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THE RUNDOWN: NCAA gymnastics championships

By on April 20, 2012

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 [...]

Sarah Persinger (above) and the Georgia gymnastics team head to Duluth this weekend in search of the program’s 11th national title. Gym Dogs head coach Jay Clark said that this year’s field is the ’tightest’ in recent memory. KRISTY L. DENSMORE/Staff

Eleventh national title on Gym Dogs’ minds

By on April 20, 2012

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 [...]

Chelsea Davis powders her hands before performing. EVAN STICHLER/Staff

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

By on April 18, 2012

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 [...]

LINDSEY CHEEK

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

By on April 17, 2012

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 [...]

The Georgia gymnastics moved up one spot to No. 5 in the latest rankings released on Monday after it won its NCAA regional in Auburn, Ala., on Saturday. The Gym Dogs' new ranking places them into the first subdivision of the NCAA Championships, which begin on April 20 in Duluth. ALLISON LOVE/Staff

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

By on April 10, 2012

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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PHOTO GALLERY: NCAA Gymnastics Auburn Regional

By on April 8, 2012

The No. 6 Georgia gymnastics hopes to clinch a spot in the NCAA Championships with a top two finish at its NCAA Regional on Saturday in Auburn, Ala. The Gym Dogs will compete in Auburn for the second time this year, as they beat the Tigers in a road meet on Jan. 20. File/The Red & Black

Gym Dogs win Auburn Regional, qualify for national championships

By on April 8, 2012

AUBURN, Ala. – The Georgia gymnastics team qualified for its 28th NCAA Championship after finishing first in the Auburn Regional with a score of 197.1. “We’ve experienced just about everything you can experience in the past three years at regional competitions, so to have the performance we had tonight is very rewarding,” Gym Dogs head [...]

Chelsea Davis powders her hands before performing. EVAN STICHLER/Staff

NCAA Regional gymnastics breakdown

By on April 7, 2012

Editor’s note: The Georgia gymnastics teams heads to Auburn, Ala., on Saturday to take part in an NCAA Regional, where a top-two finish clinches a spot for the Gym Dogs in the NCAA Championships in Duluth later this month. But the Gym Dogs are not the only team competing for that same opportunity, so The [...]

The No. 6 Georgia gymnastics hopes to clinch a spot in the NCAA Championships with a top two finish at its NCAA Regional on Saturday in Auburn, Ala. The Gym Dogs will compete in Auburn for the second time this year, as they beat the Tigers in a road meet on Jan. 20. File/The Red & Black

Gym Dogs hope to ‘propel themselves into the national championships’ at NCAA Regional

By on April 6, 2012

The No. 6 Georgia gymnastics team came home from the SEC Championships a little down after only managing to place third behind Florida and Alabama. “At SECs we nickeled and dimed ourselves, which is a sign that maybe nerves got in the way,” senior Gina Nuccio said. “We had to evaluate why that happened because [...]

KAT DING

Senior Gym Dog captures second-team All-SEC honor

By on March 28, 2012

Gym Dog senior Kat Ding earned second team All-Southeastern Conference after finishing second on bars at the SEC Championships last Saturday in Duluth. Ding has been ranked No. 1 nationally on the uneven bars for the majority of the second half of the season with her RQS of 9.935. She has also won seven of [...]