Elite season is warming up again, Morgan Price got the first EVER 10 for an HBCU, and the NCAA bans transgender women from women's sports.

HEADLINES

• History! Morgan Price just became the first gymnast to ever score a perfect 10 from an HBCU
• A FIG Judge was stripped of their brevet status for interfering with Olympic qualification results. Can you guess the discipline?
  • Boxing lost it's IOC accreditation in 2023
• NCAA banned transgender women from women's NCAA sports.
  • Nancy Armour said, "it's a solution in search of a problem", especially after the NCAA President Baker testified that there are less than10 trans athletes in all of college sports, in other words, 0.00173%. Baker further testified that an NCAA study found that abuse and harassment of female athletes is a massive issue.
  • the White House reversed Title IX rule from the Biden administration that offered more protections for the abused and instead now offers more protections for the accused and lessens the liability for the colleges.
• PRIDE MEETS: We applaud Pitt and Maryland for staying true to their communities despite a hostile political climate

GYMTERNET NEWS

• If you're into the sportsballs, you may have noticed Jordan Chiles' Nike commercial
• Elite season is warming up again with Series A in Italy
  • Nemour said naps are for losers and competed all-around
  • Listunova competed internationally again for the first time in forever
  • Why AA winner Giulia Perotti needs to give everyone a workshop on how to transition into a wolf turn like a spider detective trying to solve an underwater mystery
• Ellie Black did a Hanes period underpants campaign
• Sam Oldham made a short YouTube feature on Harry Hepworth and Luke Whitehouse
• 2025 US Classic is going to be in not "Chicago" again
• Utah gymnastics coach pleaded guilty to sexually exploiting minors
• Dreams do come true! Trinity Thomas made her ESPN debut as a commentator
•  Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens will be members of the 2025 Met Gala host committee
• Frederick Richard was named as a finalist for the AAU James E. Sullivan Award

NCAA: Why you should love DIII

• Spencer watched a few DIII meets and has some things to share with the class
  • We need time to gush over Madison Zimmerman's smooth like buttah beam (Ursinus)
  • Erin Roe (Ursinus) has some big skills
  • Daria Gregory needs to teach some of these gymnasts how to do "fun" choreography correctly
  • Charm offensives aimed at Jessica
    • Sidney Schreiber's butterfly
    • Coaches who take their shoes off to walk on mats <3
  • Brockport beam triumphs, UW-Oshkosh saving us from cookie cutter bar routine fatigue, and justice for DIII scores where the math isn't matching

NCAA Week 5 Highlights

• Morgan Price is killing the FTY game
• Morgan Price and Mya Lauzon join the 10 club
  • Honorary mention for Jaye Mack (Illinois State) who almost got a perfect score for her FTY

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RESOURCES

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