re: Remove

I’ve seen that gymnastics gyms are shutting down due to the virus. Do the coaches and athletes have training plans in place? Who knows how long the gyms will be shut down for.

GAGE just shut down

Many of the gyms are letting the elites or college bound athletes to still train but under tighter restrictions. There is significantly less people though.

Are the gymnasts doing any kind of training or conditioning at LSU? Some colleges have sent home the students and they are completing studies on line. We all know gymnasts have to keep in condition so hopefully they have been given a plan to do so.

Well they don't necessarily have to train gym, they could run, do yoga, just generally work on flexibility and toe point. All of these things seem like they would help for next season.

LSU gym social media has not been as active the last two years. They have also been extremely selective about what they want to show of the girls doing in the gym/training.

Unless they post some additional stuff in the coming weeks. Pretty poor way to showcase and honor the seniors besides those 4 pictures on Twitter. Would have been nice to see a video with maybe a clip or two of their final routines of their careers. The Texas meet was their last official meet, and it was ran like a third world country with horrible coverage and operations. Maybe a video highlighting the season and what some accomplished. At least give the seniors a proper dedication video or spot light write up. Edney and Ruby contributed greatly to the success of this program. Kirby’s career was unfortunately cut short due to nagging injuries.

I am also curious if they will give out awards for gymnasts. Trinity is my SEC gymnast of the year and Kiya is freshmen of the year.

I totally agree. It is frustrating to end the season without MORE POSITIVE showcasing of the Seniors and routines worthy of mention. There are several things that need to change with LSU Gymnastics ranging from routine composition, season preparation and informing/rallying the fan base on social Media. DD/Jay could have put together a special acknowledgement of the season and Seniors with a final episode with Mike Smith on "Inside LSU Gymnastics".We can only hope change will come for the 20/21 season.

I really hope too that they give out SEC awards and don’t see why they couldn’t. They gave out the SEC scholar award so hopefully that’s a good sign. I agree with trinity and Kota getting gymnast and freshman awards, who’d I you all think would get specialist?

Yeah I was thinking Gowey or Hu

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Would Hu qualify as specialist? I thought she competed AA all season. I know beam is her best event but specialist awards have always been for those who do no compete AA, right? Freshmen will come down to Kiya or Hu and I wouldn’t be surprised to see Hu get it as she seems to have more backing based on previous weeks votes.

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Hu didn't compete AA in 4 of the 10 meets.

Kiya was withheld from the AA on purpose the last 2-3 weeks which cost her some awards. They also gave awards out to other kids the first two weeks on purpose at the beginning of the year despite Kiya having superior performances. They gave Worley from Kentucky SEC freshmen of the week for finishing 3rd in the AA with a far lower AA score than Kiya Johnson, who won the AA on the road at Georgia. They purposely gave other kids awards because they knew certain one would pretty much win most of them.

Lets compare resumes

Kiya Johnson:

-SEC freshmen of the week- 4x
-SEC gymnast of the week- 1x
-Perfect 10 (2) on beam and vault
-Ranked #6 Nationally in the AA
-Ranked #4 Nationally on vault
-Ranked #39 Nationally on bars
-Ranked #27 nationally on beam
-Ranked #2 nationally on floor



Helen Hu:

-SEC Freshmen of the week- 3x
-SEC specialist of the week- 2x
-Ranked #35 nationally in the AA
- Ranked #154 nationally on vault
-Ranked #11 nationally on bars
-Ranked #5 nationally on beam
-Ranked #233 nationally on floor


I think its obvious who it is but thats just me....