7+ hour, 9+ min ago  (963+ words) As the foam pit swallowed me up, I could only think about how it hadn't looked so deep from my phone screen." None of the background noise, even his achievements, is typically addressed in Richard's videos, though. His most popular…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1338+ words) Landen Blixt was a member of the 2025 NCAA Championship-winning Michigan men's gymnastics team, but he didn't play the role he expected." An ACL tear early in the season relegated him to the sidelines, where all he could do was cheer…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1273+ words) The first time Sophie Parenti rang the bell, she didn't fully understand what it meant " only that it mattered." In her pre-teen gymnastics class, athletes were allowed to ring a bell after landing a new skill." "My first time doing…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (543+ words) With her eyes locked down the runway and her ankles squeezed tightly together, junior Ava Jordan began her sprint toward the vault. Each step built momentum as she powered through a clean roundoff back handspring " the familiar opening of a…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (432+ words) Michigan women's gymnastics coach Maile Kanewa-Hermelyn's philosophy on the balance beam can be summarized in three words: trust, aggression and melt. Trust the training, perform aggressively and melt into the beam. For the Wolverines, that mindset translated into consistent scores…...