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PODCAST

College Salute Podcast from the R5 Insider

Jason MacDonald

College Gymnastics podcast that follows the NCAA careers of our Region 5 alumni each and every week during the NCAA season with alumni interviews during the off season. We also have R5 University which is our own weekly take on Fantasy Gymnastics. If you love college gymnastics and Region 5 and follow the Region 5 Insider this podcast is for you.

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01:07:28

Alumni Conversation: Ella Cesario, Bears Now Tigers...

College Salute Podcast from the R5 Insider ·

2025/08/27

We have another awesome Region 5 Alum guest for you today who is just missing the Lion because she has the bears and now the tigers OH MY! She has one of the biggest Jaegers in the uneven bar business oh and a personality that’s just as big and we are all about it! Our guest today is Ella Cesario and we will take her back to her Region 5 days, her knee injury that took her out of her senior year of high school and freshman year at Cal, the highs and lows at Cal and of course whats next at

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01:04:08

Alumni Conversation- Helen Hu, Cinderella Season...

College Salute Podcast from the R5 Insider ·

2025/07/02

We are back with our Alumni Conversations and we are starting off with a bang what to know WHO well the Beam QUEEN of 2025 herself Helen HU! She returned to the NCAA after a year off and was perfect literally as well as collect some much deserved hardware and really it was about time HU DAT was all THAT in the eyes of the judges. We are going to have a FULL OUT breakdown of this last cinderella year and get her impressions from the 10.0's to the championships to the Tatooe! We cover it all.

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01:21:19

Perfection Perfected Always The Plan- NCAA Championships

College Salute Podcast from the R5 Insider ·

2025/04/24

Hu DAT giving us that NATTY, Moores no more but she got her floor, an SEC Tiger advanced but not the one we all thought, Gantner the Closer again, Bowers bowed one last time with some nice hardware to show for it, BOOMER… SKELETON OR SPINE we’ll need to ask Zirbes we got it all let’s go!

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01:27:31

Upsets and Tickets Punched, NCAA Regional Recap

College Salute Podcast from the R5 Insider ·

2025/04/10

3 Alums with 10’s during Regional Weekend, One of us correctly picked the 8 teams moving on, not alums but can we talk Paige Zancan and Maggie Slife, MORE HYPE MOMENTS, some very nice KAZZZZZZZ’s this weekend, It was really a really exciting final day of regionals with it coming down to tenths. We saw the final salutes for many of our alums this weekend and a future Alanta Falcons Cheerleader well she is HYPE let’s go!

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53:19

NCAA Regionals Preview

College Salute Podcast from the R5 Insider ·

2025/04/02

4 Regionals, 4 Play Ins beginning Wed, 8 Semi Finals, 4 finals and that’s just to get to the NCAA Championships! Yes it’s going to be a long week of gymnastics and we are breaking down where our Region 5 Alums are competing and what routines we expect to see, that and our bracket breakdown, let’s go!

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01:22:41

It's A Celebration!

College Salute Podcast from the R5 Insider ·

2025/03/26

Its March MATness and this week it's Conference Championships, the closet was even darker this weekend, Holly Molly is that a technical term, You get a 10 and you get a 10 but an Alum was a 10 on floor once again, and the MAC needs to make some changes, Riley McCuster is my MVP well for the intro at least, and did you know Gymnastics takes a lifetime to do well oh and SUKI Pfister that and much more... IT's a CELL- A - BRATION of GOOD GYMNASTICS let’s go!

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01:30:24

Dark Horse Rising

College Salute Podcast from the R5 Insider ·

2025/03/20

Regular season is over, It was apparently NIp and Tuck at Emu, Another 10 for You Know HU, some older players this week, a first for the wolverines, Dark Horses are Rising, Cha Cha Slide beam music and we will Press TO PERFECTION Lets Go!

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01:02:41

Seniors, Cherry Blossoms, and the Boo Birds

College Salute Podcast from the R5 Insider ·

2025/03/14

The Cherry Blossoms might not be blooming yet but GW sure is, the senior nights have begun and Kim is not doing well, Boo BIrds at OU.... Ok some skill corrections for our commentating friends, D3 awesomeness continues and more great gymnastics from around the country. We are late this week but we are here and please enjoy! video of the podcast https://youtu.be/i4guITlFKI0

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01:05:11

Big Hearts and Moving Parts

College Salute Podcast from the R5 Insider ·

2025/03/06

Lot’s of moving parts this week, BIG Impact in the Big Ten for UCLA, Pull her string and the Teddy bear will tell you stories, the season’s 1st 10 on vault and a vault that was perfect but not so maybe not so Pleased as Punch. WMU is hitting their stride and a freshman has a lot to do with that, who could be the BIG Ten Specialist of the Year and this years post routine hype BIG HEARTS lets go!

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01:01:44

Surfs, Saves and Sweets

College Salute Podcast from the R5 Insider ·

2025/02/27

We have another alum 10, some cotton candy during beam, more bar cameras that make you dizzy, Ashley defies any physics and finally we get Olivia Karas its Massive! Is it old school, a higgins roll, or the sticky Kool Aid that an more from week 8 let's go! Video of the podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHLEfRkR8Mk Show Notes: Social Salute (03:23) Utah TT Another Theatrical performance FAB 5 (06:23) Kim notices Towson bars Ashley's defying gravity dismount Thaxton's 1 1/2 10.0 for

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01:24:59

Let Me See You Walk, Walk, Walker

College Salute Podcast from the R5 Insider ·

2025/02/19

Is it WAHL or WALLY’s World I am here for both, It’s Peanut Butter Jelly Time, a new alum 10 this week, a few debuts, dramatic walkers, moonwalkers and even Grace Walker. We have awarded another minus to stream network this week, oh and the commentary quotes in week 7 plus it's NQS time so where does the R5 University rank. video of podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85DGBU_sfUE Show Notes: Social Salute (03:44) BYU Husbands Mic'd MSU Hotel Lobby Masterpiece FAB 5 (08:38) Kennedy 10.00

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01:24:59

Flip Flip FLOP

College Salute Podcast from the R5 Insider ·

2025/02/12

It’s ABSOLUTELY Week 6 and I ABSOLUTELY saw Great Flips, Outstanding Twists and A DIsmount, I kinda learned what Flopping was and a whole lot of other meaningless stuff FLIP FLIP FLOP. The Crazy town at NIU but a fun reunion for me, Sneaky Suki IS ABSOLUTELY back, more behind the mic moments from Kim, Mati Waligora, Alisia Murray, Towson Bars and the Hype of Cory plus our R5 University scores. Let's Go! Video of Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_W94vAmKuM Show Notes: Behind the Scenes

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01:17:05

The Debut that was Stick Stick Boom

College Salute Podcast from the R5 Insider ·

2025/02/05

Can I get a WHO ARE WE! WEEK 5! 4 year long wait is over.... a senior debut routine that all are talking about and she is Region 5 alum. Some commentary and stream things again this week from our spotlight meets that we have issues with. We have a new way in which to begin a bar routine and shoot bow and arrows in a routine, pat your head and rub your belly during a routine and the R5 University had to call in reinforcements… That and more and as Jacey Vore says LET'S GO! Video of podcast:

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01:17:57

What are you going to Tell Me

College Salute Podcast from the R5 Insider ·

2025/01/29

Judging issues continue, this week is brought to you by the triple flight and maybe some sticky feet. Kim has lots to say about the E for Ella meet and the broadcast choices at Ball State. The vaults, the beams, the speedos yes you read that right, Jesus moment and maybe even new Eagle friend. How did the R5 Univesity do in week 4 let's find out!

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01:10:04

Showtime, Like a Circus with the Golden Girls and...

College Salute Podcast from the R5 Insider ·

2025/01/23

A new arena was introduced to college gymnastics, EMU had its Golden Girls but the commentary wasn't always golden. We tried to re-invited math at CMU, Kim was praised by a Facebook college gymnastics chat group and the the amount of textbook front tumbling we saw this week. It was the very first 10 of an alums career which is mind blowing and the R5 University line-up was on fire in week 3.

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01:13:26

Tory Vetter and 1992 Forever

College Salute Podcast from the R5 Insider ·

2025/01/16

We sprouted roots in the couch this week with all the gymnastics for the College Quads. Week 2 saw more Region 5 Alums deput including a senior we have been waiting to see compete for four years. Kim calls 9 1 1 on a score robbery and gives Audrey Davis a fruit basket. We witnessed a true full out on floor, Tory Vetter there's no better with 1992 living forever in our minds. D3 Athlete of the Week, MVP's and the R5 Line-up scores for Week 2 in the NCAA.... Let's GO!

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01:07:37

Aliens with Chains and Routine Debuts that Slayed-...

College Salute Podcast from the R5 Insider ·

2025/01/08

8 Freshman debut routines in week 1 and one debuted in the AA. Helen Hu made front aerials look as easy as forward rolls, Missouri is going to be what we thought they would be, THEY DID THAT yes WMU Alum with a beam routine and an Towson athlete with a bar combo that needs attention. Our R5 University Line-up started a bit slow, Alien and Chain things with CMU and Kim it’s week 1 and of course we have camera angle issues.

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57:50

New Year, New College Season 2025 Preview

College Salute Podcast from the R5 Insider ·

2025/01/01

Here we go again, College Gymnastics is back and we have many Region 5 Alums more like hundreds and thats no joke to talk about over the course of this season! We have a lot of new freshman looking to make their debuts and we will highlight 10 of them on the show, we breakdown some of the big routines we are expecting to see on each event, whats up for Week 1 of our 3rd year of the Region 5 University, news on some of the preview meets we have seen so far including a flashback to the 1980’s (or

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01:12:54

Alumni Conversation with the EMU Beam Queen Ella...

College Salute Podcast from the R5 Insider ·

2024/12/28

Our Alumni guest on this show has triple flighted her way to being one of the best gymnasts in the MAC conference, has left her mark in the EMU history books and is one of the best in the nation on the balance beam. Ella talks about why she chose Eastern, her thoughts on all the success she had as a freshman and how that has motivated her these last two years. Kim has followed her career from the beginning and we reflect on her many fun stories.

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01:23:19

Alumni Conversation From the Burgh to the Bus Buckeye...

College Salute Podcast from the R5 Insider ·

2024/12/05

In this episode we welcome Buckeye Senior Sidney Washington to the show. Sidney gives us some insights to her two years at Pittsburgh, what the whole transfer experience was like and what it was like becoming a Buckeye, especially for someone who grew up in Ann Arbor. She talks about a moment in her club career where she considered quiting but her club coach Claudia helped and motivated her to stick with it. Kim dives into a floor discussion and where she got her love for performing and puttiing on

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