For all of the fans that were able to attend the Black & Gold Intrasquad on December 4th, they not only saw a team-friendly gymnastics competition, but witnessed the infancy of something destined to be incredible.
Just hours before the meet began, there was already a fortified mood set within the room; pure excitement. Tape was being wraped on, ipods were set on the pump up playlist and mentalities were fixated on a winning day. Both teams, Men's and Women's, were profusely covering themseleves in the armour of Black & Gold paint, t-shirts, and posters. As each teams gymnasts conversed with the opposite color, they all wished each other good luck and a successful meet. It was no guessing matter that each person displayed thier own mark of sportsmanship, however it was their competitive edge that was bursting at the seems.
The Gold Team was intent on taking the title again this year and assuming their position as number one. The Black Team was bent on stealing the title and ensuring their bragging rights for the next year. As the national anthem rounded its way towards its last lines, the men assumed their battle stations and set off to out do the other team in hopes of becoming victorious. The Black Team defeated the Gold, but it was no walk through the park; for Gold surely brought their A-game. But this competition was so much more than a inter-team battle...it was a physical pronouncement to the university and public that Iowa Men's Gymnastics is alive and well and ready for the 2010-2011 season.
With the season now underway, we believe that over the next couple months and years Men's Gymnastics' popularity will drastically change. With strong new additions to the coaching staff and team roster, this Team is on its way to concreting their prescence into the sub-conscious of every other Big Ten and NCAA Men's Gymnastics Program from shore to shore. Hawks be on the lookout...Iowa Men's Gymnastics is just getting started.
Announcements:
1)Only a couple days left to vote for December's Profiled Hawkeye! Vote and start thinking of questions to ask the winner!
2)GymFace Album #5 posted. Cast your vote!
3)New Video of the Week!
4)4 series interview with Coach JD Reive on Gymnastike.com below!
First Men's Gymnastics Home Meet
Who: Iowa Hawkeyes vs. University of Ill-Chicago Flames
Where: University Field House
When: January 22, 2011
Time: 5 p.m.
Be there and be drenched in Black and Gold! Go Hawks!
