College Salute: Regional Breakdown

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March 29, 2023

4 Regional sites, 4 competitions at each, a crazy 5 days of competition from Wednesday to Sunday. What are the R5 Universities Chances of qualifying to nationals, what R5 Alums have qualified as individuals, what should Region 5 fans be watching. Who do Kim and I feel will be moving onto Regional Finals and NCAA’s? Well after this special podcast episode you are going to know the answers to all those questions.

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On this show:

-Kim’s Intro (IT’s Regional Time)

– Norman Regional- UM BALL STATE!!!!!! And the most Alums of all 4

Play in- Ball State vs NC State (remember 2021)- Wednesday

Thursday

Session 1- OU, Ohio State, Arkansas, Ball State or NC State

Session 2- Alabama, Kentucky, Illinois, Iowa,

R5 Alum Individuals and others

Hannah Joyner eye make-up- AA

Jaye Mack (Illinois St)- qualified to NCAA’s last year

LA Regional- Least # of Alums

Play In- Wednesday

BYU and Boise State

Thursday

Session 1- UCLA, Missouri, Stanford, BYU or Boise State

Session 2- Utah, Auburn, S. Utah, Washington

R5 Alum Individuals and Adopted R5 Alums

Pittsburgh Regional- Kim will be here

Play in: Thursday

Towson and Penn State

Friday:

Session 1- Cal, MSU, Western Michigan, West Virginia

Session 2- Florida, ASU, Maryland, PSU or Towson

R5 Alum Individuals and adopted alums

Denver Regional-

Play in- Thursday

North Carolina and Arizona

Friday:

Session 1: LSU, Oregon State, Georgia, Nebraska

Session 2: Michigan, Denver, Minnesota, North Carolina or Arizona

R5 Alum Individuals and adopted athletes

Welsh Wins Vault, Two Peat for OshKosh: 2023 NCGA Recap

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Jason MacDonald

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March 29, 2023

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Results: Roadtonationals

R5 Alum Video Gallery

The 2023 NCGA Championships (Division 3 Nationals) took place at Winona State this past weekend. Region 5 was well represented at these championships.

The University of Wisconsin OshKosh won their 2nd consecutive national title over Wisconsin Lacrosse by two tenths of a point with Wisconsin Stout finishing 3rd. OshKosh had five R5 Alums contribute to their national championship efforts with 9.7+ efforts from sophomore Mia Lucero (video below), sophomore Delaney Cienkus (video below) and freshman Mady Bellmore (Beam) as well as a very nice bar set from sophomore Sam Zeilinger (bars-9.425)

Wisconsin Lacrosse senior Kerrie Legault (video below) posted a 9.625 on bars while senior Alex Wood contributed two counting scores on vault (9.575) and floor (9.65) respectfully. Junior Claudia Walter posted a counting 9.475 on bars while senior Cate Sandvik competed in the all around for the Eagles.

Five Region 5 Alums finished in the top 10 individually with one claiming a national event title. Sophomore Kara Welsh from White Water, who finished 3rd on vault in 2022, won the 2023 national title with a very impressive Yurchenko full.

Check out Kara’s vault and the four other top 10 event finishes for our alums at the NCGA Nationals below. For more check out the R5Alum gallery, link above.

Kara Welsh, White Water Vault National Champion 9.825

**the celebration is the best part of this vault 🙂

Kelsey Kollholf, White Water 3rd on Floor 9.8

**very nice double back last pass

Delaney Cienkus, Osh Kosh 9th on beam 9.725

**very nice front aerial and solid series

Mia Lucero, Osh Kosh 9th on Vault 9.7

** love the little extra celebration at the end, vault was really nice as well

Kerrie Legault, LaCrosse 8th on bars 9.625

** love the bail to Stalder and Stalder double back combos

ALUM-URDAY: Conference Championships Edition

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Jason MacDonald

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March 25, 2023

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presented by Full Out Recruiting

This weeks ALUM-URDAY features some of our alums from the EAGL, MIC, GEC and the MRGC conferences. These 8 routines are from this past weekends conference championships

Make sure you subscribe to the R5 College Salute Podcast and listen in every Wednesday during the NCAA season as we highlight our Region 5 Alums each week.

Check out more R5 Alum videos on our College Salute Youtube channel

**video quality lost a bit in the transfer process**

Sara Wabi, Illinois State 9.85 Beam (MIC Championships)

Kaylee Cooper, Lindenwood 9.8 Bars (MIC Championships)

Sidney Washington, Pittsburgh 9.85 Floor (EAGL Championships)

Lauren Holt, Yale 9.8 Floor (GEC Championships)

Elaina McGovern, Boise State 9.8 Bars (MRGC Championships)

Riley Meeks, Yale 9.8 Beam (GEC Championships)

Kaitlyn Donovan, Illinois State 9.875 Floor (MIC Championships)

Madison Greene, SEMO 9.825 Floor (MIC Championships)

Podcast: Conference Championships- Teflon Covered Diamond Stuffed Beasts

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Jason MacDonald

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March 24, 2023

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Conference Championships weekend did not disappoint, from the excitement, to the faces, the stuck landings or stick and show to the high fives it was non stop crazy all across the country. For some this was the last stop on their gymnastics journey and the lasting memories of their lives in gymnastics but for many it’s one last tune up for NCAA Regionals. They hope they have NORMENTUM going into post season.

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On this show:

-Kim’s Intro (ODE to Kim and I)

– Fab 5 ( or 13)

– Championships awards around the country

-Karas Kickover

– Alumonday

-Region 5 University of Week 10- How did Region 5 Do? What’s our NQS? Whose up next week?

– Meet Highlights (from our R5U Line-up meets)

-9.9 Notebook

– commentary quotes

(Link to College Salute Youtube)