Olympic Sports
Utah college coverage of Olympic-discipline programs led by gymnastics, plus the department-level stories — conference moves, leadership changes, broadcast launches — that belong to every program at a school rather than one of them.
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Why this lane matters in Utah
Gymnastics is the anchor
Southern Utah gymnastics is the program that makes this lane necessary. The Flippin' Birds became a Pac-12 affiliate on July 1, 2026, joining a four-team league with Boise State, Oregon State and Utah State while the rest of the department went to the Big Sky — a school competing in two conferences at once.
They arrived with a record behind them: four consecutive conference championships and 14 straight NCAA Regional appearances. In their final Mountain Pacific Sports Federation season they went 6-0 in conference competition, which is how a team can finish 10-13 overall and still collect a title.
And the stories that belong to a whole department
Not every athletics story has a sport attached. An athletic-director appointment, a conference realignment that moves 14 programs on the same day, a weekly all-sports podcast — these shape every team at a school without belonging to any one of them.
This hub is where that coverage lives, alongside the Olympic-discipline programs that do not yet have a dedicated lane of their own.
Current schools and teams
Program pages will appear here as Beehive Athletes adds sourced team coverage for this sport.
Published stories
Latest olympic sports coverage
The reporting here keeps the athlete pages, team pages, and school pages connected through the same sport.
Southern Utah Gymnastics Joined the Pac-12 Having Already Beaten One of Its New Rivals
Southern Utah women's gymnastics joined the Pac-12 on July 1 as an affiliate, in a four-team league with Boise State, Oregon State and Utah State — two of which it faced last season, losing to Utah State twice by 0.15.
Snow College Launched a Podcast, With a Different Host Than It Announced
'From the Badger Den' debuted August 12 as promised. The July announcement named Joe Williams and Drayson Ball; the show's own page now lists Ball alongside Tanner Wilkinson, the 'Voice of the Badgers.'
Southern Utah Names Myndee Kay Larsen as the Big Sky Era Begins
Southern Utah named Myndee Kay Larsen its athletic director in May, with a July start — bringing 17 years of Summit League experience back to Cedar City in the same month the Thunderbirds returned to the Big Sky.