Chalk Talk with Ben Schluter

In this episode of Chalk Talk, I talk with Illinois grad student Amelia Knight about her journey to becoming a competitive gymnast, her recruiting process, what it’s like being a Fighting Illini, how she dealt with the Covid-impacted 2021 season, how it felt to help set the program team beam record in 2023, what it was like getting engaged the day before her first senior night, and the goals for this year.

In this episode of Chalk Talk, I talk with Ithaca junior Emily Kobusky about her journey to becoming a competitive gymnast, her recruiting process, what it’s like being a Bomber, how it felt to qualify to NCGA nationals as a team in 2023, how it felt to tie and eventually break the school beam record, what it was like to be at home for regionals in 2024 and the goals for this year.

In this episode of Chalk Talk, I talk with West Chester senior Jordan Coleman about her journey to becoming a competitive gymnast, her recruiting process, what it’s like being a Golden Ram, how it felt to set the school bars record at Maryland, what it felt like to win the 2024 USAG bars championship in front of her home fans and the goals for this year.

In this episode of Chalk Talk, I talk with Sacramento State junior Kara Houghton about her journey to becoming a competitive gymnast, her recruiting process, what it’s like being a Hornet, how it felt to set the school record for best routine score, what it was like winning the 2024 MPSF bars title, how it felt to compete at regionals, and the goals for this year.

In this episode of Chalk Talk, I talk with Sacramento State junior Kara Houghton about her journey to becoming a competitive gymnast, her recruiting process, what it’s like being a Hornet, how it felt to set the school record for best routine score, what it was like winning the 2024 MPSF bars title, how it felt to compete at regionals, and the goals for this year.

In this episode of Chalk Talk, I talk with Bridgeport sixth-year senior Hannah Barry about her journey to becoming a competitive gymnast, her recruiting process, her winding journey as a college gymnast, and the goals for this year.

In the premier of Season 2 of Chalk Talk, I talk with UW-Eau Claire sophomore Addie Gallun about her journey to becoming a competitive gymnast, her return to gymnastics after two years recovering from an injury, how it felt being part of a record-setting team in her first year, why she’s delved so much into NIL and the goals for this year.

In this episode of Chalk Talk, I talk with Boise State senior Courtney Blackson about her journey to becoming a competitive gymnast, her recruiting process, what it’s like being a Bronco, her experiences at regionals, how it felt to get her 10, what it was like being national runner up on vault, how it felt to lose the tiebreaker to BYU this year, how she bounced back to qualify to nationals, and the goals for next week.

In this episode of Chalk Talk, I talk with Maryland grad student Emma Silberman about her journey to becoming a competitive gymnast, her recruiting process, what it’s like being a Terrapin, how it felt when the season got canceled in 2020, why they do so many double meet weekends late in the season, how it felt to qualify to nationals on vault and what’s next for her.