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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She's living the life that's kind of honoring her mother right now and doing that in every area that she can, from academics to gymnastics to her relationships. It's also helped this team understand and value their relationships that they have between each other and their own family members.
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Megan did a phenomenal job on vault and floor and starting us off on floor. I think we were only a couple tenths ahead of Stanford going into floor. Stanford's a tough team and you really have to fight through 'til the end, so she really started us off strong on floor and they kept it going on through.
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Each team changes but this definitely has been a big change for us. I think there's pros and cons about having a young team and I think right now they're doing an awesome job.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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Her performance tonight was spectacular. She just keeps getting better and better.
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We'll run through a lot of things that we're going to do at nationals and find out if there are any glitches in the system. That way we can fine-tune. We'll have a month before the national championship and we can get everything in place before we actually run the NCAA Championship.
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She's graceful and dynamic, and has beautiful lines. The way she presents herself on the events is just incredible. She's a beautiful gymnast, but she's also a beautiful person, inside and out.
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She did phenomenal for anyone, but for a freshman to come in and ... win those is a great accomplishment.
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She is unique in that she can bring both (performance and tumbling skills). How high she gets on her tumbling passes, you don't really see that often throughout the country, either. She can skyrocket into the air, so that brings another element to it.
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We've held her back a little bit in practice so her body won't tear down, but she's getting more and more confident. She definitely knows how to go out there and compete.