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William2004	Under appreciated gymnasts?		Lead	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 5802 06/18/09 07:15 PM Double Layout Punch Front	Tags : None Which NCAA gymnasts do you think were underappreciated for whatever reason? The one I would have to mention is Malia Jones on the floor exercise. She had showmandship beside nice dance and form and did justice to Val's unique choreography. She was constantly in fluid movement. But there were so many good gymnasts during her time at UCLA, i.e.Moneymaker, Degteva, Mohini, Jamie D, Yvonne Tousek, Alyssa Beckerman, Kristen Maloney, etc. that she just didn't stand out. Now that UCLA has their own channel and a whole host of UCLA gymnasts previously unreleased, there are some great routines there. But check out Malia. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRPxwShgNl8&feature=PlayList&p=4034CAAE45056172&index=11
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newbee	Daria Bijak	#1	[url]	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 1867 06/19/09 12:03 AM Double Layout Punch Front	The girl does some of the most unique, biggest and most difficult skills in the country. I really hope she is rewarded for it her senior year.
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myohmy		#2	[url]	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 41 06/24/09 04:25 AM	I may be a little biased since I am a Michigan fan, but I think that Sarah Curtis was passed over this year. She may not have had an amazing "OH MY" season, but she was the only one on the team to compete all around in every single meet, keep her all around fairly consistent as she was moved up into the beginning of some of the line ups (i think to start the team off on a consistent note since they didn't have any real depth due to injuries this year), and made it as an all around competitor to Nationals. She was also named to the 1st team all big ten team, and to the ESPN second team. Sarah didn't get a whole lot of recognition this year, on a national or really a michigan level, but I have no doubt that Michigan could have done as well as they did without her... so thank you Sarah! Kylee Botterman also had a beautiful floor routine that finally began to get notice towards the end of the year and really helped out in the AA. Thanks Kylee! I agree with Daria though, she is amazing and I still don't know why her vault doesn't get scored... it is beautiful!
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RCGgymratmom	Lissy Smith and Raegan Tomasek	#3	[url]	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 146 06/24/09 11:16 AM Giant Gym Fan	Lissy was so beautiful on beam and so consistent! I like Raegan's lines on everything, but I really liked her beam as well. Also, she was one of my daughter's camp counselors and really inspired her to try some new things.
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farmerboy	Tiffany Tolnay	#4	[url]	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 21 06/26/09 12:35 PM	I remember being amazed at how good she is on every event, and the amplitude on all of her skills. In my opinion she has the best double arabian in collegiate gymnastics.
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gymdawggrl		#5	[url]	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 136 06/27/09 05:26 AM	I must agree with Tolnay! Between how well she locks out her handstands on bars and can hold them straight up for an eternity, to the shear amplitude of her leaps, jumps and tumbling on beam and floor. Pretty jam up vault too!!!! ;) considering all of her All American titles and her significant contributions to the team, she had probably the most amazing NCAA gymnast as her classmate...needless to say, the spotlight was usually on Court, not Tiff. For this same reason, I feel that Grace Taylor is under appreciated by many...She has amazing technique, beauty, and grace on all three of her events and on top of that, she uses unique and difficult skills to achieve it!
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CalicoIzzy	How can you under-appreciate Tiffany?	#6	[url]	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 2666 06/27/09 09:38 AM Double Layout Punch Front	Short of picking on her floor commentary, I've seen mostly positive comments about her contributions to the team, acknowledgement of her great power and clean gymnastics - and I know for a fact she always goes very, very high in symgym picks.
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gymdawggrl		#7	[url]	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 136 06/27/09 10:02 AM	I feel that Tiffany is highly respected but I feel that at times, she was not appreciated as much as she might have been had she been a year or two younger or older at UGA. I felt like the spotlight was often on Katie Heenan and Courtney Kupets the last two years and she sometimes had to fight from behind the shadows.
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Sneakerface		#8	[url]	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 224 06/28/09 04:35 PM Super Gym Fan	I really loved Lissy Smith when she was competing !
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YearoftheHog		#9	[url]	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 192 07/03/09 12:52 PM	I think Ashley Reed formerly of Florida.
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card	nicole ourada	#10	[url]	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 146 07/03/09 05:51 PM Super Gym Fan	Nicole Ourada has thrown some of the more difficult skills in the Stanford lineup, and was rarely mentioned. She came in as a good L10 (who, I believe, had done some junior intl elite meets and then went back to L10) who improved while at Stanford and contributed in AA almost every meet. She will be sorely missed, even if her quiet presence was unheralded. Also just a sweet person whose parents as just as lovely and low-key.
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Sneakerface	Susan Jackson	#11	[url]	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 224 07/05/09 05:53 PM Super Gym Fan	She's been a team leader for LSU and has gotten accolades, but IMO not enough relative to what she has accomplished.
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GoGophers	I agree...	#12	[url]	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 554 07/07/09 10:39 AM	card wrote: Nicole Ourada has thrown some of the more difficult skills in the Stanford lineup, and was rarely mentioned. She came in as a good L10 (who, I believe, had done some junior intl elite meets and then went back to L10) who improved while at Stanford and contributed in AA almost every meet. She will be sorely missed, even if her quiet presence was unheralded. Also just a sweet person whose parents as just as lovely and low-key. Nicole's vault was very nice; her bars were great when she threw the Tkachev; her two layouts on beam were gorgeous; and her piked full-in on floor was awesome. She was definitely a quiet backbone for the team (which becomes obvious when you look at the meets Stanford tended to "melt down" in, they are the meets Ourada didn't perform up to par) and she'll be missed!
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Under appreciated gymnasts?	06/18/09 07:15 PM	William2004
Daria Bijak	06/19/09 12:03 AM	newbee
Re: Under appreciated gymnasts?	06/24/09 04:25 AM	myohmy
Lissy Smith and Raegan Tomasek	06/24/09 11:16 AM	RCGgymratmom
Tiffany Tolnay	06/26/09 12:35 PM	farmerboy
Re: Under appreciated gymnasts?	06/27/09 05:26 AM	gymdawggrl
How can you under-appreciate Tiffany?	06/27/09 09:38 AM	CalicoIzzy
Re: Under appreciated gymnasts?	06/27/09 10:02 AM	gymdawggrl
Re: Under appreciated gymnasts?	06/28/09 04:35 PM	Sneakerface
Re: Under appreciated gymnasts?	07/03/09 12:52 PM	YearoftheHog
nicole ourada	07/03/09 05:51 PM	card
I agree...	07/07/09 10:39 AM	GoGophers
Susan Jackson	07/05/09 05:53 PM	Sneakerface