Alabama Gymnastics

At the annual SEC spring meetings in Destin, FL this week, University of Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne spoke candidly on the evolution of college sports.

Greg Byrne gives a funny, yet interesting story of the process of gathering information on Alabama's new gymnastics head coach, Ashley Priess-Johnston.

"Alabama gymnastics is a family ... pulling together to accomplish a common goal, and at Alabama, that goal is to compete for championships."

Multiple Crimson Tide athletes used their platforms to demand change after the Texas elementary school shooting on Tuesday.

Priess-Johnston will be formally introduced in a press conference on Friday. She becomes the seventh head coach in program history and just the third 1979. Priess-Johnston is a two-time national SEC Champion and made All-SEC three times during her college career at The Capstone.

University of Alabama gymnastics coach Dana Duckworth has announced via Alabama athletic communications that she plans on stepping down from her duties as head coach.

The Crimson Tide gymnastics team came up short in the NCAA National Championship Semifinals Thursday afternoon.  For the semifinals, there are six judges with the highest and lowest scores being dropped. The other four scores are then averaged. ...

Alabama Gymnastics travels to Ft Worth to compete at the NCAA Championship meet. Luisa Blanco hopes to compete in more than one event.

Alabama gymnastics advances to the NCAA National Championship semifinals with a second place finish in the Seattle Regional Finals. The Tide scored a 198.175 which is the second highest score in program history. They had eight scores of 9.950 with seven different gymnasts scoring them. Lilly Hudson scored two 9.950s Saturday night. Alabama gets a couple weeks off from competition before traveling to Ft. Worth, TX for the Championship Semifinals on April 14.

Alabama gymnastics put on a show in Seattle Thursday afternoon. Shallon Olsen earned and tied her career-best scores on balance beam and vault with a 9.950. Luisa Blanco performed on the uneven bars and scored a 9.900 while Makarri Doggette may have retweaked her ankle injury on her bar dismount. She still scored a 9.900, however. Griffin James made her competition debut on floor in place of Blanco and scored a solid 9.875. The Crimson Tide along with Michigan State will compete Saturday at 7 p.m. against the top two teams from session two Thursday night.