Arkansas celebrated Senior Night with a quad meet victory. Katherine Grable led the way with wins on vault, beam and floor. Teammate Shelby Salmon won bars.
Link: Mizzou Release
OU headed into Texas and picked up a 197.275 in a win over TWU. Sooner Brie Olson pocketed a 9.975 on vault and added a 9.9 to win bars to lead her squad. She also earned a share of the floor title with teammate Lara Albright. Teamamte Taylor Spears won beam, while Sooner Erica Brewer took the AA.
Link: OU Release
Host NIU easily defeated EMU, led by Kim Golund's win on Floor and in the AA (38.9 AA). Teammates Natalie Sutter and Megan Melendez won bars and beam, respectively. Teamamte Jaelyn Olsen tied with EMU's Anna Willette for the vault title.
Link: EMU Release
Jamie Gerow, L10 at Champions in Texas, has committed to Missouri. Jamie qualified to JO's last season and finished 5th on bars. She has competed to several 2nd and 3rd place finishes on vault, bars and floor this season.
Kennady Schneider, L10 from Gymcats in Nevada, has committed to Arizona. Kennady qualified to JOs last season. This season she finished 2nd AA and 1st on floor at the National Judges Cup and 4th AA at the Cactus Cooler.
PSU continues to lead the Men's National Rankings, as compiled by Troester GymInfo for the week of February 25th, 2013.
Michigan's Adrian de los Angeles continues to lead the AA. On floor, Jeffrey Langenstein of Cal continues to hold the top average. On PH, Michael Newburger is #1, while on rings, Ryan Ponce of Springfield joins Mike Wilner of Ohio State atop the leaderboard. PSU's Tristan Duverglas retains the top spot, as does Michigan's Sam Mikulak on PB. On HB, Wasef Burbar of PSU rises to the top after his big score this past weekend.
| Rank | Team |
Three Meet Average |
| 1 | Penn State | 447.083 |
| 2 | Michigan | 441.750 |
| 3 | Oklahoma | 441.717 |
| 4 | Ohio State | 435.317 |
| 5 | Stanford | 434.317 |
| 6 | Minnesota | 432.417 |
| 7 | Illinois | 431.767 |
| 8 | Iowa | 426.233 |
| 9 | California | 425.633 |
| 10 | Nebraska | 423.533 |
Link: Troester GymInfo
The Nastia Luikin Cup is scheduled for March 1st. The meet will be broadcast and streamed live by Universal Sports. This year's field of competitors includes the following college commits:
Alabama: Mackenzie Brannen (14-15) and Aja Sims (14-15)
Arizona: Kari Lee (14-15)
Arkansas: Amanda Wellick (13-14)
Florida: Alex McMurtry (15-16)
Georgia: Brianna Brown (14-15) and Kiera Brown (13-14)
LSU: Ashleigh Gnat (13-14)
North Carolina: Lindsey Lemke (14-15)
Oklahoma: Charity Jones (13-14)
Oregon State: Kaytianna McMillan (13-14)
Stanford: Rachel Daum (13-14)
Utah: Samantha Partyka (14-15)
The women's National Rankings as compiled by Troester GymInfo switch to the Regional Qualifying Score (RQS) this week, and as expected, we're seeing a lot of change in the rankings. The RQS is calculated by taking the teams top THREE (3) AWAY meet scores, taking the next THREE (3) scores (home or away), tossing out the HIGHEST and averaging the remaining five.
Rising to the top this week is Oklahoma, followed closely by Florida. Michigan is in third. The standings are extremely close in ranks 15 to 25 -- just 0.38 of a point separates all those teams. Over the next several weeks, you will see a lot of movement in the rankings as teams drop out low scores. The top 36 qualify to Regionals, and that race is tight as well. The Top 18 are seeded, and it will be a toss-up heading into the final weeks.
Individually, UCLA's Vanessa Zamarripa remains the top AAer. She's also tied with LSU's Lloimincia Hall for the top spot on floor. Utah's Tory Wilson remains the leader on vault, and UGA's Chelsea Davis holds the top spot on bars. On beam, OU's Taylor Spears leads the way.
Michigan held off host WVU's upset bid, helped by two event wins each from Katie Zurales and Joanna Sampson. Zurales won vault and beam, while Sampson won bars and tied for the floor title with WVU's Kaylyn Millick. Millick won the AA with a 39.35, with Michigan fielding no AAers.
Link: Michigan Release
UIC triumphed in the quad meet, although they had no individual winners at the meet. Centenary's Robyn Price won the AA with a 38.85, taking a share of the bars title with teammate Stephanie Strickler and Air Force's Linnaea Hance. For host TWU, Bethany Larimar won vault, Spencer Jones won beam, and Kristin Edwards won floor.
Link: TWU Release
Iowa State knocked off Minnesota, celebrating Senior Day with an upset, taking advantage of Minnesota's problems on bars. Camille Santerre-Gervais led the way with Iowa State, winning bars and helping the Cylcones to a 1.025 advantage on that event. Gopher Lindsay Mable won beam, floor and shared the vault title with teammate Jenny Covers. Covers won the AA with a 38.95.
Link: Iowa State Release
Minnesota took the win at UIC, winning all but PH as a team.
Link: UIC Release
Illinois State posted a season high mark, the highest under Coach Bob Conkling. Sami King led the way, winning the AA with a 39.1 and the beam with a personal best 9.875. Teammate Elise Gray won vault.
Link: Illinois State Release
CMU's Brittany Petzold won the AA with a 39.075 to help CMU power past in-state rival WMU. Teammates Meaghan McWhorter, Emily LaFontaine, and Taylor Noonan won vault, bars and beam, respectively. WMU's Lauren Bledsoe took the floor.
Link: WMU Release
Utah held off Stanford for the home victory in front 13,357 fans and live TV audience. Lia Del Priore topped things off with a 10.0 on floor. Teammate Georgia Dabritz won the bars while Ute Tory Wilson tied with Stanford's Nicole Dayton for the vault title. Stanford's Amanda Spinner won the beam. Cardinal Ashley Morgan posted a 39.45 to take the AA win.
Link: Utah Utes
Jacoby Rubin won the PH with a 15.15 en route to an 86.9 AA win to lead the Sooners to a win. Teammate Danny Berardini chipped in wins on PB and HB.
Link: OU Release