<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:s="https://spufalcons.com/services/xml_schema/story" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title>SPU Athletics</title><link>https://spufalcons.com/rss.aspx?path=gym</link><description>Latest news items for SPU Athletics</description><atom:link href="https://spufalcons.com/rss?path=gym" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><language>en-us</language><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>SPU to Discontinue Gymnastics Program</title><link>https://spufalcons.com/news/2020/6/15/spu-to-discontinue-gymnastics-program.aspx</link><guid>https://spufalcons.com/news/2020/6/15/spu-to-discontinue-gymnastics-program.aspx</guid><category>Gymnastics</category><description><![CDATA[<img alt="SPU logo on gray, graphic" src="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&image_path=/images/2020/6/14/SPUlogoWebMain.jpg" /><br /><br />SEATTLE (June 15) -- SEATTLE -- The Seattle Pacific University athletic department will discontinue its women's gymnastics program effective immediately, Athletic Director Jackson Stava announced Monday.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_system&amp;image_path=/images/2020/6/14/SPUlogoWebMain.jpg" /><media:content url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2020/6/14/SPUlogoWebMain.jpg"><media:title>SPU logo on gray, graphic</media:title></media:content><enclosure url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2020/6/14/SPUlogoWebMain.jpg" length="1" type="image/jpg" /><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2020 13:30:00 PST</pubDate><s:sport_id>10</s:sport_id><s:story_id>7215</s:story_id></item><item><title>14 Falcons are National Gym Scholars</title><link>https://spufalcons.com/news/2020/8/28/gymnastics-14-falcons-are-national-gym-scholars.aspx</link><guid>https://spufalcons.com/news/2020/8/28/gymnastics-14-falcons-are-national-gym-scholars.aspx</guid><category>Gymnastics</category><description><![CDATA[<img alt="2020 gymnastics team photo" src="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&image_path=/images/2020/8/28/2020GymTeam.jpg" /><br /><br />SEATTLE (Aug. 28) – Fourteen Seattle Pacific gymnasts earned Scholastic All-America awards, vaulting the Falcons into the No. 22 spot on the team grade point average scale for all NCAA classifications in rankings produced by the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA).]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_system&amp;image_path=/images/2020/8/28/2020GymTeam.jpg" /><media:content url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2020/8/28/2020GymTeam.jpg"><media:title>2020 gymnastics team photo</media:title></media:content><enclosure url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2020/8/28/2020GymTeam.jpg" length="1" type="image/jpg" /><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2020 12:38:00 PST</pubDate><s:sport_id>10</s:sport_id><s:story_id>7245</s:story_id></item><item><title>Lighting Up the Gymnastics Scoresheet</title><link>https://spufalcons.com/news/2020/6/8/20_gen_June15.aspx</link><guid>https://spufalcons.com/news/2020/6/8/20_gen_June15.aspx</guid><category>General, Gymnastics</category><description><![CDATA[<img alt="Darian Burns 2020 Falcon Award for Excellence graphic" src="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&image_path=/images/2020/6/6/DarianBurns_FAE.jpg" /><br /><br />SEATTLE (June 8) – The list of awards and honors for Seattle Pacific gymnast Darian Burns is lengthy. Now, add this one to it: a prestigious Falcon Award for Excellence.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_system&amp;image_path=/images/2020/6/6/DarianBurns_FAE.jpg" /><media:content url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2020/6/6/DarianBurns_FAE.jpg"><media:title>Darian Burns 2020 Falcon Award for Excellence graphic</media:title></media:content><enclosure url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2020/6/6/DarianBurns_FAE.jpg" length="1" type="image/jpg" /><pubDate>Mon, 8 Jun 2020 13:00:00 PST</pubDate><s:sport_id>2</s:sport_id><s:story_id>7208</s:story_id></item><item><title>Burns' Big-Time Bye-Bye to Brougham</title><link>https://spufalcons.com/news/2020/5/22/20_gen_May22.aspx</link><guid>https://spufalcons.com/news/2020/5/22/20_gen_May22.aspx</guid><category>General, Gymnastics</category><description><![CDATA[<img alt="2019-20 Highlight #20 -- GYM graphic" src="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&image_path=/images/2020/4/20/Highlight__20_GYM.jpg" /><br /><br />SEATTLE (Feb. 21) – Darian Burns will never pass this way again. But even if she did, it would be tough to top the way she performed on Friday night. In the final home meet of her stellar gymnastics career, Burns won three of the four events, tied for the second-highest floor exercise score in school history and the seventh-best uneven parallel bars score as Seattle Pacific tangled with San Jose State in Brougham Pavilion.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_system&amp;image_path=/images/2020/4/20/Highlight__20_GYM.jpg" /><media:content url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2020/4/20/Highlight__20_GYM.jpg"><media:title>2019-20 Highlight #20 -- GYM graphic</media:title></media:content><enclosure url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2020/4/20/Highlight__20_GYM.jpg" length="1" type="image/jpg" /><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2020 09:00:00 PST</pubDate><s:sport_id>10</s:sport_id><s:story_id>7170</s:story_id></item><item><title>Chan is 1st on Floor for Victorious SPU</title><link>https://spufalcons.com/news/2020/5/11/20_gen_May11.aspx</link><guid>https://spufalcons.com/news/2020/5/11/20_gen_May11.aspx</guid><category>General, Gymnastics</category><description><![CDATA[<img alt="2019-20 Highlight #15 -- GYM graphic" src="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&image_path=/images/2020/4/20/Highlight__15_GYM.jpg" /><br /><br />ANCHORAGE (Feb. 29) – Kayla Chan turned in two career-high scores late Saturday, tying for first place on the floor exercise and placing second on the vault for Seattle Pacific, which avenged the previous night's setback with an NCAA women's gymnastics dual-meet road victory over Alaska Anchorage.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_system&amp;image_path=/images/2020/4/20/Highlight__15_GYM.jpg" /><media:content url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2020/4/20/Highlight__15_GYM.jpg"><media:title>2019-20 Highlight #15 -- GYM graphic</media:title></media:content><enclosure url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2020/4/20/Highlight__15_GYM.jpg" length="1" type="image/jpg" /><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2020 10:22:00 PST</pubDate><s:sport_id>10</s:sport_id><s:story_id>7164</s:story_id></item><item><title>A Burning Desire to be Thankful</title><link>https://spufalcons.com/news/2020/5/7/20_gym_May7.aspx</link><guid>https://spufalcons.com/news/2020/5/7/20_gym_May7.aspx</guid><category>Gymnastics</category><description><![CDATA[<img alt="Darian Burns vs San Jose State, Feb. 21, 2020" src="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&image_path=/images/2020/4/24/DarianBurns_2_21_20.jpg" /><br /><br />SEATTLE (May 7) – Meaningful moments, Memorable moments, Magical moments. At a time when the world is seemingly living moment to moment in the clutches of the coronavirus, the Seattle Pacific senior gymnast has learned to appreciate all of them.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_system&amp;image_path=/images/2020/4/24/DarianBurns_2_21_20.jpg" /><media:content url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2020/4/24/DarianBurns_2_21_20.jpg"><media:title>Darian Burns vs San Jose State, Feb. 21, 2020</media:title></media:content><enclosure url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2020/4/24/DarianBurns_2_21_20.jpg" length="1" type="image/jpg" /><pubDate>Thu, 7 May 2020 09:00:00 PST</pubDate><s:sport_id>10</s:sport_id><s:story_id>7186</s:story_id></item><item><title>Burns &amp; Matsune are Gym All-Americans</title><link>https://spufalcons.com/news/2020/4/23/gymnastics-burns-and-matsune-are-gym-all-americans.aspx</link><guid>https://spufalcons.com/news/2020/4/23/gymnastics-burns-and-matsune-are-gym-all-americans.aspx</guid><category>Gymnastics</category><description><![CDATA[<img alt="USA Gymnastics 2020 All-Americans" src="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&image_path=/images/2020/4/23/BurnsMatsuneAAusag2020.jpg" /><br /><br />INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Apr. 23) – The stellar senior seasons of Seattle Pacific gymnasts Darian Burns and Miyuki Matsune were saluted as each was accorded All-America acclaim when the 2020 women's collegiate nationals All-America list was released by USA Gymnastics (USAGym).]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_system&amp;image_path=/images/2020/4/23/BurnsMatsuneAAusag2020.jpg" /><media:content url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2020/4/23/BurnsMatsuneAAusag2020.jpg"><media:title>USA Gymnastics 2020 All-Americans</media:title></media:content><enclosure url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2020/4/23/BurnsMatsuneAAusag2020.jpg" length="1" type="image/jpg" /><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2020 16:01:00 PST</pubDate><s:sport_id>10</s:sport_id><s:story_id>7177</s:story_id></item><item><title>Four Firsts for Falcons at Home Meet</title><link>https://spufalcons.com/news/2020/4/20/20_gen_April20.aspx</link><guid>https://spufalcons.com/news/2020/4/20/20_gen_April20.aspx</guid><category>General, Gymnastics</category><description><![CDATA[<img alt="2019-20 Highlight #6 -- GYM graphic" src="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&image_path=/images/2020/4/13/Highlight__6_GYM.jpg" /><br /><br />SEATTLE (Jan. 31) – Kayla Chan won the floor exercise and Shelbi Spivey tied for first on the uneven bars, helping Seattle Pacific add two full points to its previous season-high total in a team triumph at the SPU Triangular at Brougham Pavilion.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_system&amp;image_path=/images/2020/4/13/Highlight__6_GYM.jpg" /><media:content url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2020/4/13/Highlight__6_GYM.jpg"><media:title>2019-20 Highlight #6 -- GYM graphic</media:title></media:content><enclosure url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2020/4/13/Highlight__6_GYM.jpg" length="1" type="image/jpg" /><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2020 09:00:00 PST</pubDate><s:sport_id>10</s:sport_id><s:story_id>7153</s:story_id></item><item><title>Ten Gymnasts Get Academic Accolades</title><link>https://spufalcons.com/news/2020/4/14/gymnastics-ten-gymnasts-get-academic-accolades.aspx</link><guid>https://spufalcons.com/news/2020/4/14/gymnastics-ten-gymnasts-get-academic-accolades.aspx</guid><category>Gymnastics</category><description><![CDATA[<img alt="2020 MPSF all-academic graphic" src="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&image_path=/images/2020/4/14/2020mpsfAcadGraphic.jpg" /><br /><br />WOODLAND, Calif. (Apr. 14) -- Ten Seattle Pacific gymnasts received conference scholastic acclaim when the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) all-academic team was announced by the league office.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_system&amp;image_path=/images/2020/4/14/2020mpsfAcadGraphic.jpg" /><media:content url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2020/4/14/2020mpsfAcadGraphic.jpg"><media:title>2020 MPSF all-academic graphic</media:title></media:content><enclosure url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2020/4/14/2020mpsfAcadGraphic.jpg" length="1" type="image/jpg" /><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2020 15:40:00 PST</pubDate><s:sport_id>10</s:sport_id><s:story_id>7163</s:story_id></item><item><title>Kaytianna McMillan Honored by WCGA</title><link>https://spufalcons.com/news/2020/4/9/gymnastics-katyianna-mcmillan-honored-by-wcga.aspx</link><guid>https://spufalcons.com/news/2020/4/9/gymnastics-katyianna-mcmillan-honored-by-wcga.aspx</guid><category>Gymnastics</category><description><![CDATA[<img alt="Kaytianna McMaillan 2020 WCGA award graphic" src="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&image_path=/images/2020/4/9/McMillanCoachAward2020.jpg" /><br /><br />BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (Apr. 9) – Kaytianna McMillan, in her first year on the Seattle Pacific staff, was honored as the NCAA Division II Assistant Coach of the Year when the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) awards were announced Thursday.]]></description><media:thumbnail url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_system&amp;image_path=/images/2020/4/9/McMillanCoachAward2020.jpg" /><media:content url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2020/4/9/McMillanCoachAward2020.jpg"><media:title>Kaytianna McMaillan 2020 WCGA award graphic</media:title></media:content><enclosure url="https://spufalcons.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=rp_primary&amp;image_path=/images/2020/4/9/McMillanCoachAward2020.jpg" length="1" type="image/jpg" /><pubDate>Thu, 9 Apr 2020 17:51:00 PST</pubDate><s:sport_id>10</s:sport_id><s:story_id>7156</s:story_id></item></channel></rss>