College Gymnastics podcast that follows the NCAA careers of our Region 5 alumni each and every week during the NCAA season with alumni interviews during the off...
Alumni Conversation From the Burgh to the Bus Buckeye Senior Sidney Washington
In this episode we welcome Buckeye Senior Sidney Washington to the show. Sidney gives us some insights to her two years at Pittsburgh, what the whole transfer experience was like and what it was like becoming a Buckeye, especially for someone who grew up in Ann Arbor. She talks about a moment in her club career where she considered quiting but her club coach Claudia helped and motivated her to stick with it. Kim dives into a floor discussion and where she got her love for performing and puttiing on a show.Â
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Alumni Conversation: Fabulous, Marvel Superhero, Cal Bear-Gabby Perea
Our next Alumni Conversation of the season is with one who we have watched grow up in front of our eyes. From winning the all around at the Level 9 Easterns, to excelling at the elite level, to her beautiful bars and beam as a Cal Bear. Our guest is the fabulous Gabby Perea. As we do with each episode we take a journey back with Gabby to her Region 5 days and how her time as an elite helped her in the transition to college gymnastics. We of course dive into the beam dismount that broke the Gymternet, her standing full at nationals and much much more.Â
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Alumni Conversation with Region 5 Royalty Geaux Tigers Forever- Kai Rivers
Our first Alumni Conversation of the season is with one of the most decorated Region 5 athletes ever, pretty much always and forever Region 5 Royalty. Kai Rivers won almost everything you could win in Level 10 and road the roller coaster college journey to a NCAA National Championships with the LSU Tigers. In this episode, we take Kai back to her Region 5 Days as well as talk everything LSU. Highs, lows, Achilles times 2, the Yurchenko Double, JAY vs DEE DEE we have it all in this episode.Â
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It Finally Happened- Geaux Davis: 2024 NCAA Championships Recap
NCAA’s begins with Alum Un-balanced but then she found her balance for a national title, we might have seen a new skill that could be perfected for some originality, NEW CHampion is added to the short list, Finally it happened and all is right in the world, one more standing full for old time sake, the pilgrims founded the Plymouth Colony in the1620’s but in the 2020’s we have our own Pilgram and her journey is only getting started
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Special 100th Episode Guest Alum Conversation with Arkansas Head Coach Jordyn Wieber
Jordyn was our first coverage on the Insider back in 2012 when we covered her Olympic Send Off Celebration. So for our 100th episode of the College Salute podcast we wanted Jordyn to be our guest especially since she made her first trip with a full team to the NCAA Championships as the head coach of Arkansas, We talk about what being part of Region 5 meant to her, how she came to be the head coach of the University of Arkansas, the experience hosting Regionals and then qualifying to NCAA''s as a team, how coaching as impacted her and the impact our 5 Region 5 alums she has coached had/or is having on the program. We talk about what being part of Region 5 meant to her, how she came to be the head coach of the University of Arkansas, the experience hosting Regionals and then qualifying to NCAA''s as a team, how coaching as impacted her and the impact our 5 Region 5 alums she has coached had/or is having on the program.
College Gymnastics podcast that follows the NCAA careers of our Region 5 alumni each and every week during the NCAA season with alumni interviews during the off season. We also have R5 University which is our own weekly take on Fantasy Gymnastics. If you love college gymnastics and Region 5 and follow the Region 5 Insider this podcast is for you.
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