Created: July 10, 2021 05:30 PM
Like so many events over the last 16 months, a planned send-off for Minnesota Olympians at the State Fairgrounds on Saturday had to make a last-minute adjustment. Organizers say they received late word from Team USA that local gymnasts Suni Lee and Grace McCallum would not be allowed to greet supporters in person. Hi guys! Lee shouted over a Zoom connection to a large TV on stage at the Leinie Lodge Bandshell. We really appreciate everybody s support, but I really wish I was there to see you all.
Lee and McCallum were also joined, virtually, by their team member on the men s side, Shane Wiskus, a University of Minnesota alum who moved to Colorado Springs after the school cut its men s gymnastics program last year.
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Their history hung directly over their heads, written in the banners dangling from the Maturi Pavilion rafters. Each panel told a piece of the Gophers 118-year-old story: their first Big Ten championship in 1903, John Roethlisberger s brilliant run in the 1990s, Shane Wiskus 2019 NCAA championship on parallel bars.
Gophers gymnast Mike Moran didn t think about those broad strokes Saturday, when the program s timeline ended at the NCAA men s gymnastics championships. He focused tightly on the small moments of the Gophers final meet as a varsity sport, the ones he wanted to remember for the rest of his life. The whole meet, I was trying to actively remember every hug, every cheer, Moran said. Because it was tough, knowing through the whole meet that once you hit that final dismount, you are done.