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

[Laura722]

I take this to mean Audrey is coming back for a 5th year. YAY!!!

 

[cftmoonlight79]

I have heard from my friend at OU that Davis will be back and they are trying to convince Kat to come back.

 

[RedBirdie]

Davis is definitely back for a 5th year


Adeline Kenlin is back for a 5th at Iowa (really, that's the picture they chose? That leo is at least 2 sizes too small)


Gabby Gallentine is also taking a 5th year

 

[makam]

Huh, cupping is still a thing?

also, i guess yay for the returning 5th years? Can't get all that excited--I like it better when teams have to learn to do without their previous stars.

 

[RedBirdie]

Chase Brock is taking a 5th

 

[cuuf]

Just projecting my personal thoughts on all the eligible athletes for 5th years (in other words, if it was me), why the heck would you not take an opportunity to stay in a sport for one more year that you have been intimately involved with for probably 13+ years? The only reasons I could see someone not:
1. Injury
2. Burned out or dislike of program/staff and too much effort to transfer for one year
3. An opportunity to start your next phase of life that you cannot delay or is too good to delay

I mean even if you are never going to see the line-ups or rarely see the line-ups, its kinda a bonus year that you get to go out on your terms in a way.

 

[cftmoonlight79]

For some it's definitely injury, but a few others it has to do with their intended major. Some are too intensive to manage sports too, especially med school. With how long that takes to do, how long do they really want to put it off?

 

[irichluck21]

Alex Irvine (UCLA) to Auburn

 

[irichluck21]

Chae Campbell returns to UCLA gymnastics for fifth and final year - Daily Bruin

This post was updated June 5 at 9:47 p.m. The 2025 UCLA gymnastics roster will host some of the biggest names in the sport – Olympians Emma Malabuyo, Brooklyn Moors and potentially Jordan Chiles.

dailybruin.com

 

[irichluck21]

Frida Esparza returning for 5th year at UCLA

Frida Esparza announces return to UCLA gymnastics for fifth year - Daily Bruin

Rising graduate student Frida Esparza is not hanging up her Bruin leotard yet. Esparza and UCLA gymnastics announced Friday that she will use her fifth year of NCAA eligibility to compete in the 2024-2025 season after the COVID-19 pandemic and injuries limited her previous four seasons. Before...

dailybruin.com

 

[irichluck21]

Olivia Dunne for 5th year

 

[MaryClare]

Olivia Dunne for 5th year

We need a yawn reaction

 

[rlayt]

 

[Bob]

Olivia Dunne for 5th year

barf its cos Hezly stole her attention.

 

[jenifer9]

She was getting lots of attention on non-gym social media because she went to the White Party.

I wonder how her teammates feel about it. More NIL, I suppose?

 

[irichluck21]

Yeah I think she is going for the NIL money and can get to work on a masters for free essentially.

She originally posted she was not returning for a 5th year. Wonder what changed her mind?
Maybe a chance at repeating as team champion?

 

[BB12]

Unfortunate. I'm sick of the attention her thirst traps bring.

 

[barefoot]

I'm fine with Livvy taking a fifth year if that's what she wants. Jay won't be favoring her over newcomers for places in the lineup the way he has with some of the previous fifth-years, and that matters more to me than her social media presence.

 

[Caligym]

I'm fine with Livvy taking a fifth year if that's what she wants. Jay won't be favoring her over newcomers for places in the lineup the way he has with some of the previous fifth-years, and that matters more to me than her social media presence.

Yep he knows what he is doing. I assume she’ll be out there warming up bars at every meet…then not competing.