All Things Gymnastics Podcast

This is episode 6 of the Recruit Reflection series, brought to you by Full Out Collegiate Recruiting, and this week we're joined by future Iowa Hawkeye Morgan Braun. Morgan is coming off her most successful Level 10 season yet, which included competing at the 2026 Nastia Liukin Cup and finishing second in the all-around and on bars at the 2026 Level 10 National Championships. As she gears up f...

This week, we're joined by Amika Every, an elite gymnast from Aruba who is making history as the first Aruban gymnast to commit to competing in college gymnastics. In May, Amika announced her commitment to Southern Connecticut State University. Shortly afterward, we had the chance to chat with her about what led to that decision and how she first discovered college gymnastics. We also talked a...

This week on Mental Gymnastics, Dr. JD Barton sits down with Ebee Price, one of the most accomplished gymnasts of her generation. A 2012 Olympic alternate, 2014 American Cup champion, and winner of the 2013 — 14 World Cup All-Around Series, Ebee went on to have even more success at Stanford, where she became a 2x NCAA champion, Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year, AAI Award winner, and one of the most deco...

This is Episode Four of the Recruit Reflection Series, sponsored by Full Out Collegiate Recruiting. This week, we are joined by Claire Donahue, a D3 gymnast who recently transferred from Wisconsin Whitewater to Wisconsin Stout. Claire joins us to talk about her initial recruiting journey as a Level 10, where she dealt with a lot of injuries and didn’t receive much interest from schools. She also t...

This is Episode 3 of the Recruit Reflection Series, sponsored by Full Out Collegiate Recruiting. This week, we’re joined by Mya Jett, an uncommitted gymnast in the Class of 2027.  Mya was originally committed to Iowa State on a full athletic scholarship, but as many unfortunately know, the program was cut in March, leaving several gymnasts — including Mya — without a home. Now heading into her sen...

This is Episode 2 of the Recruit Reflection Series, sponsored by Full Out Collegiate Recruiting. This week, we're joined by Rehna Saalinger, a rising sophomore at Brown University. She was a staple in the beam lineup during her freshman season, scoring as high as a 9.85 in her collegiate debut and earning GEC Newcomer of the Week honors. Rehna joins us to talk about her recruiting journey as a...

‘Tis the season for Recruit Reflections! It’s that time of year when we kick off our Recruit Reflection series once again for Season 4, sponsored by Full Out Collegiate Recruiting. We’re so excited to begin with three athletes who are not only among the top Level 10 gymnasts in the country, but are also teammates at Brandy Johnson’s in Florida. We are joined by Imani White, who was originally comm...

Dr. JD Barton sits down with Dr. Nicole Hayes, who served as the UCLA gymnastics team psychologist from 2019 to 2023, to discuss body image in and out of the gym, the impact of social media and NIL, navigating injuries, academic pressure, and more. Thank you to our monthly Patreon supporters:  Lee B, Cookiemaster, Happy Girl, Erica S, Semflam, Amy C, Maria L, Becca S, Cathleen R, Faith, Kerry M, D...

This week, we break down the latest NCAA coaching changes and transfer portal news, share highlights from the 2026 Development Program National Championships, discuss Ana Bărbosu’s suspension, and more. Later in the episode (around the 43-minute mark), we’re joined by Kailin Chio following the conclusion of her standout sophomore season at LSU. Chio made program history this year, recording 13 per...

We’re kicking off May with a jam-packed episode. We’ve got one of UCLA’s star freshmen, Ashlee Sullivan, on the show, plus there has been so much news between coaching changes and the transfer portal, so we have a lot to unpack. Ashlee Sullivan is a four-time U.S. National Team member, an alternate for the 2025 Worlds team, the 2025 Winter Cup all-around champion, and now an NCAA All-American on f...

In this episode of Mental Gymnastics , Dr. JD Barton sits down with Ilka Juk, who represented Canada and Hungary as an elite gymnast and went on to compete collegiately at LIU and Iowa. Ilka looks back on the abusive coaching she experienced in Canada, her struggles with OCD, how she knew it was time to walk away from elite gymnastics, and how her career has shaped the coach she is today. Thank yo...

This week, we are joined by our correspondent JD, who was on the floor in Fort Worth for the 2026 NCAA Championships. We talk about the highs and lows of the competition — from Minnesota upsetting UCLA to advance to their first final ever, to Kailin Chio being a 10 machine, to our thoughts on the outcome of the meet, and more — plus we share some of our hopes and predictions for offseason transfer...

This week we look back at NCAA Regionals and discuss some of the highlights, we preview the upcoming NCAA Championships and we have an interview with Big Ten Freshman of the Year — Arianna Ostrum — who helped her team pull off an incredible upset to punch a ticket to Fort Worth!  Thank you to our monthly Patreon supporters:  Lee B, Cookiemaster, Happy Girl, Erica S, Semflam, Amy C, Maria L, Becca...

In the latest episode of Mental Gymnastics , Dr. JD Barton is joined by Jacey Vore, a two-time Big Ten Champion at the University of Michigan. Before her collegiate career, Jacey was one of the nation’s top Level 10 gymnasts, earning the 2019 Level 10 National All-Around title, qualifying for the Nastia Cup three times, and finishing as a two-time runner-up in the event. At Michigan, Jacey became...

This week we’re excited to bring you this interview with the talented Maggie Slife, who is currently dominating her junior season at Air Force! A two-time Mountain West Gymnast of the Year, she has also earned Specialist of the Year honors across the all-around and every event. Maggie holds multiple program and conference records, including a 9.975 on bars and beam and a 39.675 in the all-around,...

This week we’re joined by Ava Jordan, a junior at the University of Michigan. In her freshman year, she competed on vault in all but one meet, notching a season-best 9.85 in her very first collegiate appearance. She took things up a notch during her sophomore season, consistently competing in both the vault and bars lineups and earning her first career 9.9 score on bars at the Big Ten Championship...

This week's guests are sisters Morgan Price and Frankie Price. Morgan Price spent the first three seasons of her college career at Fisk University, competing for the first HBCU gymnastics team. She won six WCGNIC national titles and became the first HBCU gymnast to score a 10.0, earning the mark on uneven bars during her junior season. Now a senior at the University of Arkansas, she recently m...

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We’re so excited to kick off a new monthly series, Mental Gymnastics , with Dr. JD Barton (who you may also recognize as our West Coast correspondent)! This series creates space for retired gymnasts to share their stories, memories, struggles, and triumphs from their time in the sport. Our first guest needs no introduction. She’s a 2020 Olympian, 2025 NCAA and Big Ten floor champion, and queen of...

This week, we’re excited to be joined by Theresa Kulikowski-Gillespie, a 1995 Team World bronze medalist and Olympic alternate for the gold-medal-winning 1996 U.S. women’s gymnastics team. Theresa competed collegiately at the University of Utah, where she was a 14-time All-American and won three individual NCAA titles — including the all-around and balance beam as a freshman in 1999. Following her...

Our guest this week is truly taking the world by storm. You may have seen her soaring 400 feet above New York City in a partnership with Red Bull and Rimmel London — or maybe you caught her on the SEC Network this past weekend, helping her team secure their first win over LSU in a decade. We’re thrilled to be joined by Georgia GymDogs junior Lily Smith. With just two competitions under her belt th...

Welcome to our final Coaches’ Corner interview of the 2026 NCAA season. We’ve got another new face on the show, and we’re very excited about this one — Ashley Johnston, who is entering her fourth season as head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide. Ashley was an incredible athlete in her own right before becoming a coach. She was a 10-time All-American during her career at Alabama and helped lead the...

With the first week of the 2026 NCAA gymnastics season in the books, we catch up with our West Coast correspondent, JD Barton, who was in Seattle for the Best of the West meet featuring UCLA, Cal, Oregon State and Washington. We share some of our thoughts on the competition, plus JD also had a chance to chat with Jade Carey before the meet. Thank you to our monthly Patreon supporters:  Lee B, Cook...

Happy New Year! As promised, we’re back with another Coaches Corner interview as we kick off the road to the 2026 NCAA season. We’re excited to welcome a new face to the show — Washington head coach Jessa Hansen Parker — as she joins us to preview what’s ahead for the Huskies. Jessa enters her second year at the helm of Washington, which also marks the program’s second season competing in the Big...

This week, our friend JD Barton heads to Stanford to catch the team’s final intrasquad before the holiday break and sit down with head coach Tabitha Yim to preview the 2026 season. Tabitha breaks down what fans can expect from an exciting class of newcomers — including Olympians Ana Bărbosu and Levi Jung Ruivivar — along with the team’s biggest strengths, the momentum from winning its first ACC Ch...