After last season's co-national championship, the gymnastics team is back in the hunt for another national title beginning today at USAG Nationals.

With the 2009-10 season coming to a close, the gymnastics team is putting the finishing touches on a year that began at a frigid University of Maryland in January and will culminate in the Texas heat on April 15. In between, the Red has endured the ups and downs characteristic of any athletic season, from its victory at the Ivy Classic to its disappointing fourth-place showing at Penn State University. Unfortunately, the Red’s last competitions before Nationals yielded mediocre results; Cornell is coming off less-than-stellar performances at home against Penn and at Temple’s ECAC championships, with a narrow victory over the Quakers and a fourth-place showing at Temple.  

It looks like having a color as your team mascot is better than it being an adjective to describe it. Building on the success of winning the Ivy Classic, the Red outperformed both the Scarlet Knights of Rutgers and the Golden Eagles from Brockport this weekend while attaining a season-best score of 192.675.

Winning one title is sweet, and a repeat is pretty baller, too. But everyone knows that you ain’t no MJ or Kobe until you can put together the Three-Peat. And I’m not talking about the basketball team. This weekend, the gymnastics squad won its third straight Ivy Classic title, outperforming Brown, Penn and Yale to remain atop the Ancient Eight’s gymnastics foursome.

The gymnastics team is looking to clinch its third straight Ivy Classic title this Sunday when it faces Ancient Eight Rivals Brown, Penn and Yale at Providence, R.I.

Just a week removed from beating Towson in Ithaca, the gymnastics team traveled to the Tigers’ den and was unable to repeat its performance on the road. Despite scoring its highest total of the season with a 190.850, Cornell finished second behind host Towson (192.150).

Cornell’s best performance of the year was good enough to distance itself significantly from third-place finisher and Ivy League rival, Penn. The Quakers put together a 186.400, also their highest score of the season.

After registering its highest score of the season in Ithaca, the Red is ready to continue its upward scoring trend as the team heads to the Shelly Calloway Invitational at Towson.

After starting the season by lowering the team score for three consecutive meets, the Red is finally going into a meet on an upswing.

It was home sweet home for the gymnastics team this weekend, as it took second place in the Big Red Invitational. With a score of 190.200, Cornell raised the bar and got its highest score of the year, finishing just .35 points behind the meet’s winner, Bridgeport.

For the first time since winning the National Championship last year, Cornell gymnastics is back on top with its first out-right winning weekend of the season. Despite having placed ahead of several teams in larger meets, Cornell hasn’t been “first” until beating out Cortland in a dual-meet on Saturday, 189.625-182.875.

For this installment of 10 Questions, it’s double the pleasure and double the fun. Sun Assistant Managing Editor Jasmine Marcus interviews not one, but two senior gymnasts: Jill Dean and Molly Parker. They talked about a few popular topics of conversation, ranging from being kidnapped to watching Jersey Shore to planning the perfect Valentine’s Day.