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Margzetta Frazier
Margzetta Bryantina Frazier (born February 25, 2000) is an American artistic gymnast. She was a US National Team member from 2017–2018 and was the 2018 Birmingham World Cup silver medalist. She is currently a member of the UCLA Gymnastics team and is the older sister of eMjae Frazier. Gymnastics career Senior elite 2017 In 2017, Frazier competed at the US Classic, where she only competed bars, finishing fourth on the event behind Ragan Smith, Alyona Shchennikova, and Trinity Thomas and tied with Marissa Oakley. Later that summer, Frazier competed at nationals, where she placed fifth in the all-around and on bars, eighth on beam, and seventh on floor. Due to her performance, she was named to the national team. In September, Frazier attended world trials. However, after the two days of competition, she was not named to the world championship team. 2018 In February 2018, Frazier was named to represent the US at the Birmingham World Cup. This would be Frazier's firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, Maryland to its south, West Virginia to its southwest, Ohio to its west, Lake Erie and the Canadian province of Ontario to its northwest, New York to its north, and the Delaware River and New Jersey to its east. Pennsylvania is the fifth-most populous state in the nation with over 13 million residents as of 2020. It is the 33rd-largest state by area and ranks ninth among all states in population density. The southeastern Delaware Valley metropolitan area comprises and surrounds Philadelphia, the state's largest and nation's sixth most populous city. Another 2.37 million reside in Greater Pittsburgh in the southwest, centered around Pittsburgh, the state's second-largest and Western Pennsylvania's largest city. The state's su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Women's National Gymnastics Team
The United States women's national artistic gymnastics team represents the United States in FIG international competitions. Currently, the U.S. team is the reigning World team champion and the reigning Olympic team silver medalists, with the four gymnasts nicknamed the "Fighting Four". History The U.S. women won the team competition bronze medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Afterwards, they did not win another Summer Olympics or World Championships medal until the 1984 when the Olympic team won silver. During that competition, Mary Lou Retton also became the first American to win the individual all-around gold medal. The Americans started consistently winning Olympic and World team medals in the early 1990s with future Hall of Famers Shannon Miller and Dominique Dawes. The 1996 Olympic team, known as the Magnificent Seven, was the first American team to win Olympic gold. An iconic moment in the sport's history came late in the competition, when an injured Kerri Strug stuck a vau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ESPN
ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). The company was founded in 1979 by Bill Rasmussen along with his son Scott Rasmussen and Ed Eagan. ESPN broadcasts primarily from studio facilities located in Bristol, Connecticut. The network also operates offices and auxiliary studios in Miami, New York City, Las Vegas, Seattle, Charlotte, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. James Pitaro currently serves as chairman of ESPN, a position he has held since March 5, 2018, following the resignation of John Skipper on December 18, 2017. While ESPN is one of the most successful sports networks, there has been criticism of ESPN. This includes accusations of biased coverage, conflict of interest, and controversies with individual broadcasters and analysts. , ESPN reaches approximately 76 million te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship
The 2019 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships were held April 19–20, 2019, at the Fort Worth Convention Center in Fort Worth, Texas. The national championship has changed to a new format. The number of regions is reduced from six to four. Regional competitions took place on April 4–6. The top two teams from each region advanced to the championship competition at the Fort Worth Convention Center. Regional Championships The top two teams from each region will move to the championship round, indicated in bold. * Baton Rouge, La. (Pete Maravich Assembly Center, April 4–6) :Regional final teams: LSU* 197.500, Utah 197.250, Minnesota 196.900, Auburn 195.725 * Ann Arbor, Mich. (Crisler Center, April 4–6) :Regional final: UCLA* 198.075, Michigan 197.275, Alabama 197.225, Nebraska 196.650 :Notes: Kyla Ross, UCLA, scored 10.000 on both the uneven bars and balance beam * Athens, Ga. (Stegeman Coliseum, April 4–6) :Regional final teams: Oklahoma* 198.475, Georgia 198.050, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pac-12 Conference
The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference, that operates in the Western United States, participating in 24 sports at the NCAA Division I level. Its College football, football teams compete in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS; formerly Division I-A), the highest level of college football in the nation. The conference's 12 members are located in the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon, Utah, and Washington (state), Washington. They include each state's flagship public university, four additional public universities, and two private research universities. The modern Pac-12 conference formed after the disbanding of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC), whose principal members founded the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU) in 1959. The conference previously went by the names Big Five, Big Six, Pacific-8, and Pacific-10. The Pac-12 moniker was adopted in 2011 with the add ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Pac-12 Conference Champions
This is a list of conference champions in sports sponsored by the Pac-12 Conference. Current members Affiliate members Former members No school has left the Pac-12 since its founding as the AAWU in 1959. Two members of the PCC never joined the AAWU. Baseball ''Bold text indicates National Champion'' ''* Pacific Coast Conference playoff champion'' ''** North-South playoff champion'' ''† California won the CIBA Division 1 and USC won Division 2. Cal defeated USC in a playoff for the CIBA title.'' ''‡ Won the tiebreaker and the automatic post-season bid'' Arizona State won the 1969 and 1977 National Championships as a member of the Western Athletic Conference. The Sun Devils' first baseball season in the Pac-12 was 1979. Arizona won the 1976 National Championship as a member of the WAC. The Wildcats also joined the Pac-10 for the 1979 baseball season. Arizona won the 1986 National Championship but did not win the South Division Stanford won the 1988 National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California State Normal School (now San José State University). This school was absorbed with the official founding of UCLA as the Southern Branch of the University of California in 1919, making it the second-oldest of the 10-campus University of California system (after UC Berkeley). UCLA offers 337 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a wide range of disciplines, enrolling about 31,600 undergraduate and 14,300 graduate and professional students. UCLA received 174,914 undergraduate applications for Fall 2022, including transfers, making the school the most applied-to university in the United States. The university is organized into the College of Letters and Science and 12 professional schools. Six of the schools offer undergraduate degre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelina Melnikova
Angelina Romanovna Melnikova ( rus, Ангели́на Рома́новна Ме́льникова, , ɐnɡʲɪˈlʲinə ˈmʲelʲnʲɪkəvə; born 18 July 2000) is a Russian artistic gymnast. With eleven Olympic and World medals, she is the joint third-most decorated Russian gymnast of all time. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics she led the Russian Olympic Committee to gold in the team competition. She previously represented Russia at the 2016 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal in the team competition. She was also a member of the gold medal-winning Russian teams at the 2016 and 2018 European Championships, and the silver medal-winning Russian teams at the 2018 and 2019 World Championships. Individually Melnikova is a two-time Olympic medalist, five-time World medalist, a nine-time European Championships medalist, a four-time European Games medalist, and a two-time Russian national all-around champion (2016, 2018). She is the 2020 Olympic all-around and floor bronze medali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marissa Oakley
Marissa Oakley (born April 15, 1999) is an American artistic gymnast. Early life Marissa Oakley was born on April 15, 1999 in Naperville, Illinois to parents, Dan and Jill Oakley. She has two sisters; Angelique and Joslyn. She got into gymnastics because her older sister, Angelique, was in it and Marissa wanted to do it. She started gymnastics in 2006 at Premier Gymnastics as a level four gymnast. She quickly progressed through the Junior Olympic levels and was a Level 10 in 2010; at ten years old. Gymnastics career 2010-14: Junior Olympic career Her first J.O. Nationals was in 2011; placing 48th in the Junior A division. She was State champion in 2012 and later placed twenty-seventh at J.O. Nationals. In 2013, her fourth season as a level ten, she won Regionals. At Nationals, she finished fifth in the Junior A division as well as tying for second on bars with Emily Gaskins and Grace Waguespack. In addition, she tied for third with Rachael Lukacs too. On November 23, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trinity Thomas
Trinity Lemyra Thomas (born April 7, 2001) is an American artistic gymnast and a four-time National Team member (2016–20). She was a member of the gold-medal winning team at the 2018 Pan American Gymnastics Championships, where she also won silver medals in the individual all-around and on the uneven bars, as well as the bronze medalist on balance beam and floor exercise at the 2017 national championships. She is also currently a member of the Florida Gators women's gymnastics team. Gymnastics career Pre-Elite 2011–2012 Thomas commenced gymnastics training in 2008, at the age of 7 – a relatively late start for an elite-level gymnast. In 2011, training at Skyline Gymnastics in York, she was the Pennsylvania state champion for Level 7 in the all-around and on all four pieces. As a result, she skipped Level 8 to compete as a Level 9 gymnast, placing second at the 2012 Regionals. At the 2012 Level 9 Eastern Championship in Maryland, she was fourth in the all-around; she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alyona Shchennikova
Yelena Aleksandrovna "Alyona" Shchennikova (russian: Елена Александровна "Алёна" Щенникова, born May 12, 2001) is an American artistic gymnast. She was a member of the U.S. National Team from 2017–19 and was the all-around champion at the 2017 U.S. Classic. She currently competes for Louisiana State in collegiate gymnastics. Early life Shchennikova was born in Layton, Utah in 2001 to Russian immigrants. She has two sisters, Polina and Kristina, both of whom are gymnasts. Career Senior 2017 Shchennikova turned senior in 2017 and was added to the Senior National Team. She competed at the City of Jesolo Trophy where the USA placed first. She also placed eighth in the All-Around. In July, Shchennikova competed at the U.S. Classic where she placed first in the All-Around and second on Uneven Bars behind Ragan Smith. In August she competed at the National Championships where she placed eighth in the All-Around. 2018 Shchennikova competed at the Cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ragan Smith
Ragan Elizabeth Smith (born August 8, 2000) is an American collegiate gymnast. She is a five-time member of the United States women's national gymnastics team, US National Team (2014–2019). She is the 2017 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships, 2017 United States national all-around champion and was an alternate for the Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 Olympic Final Five (gymnastics), team. Personal life Smith was born in Snellville, Georgia, to Michael and Kerry Smith. She has two younger brothers. Her mother was a gymnastics coach. Smith began gymnastics in 2004. Smith lived in Lewisville, Texas for six years, and she currently lives in Norman, Oklahoma. Junior career 2013 Smith qualified for Junior International Elite status in 2013 and advanced to the 2013 Secret U.S. Classic in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. She placed 23rd in the all-around and advanced to U.S. Nationals later in the month, where she finished 17th all-around. 2014 Smith attended her fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
