christina Postiglione
Emma Sibson
Vault | Bars | Beam | Floor |
Politz | Medvitz |
Hosek | Hosek |
Hosek | LaGuardia | Schuller | Schuller |
LaGuardia | Politz | Politz | Timothy |
Garcia | Tsang | Tsang | Politz |
Tsang | Raygoza | Garcia | Garcia |
Sibson | Garcia | Medvitz | Tsang |
IN:
Alissa Bonsall – qualified senior F
Lauren Bridgens – qualified senior F
Kourtney Chinnery
Ava Verdeflor
UTAH STATE
OUT:
Katie Brown
Bailey McIntire
Keri Peel
Hayley Sanzotti
Vault | Bars | Beam | Floor |
Estrella | Ward |
Brown |
Sanzotti |
Ward | McIntire | Golison | Peel |
Golison | Oster | Sanzotti | McIntire |
Brown | Jeppesen | McIntire | Golison |
Hone | Peel | Oster | Estrella |
McIntire | Estrella | Peel | Ward |
IN:
Autumn DeHarde – qualified Senior F
Taylor Dittmar
Mikaela Meyer – qualified senior D
Leighton Varnadore – qualified senior D
BYU
OUT:
Taylor Harward
Vault | Bars | Beam | Floor |
Love | Trejo |
Pearson |
Pearson |
Zhong | Douglas | Miller | Van Mierlo |
Hill | Van Mierlo |
Hill | Trejo |
Hortman | Westergard | Hortman | Hortman |
Van Mierlo |
Hortman | Trejo | Douglas |
Douglas | Hawes | Van Mierlo |
Greenlief |
IN:
Abby Beeston
Abby Boden – qualified senior D
McKenna Burnside – qualified senior E
Melanie Lockhart
Abbey Miner – qualified senior E
Haley Pitou – qualified senior E
KENT STATE
OUT:
Ellen Demarest
Milena Fabry
Samantha Gordon
Jordan Hardison
Skyelee Lamano
Kiernan Roseland
Vault | Bars | Beam | Floor |
Lamano | Lamano |
Marrero |
Romito |
McCarty | Lippowitsch | Lippowitsch | Gordon |
Brown | Romito | Hardison | Brown |
Williams | Stypinski | Fabry | Lamano |
Hardison | Marrero | Plude | Hardison |
Stypinski | Williams | Stypinski | Stypinski |
IN:
Abigail Fletcher – qualified senior E
Nasha Manitkul-Davis
NEW HAMPSHIRE
OUT:
Jessica Gracia
Jennifer King
Meghan Pflieger
Vault | Bars | Beam | Floor |
Bondanza | Doolin |
Doolin |
Breeden |
Watkins | Watkins | Breeden | Winer |
O’Leary | Pflieger | Freehling | O’Leary |
Doolin | Gracia | Capozzi | Calandra |
Pflieger | King | Pflieger | Pflieger |
Mahoney | Mulligan | Lauter | Doolin |
IN:
Lauren Diggan – qualified senior F
Kylie Kratchwell
Nicole Lanouette – qualified senior E
Danielle Liska – qualified senior F
NORTH CAROLINA
OUT:
Christina Pheil
Vault | Bars | Beam | Floor |
Robinson | Nettles |
Marchese |
Weisel |
Marchese | Donaghy | Hedelund | Marchese |
Allen | Marchese | Allen | Robinson |
Lane | Lane | Nettles | Nettles |
Nettles | Hedelund | Hislop | Lane |
Hedelund | Pheil | Lane | Hislop |
IN:
Lily Dean
Rylie Dewhurst – qualified senior F
OTHER QUALIFIERS
Maryland
Audrey Barber – qualified senior E
Charlotte Cooperman – qualified senior F
Karrie Thomas – qualified senior D
Western Michigan
Stacie Harrison – qualified senior F
Sarah Shirley – qualified senior F
Morgan Spence – qualified senior F
Northern Illinois
Mia Lord – qualified senior F
Zoie Schroeder – qualified senior D
Gabby Welch – qualified senior F
Michigan State
Anne Maxim – qualified senior E
Lea Mitchell – qualiied senior F
UC Davis
Kelley Hebert – qualified senior F
Jamie Panchak – qualified senior E
NC State
Kasey Nelson – qualified senior E
Towson
Kyla Gamble – qualified senior E
Sacramento State
Katelyn Garay – qualified senior E
Rutgers
Belle Huang – qualified senior E
TWU
Paige Stuyniski – qualified senior F
Temple
Delaney Garin – qualified senior D
Monica Servidio – qualified senior E
Cornell
Amy Shen – qualified Senior F
Madison Smith – qualified senior E
UIC
Kayla Baddeley – qualified senior
West Chester
Yolanda Nodarse – qualified senior E
Seattle Pacific
Shelbi Spivey – qualified senior F
PAULINE TRATZ!! I’m honestly so excited and I don’t even know why. Also, isn’t is amazing that Stanford loses the least routines on Vault? WHAAAT? And they’ll have actual vaulters next year…
Other thoughts: Georgia’s screwed, Florida’s going to be really good next year, Alabama’s loss = its gain, IM NOT READY FOR EBEE TO BE A SENIOR.
I think Georgia will actually improve, assuming recruits don’t flip. Schick and Broussard were inconsistent. Reynolds was solid and could go in the line-up anywhere, but would generally go 9.75-9.85. Roberts is not much of a loss.
Get Dickson and Snead healthy. Put Snead on the McMurtry pacing plan for her back. If the new coach keeps Vaculik that’s another UB/BB routine. Cherrey should be back and I suspect Pedersen will be on a few events. Then add the freshman into the mix and Johnson back on vault. It’s not as dire as people think.
Huh? How is UGA screwed?
I may be wrong, but I think Mary Jane Horth is coming back for a 5th year.
Last I heard, Lacey Rubin will be around one more year. She redshirted her first year. Good news for EMU!
BYU all in this next year:
Abby Beeston
Abby Boden
Abbey Miner
Abb(e)y, Abb(e)y quite contrary…
It also makes me chuckle that Alabama is kind of replacing Katie Bailey with Bailey Key.
Emma Hartzler is walking on at Iowa and qualified Senior E. Her gymnastics is beautiful and worth watching.
I’m newer to college gymnastics and trying to understand this… do you think she could have gone scholarship elsewhere and this is where she wanted to be? It just seems crazy to me that someone who qualifies to JO Nationals is a walk on at Iowa at best…
I’m newer to college gymnastics and trying to understand this… do you think she could have gone scholarship elsewhere and this is where she wanted to be? It just seems crazy to me that someone who qualifies to JO Nationals is a walk on at Iowa at best…
It’s crazy to me that Florida isn’t losing a single Super Six routine. I think the top 3 teams will finish in the top 3 next year, but with Florida in 2nd. UCLA doesn’t lose a lot of routines, but pretty much every one is a 9.9 routine. Utah will come back with 5 new gymnasts (compared to Super Six). Bama’s incoming freshmen look great, but they lose a lot of routines too. It wouldn’t surprise me to see the exact same 6 teams next year in Super Six.
It wouldn’t surprise me to see the exact 6 teams for several years in a row. The ultimate SUPER six.
As a Florida fan, I’m so happy that they aren’t “losing” anyone and are gaining some excellent Freshman. Your …Danna being out at UGA made me LOL.
People seem to forget about injuries. Some of these top programs will lose their star routines at some point during the season over the next few years. UCLA could rebound fairly easily, a la Georgia losing Kupets and winning a title, but a Nichols/Skinner/Hambrick/McMurtry injury could be huge for a team.
No one wants to see anyone get hurt, but acting like these top six teams will skate through to finals every year is misguided.
Eh, I don’t think anyone is saying that. Injuries happen and you can’t say “in one year ___ will definitely happen”. Just based on recent performance and current rosters, it’s not unrealistic to say these 6 teams are likely to repeat as the 2018 Super Six.
I’m sorry Danna being out made people laugh. It was needed. BUT, the question is no longer the past, it’s where do we go from here. The answer is “SAMANTHA MUHLEMAN BROWN”. We as UGA fans have to go make this happen folks. She is an International Brevet Judge. One of only 20 or so. 2 others in college coaching (Rowland and Howell). She was part of 4 SEC Championship Teams and 2 Undefeated NCAA teams (1996-1999). Amazing person, amazing family. She has owned 2 gyms. Unfortunately, she took incorrect advice and got involved in the Penn State deal, but she, IMVHO, looks like the hero to me because she got the EVIL out of there, eventually. I, actually, haven’t kept in touch with Sam much, but I’ve followed her career intensely since her graduation, along with many from her time period. She’s just impressive. Sam as our head coach, watch out. We will be back. Alums who read this. Go make it happen.
I don’t want anyone associated with the PSU situation named the new head coach at UGA. It may not be fair to Samantha and I don’t know her full story at PSU, but if you were on that staff, I don’t want you as head coach at Georgia.
That’s not really fair to Samantha….and I wouldn’t consider her “associated with the PSU situation” because as soon as she realized what the Thompsons were doing, she tried to change it by going to bat for her gymnasts…. and she was shown the door. She supposedly got “advised” by her former coach, Suzanne, to take the position. She definitely would not be a coach like the Thompsons…
That’s pretty unfair, given she was basically shown the door for calling out poor coaching practices and raising major red flags about athlete care. In other words, exactly what you’d hope a coach arriving in that situation would do.
I have zero skin in the UGA game, but based solely on how she acted when faced with the PSU situation, that to me is a tick in the ‘Pro’ column.
What does qualified senior E/f etc mean?
It’s just the age division gymnasts are in. Normally E-F are heading off to college unless they’re a little younger, so Senior D is possible.
What do you mean “so senior d is possible”
Also thanks!
That’s exactly what I hoped someone would reply to about the PSU situation based on the negative comment, and I’m glad the original poster recanted. There is ONE positive that came of that fiasco, the rest of the team, prayerfully, will get to finish out their college careers under another coach that will hopefully care for them as individuals. Definitely a “tic” in the “PRO” column for Sam Brown. She’s a FireCracker, I tell ya, she’s not going to put up with injustice. She was raised right. I knew her parents back in the day. We can’t do any better than Sam. That Brevet (FIG level) judging definition cinches it for me, IMO. She knows what they are looking for, and she competed at the highest level in the sport, and she’s coached. There are no negatives. If you are, or are not, affiliated with the UGA, please help support a great person, awesome role model for girls, and exactly what we need to get this train rolling again. Thanks to all. God Bless!!!
I’m Anon on May 2 and 4:16 pm , not the original Anon who said PSU shouldn’t hire Sam ( so I don’t think the person recanted) but I definitely agree with you and Renee that Sam called the Thompsons on their horrible behaviors and knew they had crossed the line…and what does Sandy Barbour do? She gets rid of Sam! How is that a negative to her “association with PSU” …she tried to tell them how awful the Thompsons were and SHE got canned, not them…hiring her at UGA is a total upside for me.
I feel like LSU will surprise and not fall as behind as some people think. Yes, a super group of seniors are gone, but with Sarah Finnegan in an anchor spot or 2…Kennedi Edney and Myia Hambrick in the all-around…more contributions from (healthy) Lexie Priessman, McKenna Kelley, Erin Macadaeg…they could surprise to challenge!!
I also agree that Florida will be a force to be reckoned with next year. UCLA should be…if everything (vault…) comes together!!
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