Gymnastics falls at Minnesota over weekend
The Spartan gymnastics team traveled to Minnesota and lost to the No.
The Spartan gymnastics team traveled to Minnesota and lost to the No.
Six meets away from the Big Ten championships the MSU gymnastics team is looking for ways to get themselves into a competitive mindset.
With the largest crowd this season in attendance at Jenison Field House, the gymnastics team got its first win on Friday against Iowa.
Compete what they practice. What better motto could the gymnastics team have?
MSU gymnastics fell to rival Michigan on Friday, 196.800-193.900 in Ann Arbor, but achieved its highest team score this season on bars and beam. The 2.9-point difference is nearly impossible to catch up in gymnastics, where every tenth of a point is important, but “No.
Green and white. Maize and blue. It’s time for the rivals to meet again, but this time in gymnastics.
Although the gymnastics team struggled and lost to Penn State during the Autism Awareness meet on Saturday, junior Alina Cartwright and freshman Elena Lagoski came out victorious for the day.
One wrong movement, one false grab. That is all it takes.
Welcoming seven freshmen to their roster, one less than last year, the gymnastics team is two meets deep in the 2013-2014 season with a record of 0-2.
It was a close gymnastics meet at Jenison Field House on Saturday, where the Pittsburgh Panthers narrowly beat MSU, 193.025-192.425.
When there is so much pressure resting on you, the best thing to do is relax. Even if you have to throw yourself in the air and flip over twice. Even if you have to tumble on a 4-foot-high and 4-inch wide surface. Even if you have to run toward a still object as fast as you can, like MSU junior gymnast Alina Cartwright does every day. As MSU’s gymnastics season gets underway, Cartwright is focusing on relaxing to reach her goals of placing and medaling at the Big Ten championship, as well as at nationals. Cartwright’s lofty goals date back to her career as a high school gymnast.
The No. 16 Illinois gymnastics team grabbed the Victory Plank rivalry trophySB for the second year in a row Friday night as it narrowly beat MSU, 195.352-194.150, at Jenison Field House.
The Spartan community lost an important figure in MSU athletics Saturday, as former men’s gymnastics coach George Szypula passed away in East Lansing.
As coaches read a list of gymnasts who will continue their seasons at NCAA Regionals next weekend in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Alina Cartwright did a double take when she heard her name.
Despite finishing near the bottom of the conference, the MSU gymnastics team kept its NCAA hopes alive at the Big Ten Championships at Jenison Field House on Saturday.
The MSU gymnastics team performed a valiant effort at the Big Ten Championships at Jenison Field House Saturday keeping alive an opportunity to continue on to the NCAA Regionals next month. MSU posted a 195.45 during the championships, placing seventh at the event, which included eight teams.
If the MSU gymnastics team wants to go to NCAA Regionals next month, they must do well at the Big Ten Championships this weekend at Jenison Field House.
The early part of the week treated the Spartans well, as they won five of their first six games before tailing off later in the week and finishing 6-5 overall.
It was a magical end to the Spartan career of Taira Neal in the MSU gymnastics team’s 197.3-194.875 loss to No. 3 Michigan Saturday evening.
The MSU gymnastics team takes on No. 3 Michigan 4 p.m. Saturday at Jenison Field House in the last home meet of the season.