U.S. gymnastics legend Mary Lou Retton faces a DUI charge after being arrested earlier this month in Marion County, W.Va.

According to Magistrate Court of Marion County records, Retton was arrested May 17 and charged with a misdemeanor count of driving under influence of alcohol, controlled substances, or drugs. She was released after posting a personal recognizance bond of $1,500, the court records show.

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Retton’s attorney declined to comment on the matter when reached by The Times.

Born in Fairmont, W.Va., Retton, 57, rose to household-name status during the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles, when she became the first U.S. gymnast to win Olympic gold in the all-around competition, edging Romania’s Simona Pauca by five-tenths of a point.

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Retton sealed the gold medal by earning perfect scores on her final two exercises, floor and vault, much to the delight of the crowd at Pauley Pavilion and millions of TV viewers around the country. During those Games, she won five medals, also including silvers for team all-around and vault, and bronzes for floor and uneven bars.

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On Oct. 10, 2023, Retton’s daughter, McKenna Kelley, revealed that her mother had “a very rare form of pneumonia” and was “fighting for her life” in intensive care without being covered by medical insurance.

“She is not able to breathe on her own,” Kelley wrote in the description of a fundraiser that has raised nearly $500,000 to help cover Retton’s medical costs.

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On Oct. 23, 2023, Kelley wrote in a now-deleted Instagram post that Retton was “HOME & in recovery mode.”

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Retton said she was “not great yet” when she spoke about her ordeal and ongoing recovery with NBC News’ Hoda Kotb in January 2024.

“I don’t know how long I’ll indefinitely need the oxygen,” Retton said while gesturing toward her nasal tube, “but you have no idea how blessed and how grateful I was for this holiday season.”

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Retton also addressed why she didn’t have health insurance at the time of her medical emergency.

“When COVID hit after my divorce, and all my preexisting — I mean, I’ve had over 30 operations, orthopedic stuff — I couldn’t afford it,” she said.

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Former St. Cloud State softball player Jamie Trachsel has led Ole Miss to its first Women’s College World Series. Ole Miss beat fourth-ranked Arkansas 7-4 on Sunday, May 25.

Sunday’s win gave the Rebels a best-of-three series win over Arkansas to win the Fayetteville Super Regional.

The Rebels (42-19) play 12th-ranked Texas Tech (50-12) at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 29 (ESPN2) in the opening round of the eight-team, double elimination tournament being held at OGE Energy Field at Devon Park in Oklahoma City.

Trachsel is in her fifth season at Ole Miss and has led the Rebels to a 182-115 record. In 2023, she became the fastest Ole Miss softball coach to earn her 100th victory (159 games).

Trachsel became the sixth head coach at Ole Miss after three seasons as the head coach at the University of Minnesota. She led the Golden Gophers to a 102-40-1 record and to the 2019 Women’s College World Series.

Before she coached the Gophers, Trachsel was the head coach at Iowa State (2017) and 14 seasons on the coaching staff at North Dakota State, including six as head coach (221-109).

Trachsel played third base and catcher for St. Cloud State from 1998-2001, earning NCAA Division II North Central Region All-Tournament Team honors in 1999 and earned NFCA Academic Award honors in 1999 and 2000. She helped the Huskies win 127 games in her college career.

Trachsel earned a bachelor’s degree in sports management with minors in coaching and human relations from St. Cloud State in 2001. She added a Master of Education degree in athletics administration from North Dakota State in 2006.

Before getting to SCSU, she earned seven varsity letters in four sports at Duluth Central High School. She is also a nine-time national champion in racquetball (1988-93 and 2003-05).

ANDERSON, S.C. – The Adrian College bass fishing team competed in the 2025 Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops over the weekend. The Bulldogs’ top performance came from the duo of Derek Rodriguez and Brady Osborn, who secured a sixth-place finish.

Rodriguez and Osborn posted a total weight of 29.46 pounds over two days. Their impressive day-one total of 17.96 pounds led the 188-boat field.

Other Adrian teams also had strong showings. Nick Seitz and Nick Owens placed 55th with a total weight of 22.71 pounds. Braylon Eggerding and Brady Pinwar finished 60th with 22.51 pounds, followed closely by Mitchell Straffon and Quade Lobo, who landed 21.20 pounds to place 69th. Jerry Brumbaugh Jr. and Paxton Giem rounded out the Adrian boats with a total of 17.34 pounds, earning them 132nd place.

The Bulldogs return to action May 30–31 for the third Lunkers Division competition of the season in Dayton, Tennessee.

FAIRMONT, W.Va. — American gymnastics icon Mary Lou Retton faces a misdemeanor charge of driving under the influence following her arrest in her West Virginia hometown.

Fairmont police stopped Retton on May 17 following a report about a person in a Porsche driving erratically. According to the criminal complaint, Retton smelled of alcohol and was slurring her words, and she failed a field sobriety test. Officers also reported observing a container of wine in the passenger seat.

Retton, 57, refused a roadside breath test and a blood test. She was released from custody after paying a $1,500 personal recognizance bond.

Her attorney listed in court records, Edmund J. Rollo of Morgantown, did not immediately respond to phone and email requests from The Associated Press seeking comment.

Retton was 16 when she became the first American female gymnast to win the all-around at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. She also won two silver and two bronze medals to help bring gymnastics into the mainstream in the United States.

In 2023, Retton’s family disclosed she was recuperating from a rare form of pneumonia that landed her in intensive care. Doctors found her oxygen levels dangerously low. Her medical team considered putting her on a ventilator as her conditioned worsened. Retton went on oxygen treatment and, after weeks in the hospital, improved enough to be sent home.

DENVER – The University of Denver gymnastics team has added Megan Haught as an assistant coach, Joy S. Burns Head Women’s Gymnastics Coach Melissa Kutcher-Rinehart announced on Tuesday.
 
“I am so excited to welcome Megan Haught to the Denver Gymnastics family,” Kutcher-Rinehart said. “She’s a great technician who knows how to progress gymnasts from the basics to the highest levels of the sport. She is passionate about gymnastics and building holistic student-athletes while being a part of a winning team and culture. She encompasses our philosophy of teamwork, character and excellence, and her background and experience will bring energy and excitement to our team.”
 
Highlighting Haught’s coaching resume are nine years at World Olympic Gymnastics Academy (WOGA) in Plano, Texas. During her time at WOGA, she worked with gymnasts from the compulsory levels all the way to the elite program and coached numerous state, regional and national champions, including more than a dozen of NCAA Division I gymnastics scholarship recipients. Additionally, she has served as a women’s gymnastics judge since 2023.
 
“I am so thrilled to be joining the gymnastics program at the University of Denver,” Haught said. “I’m very passionate about helping student-athletes grow, not only in their gymnastics but also in confidence, teamwork and character. DU’s commitment to excellence in academics and athletics, encouragement of an inclusive environment and emphasis on the overall wellbeing of their students aligns with my coaching philosophy. I’m very excited about the opportunity to support Melissa Kutcher-Rinehart and contribute to such a strong, inspiring program that develops well-rounded student-athletes both in and out of the gym.”
 
As a gymnast, Haught – then Megan Dowlen – was a member of the University of Georgia gymnastics program that won four NCAA National Championships from 2005-08 and added three more SEC titles. A 2007 WCGA All-American and NCAA event finalist on vault, she competed regularly on the event throughout her four years at UGA while also adding numerous appearances on the other three events, including twice in the all-around.
 
Prior to enrolling at Georgia, Haught competed at the senior elite level while training at WOGA from 1999-2004.
 
In 2008, she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Georgia.
 
The University of Denver gymnastics team finished the 2025 season ranked No. 13 nationally and reached its sixth consecutive NCAA Regional Final after tying with No. 4 Utah for first place and upsetting then-No. 13 Stanford in the NCAA Second Round. Denver was just three tenths from a team berth to the NCAA National Championships, placing behind only eventual NCAA runner-up UCLA and NCAA finalist Utah.
 
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