Gymnast of the Week: Rheagan Courville
Gymnast of the Week: Rheagan Courville
Gymnastike's first ever Gymnast of the Week is LSU junior Rheagan Courville, who is ranked second all-around and is a key leader to LSU's early success this season. She has won the all-around in every single meet this season, last weekend beating out star Alabama gymnast Sarah DeMeo by half a tenth.
Courville's grace and elegant lines combined with her power and agility make her tough to beat. She is not only a solid and consistent all-arounder, but, as a former elite, she is able to execute impressive high level skills while making them look simple.
Vault
Rank: 6th
Season high: 9.975
Career high: 10
Courville is the reigning NCAA vault champion. She has been competing a huge yurchenko full on vault and is consistently able to stick it. This past weekend at Alabama she scored an impressive 9.975, winning the event. Below is a 9.95 vault from last season.
Bars
Rank: 10th
Season high: 9.925
Career high: 9.95
While bars is surely not her weakness, it is her least consistent event. However, she has beautiful form and a smooth swing and when she hits, she scores big. She performs a high flying straddle jeager and a gorgeous full in dismount. Below is her bar routine from last year’s Metroplex where she scored a 9.95.
Rank: 10th
Season high: 9.925
Career high: 9.95
While bars is surely not her weakness, it is her least consistent event. However, she has beautiful form and a smooth swing and when she hits, she scores big. She performs a high flying straddle jeager and a gorgeous full in dismount. Below is her bar routine from last year’s Metroplex where she scored a 9.95.
Beam
Rank: 25th
Season high: 9.925
Career high: 9.95
Courville’s signature skill on beam is her standing arabian. She executes this move flawlessly and while most land in a deep squat, Courville lands this skill in the perfect position straight up and down. Watch this skill and the rest of her beam routine below.
Floor
Rank: 16th
Season high: 9.95
Career high: 9.975
Courville’s dramatic dance combined with her high flying tumbling makes her a floor fan favorite. This week, she is ranked 16th on floor with a season high of 9.95. Below is her floor routine from the 2013 Metroplex Challenge.
Season high: 9.95
Career high: 9.975
Courville’s dramatic dance combined with her high flying tumbling makes her a floor fan favorite. This week, she is ranked 16th on floor with a season high of 9.95. Below is her floor routine from the 2013 Metroplex Challenge.
Club
Courville trained at Louisiana Gymnastics Training Center where she was coached by former LSU national champion Susan Jackson. She was a senior international elite and qualified for the Visa Championships three times.
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