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ALUMonday- 2022 USAG Nationals Edition

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It’s ALUMonday… on Tuesday and we have the USAG National Championships edition. Region 5 was well represented in the championships including one alum fresh off her performance at the Seattle Regional last weekend. That alum was Anna Kaziska from SEMO who took home the USAG National Title on two events beam and floor.

The USAG Nationals are for NCAA programs who have 7 or less scholarships to give out in their programs. The winner of the 2022 National Team title was Texas Women’s University which features two of our alums Maddie Griffith and Kyla Podges. 

Check out final results and these 8 routines from our alums that you might not have seen (if you don’t have USAG FlipNow) from this weekend USAG Nationals. 

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Full Results Prelims Session 1 Session 2 | Team Finals | Event Finals

Anna Kaziska, SEMO Beam 9.95 (USAG National Beam and Floor Champion)

Kyla Podges, TWU Bars 9.725, Beam 9.775

Riley Meeks, Yale Beam 9.775

Maddie Griffin, TWU Bars 9.85 (4th Place)

Madison Greene, SEMO Vault 9.725, 9.85 Floor

(Podcast) College Salute: NCAA Regional Weekend- AuBE 10’s and Exciting Finishes

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What’s to come in this episode:

After a weekend of 4 square or 8 square or even 12 square, we have our 2022 NCAA qualifiers. It was a weekend of big performances, 10’s for what every Trinity touched, a very well known foot (thanks to twitter and ESPN screen shots- crazy exciting ending in Raleigh, Tale of two Bryants, Schulte soars in Seattle and lots of alum stand out moments.

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Show Notes:

Intro

Fab 5

  1. Brenna Nault Beam Mount
  2. Grace McCallum Floor–LOVE
  3. Olson’s beam dismount 2 nights in a row
  4. Kendall Whitman Floor from George Washington
  5. Tabitha Yims Sassy walk before Lawson Beam routine, omg love it
  6. Missouri’s Joslyn Moore Vault technique
  7. Utah Floor DAMN
  8. Spencers NCAA Regional GIF post (balancebeamsituation.com)

Karas Kickover– Anything Is Possible

Regional Surprises: Teams who advanced that I didn’t think would and teams/athletes that didn’t that I didn’t think wouldn’t  HALEIGH BRYANT

Breakdown/Discussion-

Raleigh Regional-

Crazy unexpected finish  

DRAMA!  MISSOURI – UCLA- MISSOURI- UCLA- NO HEEL DOWN- MISSOURI

LSU OUT IN SEMI’s

Auburn (AUbe (All Be 10’s regional)-

Florida 198.775!!!!! UM

Suni Heal Slam then beaming to a 10

Leanne Wong’s vault- 10.0

Aria pre beam

Kim’s new friend Mara from LIU 9.925 on bars but the most perfect ½ pirouette

Norman Regional-

Highlights- Jordan Bowers and Audrey Davis bars (inverts to jaeger and double front ½)

Shout out to Kiara Giagifana-

BIG CONGRATS  Gayla Griswold (Lindenwood first NCAA qualifier- Vault huge Yurchenko 1 1/2 )   Jaye Mack ISU on Floor (stuck pike full in)

Seattle Regional (Exciting Finish) 

Highlights- Taylor Lawson’s (Stanford) Standing Arabian

KJ said it well Never are you there just to participate! That is fitting for MSU this year! 

Michigan State

Utah’s Beam finish

Okeefe before beam

Tale of 2 Bryants

9.9 Notebook– Other notables from Regional weekend

Region 5 University– How would a team of region 5 alums fair against the competition from regional finals.

Toe Point President Nominees

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Past Podcasts:

Week 11: Conference Championships- Spartans, Chips and 26

Week 10: A Real Showstopper

Week 9: The Oscar Goes to Records, Seniors, 198s

Week 8: They Rise to the Perfect 10

Week 7: WWW- Want, Work, Win… A Dog’s Got to Eat!

Week 6: Playlists, Program Records and Perea It’s a Chief Kiss

Week 5: Was it a 10, Should it be a 10-Subjectivity in Judging

Week 4: Storm Trooper Stare Down

Week 3: Big Letters, Records, the Queen and Wake Boarding

Week 2: Melting Thru Movement or Sharp Stab

Week 1: From A to Z and Everything in Between

ALUMonday for Regional Championships

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It’s ALUMonday… on Tuesday and we have the Regional Championships edition. Our Region 5 Alums represented as usually with great performance at all four regional championships sites. We even have one alum who competed only her 2nd bar routine of the year at regionals and nailed it. 

Make sure you check out our College Salute Podcast (posted this Thursday) as we will break down the action from the regional championships weekend.

So let’s check out these 10 routines that you might not have seen from all the regional action.

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Suki Pfister, Ball State 9.85 Vault- Norman Regional

Natalie Hamp, NIU 9.875 Bars- Seattle Regional

Kaitlyn Ewald, Illinois 9.85 Floor- Seattle Regional

Isabel Redmond, ASU 9.825 Bars- Norman Regional (only 2nd bar routine of the season)

Cassie St. Clair, WMU 9.85 Floor Auburn Regional (Play in)

Carina Tolan, Iowa 9.825 Bars- Raleigh Regional

Olivia O’Donnell, Illinois 9.85 Bars- Seattle Regional

Karlie Franz, Kent State 9.875 Floor- Auburn Regional

Amanda Gruber, WMU 9.875 Beam- Auburn Regional

Claire Gagliardi, Ohio State 9.85 Floor- Auburn Regional

ALUMonday: D3 NCGA Nationals Edition

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It’s ALUMonday… On Tuesday, and we have a special D3 edition this week. The 2022 D3 NCGA Nationals took place over the weekend and we had some former Region 5 athletes competing in the championships as part of a team as well as individuals.

UW OshKosh won the team title over Brockport and LaCrosse by over a point. Congrats to our alums Delaney Cienkus (FR), Mia Lucero (FR), Olivia Keller (SR), and Alyssa Nore(SR) each contributing to the teams score.

Here are 9 routines from our alums at the NCGA National Championships.

**Subscribe to our new R5 College Salute Youtube Channel for more weekly alumni videos and segments of the podcast.** https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnST2w1e3V_56ylTXib0NbQ


Kennedy O’Connor, Winona State- National Vault Co-Champion 9.8

 

Kelsey Kollhoff, UW White Water- 2nd Place Beam 9.8

 

Kara Welsh, UW White Water- 3rd Place Vault 9.775

 

Faith Mylin, UW White Water- 3rd Place on Floor 9.8

 

Kelsey Kollhoff, UW White Water- 6th on Bars 9.725

 

Cate Sandvik, UW Lacrosse Beam 9.65

Delaney Cienkus, UW OshKosh Beam 9.6

 

Mia Lucero, UW OshKosh Vault 9.65


Alyssa Nore, UW OshKosh Floor 9.42
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Podcast: College Salute Conference Championships- Spartans, Chips and 26

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Whats to come in this episode:

Championships Crazy that was this past weekend in the NCAA and we have lots of highlights for you. Another 10 on vault for an alum, If you won session 1 you were the 3rd or 4th best team in the conference, Region 5 Alums took home many conference awards, Olivia Karas who was massively excited joins us on the podcast and Maryland is now my favorite team.

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Show Notes:

Intro

BIG Ten Champs Breakdown with Olivia Karas– All you need to know about everything Big Ten’s

Fab 5

  1. Bowling Green Side Somi to Tuck 1/1 of side & Front Tuck onto Beam
  2. BGSU Double Back Dismount-DID NOT SEE THAT COMING
  3. My girl Mara (LIU) 9.950
  4. SEC Cameraman all of the place lol
  5. WMU ONLY MAC team to qualify to Regionals
  6. Wedding line dancing to close Big 12’s 
  7. Scott Wilson gets a kick to the stomach from Victoria Henry
  8. Aubrey Barber floor music mash
  9. Emma Spence (Nebraska) Eagle Grip
  10. Whitney & PENN State FX Coach looking banging in the white on national TV go girls!!!

MAC Champs Breakdown– Kim commentated for ESPN3 and gives us the behind the scenes low down on MAC’s

9.9 Notebook

Pac-12

Andi Li 9.925 Bars, 9.9 Floor

SEC

Shania Adams 9.950 Bars

Makarri 9.950 Bars

Leah Clappr 9.9 Beam

Aria Brusch 9.950 Bars

BIG-12
Maddie Diab 9.950 Floor (CO-Champion)

EAGL

Samantha Macasu 9.9 Bars

Toe Point President Nominees

  • Built Bar Best 5 of the Week
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Past Podcasts:

Week 10: A Real Showstopper

Week 9: The Oscar Goes to Records, Seniors, 198s

Week 8: They Rise to the Perfect 10

Week 7: WWW- Want, Work, Win… A Dog’s Got to Eat!

Week 6: Playlists, Program Records and Perea It’s a Chief Kiss

Week 5: Was it a 10, Should it be a 10-Subjectivity in Judging

Week 4: Storm Trooper Stare Down

Week 3: Big Letters, Records, the Queen and Wake Boarding

Week 2: Melting Thru Movement or Sharp Stab

Week 1: From A to Z and Everything in Between