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The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

Iowa’s Clair Kaji is seen during her beam routine during a women’s gymnastics meet between the Iowa Gym-Hawks and the Minnesota Golden Gophers at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021. The Hawks defeated the Gophers, 196.800-196.375.

No. 10 Iowa women’s gymnastics picks up win against No. 11 Minnesota

Hunter Moeller, Sports Reporter February 7, 2021

The No. 10 Iowa women’s gymnastics team defeated No. 11 Minnesota, 196.800-196.325, Saturday afternoon inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The score was good enough to tie its fourth-best team score in...

Iowas Clair Kaji performs on the beam during a gymnastics meet against Ohio State on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021 at Carver Hawkeye arena. The Hawkeyes defeated the Buckeyes with a score, 196.550-193.800. Kaji earned a score of 9.875.

GymHawks set to face Minnesota at home

Hunter Moeller, Sports Reporter February 4, 2021

The No. 10 Iowa women's gymnastics team is set to face No. 11 Minnesota for the second time in 2020-21 this Saturday at 3 p.m. at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. In the last meeting between the two programs...

Iowas Clair Kaji performs a bars routine during a gymnastics meet against Ohio State on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021 at Carver Hawkeye arena. The Hawkeyes defeated the Buckeyes with a score, 196.550-193.800. Kaji earned a score of 9.850.

Iowa gymnastics teams pick up wins away from home

Hunter Moeller, Sports Reporter February 1, 2021

The Iowa men’s and women’s gymnastics teams fired on all cylinders this past weekend, picking up two victories away from home. The men’s squad traveled to Minneapolis and took down Minnesota,...

Iowas Clair Kaji gets ready to perform her floor routine during a gymnastics meet against Ohio State on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021 at Carver Hawkeye arena. The Hawkeyes defeated the Buckeyes with a score, 196.550-193.800. Kaji earned a score of 9.925.

Iowa gymnastics prepping for weekend road trips

Hunter Moeller, Sports Reporter January 28, 2021

Iowa’s gymnastics teams are hitting the road this weekend. The ninth-ranked women’s team will make a voyage to Champaign to match up with No. 18 Illinois on Sunday.  And the men's team is traveling...

Iowa’s all-around Allyson Steffensmeier huddles with her teammates during a gymnastics meet at Carver Hawkeye Arena against Michigan State on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020. The Hawkeyes won three out of four events against the Spartans with a score, 195.450-195.275.

New women’s gymnastics assistant coach finds home again at Iowa

Chloe Peterson, Sports Reporter November 12, 2020

Jessa Hansen Parker, Iowa women’s gymnastics’ new assistant coach, brings a unique kind of coaching experience to the Hawkeye program. The Des Moines, Iowa, native competed as a GymHawk under...

Iowa head coach Larissa Libby speaks with her team during the Womens Gymnastics Black and Gold Intrasquad Meet in the Field House on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018.

Iowa women’s gymnastics adds new assistant coach

Austin Hanson, Sports Editor October 26, 2020

Iowa's women's gymnastics coaching staff just got bigger. Head coach Larissa Libby announced Monday that former Hawkeye gymnast Jessa Hansen Parker would be joining her staff as an assistant coach...

Iowa head coach Lisa Bluder calls a formation during a womens basketball match between Iowa and Indiana at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020. The Hawkeyes defeated the Hoosiers, 91-85, in double overtime.

Iowa coaches express concerns during COVID-19

Chloe Peterson, Sports Reporter October 11, 2020

After an abrupt end to many seasons in March because of COVID-19, Iowa teams are back to practice. Both athletes and coaches put their health at risk to play the game they love coming back to practices....

Iowas Jax Kranitz competes on uneven bars during a womens gymnastics meet between Iowa and Iowa State at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Friday, March 1, 2019. Kranitz scored 9.8 in the event. The Hawkeyes, celebrating senior night, fell to the Cyclones, 196.275-196.250.

Iowa women’s gymnastics back to work after unexpected months off

Chloe Peterson, Sports Reporter September 23, 2020

Gymnasts never take time off. They’re in the gym almost every day of the week, maintaining and improving their craft. So, when gymnastics facilities closed around the country in March, the Iowa...

Executive Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for UI Athletics, Broderick Binns, sits down for an interview over Zoom on Tuesday, August 25, 2020.

Broderick Binns leads Multicultural Focus Group for Iowa Athletics

Isaac Goffin, Assistant Sports Editor August 30, 2020

Helping student-athletes on campus is a passion for Broderick Binns. The former Hawkeye defensive end from 2008-11 was named the executive director of diversity, equity, and inclusion for Iowa Athletics...

Iowa gymnast Lauren Guerin performs her floor routine during the Gymhawks home opener on Jan. 11 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

Guerin named first team All-Big Ten

Robert Read, Sports Editor May 14, 2020

Iowa sophomore Lauren Guerin has been named first team All-Big Ten, the conference announced Thursday. She is the first Hawkeye to earn that honor since Mollie Drenth and Angel Metcalf in 2017. The...

Players prepare to take the field during the baseball game against Nebraska at Duane Banks Field on Sunday, April 21, 2019. The Cornhuskers defeated the Hawkeyes, 3-2.

Spring-sport athletes to receive extra year of eligibility, winter-sport athletes denied

Pete Ruden, Pregame Editor March 30, 2020

It's been a tough and unprecedented time for student-athletes who compete at the Division I level. On Monday, some received some good news while others did not. The NCAA Division I Council approved...

Iowa gymnast Lauren Guerin performs her floor routine during the Gymhawks home opener on Jan. 11 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

Guerin named WCGA second-team All-American

Robert Read, Sports Editor March 24, 2020

Iowa sophomore Lauren Guerin was named to the 2020 WCGA All-American second team on the floor routine, the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association announced Tuesday. Guerin is one of 17 student...

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