Suzanne Yoculan
Suzanne Yoculan
Suzanne Paige Yoculan was the head coach of the women's gymnastics program at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia from 1983 to 2009. During her tenure, she built the Georgia gymnastics program into a national powerhouse and is one of the most decorated coaches in the history of collegiate gymnastics...
happen
That doesn't happen very often. It was a fluke. I don't want to read too much into it. But I was surprised.
country events floor four girls love night pride push solid together
We're solid on every event. We just need to put all four events together in the same night and I think we can push the 198 score. The floor is the event that we love and something we want to be No. 1 in country on. The girls take pride in that.
affected few order people rhythm team tonight work
We did not look like a championship team tonight. We've got a long way to go and a lot of work to do. We need to get back into our rhythm because we got out of our rhythm tonight. We competed a few people in a different order tonight and I think that affected our performance.
absolutely best saw ten vault
We have really been exceptional on vault the whole season. We weren't even at our best tonight. Tiffany's vault was a ten if I ever saw it. It was absolutely perfect.
beginning confidence difficult downs improvement last low performance ups
We had a lot of ups and downs today. We had some 9.9s and some low scores. You could tell it was the beginning of the season. The landings are still difficult and they do not have the confidence that they need to have. But that's just because it's the beginning of the season. Today's performance was a significant improvement from last week.
fall teams testament three
Not many teams can fall three times and still win. But that's a testament to our team and the girls.
win
They can do that and still win championships.
confidence exactly high supposed
Confidence is high right now. This exactly how the story is supposed to read.
came definitely everybody meet single team tonight
It's definitely all about the team and so many of the individuals came through. Tonight was a meet about everybody in the lineup. Every single person contributed to our team score. I like to see everyone contributing.
cocky girls past season sure teaching teams terms textbook
It's important to make sure (the gymnasts) don't get overconfident or too cocky or too arrogant. We've had teams in the past that would've responded to that (ranking), but these girls are not like that. They're very professional in their approach. It's been pretty much a textbook season in terms of us teaching and them responding.
beam champion courtney national perfect personally proud
To have Courtney be the national beam champion is something I'm personally proud of. You have to be perfect to be the beam champion.
full girls win
We tell all the girls we want them to have a full life. They can do that and still win championships.
certainly courtney earned gets hers katie meet moments places talked tonight zone
Courtney just gets better and better. There were places tonight where she could have earned a 10. We talked about zone moments before the meet and she certainly had hers tonight. And Katie and Kelsey keep getting better.
certain qualities reasons
There's certain qualities she has that are reasons for that, for sure.