Our Coaches Corner series continues this week with Janelle McDonald, who is going into her 3rd season as the head coach at UCLA. The Bruins finished the 2024 season 17th, but are hungrier than ever to get back to the top of the rankings nationally, but also in their first season in the Big Ten Conference. Luckily, the Bruins have a stellar freshman…

Our Coaches Corner series continues this week with Carly Dockendorf, who is going into her 2nd season as the head coach at Utah. Last season — in their final season in the Pac 12 conference — the Utes won the Pac 12 Championship title for the 4th consecutive year and went on to finish third at the NCAA Championships. As they gear up for their first…

Our Coaches Corner series continues this week with Bev Plocki, who is going into her 36th season as the head coach of the Michigan Wolverines. This season Michigan is looking to return back to the top of the Big Ten – a place they are very familiar with, having won all but six Big Ten titles in the last 32 years. Michigan has lost some star athlete…

Our Coaches Corner series continues this week with Mike Rowe, who led the Michigan State Spartans to a second consecutive Big Ten Regular Season title last season, as well as the first Big Ten Championship in program history. The Spartans only lost 1 lineup routine from last season and are expected to continue to rise with the addition of some tale…

Our Coaches Corner series continues this week with California co-head coach, Liz Crandall-Howell. The Cal Bears finished 2nd last season at the NCAA Championships, which was the highest finish in program history. In 2024, the team also repeated as NCAA Regional Champions and won the Pac 12 Regular Season title outright for the first time in history…

We are excited to kick off our Coaches Corner series for the upcoming season with Florida’s associate head coach, Owen Field. Last season the Florida Gators finished 4th at the NCAA Championships but are returning nearly every routine from last season and are bringing in some talented new faces as well. Owen joins us to preview the upcoming season …

Today’s guest is rising Florida sophomore Anya Pilgrim, who had an incredible freshman season in 2024, winning SEC Freshman of the Week honors five times, becoming a 4-time All-American, and becoming the first freshman in the nation to score a perfect 10 last season. Anya joins us to look back on her success, plus we talk about her reaction to her …

This week we are so excited to be joined by Clemson’s Lilly Lippeatt to look back on the Tiger’s inaugural season. Lilly talks about the challenges of being on a brand-new team, but also the rewarding feeling of making history and building a legacy. Lilly also joins us to talk about the lessons she has learned over the years and how her career has …

In this special bonus episode, we bring you highlights from Helen Hu and Shannon Welker’s press conference on Oct. 11, 2024. Helen and Shannon share the story of how Helen’s comeback came to be, Helen talks about how training is going, goals for the upcoming season and more! Thank you to our monthly Patreon supporters: Lee B, Cookiemaster, Christa,…

In the spirit of college recruiting season, our guest this week is somebody who had the gymnastics community buzzing over where she was going to commit for college. We're super excited to welcome CaMarah Williams to the show. Williams was one of the top recruits in the class of 2026 and recently committed to the University of Georgia. She is a six-…

This week we are joined by UCLA sophomore Katelyn Rosen, who was an integral part of the Bruins team last season. Individually, she won two consecutive Pac 12 Freshman of the Week honors and is eager to make her mark in her first season in the Big Ten! Katelyn joins us to share how the Bruins are bouncing back from a disappointing end to last seaso…

This week we are joined by Penn State sophomore Kalea McElligott, who is coming off an incredible freshman season where she won the Big 10 Freshman of the Year award, along with helping her team advance to the NCAA regional final for the first time in program history. Kalea joins us to talk about the story of how she got to Penn State and look back…

Our guest this week is 5th year senior for Oklahoma Audrey Davis, who is a 4x NCAA Champion, a 7-time All-American, and a finalist for the AAI award in 2024. Audrey is here to talk about how the team is overcoming the disappointment of not advancing to the NCAA final last season and her goals for her final season of gymnastics. We also talk how she…

Sage Kellerman is a junior at Michigan State and was a big part of the team’s historic season last year! Sage helped MSU win their first Big Ten title in program history along with bringing in some individual accolades. She scored two perfect 10’s on vault last season (becoming the first Spartan to score multiple perfect 10’s on the same event in a…

This week we are excited to bring you an interview with a bronze medalist from the Tokyo Olympics and one of the Team GB greats, Alice Kinsella! Alice is a World team silver medalist from 2022 and a 7x European medalist including a gold medalist on beam from 2019 and a team gold medalist from 2023. Leading up to Paris, Great Britain faced a lot of …

This week we are joined by Levi Jung-Ruivivar who is fresh off competing at the 2024 Paris Olympics! Levi, along with her teammates Emma Malybuyo and Aleah Finnegan made history by becoming the first female gymnasts to represent the Philippines at the Olympics in 60 years and it was a pretty crazy experience. Levi had a serious allergic reaction wh…

This week we give an update on the 2024 Paris Olympic medal situation regarding Jordan Chiles and Ana Barbosu, we discuss the USOPC’s appeal, new evidence from USA Gymnastics, and what we hope happens next. A special thank you to our sponsor Full Out Collegiate Recruiting! For more information visit: https://fulloutcollegiaterecruiting.com/ During …

Many tears were shed, legends shushed, and Gogeans/feet questioned. Let's discuss! Thank you to our monthly Patreon supporters: Abbe Clark, Maria D, Charlotte D, Chuck C, Erin J, Cameron L, Jamie S, Dana B, Kyle M, Taryn M, Lynn G, Katie H, Thiago, Libby C, Lisa T, Cathy D, Amanda, Emily C, Betny T, Jakub W, Laura R, Marni S, Kentiemac, Diane J, Ro…

Enjoy some of our thoughts from Qualifications as well as Team Finals at the 2024 Paris Olympics! We also share our AA and Event Final Predictions!--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/all-things-gymnastics/support

Today we are wrapping up the Recruit Reflection Series with Alana Fisher who is a rising senior at Eastern Michigan University. Alana has a great story of not giving up despite not receiving much interest from college coaches to become a key contributor for EMU on vault and floor. After qualifying to NCAA Regionals on vault last season and notching…

Today we are excited to be joined by Csenge Bácskay who will be competing very soon at the Paris Olympics for her home country of Hungary, but she’s also a collegiate gymnast in the United States which made for a really interesting recruiting perspective. She spent the first two years of her career at the University of Nebraska and will be transfer…

Today we are excited to be joined by Ellerie Poel who is a level 9 gymnast from Cardinal Gymnastics in Virginia. Ellerie decided to go the acro and tumbling route in college instead of doing gymnastics and will be joining the inaugural team at Calvin University this season. Ellerie joins us to talk about the decision to let go of the sport she has …

Today we share our thoughts on the 5 members of the 2024 Paris Olympic Team with comments from Simone Biles, Suni Lee, Hezly Rivera, Leanne Wong, Joscelyn Roberson, and Alicia Sacramone Quinn! Thank you to our monthly Patreon supporters: Abbe Clark, Maria D, Charlotte D, Chuck C, Erin J, Cameron L, Jamie S, Dana B, Kyle M, Taryn M, Lynn G, Katie H,…

Today we are excited to be joined by Makenna Damhorst who will be joining the gymnastics team at Penn next season. Makenna has a really unique story - she became a level 10 her senior year after dealing with some injuries, which made recruiting a bit of a challenge. She applied to a few schools, including UCLA where she was a member of the club gym…

A lot has happened...we discuss injury updates and new Olympic team predictions in this mini episode! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/all-things-gymnastics/support

Today we are excited to be joined by our friends Jakub and Britton to discuss our final U.S. Olympic team predictions ahead of Olympic Trials this weekend! Podium training was not steamed so these are our predictions based off Championships, potential upgrades, and our hopes! Schedule: June 27 at 6:30 p.m. ET - Men's Day 1 - USA Network & Peacock J…

This week we are joined by Hannah Aoki, who announced in May that she had accepted a full athlete scholarship to the University of North Carolina. Hannah was a little bit of a late bloomer to college recruiting as she didn’t become a level 10 until her sophomore year of high school but she was determined and willing to do whatever it took to achiev…

This week we are joined by Megan Brueck, who is a rising junior at Yale, to talk all about her recruiting journey. Megan was injured her junior year of high school, so she was a little under the radar when it came to recruiting, but she ended up getting accepted into Yale – one of the top Ivy League schools – and has some tips for gymnasts who migh…

We’re less than a week away from the start of the recruiting period for the class of 2026 and we couldn’t think of a better way to kick off season 2 of our Recruit Reflection series than LSU commit Nina Ballou. Nina is a 5x national champion, a 3x Nastia Cup qualifier and was one of the top recruits in the class of 2025. We’re so excited to have Ni…

In honor of June 15th quickly approaching, our Recruit Reflections series will be back next week and we’re kicking it off with a Recruiting Roundtable Discussion with UNC commit Sydney Seabrooks and Florida commit Maddy Dorbin. They have some raw, real, relatable recruiting advice for those who are about to embark on their college recruiting journe…

Today’s episode is all about the 2024 U.S. Championships and what it means heading into the Olympic Trials! Simone won her 9th National Title, Skye Blakely had the meet of her life, Hezly Rivera surprised us all, there may just be one spot left on Team USA…. we discuss it all! Thank you to our monthly Patreon supporters: Erin J, Cameron L, Jamie S,…

You get another bonus episode this week! In this episode we catch up on the latest news from Olympic dreams coming true (Emma Malabuyo – yay!) to Olympic dreams ending for Heath Thorpe and Oksana Chusovitina, we also break down the House vs. NCAA lawsuit and what this could potentially mean for the future of NCAA gymnastics. Later in the episode (a…

We are so excited to bring you our conversation with the one and only Kathy Johnson Clarke! She’s a world bronze medalist, an Olympic silver and bronze medalist, an American Cup Champion, a national champion with Centenary College, where she competed in 1978 and 1979 — long before it was cool to do elite and college gymnastics at the same time — an…

You get a bonus episode this week! We’re excited to bring you our conversation with 2024 NCAA vault champion Anna Roberts – Stanford’s first individual NCAA champion since 2018 and a key part of the Cardinal success this season which ended with a trip to the NCAA Championships as a team for the first time in eight years. Anna joins us to talk about…

This week we are back to recap the Core Hydration Classic where we saw some upgrades from many athletes including Simone Biles, we experienced heartbreak with Gabby Douglas and Konnor McClain withdrawing, and we were impressed with people like Jordan Chiles and Shilese Jones – who made their 2024 season debuts here – and the rockstars Jade Carey an…

This week we are so excited to be joined by Cécile Canqueteau-Landi, who really needs no introduction if you’re a gymnastics fan! Cecile is a 1996 Olympian for France and a world-renowned coach from World Champions Centre in Texas where she coaches some of the best gymnasts in the world including the most decorated gymnast of all time, Simone Biles…

This week we are looking back on the historic season that Cal Gymnastics had and we are honored to be joined by the incredible eMjae Frazier. eMjae just finished her sophomore season with the Bears but she’s already primed for the history books. As a freshman she scored the program’s first and only perfect 10 on floor and broke the all-around progr…

This week we discuss Gabby Douglas’ return to competition and what her chances are for the Paris Olympics, as well as the other Olympic gold medalists who competed at the American Classic, we also talk about Qiu Qiyuan giving Kaylia Nemour a run for her money, Georgia gymnastics hiring Cecile Landi and Ryan Roberts and more! Thank you to our monthl…

Today we are super excited to bring you an interview with a very special national champion, Sav Schoenherr! Sav is a 6th year transfer for LSU who has played such a big role to the success of this team in terms of her gymnastics, but also her leadership. She’s here to talk about her iconic sloth fall on beam, the emotions of the entire day, and wha…

The defending national champion Oklahoma Sooners busted every NCAA bracket in the country when they did not advance to the 2024 NCAA Finals. This calls for an emergency episode! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/all-things-gymnastics/support

Today’s guest is Abby Brenner who is a former gymnast at the University of Michigan and the University of Utah. During her athletic career Abby truly did it all from helping Michigan win its first ever national title in 2021 and winning two Big Ten Championships as a team. She then transferred to Utah for her 5th year where she helped Utah win the …

This week we recap all of the action from regionals weekend including shocking upsets such as Michigan and UCLA not advancing to the finals, Stanford coming from behind as an unseeded team to upset Denver and move on to Fort Worth, Arkansas upsetting Kentucky in front of a home crowd, plus what individuals are qualified to the NCAA Championships an…

With conference championships in the rearview mirror, we look ahead to regionals this week! Who is going where, who could pull off an upset, what do we think is going to happen - we discuss it all in this week's episode! Thank you to our monthly Patreon supporters: Karlin, Taryn M, Lynn G, Kristina, Katie H, Marcel M, Debbie, Thiago, Libby C, Lisa …

This week we are going to be sharing our predictions for the 2024 NCAA Conference Championships this weekend plus we have an interview with Laney Madsen, who launched her very own leotard company, Joanna, last week! Check out Joanna Leotards: https://joannaleotards.com/Thank you to our monthly Patreon supporters: Amanda P, Karlin, Taryn M, Lynn G, …

This week we are super excited to sit down with Kentucky’s superstar freshman Creslyn Brose who is absolutely killing it in her first season of college gymnastics. She currently ranks 6th in the nation on floor with an NQS of 9.95 and has career highs of 9.85 on beam and 9.975 on floor — which she has already done twice this season! She is also one…

This week we give an update on the NQS rankings and talk about the outlook for the top 10 teams, we also discuss Gabby Douglas switching gyms, and then later in the show we are joined by Michigan senior Jenna Mulligan to talk about what it means to earn a scholarship in her final season and how she has stepped up to become a consistent and reliable…

This week we recap the Winter Cup - where Kayla DiCello grabbed the gold, we saw the return of Trinity Thomas, and Suni Lee attempted the laid out jaeger in competition for the first time ever! We also discuss the Nastia Liukin Cup, how we felt about the competition venue and how the meet was run overall. And of course as always we talk highlights …

This week we give some important updates on the upcoming Winter Cup, we talk names to watch for at the Nastia Cup, perfect 10s from week 7 and the last ever regular season Pac 12 dual between Utah and UCLA! Thank you to our monthly Patreon supporters: Thiago, Lisa T, Cathy D, Amanda, Emily C, Betny T, Jakub W, Laura R, Marni S, Amelia G, Kentiemac,…

This week we catch up on the latest news in the elite world, including Shilese Jones’ new skill and Gabby Douglas’ return to competition next weekend at the Winter Cup. We also talk about notable highlights from the week 6 of NCAA gymnastics including Talladega notching the first win EVER for an HBCU gymnastics team, the Florida Gators putting up t…

This week we are recapping all of the action from week 5 of the 2024 season! Cal remains #2 nationally and is giving Oklahoma a run for their money, Kentucky beat Bama AT Bama for the first time EVER in program history, Michigan State beat Michigan for the second consecutive year in the regular season and is now the top ranked Big Ten team. We disc…