• NCGA Nationals - a fine end to a wonderful season

• Team Competition Recap (MIT story)
• 4 Compete in Individual Event Finals
• New School Records set this year

• Team Qualifies to Nationals (full story) - Zimmerman voted as ECAC Freshman Gymnast of the Year - go!

• Third time is a charm for Zimmerman as ECAC Gymnast of the Week.

• Globe article on our senior captains.

• Tech loses a close battle with Springfield College

• Zimmerman notches her 2nd ECAC Award of the Season (week ending 2/19)

• Zimmerman matches teammate's feat by winning every event in dual against Rhode Island College

• Sophia Harrison has been name ECAC All-Around Gymnast of the Week for week ending 2/12

• Official NCGA Rankings are posted by Seasonal Average Score - MIT is currently third as a team while rookie standout Julia Zimmerman lead on both Balance Beam and the All-Around - NCGA Rankings

• Schedule note - Sunday February 19th competition at Rhode Island College has been rescheduled from 1:00 pm to noon.

• Sophia Harrison shines in MIT win over Division II Southern Connecticut and Rhode Island College

• Julia Zimmerman named as ECAC Rookie of the Week for week ending 1/22

• Too many falls cost MIT a chance to beat Division II University of Bridgeport for the first time ever

• Sarah Trowbridge named as ECAC All-Around Gymnast of the Week for week ending 1/15

• Tech registers perhaps the most impressive win in program history at West Chester University

• Tech drops it's first meet of the year at Springfield College

• 2005-2006 Competitions (7-8) (5-5 in NCGA)

• March 11th - ECAC/East Regional Championship
• March 4th at Brockport
• February 25th vs Springfield College
• February 19th at Rhode Island College
• February 11th vs. Southern Connecticut and Rhode Island College
• January 29th at Brown University with Ithaca College and Rhode Island College
• January 28th at Yale University
• January 21st vs Ithaca College and University of Bridgeport
• January 14th at West Chester University w/Cortland State and Rhode Island College
• January 11th at Springfield College
 

• Meet the Rookies!

• Complete meet statistics!

• Season Outlook posted!

• Schedule and Roster for 2005-2006

• Alumnae News!

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Tech qualifies to NCGA Nationals - Zimmerman voted ECAC Freshman of the Year

For the first time since 1997 and the subsequent qualification procedure changes, MIT qualified to the National Collegiate Gymnastics Association Championships by virtue of their best-ever third place finish at the ECAC/East Regional Championship.  Tech participated as a team in the 2004 Championship, but was granted entrance into the competition by virtue of being the host school.  Along with the team's success, Julia Zimmerman reaped the rewards of a fantastic rookie season by being voted the ECAC Freshman Gymnast of the Year by the membership coaches, a first-ever recognition for an MIT student-athlete.  Complete ECAC Results

Zimmerman - ECAC All-Around Gymnast of the Week (3/5/06)

Julia Zimmerman - MIT Freshman, Chicago, Ill. Zimmerman won the bars (9.3), floor (9.675) and all around (37.95) this past weekend against Brockport in an away competition on Saturday, March 4. This is her highest all around score to date and her vault score of 9.6 (2nd place) is a new MIT record.  Zimmerman has definitely proven herself as a consistent performer as a freshman and leads all Division III all-arounds in the rankings.  Perhaps the most significant fact of all is that Julia has accomplished this while competing with a bone chip in her neck.

Zimmerman - ECAC All-Around Gymnast of the Week (2/19/06)

Julia Zimmerman – MIT Freshman, Chicago, Ill. In an away meet at Rhode Island College on February 19, Zimmerman enjoyed the best day of her young college career by sweeping all four events and the all-around, matching the accomplishment turned in by one of her teammates the week before. Her 37.75 all-around score is 6th best in MIT school history and it helped to increase her lead in the National Rankings as the top all-arounder in Division III gymnastics so far this season.

Harrison - ECAC All-Around Gymnast of the Week (2/12/06)

Sophia becomes the third MIT gymnast to be honored by the ECAC this season.  Press release is below.

All-Around Gymnast of the Week Sophia Harrison - MIT Sophomore, Laguna Hills, CA Sophia was sidelined her entire freshman year recovering from a career threatening tricep tear. She spent 18 months working extremely hard to come back this season only to be slowed down by a pair of strained Achilles' tendons. She was not in the line-up as an all-arounder at the beginning of Saturday's competition against Division II Southern Connecticut State University and Rhode Island College. In fact, she hadn't been able to flip a vault or do any tumbling since she re-aggravated the injury two weeks ago. After winning the first three events in the meet, Vault with a 9.425, Bars with a 9.25 and Beam with a 9.50, the decision was made to allow Sophia to attempt to warm-up floor with hopes of completing the all-around. All she did was put up a personal best 9.70 for the clean sweep of all four events and the all-around (another personal best 37.875) in helping MIT to only it's second win ever over Division II Southern Connecticut while posting the highest team score in all of Division III thus far this year - 182.525.

Zimmerman - ECAC Rookie of the Week (1/22/06)

For the second week in a row, an MIT gymnast has been named as Conference Gymnast of the week.  The ECAC recognizes female gymnasts in three different categories: Rookie, Specialist (individual who does not compete all-Around) and All-Around Gymnast of the Week.

Rookie of the Week Julia Zimmerman - MIT Freshman, Chigaco, IL Julia got off to a great start in her debut as a collegiate gymnast by winning the all-around in each of MIT's first three competitions. On Saturday, hosting Ithaca College and Division II University of Bridgeport, she led the field with a 36.90. Julia also finished second on bars (9.35) and beam (9.375). Her early season success has her ranked as the top All-Arounder and Beam performer in all of Division III. Julia is an Aeronautics and Astronautics major at MIT.

Trowbridge - ECAC All-Around Gymnast of the Week (1/15/06)

All-Around Gymnast of the Week Sarah Trowbridge - MIT Sophomore, Boulder, CO In a Saturday quadrangular hosted by Division II West Chester University and including SUNY-Cortland and Rhode Island College Sarah was the only all-arounder in the meet to hit 4 for 4 in this early season competition. She upgraded her balance beam routine which she hit for a 9.25 and a third place finish. She also unveiled a brand new Geinger on bars and also finished third on that event with an 8.75. A solid vault and floor exercise routines helped her to third place in the all-around with a 35.725. Her consistency was instrumental in MIT's first-ever win over West Chester University and conference foe SUNY-Cortland. Sarah is a Physics major at MIT.

MIT's class of 2009

We welcome four newcomers to the program - Alison Barnard is a level 9 competitor from Birmingham, AL enrolled in the Aeronautics and Astronautics Program. Rachel Tatem is also a level 9 competitor from Red Bank, NJ.  Laura Kelly is from Potomac, MD and is enrolled in the Sloan School of Management and Julia Zimmerman, a level 10 competitor from Chicago, IL who is also looking at a possible Aero-Astro curriculum.

Alumnae News

The highlight of the summer was Marnie Bell's ('99) wedding in June.  Marnie and Dave were married with many MIT alumni in attendance, including a strong showing from the gymnastics team. (l-r) Lindsey Wolf, Liz Ellingson, Eduardo Ovalle, Alli Christenson, Marnie Bell, Robin Chiu, Rachel Van Buren, Sonja Ellefson and Stephanie Cheng.

As is tradition at gymnasts' weddings.  We flipped the bride, and groom, and even the dad (Mr. Bell).....