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The Crimson White

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The Crimson White

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The Crimson White

Alabama gymnastics team turns in best score of season, completes late comeback against Georgia

Marc Torrence February 7, 2014

Coming off a big road loss to LSU and trailing Georgia after three rotations at home, it would have been easy for the Crimson Tide to cut its losses and look to next week. Instead, Alabama finished with...

NCAA gymnastics rivals face off in Tuscaloosa

Marc Torrence February 6, 2014

It may not have quite the aura that it used to, but Alabama-Georgia is still an NCAA gymnastics rivalry not to be scoffed at. The two teams have combined for 16 NCAA titles, including 10 of the last 16,...

The pressure is on: Crimson Tide gymnastics team sees record attendance numbers

The pressure is on: Crimson Tide gymnastics team sees record attendance numbers

Marc Torrence February 4, 2014

Baxter Burke showed up to Coleman Coliseum at 5:15 p.m. on Jan. 15 for a gymnastics meet that started at 7:30 p.m. Two weeks later, he walked up at 4:30 p.m., because he knew seats would be in high demand,...

Alabama gymnastics team travels to hostile LSU

Marc Torrence January 30, 2014

The Alabama gymnastics team always has one road meet that sticks out on the schedule. In Baton Rouge, La., normal decorum for gymnastics meets - sitting quietly while the other team is performing, and...

Alabama beats Arkansas to win 10th Power of Pink meet

Marc Torrence January 24, 2014

While the Alabama gymnastics team prefers a slow build over the course of a season, one night a year always stands out as meaning a little bit more than others. In front of a sell-out crowd in Coleman...

Power of pink

Power of pink

Marc Torrence January 23, 2014

Jessica Bailey is no stranger to the bright lights of Alabama’s annual Power of Pink meet, but she’s not a gymnast and has never competed for Alabama. Bailey graduated from The University of Alabama...

Tide moves on without Williams

Tide moves on without Williams

Marc Torrence January 16, 2014

When Alabama junior Kayla Williams took an awkward fall in warmups before the gymnastics team’s season opening meet, the team didn’t have much time to come up with a contingency plan. There were only...

Patterson applauds student turnout

Patterson applauds student turnout

Sarah Patterson January 14, 2014

I can’t tell you how excited I was on Friday, Jan. 10 as I looked up into the student section of Coleman Coliseum just moments after the doors opened for Alabama Gymnastics’ first meet of the 2014...

Crimson Tide gymnastics team opens season with bang

Marc Torrence January 13, 2014

When Alabama gymnastics coach Sarah Patterson raved about her six-member freshman class, that wasn’t just posturing. The Crimson Tide took down Missouri 197.15 to 193.425 in its season opener Friday...

Alabama freshmen push gymnastics team to victory in season opener

Marc Torrence January 10, 2014

When Alabama gymnastics coach Sarah Patterson raved about her six-member freshman class, that wasn’t just posturing. The Crimson Tide took down Missouri 197.15 to 193.425 in its season opener Friday...

Gymnastics begins season with eye on championship

Gymnastics begins season with eye on championship

Marc Torrence January 9, 2014

It’s not exactly back to square one for the Alabama gymnastics team, but it hasn’t been in this position in three years. After winning back-to-back titles in 2011 and 2012, the Crimson Tide ran into...

Patterson teaches power of pink to UA

Patterson teaches power of pink to UA

Marc Torrence October 13, 2013

Sarah Patterson walks down the hallway of the gymnastics offices and stops to admire two pictures hanging on the wall just outside her office. The first shows the inside of Coleman Coliseum during one...