Seasoned and casual college gymnastics fans alike are accustomed to weekly Leotard Rankings, which have been a recurring segment on College Gym News for years.
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Bright Walls and a Bright Future for Kent State Gymnastics
In April 2022, it was announced that Kent State’s Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center, affectionately known as the MACC, would get a long-requested facelift. It
Read moreMarch 12, 2020: Three Years Later
Every sport has a moment that fans will remember where they were when It happened. For NASCAR fans, it’s the day Dale Earnhardt died a
Read moreBreaking Down Kent State’s Storied Floor Depth
Craig Ballard can’t read his gymnasts’ minds. Instead, he fosters and relies on a team culture of open communication, creating training assignments and lineups that
Read moreDepth, Execution and More Depth Are the Keys to Vault in the MAC
The 2016 season saw the world of collegiate vault—and its recruiting—turned on its head with the Yurchenko full being devalued from a 10.000 start value
Read moreToughest Lineups for Freshmen to Crack
Between historically strong lineups and retaining last season’s class of seniors, some lineups will definitely be harder to break into than others. While we won’t
Read morePotential Lineups: MAC Part I
The MAC may just be college gymnastics’ best-kept secret, with teams across the conference out of the limelight but steadily on the rise over the
Read more7 Potential Hires for Clemson Head Coach
With the 2022 season winding down, non-season news is about to hit us full-on. Perhaps the biggest news of the offseason will be who will
Read moreWhat to Watch for With the 2021 Coaching Carousel
At the close of every season, there are always coaches whose jobs seem tenuous and those who seem poised to fill newly open positions. We
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