There’s a lot that happens on the gymternet each week. So much so that it can be hard to keep track of it all. From training updates and COVID-year announcements to recruiting rumors and coaching news, we don’t blame you for missing some important points here and there.
That’s where we come in. Last Week in College Gym is your one-stop shop for all the important headlines from the previous week in college gymnastics. No matter if you’re taking a social media break, went on vacation, or just don’t have the capacity to follow every single gymnast, team, and fan, we have you covered.
Top Storylines
Transfer Portal Heats Up as Offseason Begins
The offseason has already brought us tidbits of who is looking to move on to another opportunity. So far, over 20 athletes have either announced they are in the portal or have revealed their new destination for the 2025 season. To catch up on what you might have missed, check out our transfer tracker here!
Georgia Gymnastics adds Oleksii Koltakov and Marissa King as Assistant Coaches
After replacing former Head Coach Courtney Kupets Carter with Ryan Roberts and Cecile Canqueteau-Landi, the GymDawgs rounded out their coaching staff with the two former Nebraska assistant coaches. According to Roberts, Kolkatov will work primarily with the vault and floor squads while King will choreograph beam and floor routines as well as serve as the team’s pump-up person.
Ondine Achampong Announces ACL Tear
British gymnast and incoming Cal freshman Ondine Achampong announced on Instagram that she tore her ACL landing a bars dismount at Lillshalle. The injury will likely take her out of the running to make the British Olympic team for Paris this summer and may limit her ability to contribute to Cal’s lineups next season.
Other Newsworthy Items
- Western Michigan’s Sarah Moravansky will be returning for a fifth season with the Broncos.
- Two key contributors transferred out of Bowling Green and into the SEC, with Kathryn Weilbacher and Isabella Rivelli announcing transfers to LSU and Kentucky respectively.
- Incoming UCLA freshman Mika Webster-Longin is competing at the European Championships this week for Belgium.
- 2024 AAI Award Winner Haleigh Bryant will be returning for a fifth year as an LSU Tiger.
Training Updates
- UC Davis rising senior Megan Ray is working a side aerial to layout step-out series on beam.
- Incoming Utica freshman Emmy Graff is working a Yurchenko full onto an eight-inch mat in the pit. On bars, incoming freshman Kourtney Pierce is training a straddle Jaeger.
- Incoming Brown freshman Maeve McIlroy is working a full-in on floor.
- Katelyn Rosen, rising sophomore at UCLA, is working a triple series BHS LOSO LOSO on beam.
- N.C. State’s rising junior Kailee Adomaites is working a Ricna on bars.
- Abby Martin of Arizona is working a Ray on bars.
- San Jose State rising junior Mikaela Pitts is working a new dismount on bars: a toe-on front pike half.
- Ithaca College rising senior Caitlin Pellegrino is training a Tsuk layout full on vault. Fellow rising senior Abby Chesshire is adding a half twist on floor, changing her pass to a round-off one and a half to front full tumbling pass. Natalie Steed, a rising sophomore, is working a Yurchenko full into the pit, and rising junior Grace Murray looks to be working towards a Yurchenko half-on front off vault.
- BYU 5th-year Anna Bramblett is upgrading her bars dismount to a full-twisting double layout.
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