UNC gymnast Michelle Ikoma finds her own way
Michelle Ikoma almost didn’t make it to Chapel Hill.
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Michelle Ikoma almost didn’t make it to Chapel Hill.
RALEIGH — For the North Carolina gymnastics team, consistency was the goal entering Saturday’s match against George Washington, N.C. State and William & Mary.
The saying goes that the third time’s the charm, but nobody told that to the North Carolina gymnastics team.
Undefeated at home. Best team score of the season. A first place all-around individual performer.
This season, senior Kristin Aloi had only competed in the floor routine for the North Carolina gymnastics team. But against Pittsburgh on Friday, Aloi replaced the injured freshman Christina Pheil on the vault.
If it is at all possible to have gymnastics swag, North Carolina senior gymnast and co-captain Michelle Ikoma has it.
Focus.
Friday night’s meet at N.C. State was a first for freshman Christina Pheil.
The North Carolina gymnastics team showed flashes of its potential but couldn’t latch onto any form of consistency in Friday’s meet against N.C. State, Towson and No. 8 Michigan.
Before the North Carolina gymnastics team’s opening meet against rival N.C. State, redshirt junior Acacia Cosentino had not competed in two years. Disregarding any type of adversity, Cosentino calmly took a deep breath, relaxed herself and began her routine on the bars.
For the North Carolina gymnastics team, Sunday’s meet against N.C. State was a warm homecoming.
The feeling was all too familiar. For its second consecutive meet, the North Carolina gymnastics squad headed into the floor exercise feeling disappointed about its inconsistency on the balance beam.
The North Carolina gymnastics team has come a long way since the beginning of the season.
Coach Derek Galvin’s gymnastics team needed a pep talk on Saturday, and it needed one fast.
The highest away meet score of the season was not enough to vault the North Carolina gymnastics team past the Pittsburgh Panthers in Pennsylvania Saturday night.
The weather outside Carmichael Arena was cold and miserable, but in the final event of a meet against N.C. State Friday night, the North Carolina gymnastics team was anything but.
Three years ago, North Carolina gymnast Meredith Magjuka broke her back.
After showing steady improvement during its first four meets of the season, the North Carolina gymnastics team experienced a disappointing drop-off last week at George Washington.
In its first meet after a confidence-boosting win against top-ranked rival Maryland last week, the North Carolina gymnastics team came in second by a slim margin Monday night.
The North Carolina gymnastics team sent Maryland back to College Park Saturday, marking the Terrapins’ first loss of the season and vindication for the UNC team.