Karas Kickover Top 5 From NCAA Week #5

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February 12, 2021

This NCAA season we have former Region 5 Alum and Michigan Wolverine star Olivia Karas giving us her Top 5 moments each week. Olivia commentates for the Big Ten Network and keeps up with the action from around the nation to find those stand out moments. She is able to give us a former collegiate gymnasts perspective in these weekly kick over for us to enjoy.

Check out the College Salute Week #5- Mount Mania- Rachel’s is Back, Andi’s is New, and Dittmar’s is a Classic

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5. Cassi Barbanente (ASU): Beautiful Vault

4. Aria Brusch (Auburn): Staple in the Auburn Bar Line-up

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3. Jenna Swartzentruber (OSU): BIG Sky High Double Layout

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2. Claire Gagliardi (OSU): Look up this ROUTINE RIGHT NOW!

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Olivia O’Donnell (Illinois): First Career Vault Title

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Check Back next week for Olivia’s Karas Kickover picks for Week #6 and check out our full recap podcasts each Wednesday throughout the NCAA season.

Podcast: College Salute Week 5 |Mount Mania- Rachel’s is Back, Andi’s is New and Dittmar’s is Classic

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February 10, 2021

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Not Much in the Heights of the SEC! We have a gym bag full of 9.9’s this week. Mounts, Mounts, Mounts some old; some new; one classic! Tri-meet in the Big Ten, Sticky feet, no hand beam routine, Q Factor, and gymnastics lost a true pioneer in the sport.

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Show Breakdown:

Tribute to a True Pioneer – Dianne Durham

Cool Skills/Combos or Vaults

Karas’s Kickover Top 5 from Week 5

Built Bar **Code: R5Insider for 10% off**

Kim’s Top 5 Highlights of the Week

Highlighted Routines (Taylor Dittmar, Bela Romagnano, Andrea Li, Gabby Perea, Bridget Killan, and JerQuavia Henderson)

NINE NINE Notebook

Michigan State vs Illinois @Ohio State

Past Podcast Episodes

Episode #4: Stick, Smile, Salute at the Balance Bar on BTN Minus

Episode #3: Maction Starter pistol has gone off in the mac

Episode #2: What’s My Score, Where’s My Mask?

Episode #1: Caught in the Webb of Waligora

R5 ALUMonday for NCAA Week #5

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Jason MacDonald

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February 8, 2021

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Region 5 has alums all around the country competing each and every weekend and it’s impossible to cover them all on our College Salute Podcast each week. Every Monday for the rest of the NCAA season, we will have 5 routines that you might have not have seen but stood out or made an impact on their teams team score. This week we feature routines from 4 different conferences; Big Ten, Pac-12, EAGL, and MAC. #R5Alums

Bella Romagnano, Penn State (Bars- 9.85)

Cassi Barbenante, Arizona State (9.825- Vault)

Molly Parris, Eastern Michigan (9.85- Bars)

Hannah Nam, North Carolina (9.875- Beam)

Nikki Borkowski, Towson (9.85- Floor)

Karas Kickover Top 5 From NCAA Week #4

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February 5, 2021

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This NCAA season we have former Region 5 Alum and Michigan Wolverine star Olivia Karas giving us her Top 5 moments each week. Olivia will be joining us on the College Salute Podcast when her busy schedule allows to give a former collegiate gymnasts perspective but will be doing her weekly kick over of her standouts for us to enjoy.

Check out the College Salute Week #4- Stick Smile Salute on the Balance Bar

Karas Kickover Audio Version

Top 5 For Week #4

#5- Mati Waligora (Alabama)- Set the Stage for Bama with lead off performance

#4- Marissa Oakley (Georgia)- Beautiful Beam Worker

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#3- Natalie Hamp (NIU)- Awesome Blind Full Double Layout off bars

#2- Delanie Harkness (MSU)- Beautiful and Clean Bars

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#1- Jerquavia Henderson “Q” (Iowa)- Cool Calm and Collected

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Check Back next week for Olivia’s Karas Kickover picks for Week #5 and check out our full recap podcasts each Wednesday throughout the NCAA season.

Day In the Life of Katya Sander, Level 10 Gymnast from Perfection Gymnastics | Eye on 5

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Jason MacDonald

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February 4, 2021

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Day in the Life with Level 10 National Qualifier and future Stanford Cardinal Katya Sander from Perfection Gymnastics in Ohio. Katya lives a “double life” splitting time outside of Cincinnati where she trains and her actually home in Kentucky. Katya takes us along with her as she goes to school, her gymnastics workouts, and her awesome healthy dinners she eats. Katya is a very goal oriented individual who gives her time to Brothers and Sisters organization being a mentor or an inspiration for someone outside her circle. Let’s check out our Eye on 5 with #KatyaSander #Dayinthelife #eyeon5