MCSMaria's Artistic Gymnastics Blog

 Peyton Ernst announced that she's transferred to the University of Alabama to complete her education and to continue her college gymnastics career.

The future NCAA gymnastics stars are here. Over the course of the past week, the NCAA gymnastics programs have been making their recruits official, as future NCAA gymnastics stars solidified their commitments when they signed their official National Letters of Intent. I have been compiling a list of the signees by school. I have linked the announcements from press releases, social media and good ol' Google News Alerts delivered directly to my inbox.  Here is the list (below the cut). If you have additions, please contact me -

It's Election Day in the US. The citizens are waiting with great anticipation or anxiety of what the future of the country is going to be.  Hilary Clinton or Donald Trump.  Political polarization threatens to tear the nation apart at it's delicate seams. Well, the gymnasts of Team USA are not choosing either choice, nor are they going with a third party, like Jill Stein or Gary Johnson, no, they're nominating one of their own.  Sort of... In honor of election day, the athletes were interviewed to find out, who among them would be a good candidate for the President of the United States of America. Spoiler alert - it's Aly Raisman by a landslide. Watch the video from USA Gymnastics-

After winning gold at the Olympics, Final Five members Laurie Hernandez and Olympic All-Around Champion, Simone Biles can now add the title of "author" to their resumes.

After retiring from elite, World Medalist Maggie Nichols is preparing for the next phase of her gymnastics career: college gymnastics. Maggie has made the trek to Oklahoma from her hometown of Little Canada, Minnesota. Today, she posted a video of herself training bars and beam with her new team on her Instagram account for National Gymnastics Day.

Several months after USA Gymnastics Women's National Team Coordinator, Martha Karolyi announced her impending retirement, Valeri Liukin was officially announced as Martha Karolyi's successor. Valeri Liukin has a very big tracksuit to fill.

Recently, a hacker group with Russian ties hacked the World Anti-Doping Agency, revealed test results from four time Olympic Champion, Simone Biles and tennis player sisters, Venus and Serena Williams, posted on their website.