USA Gymnastics Collegiate National Champions on each individual event:
FX: Jimmy Pezzino, Springfield
PH: James Okamoto, Air Force
Rings: Nash Mills, Air Force
VT: Tory Brown, Air Force
PB: Nash Mills, Air Force
HB: Ty Evans, Springfield
Link: Springfield Release
Naomi DeLara of UW Stout won VT and BB as the event finals at the NCGA Nationals concluded. Hamline's Lissette LaFex won the UB while Ithaca's Jessica Bolduc won the FX.
Link: Results
Illinois closed our their regular season with a win over UIC on Senior Night. Sophomore Austin Phillips won Rings and HB while Seniors Daniel Ribeiro (PH) and Chad Wiest (FX) scored wins.
Link: Illinois Release
Incoming recruits and recruitables started their post-season this past weekend with their State L10 Championships. Here's a quick summary of how some of them of them did (Top 3 finishers only). Stay tuned, as we'll keep updating the list as new results become available. Also, be sure to check out our Club Results section for links to many of the major club meets throughout the country.
Stanford defeated Cal in what could be the Cal Men's program's last home meet. The two teams split the event wins, but Stanford used a large advantage (5.15 points) on High Bar, led by National leader Alex Buscaglia (16.3), to seal the win.
Link: Cal Release
UW La Crosse captured its fourth straight National title at the NCGA Nationals this evening. UW La Crosse was led by Christa Booman, who won the AA with a 38.65.
Air Force won the USAG Collegiate Nationals with a 345.7, just ahead of W&M's 344.6. ASU won the club division with a 329.8. In the AA race, Springfield's Ty Evans took home the title with an 85.7. Event finals are tomorrow night.
Link: Springfield Release
The Cal Men's program must raise $4M in pledges spanning a four year period in order to save their program. Although the Women's program has been reinstated, the Men's program is facing their last home meet this weekend. Don't make it their last. Make your pledge today.
Link: Cal Gymnastics Forever
The Troster.com GymInfo National Rankings for the Men shift this week to the Four Score Average. To get the Four Score Average, you take the five highest scores, of which no more than two are home meets. Then, you drop the high and average the rest.
Even with the change, OU still leads the National Rankings by a significant margin. There are some changes in the individual rankings. Steven Legendre of OU still leads the AA, and holds the lead on FX and VT. Teammate Jake Dalton holds the lead on PB. Illinois' Daniel Ribeiro is the leader on PH, while Scott Rosenthal of PSU takes over the top spot on Rings. Stanford's Alex Buscaglia swings to the top of the HB rankings.
Rank | Team | Four Score Ave |
1 | Oklahoma | 359.175 |
2 | Stanford | 355.013 |
3 | Illinois | 353.350 |
4 | California | 353.112 |
5 | Penn State | 352.425 |
Link: Troester.com
The NCAA has set the Women's Regional Assignments for the 2011 Regionals. The Regionals are based on seeding according to a certain pre-defined protocol. The Top 18 are assigned in "trios" based on their rank, while the remaining 18 teams are assigned based on geographical proximity. Host teams get preference in assignment to the Regionals. For the list, see below.