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    UNC Gymnastics 2025-2026

    Gwen’s in!!!
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    UNC Gymnastics 2025-2026

    Fink *may* be out depending on how a tiebreak shakes out. edit: according to CGN she’s in if Stanford qualifies for nationals as a team.
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    UNC Gymnastics 2025-2026

    Now Seabrooks is out.
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    UNC Gymnastics 2025-2026

    Valahovic’s out - there are now gymnasts from three teams ahead of her.
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    UNC Gymnastics 2025-2026

    Right now our athletes mathematically still in contention for nationals are Fink on vault (she wins the tiebreak with Guggino), Valahovic on beam (she loses the tiebreak with Bauman), and Seabrooks on floor. But it's very early. Valahovic's position is the most precarious since it depends on...
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    UNC Gymnastics 2025-2026

    There was definitely opportunity, and we certainly missed Naranjo today. That said, it may not have been a difference-maker. I actually thought we got some pretty big overscores, namely Valahovic's beam, Seabrooks' floor, and Rueda's floor. The teams finished according to their ranking, but...
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    UNC Men’s Lacrosse 2025-26

    Perhaps he is the beneficiary of the athletic department having much bigger fires to fight?
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    UNC Gymnastics 2025-2026

    As I’ve said in the past, at least Sami gets to have fun with her mom.
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    UNC Gymnastics 2025-2026

    Stanford survived their worst event. This was Michigan’s best event (keep an eye on that). Debatable what our worst is — bars has the lowest ceiling, beam has the lowest floor.
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    UNC Gymnastics 2025-2026

    Maybe I was on to something after all. Lineups are updated with Aoki in for Naranjo on beam and floor. Second consecutive year that Naranjo has missed regionals.
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    UNC Gymnastics 2025-2026

    Lineups for the regional semifinal (2 pm ESPN+!) Bars: Stippich, Neve King, Stanley, Prejean, Fink, Rueda Beam: Seabrooks, Stippich, Rueda, Fink, Naranjo, Valahovic Floor: Naranjo, Stippich, Fink, Forbes, Seabrooks, Rueda Vault: Prejean, Neve King, Fink, Seabrooks, Valahovic, Forbes I had a...
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    UNC Gymnastics 2025-2026

    CGN’s recruit rating system has a lot of flaws but is helpful to this conversation. Sydney was a five-star recruit in CGN’s system, and about 20 five-stars get designated in each class. As you can imagine, the lion’s share of them go to the traditional powerhouses. CGN started this system with...
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    UNC Gymnastics 2025-2026

    The comparative lack of transparency in non-revenue sports doesn't help either. We know she missed the tail end of last season, but was that due to an injury or was she just not one of our top 6 on beam on that point based on practice? This isn't basketball where we get constant updates --...
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    UNC Gymnastics 2025-2026

    I thought you could only get a redshirt if you competed in the beginning third of the season?
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    UNC Gymnastics 2025-2026

    So, a few things here. 1. Yes, the program is a lot better under Durante than under Galvin’s final years. But like I said, from about 2016-2020 the bar was in hell. Our uneven bars rotations in particular were terrifying to watch because the falls were so scary. I don’t think we had a single...