Tanya Chaplin
Tanya Chaplin
Tanya A. Chaplinis an American gymnastics coach and former artistic gymnast. She is the current head coach of the Oregon State Beavers women's gymnastics program and has been since 1997. An accomplished competitive gymnast, Chaplinattended UCLA and was a member of the UCLA Bruins gymnastics team...
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It means a lot as an athlete to have that opportunity to compete on your home floor at the end of the season. That's been something that we've really been working hard at getting our team ready and healthy enough for the end of the season so that we're able to finish up here in Corvallis.
amazing high springs
It's like springs in her legs. It's pretty amazing how high she can get up.
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That is so well deserved. She has competed in every meet in all-around and every routine has counted for us. That is phenomenal in itself. To have every routine you put up counting toward the team score, I don't remember someone actually doing that.
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It's a good thing our team is continuing to build right now. They're getting stronger and they're competitive with those top teams right now. So we just have to focus in on what we can do and worry about our performances and not really look at the fact that Alabama or Stanford is there.
alabama focus performance stanford worry
We're going to focus on our own performance and not worry about what Stanford or Alabama is doing.
aggressive athletes
They're very powerful. That's part of their personalities, too. They really go after things. They're aggressive competitors and athletes all the way around.
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They're very aggressive athletes and very competitive. They want to go out there and they want to win and they fight for everything and I think that has brought a tremendous amount to our team because when you watch the younger ones fighting that hard for everything, I think it kind of moves on up the chain.
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I think that they went out there a little tight, but that's actually not surprising to me. This was their first national championship. I was really proud that they stayed on their feet. They didn't have to count a fall and they fought hard for things.
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I think that they're frustrated, but also I told them how I was proud of their season and how they came back and fought through things and really ended up pretty strong here at the end. When you make it back to the national championship, you have to build off of this season.
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I think that when they went out they were a little tight because they were trying too hard. But that's actually not surprising to me in that every single one of them, this is the first national championships.
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They learned a tremendous amount from this experience and we're going to take in everything over the next couple of days so that we can build off of this going into next season.
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For them to come together and be able to be one of the top 12 teams in the country at the end of the season says a lot for such a young group and I'm really excited for the future. They're determined to take this experience and build off of it.
anymore athlete athletics disease hard parent year
I know this has been a tremendously challenging year for Chris. It's hard when any athlete has to go through something like this, but to have a disease where you can't communicate with your parent anymore is tremendously hard. You can communicate in other ways.
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I'm really pleased with them. They continue to impress me. There are so many positives that came out of this meet and they are right on track.