University of Arizona head coach Bill Ryden helps senior Sarah Tomczyk leap across the uneven parallel bars during practice at the Mary Roby Gymnastics center on Jan. 14, 2010 in Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Dean Knuth / Arizona Daily Star  

Ex-UA coach Ryden consistently had Cats in Top 25  

One thing that didn’t get enough mention when the UA chose to replace 17-year gymnastics head coach Bill Ryden was that the Wildcats have been a consistent Top 25 program; they were No. 17 in the final poll this season. “We have had three Pac-12 individual champions in the last two years,” Ryden told me. “Say what you want about me, but I don’t want those athletes shorted.” 


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