Karas Kickover NCAA Week 9

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March 13, 2021

We have one more week of NCAA regular season action before conference championships weekend. These last few weeks are the last chance to raise that National Qualifying Score (NQS) and the team standings for regionals. The were some big time performances in week 9 and here are some of them in this weeks Top 5 moments from former Region 5 Alum and Michigan Wolverine star Olivia Karas.

Check out the College Salute Week 9: Hop, Step, and Salute the Toe Point President

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5. Bella Romagnano (Penn State) 9.825 Beam- Matched Career High

4. Courtney Bezold (Eastern Michigan) 9.85- Leader of the Eagle Bar Pack!

3. Gabby Wilson (Michigan) 9.925 Floor- Always Electric

2. Olivia O’Donnell (Illinois) 9.9 Bars- Toe Point President

Andrea Li (Cal) 9.975 Bars- Help the Bears achieve a program history team bar score.

Check back next week for Olivia’s final regular season Karas Kickover Top 5 and make sure you check out this week’s podcast.

Podcast: College Salute Week 9- Stop Hop and Salute the Toe Point President

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March 10, 2021

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We Step, Hop, and Salute the action of Week 9 with the appointment of the Toe Point President. There was a Front Pike half vault that brought us back to 1996. A 198+ score from a team we barely saw… Thanks BTN Minus. There were Front Double fulls galore even one into a front layout. A couple 10’s for the Webb and apparently close shots of feet on the beam are important.

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Show Breakdown

Look at the National Rankings after Week 9
Fab 5 from Around the Country
Karas Kickover- Olivia Karas’s Top 5 for Week 9
Sparkle and Shine Leos
Nine Nine Notebook
Other Highlights
Ohio State Quad
Jtree Gym Balm College Salute Best of 5 of Week 9

Past Podcast Episodes

Episode #7: IT’s the PERFECT Smile, Going to Be Legend Here

Episode #6: The Inner Monologue, Just Hold My Mask Please!

Episode #5: Mount Mania- Rachel’s is Back, Andi’s is New and Dittmar’s is Classic

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

ALUMonday for NCAA Week 9

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Jason MacDonald

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March 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. This week we are featuring a few more routines that you might have not have seen but stood out or made an impact on their teams overall score. #R5Alums

McKenna Linnen, West Virginia Floor 9.825

Amber Mueller, Central Michigan Beam 9.725

Kennedy Weinpert, Kent State Floor 9.825

Alyssa Al- Ashari, NIU Bars 9.875

Jade Brown, Kent State Floor 9.825

Savannah Remkus, Illinois State Beam 9.8

Karas Kickover Top 5 From NCAA Week #8

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Jason MacDonald

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March 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 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 8: A Cup Full of Pink, Pride and Power

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5. Andrea Li (Cal), Beam 9.875 Beautiful Gymnastics

4. Carina Tolan (Iowa) Bars 9.85 Unsung hero for the Hawkeyes

3. Elle Lazzari (Florida), Beam 9.975 career high contributing in 198+ performance

2. Payton Richards (Florida) Debut of Yurchenko 1 1/2 for 2021! Rockstar!

Sierra Brooks (Michigan) Beam 9.95 Bringing Michigan Back

Check back next week for Olivia’s Week 9 Top 5 and go listen to this week’s Cup full of gymnastics podcast.

Podcast: College Salute Week 8: A Cup full of Pink, Pride and Power

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Jason MacDonald

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March 4, 2021

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This episode is certainly a “mixed bag” of gymnastics with college, elite and level 10 all in one. We had the pink and black of the Nastia Cup on display in the shadow box of Winter Cup. The Mania of Meet Themes including a Drag Queen, 2nd go around of the R5 Insider Classic, oh yeah we also had some fantastic college routines this week. The cup was full on this podcast for sure!

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