Today, Michigan finally made a highly anticipated announcement. The Wolverines have pulled off one of the top 2010-2011 recruiting hauls in the country by signing SCATS' Sam Mikulak and Jordan Gaarenstroom, Surgents Elite's Alex Bubnov, All American's Mike Myler and Josephson Academy's Dylan James. The prize nugget, of course, is [...more]
We received word that Nebraska has pulled off a great 2010-2011 recruiting coup with the signings of WOGA's Presten Ellsworth, Eric Schryver, Orlando Metro's Wyatt Aycock and Cypress' CJ Schaaf. Head Coach Chuck Chmelka and Assistant Coaches Jim Hartung and Phil Cahoy are wasting no time with their efforts to re-establish the Cornhuskers as a [...more]
The gymnastics world received the horrible news that Russian gymnast Yury Ryazanov was killed in a car accident Tuesday morning just outside of Moscow. Ryazanov, the recent bronze medal winner in the all-around at the World Championships, was returning to his home in Vladimir when tragedy struck. He was Russia’s brightest star over the past [...] [...more]
Romania's Marian Dragulescu has done what Brett Favre probably won't be able to do, which is to retire, unretire and win a title. Dragulescu not only won a title, he won two! He was the surprise winner on floor, easily overcoming the heavily favored Kohei Uchimura. He then topped things off by hitting two outstanding vaults to capture yet another world championship. The 28-year-old Romanian was the only gymnast to [...more]
Japan's Kohei Uchimura started the evening with a brilliant 15.625 floor routine, and after he turned in a 14.90 on pommel horse, it became a foregone conclusion that the World title was all his. Uchimura blitzed the field of twenty-four to win his first world men's gymnastics all-around championship with a big score of 91.50. His nearest competitor was Great Britain's Daniel Keatings, who finished a staggering 2.575 points behind. Uchimura hit on all six events in a dominant display of consistency, style and confidence. He was clearly in a world of his own. Although American Tim McNeill [...more]
After a marathon of three qualifying sessions in London, Japan's Kohei Uchimura was the leading qualifier going into Thursday's all-around finals at the 2009 World Men's Gymnastics Championships. Uchimura was at the top of his game tallying the day's highest score of 90.925. Hitting on all six events, Uchimura had scores of at least 15.00 on every event except for pommel horse (14.75). His floor and high bar routines were outstanding, and his 15.775 was the highest score of the day on floor. Uchimura undoubtedly remains the prohibitive favorite to win the all-around title. Tim McNeill and Jonathan Horton finished in the top five in the [...more]
Jonathan Horton signed an endorsement deal with GK Elite Sportswear, the world’s leading supplier of gymnastics apparel. The 2008 Olympic silver medalist on high bar, Horton is America’s leading gymnast and a force on the world scene. The former All-American Oklahoma gymnast is now training in Houston under Coach Tom Meadows. Horton, the newly crowned [...] [...more]
According to Blythe Lawrence's blog at Examiner.com, a lot of exciting Junior assignments have been doled out by USA Gymnastics. Jake Dalton and John Orozco will be competing at the Japan Junior International Competition in Yokohama September 20-25. Dalton is now a freshman at Oklahoma. In fact he went straight from Dallas to Norman, OK right after VISAs. Dalton is also reportedly first in line for [...more]
Jonathan Horton can finally claim that elusive prize of U.S. Men's Gymnastics National Champion. The anchorman of our men's program ran away with the title by a margin of 3.4 points over surprise runner-up Tim McNeill. Running on sheer talent and adrenaline, Horton was easily able to absorb a fall on [...more]
Today's New York Daily News posted an outstanding article about John Orozco. The article went into detail about his family and the long daily commute Orozco and his mother make every day to the gym. Orozco's father suffered a debilitating stroke two years ago and his mother suffers from various health maladies. Even if she is in severe pain, she gets up and gets her son from the Bronx to [...more]
