Natalie Blum, a NIU senior, won the AA and two individual events in her debut as an AAer. She captured titles on VT and FX en route to a 38.45 AA win. Teammate Ashley Guerra led a NIU sweep on UB, while Huskie Jessica Watanabe won BB with a meet-high 9.775.
Link: NIU Release
Thomasina Wallace won the UB, VT (tie with teammate Lily Swann) and AA with a 38.7 to lead San Jose State. Katie Yamamura, a frosh, won the FX for the 2nd place UC Davis squad. Another frosh, Cami Casimere of CSUF, won the BB.
Link: UC Davis Release
WMU's Kristine Garbarino posted a 38.55 to win the AA and lead the Broncos to victory. She also posted victories on the BB and a tied for the title on FX with Ball State's Brittany Emmons. Teammate Meghan Donovon tied for the UB title with Ball State's Katelyn Busacker. For Ball State, Brittany Emmons also tied for the vault title with teammate Nicole Allen.
Link: Ball State Release
Archived Links for Saturday, January 9th, 2010
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| Meet | Time | Stats | Video | Other | Meet | Time | Stats | Video | Other | |
| UNH at Rutgers | 1:00 pm EST | Army at Penn State | 7:00 pm EST | Link | Fee | |||||
| Stanford at Georgia | 4:00 pm EST | Stats | Gxtra | |||||||
| Iowa, BGSU at Michigan | 6:00 pm EST | Link | FREE | Stats | ||||||
| Utah at UCLA | 4:00 pm PST | Link | FREE | Audio | ||||||
| DU at Minnesota | 6:00 pm CST | Link | Fee | |||||||
| TWU at Kentucky | 6:30 pm EST | Link | ||||||||
| Arizona at Arkansas | 7:00 pm CST | Link | Fee | |||||||
Arkansas won their home opener with a solid 195.4, with Amy DeFilippo, Casey Jo Magee, Sarah Nagashima and Jamie Pisani capturing individual event wins. DeFilippo won UB while Nagashima won the BB. Magee and Pisani tied for the FX title, with Pisani winning the AA with a 39.125. Arizona won VT as a team, with Deanna Graham capturing the VT title.
Link: Arkansas Release
Kentucky swept all the events en route to a big victory over TWU. Storey Morris led the way, picking up a share of meet titles on UB and BB. On UB, she tied with teammates Jacque Behrendt and Jamie Reimann. On BB, she tied with Emily Green. UK's Hillary Ferguson and Whitney Rose tied for the VT title while Wildcat Jasmine Minion won the FX. UK's Andrea Mitchell won the AA with a 38.8, making her the 8th different UK event winner. Rashonda Cannie posted TWU's highest score, a 9.7 on UB.
Link: TWU Release
Penn State (M) won their home opener, defeating Army 341 to 314.35. Remarkably, a freshman for PSU captured at a least a share of first place on every event.
Link: Release
Denver defeated Minnesota, posting a big early season score and winning all our events, including a 49.0 on BB. For the Pioneers, Kelley Hennigan won the VT title while Ellen McCarthy and Lauren Garan tied for the BB title. Gopher Alexis Russell won the AA with a 39.075, as well as the UB. Frosh teammate Janell Campbell won the FX.
Link: Minn Release
UCLA score the nation's top score thus far, hitting a 196.6. UCLA's Elyse Hopfner Hibbs won the AA with a 39.375, capturing a title on FX and a tie on BB with teammate Vanessa Zamarripa. Zamarripa also won the VT, while teammate Anna Li completed the Bruin sweep with the UB title. Kyndal Robarts led Utah with a 39.15 AA.
Link: UCLA Release
Michigan won their home opener, led by Kylee Botterman's 39.15 AA victory. Botterman also captured the UB title. Frosh Natalie Beilstein had a stellar debut for the Wolverines, winning VT with Yurchenko 1 1/2 and FX. Iowa's Houry Gebeshian won the BB title.
Link: UM Release