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Adding a little bounce to Nationals (4/23)

By By Jon Gilbert • April 25, 2008

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Red Rocks bring stiff competition to Georgia (4/22)

By By Jon Gilbert • April 25, 2008

ESPN is holding a fan-fueled quest to determine which American city should hold the moniker Titletown, U.S.A. Someone should nominate Athens, Ga. Athens is home to the Georgia Gym Dogs, three-time defending women's collegiate gymnastics national champions.

Marsden key to Red Rocks’ success (4/22)

By By Jon Gilbert • April 25, 2008

If traveling in the southeast region of the United States, a collegiate women's gymnastics fan could keep plenty busy with the rich gymnastics tradition that surrounds them. Reigning national champion Georgia is boxed in by Florida, Alabama, Kentucky, Auburn and several other elite programs.

Postell plays second fiddle again (4/24)

April 25, 2008

Championshps ATHENS, Ga.--When LSU's Ashleigh Clare-Kearney stumbled in the afternoon session and Florida's Melanie Sinclair's opening session best 39.525 sat as the all-around score to beat, the all-around title was wide open once the evening session rolled around.

All-around wobble (4/24)

By By Jon Gilbert • April 25, 2008

ATHENS, Ga.--The field contending for the individual all-around title narrowed Thursday afternoon. Six teams-LSU, Alabama, Florida, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Oregon State-competed in the first session of the NCAA gymnastics championship preliminaries. With the afternoon session complete, Ashleigh Clare-Kearney of LSU is no longer in the running for the individual all-around title.

Could this be the year? (4/22)

April 25, 2008

Since 1995, some amazing gymnasts have passed through the U gymnastics program. Names like Theresa Kulikowski, Melissa Vituj, Deidra Graham, Annabeth Eberle and Nicolle Ford all share one thing in common: They all left Utah without a national championship.

Kupets’ injury leaves all-around title open (4/23)

April 25, 2008

ATHENS, Ga.--For two years, Georgia's Courtney Kupets and Utah's Ashley Postell have given fans at Nationals quite a show. Since about the time of the Sydney Summer Olympics in 2000, gymnastics has seen an influx of talent in the college ranks. Because of that, it is harder for any one gymnast to set herself apart as someone that can make fans' jaws drop.

Yoculan predicts an SEC school will capture championship

By , , and • April 24, 2008

ATHENS, Ga.-Georgia head coach Suzanne Yoculan has never been shy with her opinions. Wednesday, the 25-year flaxen and ever-brazen coach, repeated her prediction that an SEC team would walk away from the 2008 NCAA Championships with a national title. "I believe the winner will come from the SEC," Yoculan said.

Sine: Farewell, old Chrony

By and • April 23, 2008

Ten years before my employment as a photographer at The Daily Utah Chronicle, I was the 8-year-old little girl who sat in the corner of The Chrony office with my sister, watching TV, as my father did his work as the photo editor of the paper. It was 1992, and he was that man who brought his children to campus.

The Word (4/23): Chronicle’s guide to the SLC music scene

By By Makena Walsh and By Makena Walsh • April 23, 2008

April 24 Loom $6 5:30 p.m. Kilby Court (741 S. 330 West) Labels like "post-hardcore" and "alt-hardcore" do little justice to a group like Loom whose ear-tingling aesthetic is impossible to distill into one- or two-word music tags. Grafted from other projects based in and around the Salt Lake Area (including Harmon's Heart, Her Candane, Trojan, Michigan, I Am The Ocean and Farewell My Enemy), Loom's intricate guitar work, electric viola and overall synergy have the beehive in a buzz from their debut EP, Angler.