re: Auburn Gymnastics Updates

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5-star Sr elite and Team USA member Olivia Greaves - signed

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How good is Olivia Greaves? The article in the next post seems to indicate injuries have been an issue?

Seriously

I am just an outsider but had the same questions, 10-12 months ago. The reddit gymnastics community is really knowledgeable though and very helpful (they probably have more theoretical knowledge than many gymnasts).

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What sparked your interest?

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I am a huge summer olympics fan and especially follow Auburn and SEC athletes during the games (swimming, gymnastics, etc). When we recruited Suni, I started to get even more interested because I wanted to understand how it all works (and the difference between elite and college gymnastics). It’s fascinating because you have professional athletes becoming amateurs (the other way around) and it is also an international sport (unlike football). There is a lot of talent in NCAA gymnastics now, Suni is a global star but other programs also have Olympians and World Champions from the U.S., Canada, and Great Britain. There is so much star power concentrating in the SEC and PAC12 now, it is only rivaled by the Olympics.

It’s also a great way to learn about NIL because gymnasts are much more skilled and dedicated in building and promoting their own personal brands and using social media (when compared to football and basketball players).

CGN ranks all prospects which makes it easier to follow recruiting: LINK

Auburn gymnastics wins its season-opening meet

1. Auburn
2. UNC
3. Bowling Green

#8 Auburn at #15 Arkansas
FR, 7:30c (SECN)

Arkansas decided to move the meet to a bigger venue (Suni factor!) and expects 10,000 fans in attendance. The meet will be nationally televised on SECN tonight.

Arkansas is pretty competitive and very comparable to Auburn. They have two very talented incoming Fr. in Leah Smith (4star and Nastia Liukin Champion) and Makenzie Sedlacek (4star). The coaching staff is noteworthy and mostly consists of UCLA legends and/or Olympic gold medalists Jordyn Wieber, Kyla Ross, Felicia Hano…they are building an SEC contender in Fayetteville.

It's going to be all hands-on deck this week for us," head coach Jeff Graba said. "Arkansas is a really good team that is really good at home. They moved us to the big arena and with it being a dual meet on national television, the pressure is intensified."

Just flipped the channel out of curiosity and saw Suni on an event. That crowd is pretty large!

Winner winner chicken dinner!!

Next

01/07 at UNC (North Carolina Quad Meet) - W 196.300
01/14 at Arkansas (SECN) - W 197.250
01/21 vs Iowa State (SECN+)
01/28 vs Alabama (ESPN2)