We are recapping all five state meets in Region 5. Illinois state meet was on of the most competitive meet in many years. Makarri Doggette scores big and tops all level 10's in Region 5. Michigan and Kentucky both were tight for the team championship. Indiana vaulted and tumbled circles around their bars and beam scores. We are talking the rise of the 2 pass routines, who can remember all those comp deductions. 

Michigan Junior sat down after the Wolverines meet against Oklahoma on senior night to talk about her performance, what her seniors mean to her, and 2019 team. Lexi is battling some lower leg injuries this season which has limited her two only two events. She talks about that how it has impacted her training and competition mindset this season. 

Week 10 in the NCAA had somewhat of an upset at the Illinois Classic with UIC taking the trophy, Oklahoma wins as Michigan's seniors had their senior night in Ann Arbor, Region 5 alums on stage with the last Elevate the stage of 2019 and preview all the action we will have from Level 9 and 10 states around our region this weekend.

Week #9 in the NCAA featured a battle in Norman of  the top two teams in the country, LSU senior Lexie Priessman gets her first 10.0, and we had some face first catches on bars. Region 5 was the premier region at the Nastia Cup and Perea returns to competition in Jesolo. We sat down with our Alumni Athlete of the Week conversation guest Anna Martucci Northern Illinois senior to talk about their rise to the top of the MAC in 2019 and her four years as a NIU gymnast. 

UIC Women's Gymnastics beat Northern Illinois in their last and final home meet as a Division 1 program. UIC will be dropping their men's and women's gymnastics teams at the end of the 2019 season. Flames senior and Region 5 Alum Riley Mahoney joined us this week for our Alumni of the Week Conversation to discuss her college career, the impact UIC and her coaches have had on her and her thoughts on the program being dropped. 

Another Double Double in collegiate gymnastics, Pink Meet inspired performance for one alum, triple fulls are all the rage, and an exciting meet in Iowa City that has inspiring team manager turned team member finale that involves our Alumni Athlete of the Week Conversation guest Rachel Borden from Illinois. 

We had an upset in the SEC, some crazy bar falls, perfect 10 from gymnast on a team other then the BIG 4 and who really cares about the out of bounds deductions anyway. We also got all we need to know about wrestling while trying to watch gymnastics and Rachel Dickson vaulted herself to a 9.975 and huge all around win and joins us for this week's Alumni of the week conversation. 

We sat down with Alabama Junior Shea Mahoney in this weeks Region 5 Alumni of Week conversation to talk about her 2019 Bama team and their outlook on this season. Shea talks about competing in the SEC and how Region 5 prepared her for that. We get some insights to her new floor routine, change in bar routine this year and why no beam as of yet. We also find out from her what ROLL TIDE truly means!

From a 198 dual at Oklahoma and some crazy scoring to a double arabian stick fest, week 5 had its share of excitement. We breakdown this weeks two live meets in the SEC, the score explosion at Oklahoma, check in on the MAC conference and Flip for Chip. 

Week 4 in the NCAA was filled with Scary Eyes, Sassy Elegance and Confident Swagger. UIC continues their winning ways in final season, while the SEC has another exciting trilogy of exciting meets. The leos were shades of red and our Alumni Conversation with Eastern Michigan Junior Emili Doboronics.