{"id":3666,"date":"2018-08-04T13:38:41","date_gmt":"2018-08-04T13:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gymnasticsville.com\/?p=3666"},"modified":"2018-08-04T14:59:10","modified_gmt":"2018-08-04T14:59:10","slug":"jalon-stephens-shares-historic-moment-from-ncaa-gymnastics-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gymnasticsville.com\/jalon-stephens-shares-historic-moment-from-ncaa-gymnastics-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Jalon Stephens shares historic moment from NCAA Gymnastics Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It takes a big time gymnast to make big things happen. Two-time all-american Jalon Stephens from the University of <a href=\"https:\/\/gophersports.com\/roster.aspx?rp_id=4305\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota<\/a>, helped lead his team to their highest finish in program history at the 2018 NCAA Gymnastics Championships. His leadership and confidence in his team was vital in Minnesota being a force to be reckoned with this year. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When asked what it felt like to perform so well at the championships Jalon said. \u201cIt was a great experience, we went out there and had a goal. We wanted some hardware. We needed to hit our routines and believe in each other. And that&#8217;s what we did. I love my brothers. We came out on top and we were there for each other.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During team finals Minnesota started off the competition on highbar an event where they did not perform their best at the 2017 NCAA Championships. But Jalon believed this year would be different.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI kept telling them, We are a better team, we are a stronger team. it\u2019s our day.\u201d Says Stephens. \u201cStarting on highbar I just wanted to get the team hype, get the crowd hype.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And that is exactly what Jalon did. He performed one of his best high bar routines ever and provided a much needed spark for his team to start off the competition and the rest is history.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BhUaG_yn7ma\/?utm_source=ig_embed\" data-instgrm-version=\"9\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 28.104575163398692% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"background: url(data:image\/png; base64,ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaacwaaaascamaaaapwqozaaaabgdbtueaalgpc\/xhbqaaaafzukdcak7ohokaaaamuexurczmzpf399fx1+bm5mzy9amaaadisurbvdjlvzxbesmgces5\/p8\/t9furvcrmu73jwlzosgsiizurcjo\/ad+eqjjb4hv8bft+idpqocx1wjosbfhh2xssxeiyn3uli\/6mnree07uiwjev8ueowds88ly97kqytlijkktuybbruayvh5wohixmpi5we58ek028czwyuqdlkpg1bkb4nnm+veanfhqn1k4+gpt6ugqcvu2h2ovuif\/gwufyy8owepdyzsa3avcqpvovvzzz2vtnn2wu8qzvjddeto90gsy9mvlqtgysy231mxry6i2ggqjrty0l8fxcxfcbbhwrsyyaaaaaelftksuqmcc); display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BhUaG_yn7ma\/?utm_source=ig_embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Its always great to have your teammates cheering for you! #GopherNation #silver<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A post shared by <a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/olympic_faithful\/?utm_source=ig_embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Jalon Stephens<\/a> (@olympic_faithful) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2018-04-08T18:09:00+00:00\">Apr 8, 2018 at 11:09am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Minnesota Gopher teammate and the 2018 Canadian parallel bar champion <a href=\"https:\/\/gymnasticsville.com\/justin-karstadt-is-building-a-legacy-at-minnesota\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Justin Karstadt<\/a> fed off of Jalon\u2019s energy. \u201cJalon Stephens is one that always ramps the energy level up. We started on high bar and to be honest we were a little nervous starting on highbar because the year before we started on high bar and it did not end too well. Having Jalon doing his high bar routine in the first rotation, he absolutely nailed it. From there we got the ball rolling.\u201d Said Karstadt.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jalon is planning on continuing the momentum by competing for one of fourteen spots for the national team at the upcoming U.S. Gymnastics Championships on August 16-19 in Boston. If Jalon can hit his stride and string together twelve hit routines over a two day period, he will have a good of a shot as anyone to represent Team USA on the national team.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Listen to full Interview below. 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