Interesting Weather-Related Tidbit on No. 13 ISU Gymnastics Team


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Anne From Gymnastike   February 6 at 3:06pm
I'm on the email list for Iowa State gymnastics and I just got this update. You gotta read this:

Interesting Weather-Related Tidbit on No. 13 ISU Gymnastics Team
PITTSBURGH, Penn.—Following its meet at Pittsburgh, the No. 13 Iowa State gymnastics team was literally stranded on the road all night due to the incredible amount of snowfall in Pittsburgh.

After a team dinner, the Cyclones took eight hours to arrive back at its hotel, a trip that normally would have taken 15 minutes. Due to a standstill on the interstate, blocked roads and conditions that forced the team bus to stop, the Cyclones spent the night on their charter bus.

Head coach Jay Ronayne had access to a four-wheel drive vehicle and was forced to make trips to the stranded team bus and shuttle members of the ISU gymnastics team back to the team hotel.

The final group of Cyclones did not reach the team hotel until 7:30 a.m.

Eric Bentzinger
Iowa State athletics communications
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#5
Amy Kleefisch   February 6 at 10:24pm
that is crazy!! glad they got home safely!
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Blotus   February 6 at 9:59pm
yea I was there, it took me 8 hours to get back. Typically it takes 4 hours to drive!
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Rutgers   February 6 at 5:29pm
the weather was terrible. rutgers decided to brave the storm to go home and a normally 6 hours drive home took 12 hours and they didn't arrive back to school until 1030 a.m. I feel terrible for those girls, the roads were terrible
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Anonymous Coward   February 6 at 3:44pm
ahh that is terrible! Maybe it was a good team bonding experience though lol
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