{"id":4025,"date":"2018-10-03T22:33:15","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T22:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gymnasticsville.com\/?p=4025"},"modified":"2018-10-03T22:33:15","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T22:33:15","slug":"uic-gymnastics-embrace-role-as-underdogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gymnasticsville.com\/uic-gymnastics-embrace-role-as-underdogs\/","title":{"rendered":"UIC Gymnastics Embrace Role as Underdogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taqiy Abdullah-Simmons hosts today\u2019s show and interviews members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/uicflames.com\/index.aspx?path=mgym\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University<\/a> of Illinois at <a href=\"https:\/\/gymnasticsville.com\/charley-nelson-university-of-illinois-at-chicago-lifer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chicago<\/a> men\u2019s gymnastics team. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">James Marden, Wes Diveney, Satchel Hudson, and Asad Jooma. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UIC has decided to discontinue both its men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s gymnastics teams. The men celebrated their 70th year as a program last season and hosted the NCAA national championship in front of nearly 5,000 fans at the UIC Pavilion in May. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rising costs of funding collegiate athletics was a reason cited by UIC Chancellor Michael Amiridis for the decision. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information on ways to #saveuicgym and #flipthedecision contact UIC Gymnastics head coach Charley Nelson cnelso4@uic.edu<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Listen to full show below. 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James Marden, Wes Diveney, Satchel Hudson, and Asad Jooma. UIC has decided to discontinue both its men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s gymnastics teams. 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