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Clark’s resignation spells uncertainty for Georgia gymnastics team

Some may have seen it coming, but Jay Clark’s resignation was a shock to others. Nonetheless, after three years on the job, Clark resigned from his post of head coach of the Georgia gymnastics team Friday afternoon. When he was appointed the position three years ago, it wasn’t as if Clark was new to the [...]

Gym Dogs consistent, not champions

Some may look at the way the Georgia gymnastics team closed out its 2012 season and consider it a failure. But the NCAA Championship meet was merely an abnormality in a season where consistency was the watchword. Head coach Jay Clark said all year that his team lacked the back-of-the-lineup stars that were guaranteed to [...]

Eight Gym Dogs garner All-America honors, senior Kat Ding leads way with four selections

The NCAA Championship weekend was not a total disappointment for the Georgia gymnastics team, as eight Gym Dogs took home 13 All-America honors. Senior Kat Ding earned four All-America honors on vault, bars, floor and the all around. Ding placed third on vault and second in the all around in Sunday’s NCAA Championships in Duluth, [...]

TWICE AS NICE: Ding captures NCAA titles on floor, bars

Kat Ding is back-to-back bars national champion. “Honestly, this is for my team,” the senior Georgia gymnast said. “It’s nothing for me personally. I wanted to represent my program in the best way possibly, and by doing so I’m coming out with a win but it’s for the University of Georgia.” But she didn’t stop [...]

Gym Dogs count two falls on beam to finish fifth, fail to advance to Super Six finals

It just wasn’t Georgia’s night from the very start. After a rough bar rotation and an even rougher beam, the Gym Dogs failed to advance to the Super Six finals for the second year in a row despite finishing first on vault and tying for second on bars. On the Georgia’s first event, Junior Christa [...]

THE RUNDOWN: NCAA gymnastics championships

Editor’s note: The Georgia gymnastics teams heads to Duluth on Friday to take part in the NCAA Championships. While the Gym Dogs are competing for their 11th national title, they are not the only team competing in the running, so The Red & Black’s gymnastics beat writer, Elizabeth Grimsley, analyzes every team in Georgia’s subdivision [...]

Eleventh national title on Gym Dogs’ minds

This season has been all about consistency for the Georgia gymnastics team. “I think we’ve been a confident team all year long — that’s where the consistency has come from,” head coach Jay Clark said. “I think we’ve done so many things right, but at the end of the day, it all comes down to what you [...]

HOW THEY GOT HERE: The long road to NCAA gymnastics championships

Making it to the NCAA women’s gymnastics championships is a long process. To qualify to the big event, a team first has to qualify to NCAA Regionals, but to qualify to regionals, that team has to be in the top 36. To be in the top 36, the team has to compete consistently throughout the [...]

Gym Dogs’ duo work way into starting lineup at NCAA regional, fighting for spot in national championship meet

At the NCAA Regionals in Auburn, Ala., on April 7 there were some new faces in the lineup for the Georgia gymnastics team. Sophomore Lindsey Cheek didn’t compete the entire regular season because of back spasms, but finally got the chance in the Gym Dogs’ NCAA regional. “Lindsey, for various reasons, has been able to improve dramatically [...]

Gym Dogs jump to No. 5 after strong regional showing, find out subdivision placement for NCAA Championships

The Georgia gymnastics team moved up one spot to No. 5 after a good showing in the Auburn Regional. The Gym Dogs scored a 197.1 to win their regional and advance to the NCAA Championships. This week there are no individual or team event rankings because of the switch to the National Qualifying Score system [...]

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