Future of ASU gymnastics bright despite ongoing coaching search
Sophomore Carissa Kraus runs down the vault runway during a home meet against BYU on Feb. 15. (Photo by Arianna Grainey)
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Sophomore Carissa Kraus runs down the vault runway during a home meet against BYU on Feb. 15. (Photo by Arianna Grainey)
Maybe it would’ve been different if I grew up in a boxing gym. Maybe it would’ve been different if I had been around to watch the glory days of Ali and Frazier, or Tyson and Foreman.
Jan. 7, before ASU gymnastics kicked off its 2014 campaign, coach John Spini announced he would step down at the end of the season.
In what would become John Spini’s final meet as head coach of ASU gymnastics, the Sun Devils didn’t improve upon their seed and finished fourth at the regional championships with an overall score of 194.425.
After receiving its bid to the NCAA regional championships last week, No. 24 ASU gymnastics has been quietly working on preparing for its trip Saturday to the University of Arkansas.
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After a seventh-place finish at the Pac-12 Championship, ASU gymnastics learned of its next destination Monday, as the Sun Devils will be traveling to the University of Arkansas on Saturday, April 5, as part of the NCAA Regional Championships.
After 2013’s last place finish at the Pac-12 Championships, ASU gymnastics was determined to improve its conference standing this year when it traveled to Berkeley, Calif., on Saturday.
Senior Sammie Seaman strikes her final pose during her floor routine at a home meet at Wells Fargo Arena in Tempe. (Photo Courtesy of Arianna Grainey)
After four years of competing at a high level for ASU gymnastics, senior Sammie Seaman bid adieu to the Sun Devils when she competed in her last home meet against Northern Illinois on March 14.
They both knew this night would be coming. One was honored for her stellar four years as an ASU gymnast, the other honored for his 34 years as head coach. But when it came time for senior Sammie Seaman and head coach John Spini to take their bows in their last home meet, neither could have predicted how emotional the night was.
When facing an elite program that is the reigning national runner-up, it takes flawless execution and also a little bit of luck to emerge victorious. Neither of those things happened for ASU gymnastics as it fell on the road to Oklahoma, 197.450-194.150.
Coming off two consecutive meets where it scored at least a 196.125, ASU gymnastics is hitting midseason form as it heads into Corvallis, Ore., to compete in a tri-meet with Oregon State and Nebraska.
Carissa Kraus swings around on a pair of bars. Various flips and turns follow as she maneuvers between short and tall bar. It’s an incredible feat, but Kraus manages to make it look simple.
Renowned sports agent Leigh Steinberg visited ASU on Monday as part of a promotional tour he’s doing for his autobiography, “The Agent.” Steinberg gave a lecture to students of the Sports and Entertainment Law Students Association at the Sandra Day O’Connor Law School.
The overused saying goes, “It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish.”
For ASU gymnastics, scoring a season-high 196.200 on Feb. 15 versus BYU was a big moment in its 2014 campaign.
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Freshman Gilly Hogue strikes a pose during her beam routine at a home meet on Feb. 15. Gilly returned after having sat out the last two weeks due to back spasms. (Photo Courtesy of Arianna Grainey)
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