2025 Covid year YAY or NAY (final year of Covid +1 year)

[MaryClare]

Polina Shchennikova is doing the same "Dear gymnastics..." tease that Haleigh Bryant did last week, so I'm guessing she's returning too.

Do you mean Alyona?

 

[irichluck21]

Yeah Polina retired a while ago.
Its either Alyona or Kristina (Boise State) both of whom were seriously injured and couldn't compete this year.

 

[MaryClare]

Yeah Polina retired a while ago.
Its either Alyona or Kristina (Boise State) both of whom were seriously injured and couldn't compete this year.

I thought Kristina wasn’t graduating high school until this year?

 

[irichluck21]

Oh oops you are correct! She's 2024-2025 not 2023-2024!

 

[RedBirdie]

Denver has Rosie Casali, Bella Mabanta, Rylie Mundell and Abbie Thompson coming back for 5th years.

 

[irichluck21]

That is huge for Denver because they were losing a majority of routines from post-season.

 

[barefoot]

Do you mean Alyona?

Ack. Yes! My brain is fried right now. Sorry about that!

 

[Sasha]

Sierra Ballard is taking her fifth year:

 

[irichluck21]

I would expect most LSU gymnasts that can physically take a 5th (6th) year would do so. Huge chance to repeat as champs and NIL helps tremendously.

 

[Bob]

I would expect most LSU gymnasts that can physically take a 5th (6th) year would do so. Huge chance to repeat as champs and NIL helps tremendously.

I haven't seen if Dunne is or not.

 

[irichluck21]

Dunne is not taking her 5th year. But she will make more money on her own than staying with LSU for NIL.

 

[Sasha]

So Dunne is done I guess.

(I'll see myself out)

 

[MaryClare]

Dunne is not taking her 5th year. But she will make more money on her own than staying with LSU for NIL.

Yeah. Dunne is not a typical graduate. If she’s going to cash in on her image and profile, waiting another year will lose her money

 

[irichluck21]

Dunne's boyfriend Paul Skenes started playing for MLB's Pittsburgh Pirates as well. So I can imagine not wanting to be long distance for a year.

 

[ucrgirl]

Dunne's boyfriend Paul Skenes started playing for MLB's Pittsburgh Pirates as well. So I can imagine not wanting to be long distance for a year.

When Paul Skenes was called up last week, I heard him described as the boyfriend of influencer Livvy Dunne on a baseball podcast. To me, that spoke volumes about her popularity.

 

[RedBirdie]

For someone who never accomplished anything in elite or NCAA, she's sure managed to take in the money.

 

[RichardL]

For someone who never accomplished anything in elite or NCAA, she's sure managed to take in the money.

I'll admit that her gymnastics success certainly doesn't align with her financial success, but she competed internationally for the U.S. as an elite and regularly made the line-ups for the current NCAA national champion team. That's not nothing!

 

[MrSixkiller]

Um, we must have been watching different meets. Dunne rarely ever made an LSU lineup, and never made a senior national team.

She competed every meet on bars her freshman and sophomore year at LSU, and competed on floor 9 times her senior year. She was hampered by injuries for most of her senior Elite career and as an upperclassman at LSU. She went to Jesolo as part of the national team as a junior. So, while I don't really care for her at all, you are blatantly wrong.

 

[Laura722]

Carly Bauman, Reyna Guggino, and Jenna Mulligan are back for 5th years with Michigan.

 

[irichluck21]

That is great news for Michigan. Mulligan originally said she was not returning I believe.