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Michigan frosh to be Sam Mikulak won the AA title at the 2010 Junior Olympic Men's Gymnastics Championships.  The SCATs athlete held off Jesse Silverstein of the US Gymnastics Development Center II.

1.  Sam Mikulak, SCATS (Michigan)

2.  Jesse Silverstein, US Gymnastics Development Center II

3.  Christopher Turner, West Coast (Stanford)

4.  Wyatt Aycock, Orlando Metro (NU)

5.  Colton Wulf, 5280 (Air Force)

Link:  Results
Saturday, 08 May 2010 23:17

L10 Nationals: Senior D

Florida signee Alaina Johnson and Bama signee Kimberly Jacob tied for the National AA title in the Senior D division at the L10 Nationals.  Johnson, who trains at Texas East, posted an AA tally of 38.5, and won the UB title.  Jacob, who trains at Superior, matched that tally to share the title.  Sarah DeMeo, who trains at Eagles and is another Bama signee, placed 3rd AA with a 38.45 and won the BB.  Amber See, an Illinois signee from TAGS South, won the VT and FX titles en route to a fourth place tally of 38.25.

1t. Alaina Johnson, Texas East (Florida), 38.5

1t.  Kimberly Jacob, Superior (Bama), 38.5

3.  Sarah DeMeo, Eagles (Bama), 38.45

4.  Amber See, TAGS South (Illinois), 38.25

5.  Diahanna Ham, Gym Cats, (Committed to NC State), 38.0

6.  Brittney Noble, Orlando Metro (Florida), 37.825

7.  Olivia Carisella, Elite (Bama), 37.675

8.  Sarah Fiedler, Libertyville (Illinois), 37.625

9.  Katie O'Rourke, Capital (Pitt), 37.575

10.  Moriah Marin, Ace, 37.525

Link:  Senior D Results

Saturday, 08 May 2010 22:40

L10 Nationals: Senior C

Arkansas-bound Katherine Grable won the Senior C Division at the L10 Nationals.  The Oshkosh trained athlete posted a 38.2 for the win.  Future teammate Bailee Zumwalde, who trains at the Twin City Twisters, was 2nd.  Washington signee Aliza Vaccher of the Desert Devils placed 3rd AA, and won the National Title on BB.  Oregon State signee Brittany Harris, from the Krafft Academy, was just behind in fourth.  UGA signee Kaylan Earls of Arena won the VT title and placed 5th AA.  Future teammate Catherine Hires (LaFleur's Tampa) claimed the UB title while Auburn signee Sasha Tsikhanovich (Universal) won the FX title.

1.  Katherine Grable, Oshkosh (Arkansas) 38.2

2.  Bailee Zumwalde, TCT (Arkansas), 38.0

3. Aliza Vaccher, Desert Devils (Washington), 37.975

4.  Brittany Harris, Krafft, (Oregon State), 37.95

5.  Kaylan Earls, Arena (UGA), 37.9

6.  Sarah Zoldos, LaFleur's Tampa (LSU), 37.675

7.  Hope Sloanhoffer, Gym Revolution (WVU), 37.475

8.  Betsy Zander, Docksiders (GWU), 37.45

9t.  Scarlett Williams, Elite Gym LA, (Arkansas), 37.375

9t.  Henrietta Green, Charter Oak, (Iowa State), 37.375

Link:  Video Interviews at Gymnastike.org

Link:  Results

Friday, 07 May 2010 22:13

L10 Nationals: Senior B

Joanna Sampson won the 2010 Senior AA Championship at the L10 Nationals.  The Michigan commit trains at Ricochets.  LSU commit Lloiminicia Hall, from Texas Dreams, was 2nd AA and tied for 1st on FX with Bama commit Diandra Milliner (Folger's, 6th AA) and Mizzou commit Rachel Updike (KGDC, 7th AA).   Milliner also won VT with a huge 9.95 while Updike won BB.  Oregon State commit Cerise Witherby, who trains at Wildfire, was 3rd AA.  Utah commit Rebecca Tutka was 4th AA.

Senior B competitors are mostly 2011 graduates who are verbal commits at this time, not signees.

1.  Joanna Sampson, Ricochets (Michigan) 38.2

2.  Lloiminicia Hall, Texas Dreams (LSU) 38.025

3.  Cerise Witherby, Wildfire, (Oregon State), 38.0

4.  Rebecca Tutka, Parkettes, (Utah), 37.975

5.  Erica Oswalt, GymCats, 37.7

6.  Diandra Milliner, Folger's (Bama), 37.625

7.  Rachel Updike, KGDC (Missouri), 37.575

8.  Hayden Ward, Dynamo (OU), 37.425

9.  Ana Jaworski, Airborne (SUU), 37.4

10.  Amiah Mims, Wrights, 37.375

Link:  Results

Friday, 07 May 2010 22:06

L10 Nationals: Senior A

NU commit Jessie DeZiel of the Twin City Twisters won the Senior A division of the 2010 L10 Nationals.  She also won the UB.  Ciera Perkins of GymCats, a Boise State commit, was 2nd AA, including a 1st on FX and a tied for 1st on VT (with IGI's Haley Scaman and Hill's Alexis Carroll, a PSU commit).  Atlatic Coast's Samantha Musto won BB and placed 3rd AA.  Utah commit Kassandra Lopez, who trains at Tumbleweeds, was 4th AA.

1.  Jessie DeZiel, TCT (NU) 38.1

2.  Ciera Perkins, Gym Cats (Boise State), 38.0

3.  Sammie Musto, Atlantic Coast, 37.825

4.  Kassandra Lopez, Tumbleweeds, (Utah), 37.8

5.  Haley Watts, Southeastern, 37.775

6.  Sachi Sugiyama, Top Flight (Michigan) 37.6

7.  Haley Scaman, IGI, 37.575

8t.  Alina Cartwright, Legacy Elite, 37.5

8t.  Alexandra Witt, LaFleur's Tampa, 37.5

10.  Haley Bodenheimer, Salem, 37.325

Note:  These are a mix of 2011 and 2012 high school grads in this age group.

Link:  Results

Michigan signee Sam Mikulak of SCATS won the preliminary round of the men's Junior Olympic Nationals. Jesse Silverstein of the US Development Center is just behind in 2nd.

Link:  JO Nationals

Monday, 03 May 2010 21:46

Level 9 Eastern and Western Nationals

The Level 9 Eastern and Western Nationals were held this past weekend.  The winners in the senior divisions were:

Senior Age Group Eastern Winner Western Winner
1 Rachel Haines, Geddart's Selynna Felix-Terrazas, Tumbleweeds
2 Alexandra Chretien, Oakland
Nicole Wangler, TAGS South
3 Arlyn Amor, Geddart's
Melissa Feuerborn, KGDC Twisters
4 Chloe Presley, Oakland
Danielle Landry, Auburn
5 Meghan Brannon, LaFleur's Largo
Cheyenne Gavino, Metropolitain
6 Samantha Lutz, Elite Energy
Crystal Paz, Bay Aerials
7 Maria Hayden, Gymini
Victoria Mar, Head Over Heels
8 Olivia Chiu, Grand Blanc
Hailey Wells, Emerald City

Full Results and a story at USA Gymnastics.  Link.

Wednesday, 28 April 2010 20:53

2010-2011: Hornets Sign Hansen

Sacramento State announced the signing of transfer Kailey Hansen for 2010-2011.  Hansen spent her frosh year at Washington, but did not compete and will transfer with four years of eligibility.  She trained as a L10 at Waller's GymJam, where she finished 13th AA and 4th on FX at the 2009 Region I L10 Regionals, Sr. D.

Link:  CSUS Release

Wednesday, 28 April 2010 20:38

Men's: Minnesota Signs Two

Minnesota announced the signing of Adam Kern and Justin Morinishi, according to a school release.  Kern trains at the Sandia Acrobatic Gymnastics Academy in New Mexico.  He qualified to the Junior Olympic Nationals for five straight years, from 2005 to 2009.  He recently won Regional titles on the FX and PH.

Morinishi trains at the St. Louis Gymnastics Center. He is a six-time Junior Olympics Nationals qualifier who finished 35th AA at the 2008 L10 JO Nationals.  He recently finished 5th AA at the 2010 Region 3 Regionals.  Link:  Video

 

Link:  Release

Wednesday, 28 April 2010 20:11

Final Men's National Rankings

The final Men's Rankings for 2010 have been issued by Troester.com GymInfo.  The teams are ranked by their score at the Finals, and then by their qualifying score.  Congratulations to 2010 NCAA Team Champion Michigan.  Also, congratulations to Michigan's Chris Cameron, the 2010 AA Champion.

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