The statement “Kids Say the Darndest Things” remains true about most things in life, even college gymnastics! In this series, we will take a different aspect of college gymnastics, from skills to leotards and everything in between, and have kids react. It’s Kids Say the Darndest Things…about College Gymnastics!
For this edition, we pulled out some of the leotards we judged and asked the kids to score them similarly to our Leotard Rankings. Each leotard was ranked out of 10 points in the categories of design, sparkle, and school spirit, and all of the scores were averaged together to create the score for each category. Have ideas for what we should ask kids next? Leave a comment to let us know!
NOTE: Names and ages of children have been changed to protect their identities. Proper permission was obtained to post quotes from those involved. No additional editing outside of correcting grammar has been done.
Clemson: 8.000
Design: 8.200/10; Sparkle: 8.200/10; School Spirit: 7.800/10
Kayla, age 8: I like that it’s the design of a tiger. I like all the gems. I like the colors.
Brooke, age 9: I like it a lot, especially the upper back and how it’s just kind of like a circle but not really. But for this one, I give it like a 6/10 since I love the…
