Saturday, November 20, 2010

NCAA November Update

Aussie expats Melanie Jones and Olivia Vivian competed in Oregon State's annual "Orange and Black" exhibition competition last night, giving fans a teaser of their 2011 season.

Check out this engaging picture of Mel... (click for larger)



(photo credit Ethan Erickson/Oregon State Athletic Dept)

News from the Stanford women's team is that Aussie freshman Shona Morgan is fitting in very well and having a whole lot of fun in her new surrounds, having

a) amused everyone on the team's 80s-themed day with a "sassy Betty Boop dance" on beam
b) performed some impressive bars and beam work in training; her bars releases have been positively remarked upon a number of times
c) dressed in a Superman costume, along with her fellow freshmen, for the team's Halloween party!

Over in Washington, 2-year absentee Monique Blount remains on the George Washington University roster and hopes to finally, fully, represent her school this year in competition.

4 comments:

  1. Are there any vids of Olivia, Mel or Shona, would love to see them having fun!

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  2. Not yet! Stanford are quite good with their video updates but I don't think they've had their instrasquad/season preview yet.

    All I know is that Mel vaulted a Yurchenko full and had quite a nice floor.

    Olivia competed bars but I think she only warmed up beam and floor.

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  3. Fingers crossed for all our Aussie girls doing us proud over in the NCAA. You girls rock & we love ya!!

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  4. We certainly miss Liv's humour and talent on the Aussie seen. Great she is doing well in OSU.

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