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Title: Top-seeded Tide gymnasts ready to reach for NCAA title Post by: pmull on April 15, 2011, 08:22:03 AM TUSCALOOSA -- There are constants in gymnastics, and there are variables.
Constants include lost footing on the balance beam, missteps on the floor exercise, shuffling feet on vault landings. Not that these are constant problems for an Alabama team that is seeded No. 1 in the NCAA Championships, which start today in Cleveland. Variables include footwear. Alabama coach Sarah Patterson can't control everything, but she could tell her athletes what they could and could not wear to a banquet Thursday night at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. "How many coaches tell their athletes, 'Do not wear heels'?" Patterson said. "You try to control what you can control. ... Look nice. We've got to meet the standards, but don't wear 5-inch heels. I don't want someone to fall off of them." The second-ranked Crimson Tide didn't have to be in pumps to be pumped for the year's biggest meet. Patterson is bidding for her fifth national title in 33 years at Alabama. http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2011/04/with_heels_on_the_ground_and_h.html Title: Re: Top-seeded Tide gymnasts ready to reach for NCAA title Post by: cbbama99 on April 15, 2011, 09:09:49 AM Here's to our ladies, hoping they can bring home that 5th title this year. RTR!!!!
Title: Re: Top-seeded Tide gymnasts ready to reach for NCAA title Post by: pmull on April 15, 2011, 09:21:40 AM The Alabama gymnastic program that Coach Sarah Patterson has built is amazing. Look at what they have done:
4 National Championships Finished second 7 times Finished 3rd last year 26 Regional wins Advanced to the NCAA Championship for the 29th consective year. Good luck ladies. Bring home # 5 this year. Title: Re: Top-seeded Tide gymnasts ready to reach for NCAA title Post by: SUPERCOACH on April 15, 2011, 01:25:30 PM Roll Tide girls!
Title: Re: Top-seeded Tide gymnasts ready to reach for NCAA title Post by: ricky023 on April 15, 2011, 01:51:17 PM Coach Sarah Patterson has always had these girls ready to do their jobs. They are always year in and year out participating for the NC. RTR!
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