WAG University Club List + XCEL Platinum

[putri]

I have a 10 yrs old who never had the Olympics dream. Her only big gym dream is to do college gym if possible. I was a bit more confident last year but now I am not so sure.

We're a military family overseas and because she started gym at 7.5yrs of age, she will never receive the hours she will need to compete to the college qualifying level (she'd have to be competing at elite level at age 8 to get US JO level types of hours). So right now she trains 7.5hrs and while she is developing, she's no elite material and will never catch up to get those long hours. She'll probably top at 12hrs.

We will be in the US this summer and after speaking and emailing gyms dd's video and latest skills, I really like this club where she will be training with the XCEL Platinum girls 4x/week. From Mymeetscore, this club doesn't seem to do level 4, 5 or 6. They do though have JO 7-10. I didn't ask why but I really like the XCEL program from my reading. It'll be perfect for my dd I think. Her bars are weak compared to the US (no fancy dismounts), she is learning to bhs on beam with good f/b walkovers and that one where you tick tock back and forth. Is that a flick-flack? She can summersault off beam too. Vault is same as everybody else, and the only thing she hasn't learned on floor is to RO BHS back summersault. Her coach hasn't taught her to back summersault. Said her 3rd BHS is still crooked on knees.

XCEL Platinum sounds right?

So, I think if we were in the US, she has a good chance to reach her dreams but here, probably not.

This is why I am interested in a list so I can look them up and show her plan B. Or should I let her dream? By the time we return, she'll be 13-ish. Right now she just loves the sport and really beautiful to watch.

 

[Seeker]

Never say never....just keep up with her training as much as you can while overseas and then try to get her into a JO program when you return. Who knows what can happen when the heart and desire are there? That really does take you a long way and while maybe Div I college might be out of reach, anything is possible and there are also Div II and III (and collegiate club) as well. Definitely many Plan B options are there. So just keep working at it and see what happens.

Good luck!

 

[raenndrops]

If the gym you were liking the sounds of does Platinum and JO L7-10, then they must score girls out of L4 and L5 either before or after Platinum.
Platinum DOES sound like the perfect fit for her though.
A year of Platinum at 13-14; with proper uptraining, she should be ready for L7 at 14-15 and could get to L8/9 before graduating from high school... if that is still what she wants by then. And like @Seeker said, there are Division II and III schools and NAIGC club teams (they follow basically L9 rules, but any level can compete and they don't have to compete All Around).

 

[raenndrops]

I realized that it said University Club List in the thread title so here is a list of the NAIGC University Clubs. BUT, even if a school doesnt have a club now, it doesnt mean one cant be started... or there is always the Option to compete individually as an "Alumni Member":
American University(AU)
Appalachian State University
Baldwin-Wallace College(BWC)
Ball State University(BSU)
Baylor University(BaU)
Binghamton University
Boston University(BU)
Boulder Gymnastics at the University of Colorado(BGCCU)
Bowling Green State University(BGSU)
Brandeis University
Brigham Young University
Bryant University(Bryant)
Bryn Mawr College(BMC)
Cambridge Community Gymnastics(CCG)
Christopher Newport University
Clemson University(CLU)
Colby College(CC)
Collin Community College
Colorado State University(CSU)
Cornell University(CU)
Denison University()
Eastern Michigan University(EMU)
Emory University(EU)
Florida Atlantic University
Florida State University(FSU)
Georgia College and State University
Georgia Institute of Technology(GT)
Georgia State University(GSU)
Gordon College(GC)
Grand Valley State University(GVSU)
High Point University(HPU)
Indiana University(IU)
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
James Madison University(JMU)
Kennesaw State University(KSU)
Kent State University(KSU)
Liberty University(LU)
Manchester Community College(MCC)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT)
McMurry University(McM)
Miami University(MU) of Ohio
Michigan State University(MSU)
NAIGC Alumni(NAIGCA)
North Carolina State University(NCSU)
North Central Texas College(NCTC)
Northern Arizona University(NAU)
Northern Illinois University(NIU)
Northern Michigan University(NMU)
Northwestern University(NU)
Ohio State University(OSU)
Ohio University(OU)
Oregon State University(OrSU)
Parker Chiropractic College(PCC)
Pennsylvania State University(PSU)
Purdue University(PU)
Radford University
Rutgers University(RU)
Sacred Heart University(SHU)
Saginaw Valley State University-Cardinal Gymnastics(svsu)
Salisbury University
San Angelo State University(ASU)
San Jose State University(SJSU)
Shenandoah University(SU)
Slippery Rock University(SRU)
Southern Illinois University(SIU)
St Marys University(StMU)
SUNY Brockport(SUNY-B)
SUNY Cortland(SUNY-C)
Syracuse University(SU)
Tarrant County College(TCC)
Temple University(TUGC)
Tennessee Tech University()
Texas A&M University(TAMU)
Texas Christian University(TCU)
Texas State University(TXST)
Texas Tech University(TTU)
Texas Wesleyan University
Tulane University(TU)
University at Buffalo(UB)
University of Arkansas
University of California, Berkeley(UCB)
University of California, Davis(UCD)
University of California, Los Angeles(UCLA)
University of California, Santa Cruz(UCSC)
University of Cincinnati(UC)
University of Connecticut()
University of Dayton(UD)
University of Denver(DU)
University of Findlay(UF)
University of Florida(FCG)
University of Georgia(UGACG)
University of Idaho(UIGC)
University of Illinois(UIUC)
University of Iowa(HGC)
University of Kansas(UKa)
University of Kentucky(UKe)
University of Louisville(UL)
University of Maryland(UMD)
University of Michigan(UM)
University of Minnesota(UMN)
University of Minnesota Duluth()
University of New England(UNE)
University of New Haven
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill(UNC-CH)
University of North Carolina at Greensboro(UNCG)
University of North Carolina at Wilmington(UNCW)
University of North Texas
University of Notre Dame(ND)
University of Pennsylvania(UPenn)
University of Pittsburgh(PITT)
University of Rhode Island(URI)
University of Southern California(34.023347)
University of Tennessee(UTK)
University of Texas(UT)
University of Texas at Dallas(UTD)
University of Texas at San Antionio
University of Texas Medical Branch
University of Vermont(UVM)
University of Virginia(UVA)
University of Wisconsin-Madison(UW)
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee(UWM)
Virginia Tech(VT)
Wake Forest University(WFU)
Washington State University(WSU)
Washington University(WU)
West Virginia University((WVU))
William and Mary(WM)
William Patterson University(WPU)
Williamsburg
Wright State University
Xavier University(XU)
Yale University

 

[putri]

Thank you soooo much for the list!! As much as I want her to reach her dreams, I rather she does college club than division. I like the list of club universities better I am more academic than sporty I may just use the list to apply for a job.