Gymnastics - The Eastern Echo

EMU Gymnastics Team slips by Bowling Green

By Charles Post · Friday, Feb. 1, 2019

The Eastern Michigan University women’s gymnastics team earned a hard-fought victory with a 194.150-193.775 on the road against Bowling Green State University on Jan. 31. The game was moved from the Convocation Center to Anderson Arena due to the weather in Ypsilanti.

Eagles close out season at NCAA Regional

By Evan Hensley · Monday, April 3, 2017

The Eastern Michigan gymnastics team wrapped up its season at the NCAA Regionals in Champaign, Ill.

Gymnastics goes ‘back to back’

By Evan Hensley · Monday, March 20, 2017

The EMU gymnastics team picked up its second-straight Mid-American Conference tournament championship on Saturday in Bowling Green with a 196.500 The team set a program record on the bars with a 49.300 thanks to the contributions from Catie Conrad, Natalie Gervais and Lacey Rubin who all had career highs.

Gymnastics comes back to defeat Kent State, 195.750- 195.550

By Evan Hensley · Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017

The gymnastics team went into the their final event trailing the Kent State Golden Flashes, but a floor score of 48.975 helped the Eagles win in a home meet on Friday, Feb.

Release of the 2014 and 2015 athletic budget

By Scout Bostley · Thursday, April 21, 2016

The Eastern Echo received a copy of a 2014 and 2015 athletic budget from an anonymous source inside the Eastern Michigan Student Government.

Slocum finishes season at NCAA Nationals

By Andrew Mascharka · Saturday, April 16, 2016

The Eastern Michigan gymnastics team’s season finished Friday night as sophomore Rachel Slocum competed at NCAA Nationals in Fort Worth, Texas.

Eagles finish fourth at NCAA Regionals

By Andrew Mascharka · Sunday, April 3, 2016

After a long and thrilling season, the Eastern Michigan gymnastics team’s season came to a wrap Saturday night after the finished fourth in the Ann Arbor NCAA Regional in Crisler Arena.

EMU heads down the road for NCAA Regionals

By Andrew Mascharka · Monday, March 21, 2016

The 2016 NCAA Gymnastics Selection Show has come and gone and the Eastern Michigan gymnastics team learned they were placed in the Ann Arbor Regional, which takes place on April 2 at 6 p.m.

Gymnastics wins big at MAC Championships

By Andrew Mascharka · Sunday, March 20, 2016

The historic season of the Eastern Michigan women’s gymnastics team continued Saturday afternoon as they won the Mid-American Conference championship with a 196.425 in Muncie, Ind.

EMU gymnasts named to All-MAC teams

By Andrew Mascharka · Friday, March 18, 2016

The Mid-American Conference announced the women’s gymnastics All-MAC first and second teams Wednesday afternoon. Among the winners were Eastern Michigan sophomores Kendall Valentin and Rachel Slocum on the first team and Catie Conrad on the second team. The teams were decided by regional qualifying scores on each event, along with all-around scores.

Eagles notch second highest team total on Ebeyer's senior night

By Andrew Mascharka · Saturday, March 12, 2016

In her final meet at the Convocation Center, Eastern Michigan senior gymnast Kimberly Ebeyer contributed to the Eagles’ second highest team score in program history with a 196.250 Thursday night.

Sydney, left, and Natalie after a meet in 2006.

Gymnasts' friendship travels across borders

By Andrew Mascharka · Wednesday, March 9, 2016

When you're young, you have expectations that you and your best friend will always be together. Ultimately, that isn't the reality for most. However, Eastern Michigan gymnasts Natalie Gervais and Sydney McEachern have brought a ten year friendship all the way from Winnipeg to Ypsilanti.

Eagles struggle on beam, fall to Kent State

By Andrew Mascharka · Saturday, March 5, 2016

It was a tough end of the night for the Eastern Michigan women’s gymnastics team as they recorded their worst beam score of the season, having to count two falls while losing to Kent State University, 195.025-194.025, Friday night in Kent, Ohio.

Eagles tie Ohio State with third highest score in program history

By Andrew Mascharka · Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016

After a sluggish start in the first two events, the Eastern Michigan women’s gymnastics refocused and tied Ohio State University at 195.800 and defeated the University of Pittsburgh in a tri-meet in Columbus Saturday afternoon.

Eastern Michigan junior Natalie Gervais after setting a career high on the balance beam with a 9.925 in Bowling Green Saturday night.

Eagles break school record for third consecutive meet

By Andrew Mascharka · Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016

For the third consecutive meet, the Eastern Michigan gymnastics team broke the school record for meet score scoring a 196.600 last night in a tri-meet against Bowling Green State University and Southeast Missouri State University in Bowling Green, Ohio.

EMU gymnastics continues to roll; breaks program record again

By Andrew Mascharka · Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016

Just days after posting the best meet score in school history, the Eastern Michigan women’s gymnastics team topped that score Monday night in a tri-meet in Ann Arbor with a 195.975 against the University of Michigan and the University of Maryland. The Eagles (9-2, 2-0 MAC, 195.221 avg.) score was able to notch a win over Maryland but they fell short against the no.

EMU gymnastics breaks program record score; defeats CMU

By Andrew Mascharka · Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016

In a highly anticipated matchup between the top-two teams in the Mid-American Conference, the Eastern Michigan women’s gymnastics team and Central Michigan University did not disappoint.

Devan Marry wrestles at the Beauty and the Beast event at the Convocation Center on Saturday.

Beauty and the Beast: 'It's about taking care of business'

By Robert Sherman · Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016

Wrestling and gymnastics aren’t exactly two sports that you would combine together in the same category other than being two sports that get little to no attention when it comes to the Eastern Michigan University realm of athletics.

EMU gymnastics improves to 7-1

By Andrew Mascharka · Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016

The Eastern Michigan women’s gymnastics team competed in their first home meet Saturday afternoon and were able to defeat the Northern Illinois University Huskies, 194.775-193.950 in a Mid-American Conference meet. Despite the win, the Eagles (7-1, 2-0 MAC) saw their lowest score of the season but also saw their highest total on the floor exercise with a 48.750. “When we started out on vault, they seemed to get really tight and the energy kind of dropped,” EMU coach Jay Santos said.

Ebeyer returns home to face sister's team in Ball State

By Andrew Mascharka · Monday, Jan. 25, 2016

For Eastern Michigan senior gymnast Kimberly Ebeyer, Sunday afternoon marked a homecoming as her Eagles faced off against the Ball State University Cardinals.