We have another Photo album (and a slide show) for this past Saturday's autograph session on the Quad.

• Photo Album: 2006 Quad autograph session(2)
• Slide Show: 2006 Quad autograph session

Here are a few of the Photos:
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95250 bytes 01. The line starts here for gym fans

72912 bytes 02. Bama fans split Meredith and Rachael

112812 bytes 03. Courtney and Kaitlin sign on some guys

"At first blush, the first day of official practice may seem an odd occasion for me to be thinking of that 'one day in April' - April 21, 2006, that is, the date of the National Championship team final. Well...OK, perhaps it will only seem odd to those of you who don't know me very well. It's just that, seeing the freshmen running around the gym, bumping into each other, reminds me that the seniors they are replacing, Alexis Brion, Shannon Hrozek, and Michele Reeser, always strove to be at their very best in post-season competition."

Salto snapped a bunch of photos this past Saturday at the autograph session on the Quad. Here's a new Photo Album!

• Photo Album: 2006 Quad autograph session Photo Album

Here are a few of the Photos:
(Click on a thumbnail to view a full size picture)

240KB 01-GymTide fans

253KB 02-Brodie snaps picture of Brodie and Brodie

253KB 03-Signing Tide

The Alabama Gymnastics team will be on the Quad Saturday morning from 9:30-10:30 a.m. signing pictures of the 2006 squad.

Fans will be able to meet and greet three-time NCAA Champion Ashley Miles and two-time Olympic Silver Medalist and 2005 NCAA Uneven Bars Champion Terin Humphrey, along with the rest of the Tide's returners. Fans will get to meet the seven gymnasts that make up the largest freshman class in coaches Sarah and David Patterson's 28-year Alabama career.

Alabama finished second in the nation last year, marking its 10th top-2 finish. Patterson and company also won its 20th NCAA Regional Title. Miles won three Southeastern Conference and four NCAA Regional titles while Humphrey won the SEC, NCAA Regional and NCAA Uneven Bars Championships.

The 2006 GymTide will be signing autographs as part of the pre-game festivities on the Quad before the Saturday, September 24, 2005 football game between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the University of Arkansas Razorbacks. The gymnasts will be located under a canopy near the pre- game radio broadcast podium from 9:30 am to 10:30 am. The Medalist Club will also be on hand with membership brochures, tickets for the 'Perfect 10 Grand' Gala Medalist Club post-graduate scholarship fundraiser, and information concerning bus-trips, post-meet receptions, Tide Tykes, and other Medalist Club activities. Come by and meet the team, get some autographs from and pictures with the gymnasts, and don't forget to stop by and say hello to the Medalist Club representatives. We're also hoping to have a visit from the GymTide Radio's all-star celebrity and groundbreaking broadcast team, the Medalist Club's own Leesa Davis and WVUA FM 90.7's sports director, Chad Anderson.

Roll Tide!!!

We've got a photo album and slide show for the 2005 NCAA Nationals (Session 1)

• Photo Album: 2005 NCAA Nationals (Session 1)
• Slide Show: 2005 NCAA Nationals (Session 1)

Here are a few of the Photos:
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68824 bytes 01 Dana P, Dana F, Mari, Terin and Shannon chalk up

135428 bytes 02 Dana F stays tight in her Gienger

77677 bytes 03 Mari spans the bars

The good news just got better for Michelle Reeser, a senior All-American on Alabama's 2005 NCAA Runner-up gymnastics squad.

Late last month, she was named NCAA Woman of the Year for the State of Alabama and this week it was announced that Reeser was a top-10 finalist for the prestigious national award.

"I'm very, very excited and I have to say a little shocked," the Monroe, La. native said. "It has put a really nice finish on a great four years at Alabama. I was looking forward to the trip from the start, but being a top-10 finalist makes it all the better."

We have a new "Chalk Talk" from Coach Patterson:

• Chalk talk - 9/1/2005