This week we are joined by Penn State sophomore Kalea McElligott, who is coming off an incredible freshman season where she won the Big 10 Freshman of the Year award, along with helping her team advance to the NCAA regional final for the first time in program history. Kalea joins us to talk about the story of how she got to Penn State and look back on her successful freshman season. Plus, later in the show we discuss LIU’s new head coach hire and give an update on the latest with Jordan Chiles’ Olympic bronze medal.

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Our guest this week is 5th year senior for Oklahoma Audrey Davis, who is a 4x NCAA Champion, a 7-time All-American, and a finalist for the AAI award in 2024. Audrey is here to talk about how the team is overcoming the disappointment of not advancing to the NCAA final last season and her goals for her final season of gymnastics. We also talk how she feels about her team joining the SEC, what it was like to break the NCAA team record last season, chasing perfection, and so much more.

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Sage Kellerman is a junior at Michigan State and was a big part of the team’s historic season last year! Sage helped MSU win their first Big Ten title in program history along with bringing in some individual accolades. She scored two perfect 10’s on vault last season (becoming the first Spartan to score multiple perfect 10’s on the same event in a single season) and capped things off with WCGA Regular Season All American honors on the event. We chatted with Sage about winning the Big Ten title in front of a home crowd, the competitiveness of the Big Ten conference, her key to consistency on vault, and her goals for the upcoming season!

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This week we are excited to bring you an interview with a bronze medalist from the Tokyo Olympics and one of the Team GB greats, Alice Kinsella! Alice is a World team silver medalist from 2022 and a 7x European medalist including a gold medalist on beam from 2019 and a team gold medalist from 2023. Leading up to Paris, Great Britain faced a lot of adversity ahead of the Games with several of their top athletes going down with season ending injuries. However, they rose to the occasion and proved to the world that they were still in the hunt for a medal with Alice helping to lead the team to a 4th place finish!  We chat with Alice about how her experience in Paris differed from Tokyo, why she didn’t compete the Amanar, whether or not she’s interested in making a run for LA 2028 and more!

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This week we are joined by Levi Jung-Ruivivar who is fresh off competing at the 2024 Paris Olympics! Levi, along with her teammates Emma Malybuyo and Aleah Finnegan made history by becoming the first female gymnasts to represent the Philippines at the Olympics in 60 years and it was a pretty crazy experience. Levi had a serious allergic reaction while in the Olympic Village just days before she competed, but she was able to overcome that and not only participate in the Opening Ceremony but also do pretty well in qualifications, hitting all four of her routines in her Olympic debut! Levi joins us to talk about the whole experience, including what she liked and disliked about the Olympic Village, her hopes for helping to grow the sport in the Philippines, why she chose Stanford and so much more. 

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This week we give an update on the 2024 Paris Olympic medal situation regarding Jordan Chiles and Ana Barbosu, we discuss the USOPC’s appeal, new evidence from USA Gymnastics, and what we hope happens next. 

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Many tears were shed, legends shushed, and Gogeans/feet questioned. Let's discuss!

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Today we are wrapping up the Recruit Reflection Series with Alana Fisher who is a rising senior at Eastern Michigan University. Alana has a great story of not giving up despite not receiving much interest from college coaches to become a key contributor for EMU on vault and floor. After qualifying to NCAA Regionals on vault last season and notching a new career high of a near-perfect 9.925 - Alana has earned a scholarship for her senior season!

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Today we are excited to be joined by Csenge Bácskay who will be competing very soon at the Paris Olympics for her home country of Hungary, but she’s also a collegiate gymnast in the United States which made for a really interesting recruiting perspective. She spent the first two years of her career at the University of Nebraska and will be transferring to the University of Georgia for her final two years. Csenge joins us to talk about her preparations for the Olympics, how she got recruited, the challenges of living in the United States, and what went into her decision to transfer.

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