Tanya Chaplin
Tanya Chaplin
Tanya A. Chaplinis an American gymnastics coach and former artistic gymnast. She is the current head coach of the Oregon State Beavers women's gymnastics program and has been since 1997. An accomplished competitive gymnast, Chaplinattended UCLA and was a member of the UCLA Bruins gymnastics team...
few freshman quite routines
That's quite a few routines for a freshman class.
alabama build continuing fact focus good stanford stronger team teams top worry
It's a good thing our team is continuing to build right now. They're getting stronger and they're competitive with those top teams right now. So we just have to focus in on what we can do and worry about our performances and not really look at the fact that Alabama or Stanford is there.
counted counting meet phenomenal remember routine team toward
That is so well deserved. She has competed in every meet in all-around and every routine has counted for us. That is phenomenal in itself. To have every routine you put up counting toward the team score, I don't remember someone actually doing that.
amount build couple days experience learned next tremendous
They learned a tremendous amount from this experience and we're going to take in everything over the next couple of days so that we can build off of this going into next season.
athlete compete finish floor hard healthy home means opportunity ready season team
It means a lot as an athlete to have that opportunity to compete on your home floor at the end of the season. That's been something that we've really been working hard at getting our team ready and healthy enough for the end of the season so that we're able to finish up here in Corvallis.
amazing high springs
It's like springs in her legs. It's pretty amazing how high she can get up.
nice push rewarded tie
It was nice for them to tie because they push each other every day. It was nice to see them rewarded at the top.
across competition fly guess positive
The competition is going to be fierce. I guess the positive thing for us is we don't have to fly across the country.
count fall fought hard national proud stayed surprising
I think that they went out there a little tight, but that's actually not surprising to me. This was their first national championship. I was really proud that they stayed on their feet. They didn't have to count a fall and they fought hard for things.
build came ended fought national proud season strong
I think that they're frustrated, but also I told them how I was proud of their season and how they came back and fought through things and really ended up pretty strong here at the end. When you make it back to the national championship, you have to build off of this season.
national single surprising tight trying
I think that when they went out they were a little tight because they were trying too hard. But that's actually not surprising to me in that every single one of them, this is the first national championships.
awesome changes cons definitely pros team
Each team changes but this definitely has been a big change for us. I think there's pros and cons about having a young team and I think right now they're doing an awesome job.
both bring brings element gets high skyrocket throughout unique
She is unique in that she can bring both (performance and tumbling skills). How high she gets on her tumbling passes, you don't really see that often throughout the country, either. She can skyrocket into the air, so that brings another element to it.
bit body definitely held knows practice tear
We've held her back a little bit in practice so her body won't tear down, but she's getting more and more confident. She definitely knows how to go out there and compete.