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  • Samantha Opsahl Takes Home WIAC Gymnastics Specialist Of The Week Honors

    Samantha Opsahl Takes Home WIAC Gymnastics Specialist Of The Week Honors

    St. Peter, Minn. – Gustavus Adolphus senior gymnast Samantha Opsahl (Forest Lake, Minn.) has been recognized as the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Gymnastics Specialist-of-the-Week for her showing at the John Zuerlein Invitational held Friday, Jan. 25 at the Johnson Fieldhouse on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Stout.  Opsahl turned in Gustavus’ top performance of…

  • Gymnastics Places Third At Gustie Triangular

    Gymnastics Places Third At Gustie Triangular

    St. Peter, Minn. – The Gustavus gymnastics team opened up their 2013 campaign with a third place finish (173.575) at the Gustie Triangular held Saturday afternoon in the Lund Center Gymnastics Studio.  UW-Whitewater won the meet with a score of 184.200, while UW-Stout rounded out the competition with score of 180.900. The Gusties posted individual…

  • Gymnastics Set To Open Season With Home Triangular This Saturday

    Gymnastics Set To Open Season With Home Triangular This Saturday

    St. Peter, Minn. – The Gustavus gymnastics team is set to kick off its 2012-13 season with the Gustie Triangular against Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) opponents UW-Whitewater and UW-Stout in the Gymnastics Studio located in Lund Center at 12:30 on Saturday, January 12th. The meet not only starts off the new season, but also…

  • Gymnastics Highlights This Weekend’s Gustie Spotlight

    Gymnastics Highlights This Weekend’s Gustie Spotlight

    St. Peter, Minn. – Gustavus Adolphus gymnasts Shelby Winzent (Sr., Golden, Colo.) and Kacy Lorber (Jr., Ashland, Wis.) along with first year head coach Katie Olson join Tom Wheeler of KNUJ AM 860 for this weekend’s edition of the Gustie Spotlight.  Wheeler interviews Winzent, Lorber, and Olson about the upcoming gymnastics season set to begin…

  • Katie Olson Named Head Gymnastics Coach

    St. Peter, Minn. – Gustavus Adolphus College has named Katie (Kortuem) Olson as interim head coach of its women’s gymnastics team.  Olson, a 2000 graduate of Gustavus with a major in elementary education, becomes the fourth head coach in the program’s history. “I am honored to have this opportunity to give back to the program…

  • Opsahl, Ries, And Zeinert Conclude 2012 Season At NCGA National Championships

    Gustavus Adolphus gymnasts Samantha Opsahl (Jr., Forest Lake, Minn.), Jamie Ries (So., Monticello, Minn.), and Bailey Zeinert (Jr., Oshkosh, Wis.) brought the 2012 season to a close this weekend at the 2012 National Collegiate Gymnastics Association (NCGA) National Championships held at the College at Brockport in Brockport, New York. Competing on the balance beam and…

  • Gymnasts Ries, Opsahl, And Zeinert Set To Represent Gustavus At NCGA National Championships

    A trio of Gustavus Adolphus gymnasts have earned the right to compete at the National Collegiate Gymnastics Association (NCGA) National Championships being held March 23-24 in Brockport, New York.  Sophomore Jamie Ries (Monticello, Minn.), junior Sam Opsahl  (Forest Lake, Minn.), and junior Bailey Zeinert (Oshkosh, Wis.) will represent the Gustavus at this season’s national meet.…

  • Gymnastics Concludes Season With Eighth Place Finish At WIAC Championships

    The Gustavus gymnastics team concluded its season with an eighth place finish after recording a score of 172.450 at the 2012 WIAC Championships/NCGA Regional held Saturday afternoon in the McPhee Physical Education Center in Eau Claire, Wis.  UW-La Crosse scored a 187.700 to run away with the 2012 WIAC Championship.  Rounding out the top-three was…

  • Gymnastics Falls 184.100-174.925 To UW-Whitewater In Regular Season Finale

    Despite scoring season-high 174.925 on Saturday afternoon in Whitewater, Wis. the Gustavus gymnastics team couldn’t keep up with UW-Whitewater who won the dual meet with a team score of 184.100. Gustavus tallied a season-high mark of 44.300 on the balance beam at the meet.  The Gusties also recorded individual event scores of 46.150 on the…

  • Sam Opsahl Named WIAC Gymnastics Specialist-Of-The-Week

    Gustavus Adolphus junior gymnast Sam Opsahl (Forest Lake, Minn.) has been named Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Gymnastics Specialist-of-the-Week for her performance at the John Zuerlein Invitational hosted by UW-Stout on Saturday, Jan. 27. Ophsahl recorded three finishes inside the top-10 at the four-team meet.  The junior broke out with the best performance of her…