GYMNASTICS: Ball State finishes off successful weekend
February 20, 2011It was a clean sweep for the gymnastics team Sunday.
It was a clean sweep for the gymnastics team Sunday.
While there were plenty of positives for the Cardinals, they also know they have work to do.
You have to take care of yourself before you can take care of your team.
Nicole Allen was recognized for the second time this season by the Mid-American Conference.
As the Ball State gymnastics team reaches the midway point of the 2011 season, the squad feels things are starting to fall into place.
Perfection is rare in gymnastics. So rare that only one Cardinal has ever achieved it.
A balance beam is four inches wide. It is about as difficult for a gymnast to stay on the beam while leaping and flipping as it was for Ball State students to safely navigate to and from class this week without falling.
Despite the ice storm that slowed campus this week, the Ball State gymnastics team managed to avoid letting the weather affect its preparation.
Coach Nadalie Walsh isn't going to accept mistakes anymore.
Hard work and a new attitude for the Ball State gymnastics team led to positive results Saturday.
The Ball State gymnastics team is stuck in neutral, if not reverse.
As in life, as in gymnastics, once you fall, there's nothing to do but get back up, brush yourself off and try again.
Week 1 to Week 2 is a time to show quick growth in gymnastics.
Fans who follow the Ball State gymnastics team will have to learn some new names this season.
Ball State showcased a mixture of old and new faces in Friday's exhibition loss to Kentucky.
The Ball State gymnastics team will open its 2010-11 season tonight with an exhibition meet against Kentucky.
The Ball State gymnastics team signed its first gymnast in the class of 2011.
Two Ball State gymnasts were involved in an alcohol-related traffic stop over the weekend, and one was arrested on a charge of drunken driving.
Coach Nadalie Walsh has added another gymnast to her 2010-11 class. Mackenzie Pacovsky, of Independence, Minn., will be the fifth freshman on the gymnastics team, which will start its season in January.
An elementary education major, Ashley Jacob has a cumulative 3.679 GPA, including a 3.93 GPA in the 2009 Spring Semester.
