Lenika de Simone to compete for Stanford

The Gymblog reported that one of Spain’s top gymnasts (and dare I say a better contender for her country due to Patricia Moreno’s fading potential), Lenika de Simone has signed on to compete for Stanford University.

I think I may need to haul my ass out to one of Stanford’s competitions one of these days (despite the fact that Tabby Yim is graduating this year, sob sob).  I love seeing Not-From-USA gymnasts (well, ‘Leni’, as her fans call her, is actually from Florida) competing NCAA: Daria Bijak and Gael Mackie (Utah), Annamari Maaranen and Jessica Lopez (Denver), among others.