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Updates
August 10, 2006: Courtney was recently given an academic honor by being one of three Gymdogs named to the
Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches' Academic National Team! Paige Burns and Adrienne Dishman were also named to the team.  May 10, 2006: The Gymdogs recently had their end of the
year banquet. Courtney was given three awards, the "Kathy McMinn Award for
competitive consistency," "MVP All-Around," and "MVP
Beam." Coach Yoculan also announced "Courtney contributed the most
points to the team this season of 603.175, placing her fourth on Georgia's
single-season list." Congratulations on your amazing season Courtney! April 25, 2006: Courtney continued her success at the NCAA Championships by claiming gold in the uneven bars
and balance beam finals! She also picked up a silver medal on floor behind two-time Olympian Kate Richardson of UCLA. Congratulations on
an amazing meet, Courtney! April 23, 2006: UGA successfully defended its team title tonight in Oregon! The team improved its total from yesterday in order to knock off Utah and Alabama. The three teams were very close all night and it made for one exciting Super Six Final! Courtney contributed some very high scores to
the team total! She posted a season high 9.975 on vault and followed up with a
9.900 on bars and a 9.950 on beam. Her 9.925 on floor helped the Gymdogs take
the lead over Alabama and secured her the top all-around position once again
with a total of 39.750. Courtney also had the top vault and beam scores of the
night! This is the second time that UGA has won
back-to-back championships (1998-1999 was the first). Georgia has finished a
season undefeated four times now and is the only program to have done so! April 21, 2006: UGA finished first in its session, advancing to the "Super Six" team finals. Courtney also
capped off her amazing freshman year with a very impressive title - she won the
all-around! The last Gymdog to win this title was Kim Arnold in 1998! Courtney's club teammate Elise Ray also won
the NCAA title in her freshman year while attending UMichigan. April 8, 2006: The Gymdogs are headed to Oregon for their 23rd consecutive National Championships appearance! You can follow all the action from the Gymdogs website! They earned the trip after finishing 1st at Regionals at home in Stegeman with a team total of 197.425. #12 Nebraska also earned a birth to Nationals with a total of 196.350. Missouri, North Carolina, NC State, and West Virginia also competed but did not qualify. Courtney
finished fifth in the all-around after posting a total of 39.275. She scored a
9.825 (8th) on vault, a 9.950 (1st) on bars, and a 9.900 (2nd) on beam but had
troubles on floor (9.600). March 25, 2006: Georgia won its third SEC title in a row and its 15th in school history tonight in Birmingham, Alabama, with a team total of 197.275. Kelsey Ericksen won the all-around title and Courtney was named as SEC Freshman of the Year and finished in third place! Courtney turned in scores of 9.900
(1st) on bars, 9.875 (2nd) on beam, 9.925 (4th) on floor, and a 9.850 (3rd) on
vault for a total of 39.550. March 11, 2006: With a win over #9 Michigan tonight, 197.625-197.100, UGA finished the regular season
undefeated for the sixth time in history! Courtney also won her SEVENTH all-around title in a row as the team prepares for the
post season. Courtney also won all FOUR event titles. March 7, 2006: #1 UGA barely edged #6 Utah tonight in Salt Lake City, 197.100-197.075, to remain undefeated.
This was Utah's first loss and UGA's closet margin of victory of the season. March 3, 2006: UGA earned a victory for their fans at their last home meet this season over #19 Kentucky, 196.625-194.450.
This meet extends the winning streak to 13-0 this season! February 24, 2006: Despite a rocky showing in Auburn, the Gymdogs were able to beat the Tigers 196.550-196.150.
Courtney posted a career high all-around score of 39.675 and won yet another title! She also earned a career high on bars with a 9.975 (1st).
She had a 9.900 (1st) on floor and a 9.900 (1st) on beam to save the team victory after a rough rotation that included several falls. February 23, 2006: Courtney's photos have been updated with pictures
from training in 2005 and various meets this year! February 19, 2006: The GymDawgs continue to roll through the rest of the competition as they easily defeated an injury-ridden #9 UCLA team this weekend at home. The Gymdawgs won by over two points, 197.525 - 195.200!
Courtney herself had a career high all-around total of
39.650 that earned her first place. She started out the night on vault, where
she was the 2nd the last gymnast in the lineup. Her 9.925 with the tiniest
shuffle on the landing gave her 2nd place on the event! On bars she was amazing
and scored a 9.950 as the last gymnast to go, placing her 1st on that event! Her
beam was crisp and clean for a 9.900 and another second place finish.
Unfortunately a stumble on her double pike dismount on floor prevented her from
getting another 9.9+ plus score as she received a 9.875 for 3rd. February 13, 2006: #6 Oklahoma was the next team to try to defeat the undefeated Gymdawgs in Athens but they were unsuccessful as UGA extended their winning streak to 7-0 with a season high mark of 197.475 to 195.950. Courtney nailed her vault for a 9.900 (3rd) but wasn't quite as stellar as usual on uneven bars, scoring a 9.825 (5th). She came back strong on beam, earning a 9.925 (1st) with a near perfect set. She was second to last on floor and nearly scored a perfect 10 with her 9.950 (1st)! She earned another all-around title by outscoring teammate Tiffany Tolnay 39.600-39.500. Courtney
is currently ranked 2nd in the nation in the all-around with an average score of
39.444 and a high score of 39.600. She is ranked 7th on vault with an average of
9.871 and a high of 9.925; 7th on bars with an average of 9.882 and a high of
9.950; 8th on beam with an average of 9.836 and a high of 9.925; and 3rd on
floor with an average of 9.887 and a high of 9.950. February 11, 2006: #3 Alabama, Georgia's arch rival, lost a close contest at home this weekend, scoring 196.625 - 196.575. UGA is now 6-0! Courtney anchored the bars rotation with a 9.875 (2nd) and
was second to last on vault, scoring a 9.900 (2nd). She was again 2nd to last on
floor, bringing in a solid 9.800 (6th) before closing the meet on beam with a
9.900 (1st)! This was Courtney's first all-around attempt in a few
competitions and she made the best of it, winning another title with a
39.475! February 4, 2006: The #1 Gymdawgs beat #14 LSU 197.150-196.100 in a sell out SEC dual this weekend in Athens. Almost 10,000 UGA fans were on hand to witness the victory. Courtney started with
a solid 9.850 on vault (5th) and anchored the bars rotation with another 9.850
(3rd). She anchored the beam rotation in her final routine of the night, scoring
a 9.875 (3rd). January 28, 2006: #5 Florida wasn't strong enough to defeat the #1 Gymdawgs even on home soil, losing 197.025-196.600. UGA's record is now 4-0! Courtney anchored the first rotation on uneven bars,
scoring a personal best of 9.950 (1st)! She scored a 9.900 on vault (1st) and
sat out the floor rotation before scoring a 9.925 on beam (1st). Wow, what a
meet!
January 21, 2006: #1 Georgia soundly defeated #24 Arkansas, 196.125 to
193.575, last night in Stegeman Colliseum! January 17, 2006: #2 Georgia beat #14 Maryland, 195.825-188.300, in the first home meet of the season! Go Dawgs! Courtney tallied a 9.825 on vault (2nd), a 9.950 on bars (1st), a 9.800 on
beam (3rd), and a 9.900 on floor (1st; double layout, double pike). Courtney won
the all-around over teammate Katie Heenan with a score of 39.475. Because of
this amazing performance, Courtney was named the SEC Gymnast of the Week! There are many changes to the website today! Courtney's skills for her freshman year have been posted, along with some new photos from training. The biography, links, schedule, and teammates pages have also been updated! April 23, 2005: 36 new photos have been added to the 2004 Nationals, Miscellaneous, and 2004 Olympics galleries! March 3, 2005: 26 new photos have been added to the 2003 American Cup and Miscellaneous galleries! January 2004: A new article about Courtney is available on InsideGymnastics.com: Kupets Weighing Options.
August 27, 2004: Over 70 photos from the Olympics were added today! August 23, 2004: Courtney capped off her Olympic Games with a solid performance on the balance beam, placing 5th in an incredibly deep field! BEAM RESULTS: 1. Catalina Ponor (ROM ) - 9.787 2. Carly Patterson (USA) - 9.775 3. Alexandra Eremia (ROM) - 9.700 4. Anna Pavlova (RUS) - 9.587 5. Courtney Kupets (USA) - 9.375 6. Zhang Nan (CHN) - 9.237 7. Li Ya (CHN) - 9.050 8. Allana Slater (AUS) - 8.750
August 16, 2004: Tomorrow's lineup has been announced; Courtney will be competing on all events but vault.
August 14, 2004: Courtney will be competing on all four events as expected tomorrow during team preliminaries! Here is the US lineup: UB: Bhardwaj, Humphrey, McCool, Patterson, Kupets BB: Bhardwaj, Kupets, Humphrey, McCool, Patterson FX: Bhardwaj, Kupets, Humphrey, McCool, Patterson VT: McCool, Kupets, Patterson, Bhardwaj, Hatch The U.S. will be competing in the same subdivision as Ukraine, Canada, and Romania. NBC will broadcast prelims starting at 7PM, EST. Tomorrow's broadcast will last until midnight; NBC has not yet released when exactly gymnastics will be on so be sure to tape it! Results will be posted here after the broadcast but you can follow along live with Inside Gymnastics or USAG, starting at 6:30 AM EST. The top 8 teams make team finals, the top 24 gymnasts (2 per country maximum) make the all-around final, and the top 8 gymnasts per event make event finals. Good luck Courtney and GO USA! Photos from podium training have been added. August 13, 2004: Courtney and the rest of the US team was on the Today Show this morning! Also, anyone with a VISA credit card can watch videos (for free) via NBCOlympics.com, including a video of the US women's podium training. Just click on "Video" on the main site and then select "Day -1" when the window pops up. August 8, 2004: With the Opening Ceremonies just five days away, gymnastics is showing up everywhere! Courtney is featured in a ton of articles, both in print and online. She's featured in the current Olympic Preview issue of Sports Illustrated, where her mom talks about her being a 4.0 student at Magruder High School. Online articles: The Grind Behind the Glory: On the Move - Washington Times Pressure's on Women Gymnasts Again - LA Times 10 reasons to tune in to Olympics - Arizona Republic American Idols - No Pain, No Gain - NY Post Olympic gymnast has Hoosier family history - Indianapolis Star Gymnastics Glance - Chicago Tribune Olympic medalist notes top 5 gymnasts to watch - Florida Today Friends rally to send Kupets family to Athens - Montgomery County Sentinel Many publications are also making predictions on how Courtney will do: Sports Illustrated - 2nd UB, 1st Team USA Today - 1st UB, 3rd AA, 1st Team August 3, 2004: New photos from Nationals and Trials have been added! Also the biography, skills, and results pages have been updated. 9 days until the Olympics start!
July 11, 2004: More photos from Trials are up! July 2, 2004: Photos from Trials have been added!
Courtney started night one with a beautiful Podkopayeva vault, taking just one step (9.375). Her bar routine was nearly perfect, capping it off with a stuck landing (9.675) and her beam was also clean (9.600). The event where Courtney was most impressive on was floor. She did not tumble like a gymnast who sustained such a serious injury less than a year ago! She threw a double layout, double arabian, double pike, and her front tumbling pass (front 1/1, front layout) with great landings on each pass (9.425) to finish her competition. Courtney's total of 38.075 was the highest total of the day; she placed 1st on bars, 2nd on beam, 3rd on floor, and 6th on vault. Night two wasn't much different! Her bar routine was nearly identical to night one (9.625) but beam had a few more bobbles (9.525). She had so much power on her double arabian that she bounded out of bounds (9.225) but showed another clean Podkopayeva (9.300) to finish with a total of 37.675. Her total from both days was a 75.750. With each day's event standings combined, Courtney placed 8th on vault, 1st on bars, 2nd on beam, and 6th on floor! Congratulations on an excellent meet! Although
Courtney was named to the team, she must still prove her competitive form at the
Olympic Selection Camp, July 10th-18th, in New Waverly, Texas. The other
gymnasts who were selected for the camp were Courtney McCool, Mohini Bhardwaj,
Annia Hatch, Terin Humphrey, Allyse Ishino, Carly Janiga, Carly Patterson, Tasha
Schwikert, Liz Tricase, Hollie Vise, and Tabitha Yim. Chellsie Memmel, Marcia
Newby, and Nicole Harris petitioned to the camp and will also be competing. The
additional four members of the team will be anounced live on NBC on July 18th!
During prelims/event finals, Courtney started cleanly on bars for a 9.600 (2nd) and then went on to nail her beam routine for a 9.725 (1st). Her new floor routine was a hit with the crowd and the judges for a 9.425 (4th) and her Podkopayeva vault was clean for a 9.400 (9th); her total of 38.225 was the highest of the night! "Tonight I just wanted to compete and be consistent. I had a long struggle with my Achilles and am glad it is better." For all-around finals, Courtney started on beam but that didn't stop her from scoring the highest score of the meet - a 9.800! After scoring a 9.400 on floor and vault, she was .350 behind Carly Patterson. After Carly's vault that scored a 9.250, Courtney needed a 9.600 to share the gold and that is exactly what she got! "I'm just proud I've gotten through two days of competition. What a wonderful way to win this, to tie with somebody who's your friend! This win is a little sweeter since I came off an injury!" By placing in the top 12, Courtney is automatically qualified to both Olympic Trials and the US National Team. The other Trials qualifiers were Carly Patterson, Terin Humphrey, Courtney McCool, Allyse Ishino, Liz Tricase, Tabitha Yim, Tia Orlando, Tasha Schwikert, Nicole Harris, Carly Janiga, and Mohini Bhardwaj. Ashley Postell and Katie Heenan, who finished 13th and 14th, also made the National Team. Photos from both days of Nationals are up! Also be sure to
check out the following articles about Courtney: May 27, 2004: Courtney's sixth U.S. National Championships in Nashville, TN, is just around the corner! The first day of Podium Training is Monday May 31st and the All-Around Prelims & Event Finals is Thursday June 3rd. Saturday June 5th will be the all-around finals! Courtney will start the meet on bars, where she will be the 7th gymnast up, as she tries to defend her National title. On Saturday she will start on beam, 2nd up. A complete start list and schedule can be found on USAG. The top 12 gymnasts will not only make the US National Team but will also advance to the US Olympic Trials in Anaheim, California. Marta Karolyi can also add athletes who finished out of the top 12 to the Trials roster. Good luck Courtney! USAG, International Gymnast, and Inside Gymnastics will all have coverage of the meet... including quick hits, photos, results, and interviews. NBC will be broadcasting Day One on June 5th at 1 PM EST. Day Two comes on June 6th at 2 PM EST. May 21, 2004: Courtney competed last night at the camp meet and scored a 38.175
(9.525 on vault, 9.725
on bars, 9.525 on beam, 9.400 on floor) for 1st place! She did a Podkopayeva
(Yurchenko 1/2 on, pike front 1/2 off) on vault and her double layout on floor
for the first time in a meet!
April 23, 2004: Courtney competed at a Zone meet at Parkettes on Wednesday, scoring a 9.700 on bars! She also did a Yurchenko full on vault! Download videos: bars, vault April 19, 2004: Courtney's recovery is almost at 100%! She is also featured
in the Baltimore Sun this
week: Everything
is falling into place for Kupets. |
November 2004: Following in the foot steps of her sister, Courtney has signed with the
University of Georgia Bulldogs to be a member of their NCAA gymnastics team for the next four years,
starting in the fall of 2005! Congratulations Courtney! 
August 22, 2004: Despite being the third gymnast to compete (as scores tend to escalate after each gymnast in the final), Courtney ended up winning a medal on uneven bars! Teammate Terin Humphrey won the silver and Courtney won the bronze behind Emilie Lepennec of France, who captured France's first-ever Olympic gymnastics medal.
August 19, 2004: Courtney competed last night in the individual all-around, despite her injured hamstring. She ended up placing 9th with a 37.112!
August 17, 2004: Courtney and the rest of her US teammates are now Olympic silver medalists! The US team finished second to Romania, 114.283-113.584. Courtney contributed to the team on bars in a big way with a 9.662, pushing the USA ahead of Romania after the second rotation. But unfortunately Courtney was suffering from an injured hamstring and could not compete on beam, deciding to save herself for floor. Unfortunately she had problems on a new dance combination (double turn, tuck jump double).
August 15, 2004: Courtney had an awesome day of competition during team prelims!
She placed 4th overall with a total of 37.937 and will be advancing to the all-around final on August 19th. Courtney also made two event finals, bars and beam! Her 9.637 on bars was the 5th highest score; teammate Terin Humphrey also made the final, which will take place on August 22nd. Courtney's 9.550 on beam was the 7th highest score there and she will join Carly Patterson in the event final on August 23rd. She scored a 9.350 on vault and a 9.400 on floor (19th). Visit Yahoo's 
July 27, 2004: Today is Courtney's 18th birthday! Happy Birthday Court!
June 28, 2004: Returning to the same
arena in Anaheim, California, where she tore her Achilles ten months ago,
Courtney showed no signs of her injury and won the Olympic Trials! She
and Courtney McCool (2nd) were named to the 2004 Olympic Team based on
their performances! "I feel like I came here and did
what I wanted to do. I couldn't imagine coming here and placing first. It is so
exciting," Courtney said after the meet.
June 7, 2004: Not only did Courtney
become the national champion on beam but she also successfully defended her
all-around title when she tied Carly Patterson on Saturday night! 
May 16, 2004: Courtney did awesome last night at the US Classic in Rochester, NY! She tied Hollie
Vise for first place on bars with a 9.600 and placed 2nd on beam with a 9.525! All of her Hills teammates
also qualified to US Nationals; congratulations Britney Ranzy and Jennifer
Iovino! Photo to the right is ©