Tesla Cox, L10 from Elite in So. Carolina, has committed to Iowa for the 2010-11 season.  Cox won the Carolina Classic (1st UB/BB; 2nd V/FX) earlier this season and placed 2nd AA (1st BB), 2nd AA (1st V/BB) at the Mardi Gras Invite, and 4th AA (1st UB) at the Charleston Cup.

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➽ Like many elite gymnasts, Chelsea DAVIS has had her share of injuries.  The 2008-09 National Team member was sidelined by injury for more than a year, but after missing the 2009 season she’s back.  She competed two events at the Metroplex Challenge in February, and she recently swept the elite qualifier event at the Buckeye Classic and qualified to the 2010 National Championships.  Davis committed to UGA last fall for the 2011-12 season.  She talked about her comeback and her college choice in a January interview with Gymnastike.  Here’s a peek at her bars routine at the Buckeye Classic: 

Chelsea DAVIS is one of the “big names” coming up through the elite ranks.  Most gym fans are familiar with her and look forward to watching her unfold a stunning collegiate career.  Lloimincia HALL, on the other hand, is just making a name for herself as a L10 powerhouse.  If her 5th place finish at JOs last year is any indication, she was already operating at a high standard coming into this season.  In January she told Gymnastike that she planned to take it up a notch this year.  So far she’s right on target, winning the CGA (1st V/BB); the Texas Prime (1st UB); WOGA (1st BB); the Kurt Thomas Invite (1st BB/FX); and finishing 4th AA at the Metroplex.  She competed in the Liukin Cup last Friday, finishing 13th AA.  Take a look at Hall’s floor routine at the Texas Prime meet.  HALL recently committed to LSU for the 2011-12 season.  She’ll join 2010-11 signees Sarie MORRISON and Maliah MATHIS, who are having stand out seasons of their own.

Amber SEE is also having an excellent season as she winds up her L10 career before heading to Illinois next fall.  SEE won the Tampa Bay Invite, the San Diego Classic, and the GymQuarters Invite and picked up a variety of 1st place event finishes along the way.  She just swept all events at the Northern Lights Classic this past weekend and scored a perfect 10.0 in the event finals with her unique vault (which earned a 9.875 in the AA competition).  

Speaking of unique skills, take a look at M’rcy MASTUNAMI'S interesting bars release (toe on counter Kim) at the Northern Lights Classic.  MATSUNAMI is just a high school sophomore, but she told Gymnastike that she's interested in Nebraska.

➽  Kassandra LOPEZ, Utah commit, and Diandra MILLINER, Alabama commit, finished 2nd AA and 3rd AA (1st V/FX) respectively in the inaugural Nastia Liukin Cup last Friday.  The Liukin Cup drew qualifiers from meets across the country throughout the season.  It was a great opportunity for qualifiers to test themselves head to head with some of the best talent out there - and to do it in a top notch venue in conjunction with the Tyson American Cup.  Congratulations to all of the competitors who worked hard to earn a spot in this meet.  See video of LOPEZ on beam and  MILLINER on vault and floor.

➽ With state meets just a couple of weeks away, the L10 season will soon be winding down.  The athletes who have already signed with or committed to colleges constitute recruiting classes of the future.  So far we’ve looked at the recruiting classes from 13 schools.  Next up: Boise State, Missouri, Nebraska, NCSU, PSU, Oregon State, Southern Utah, and WVU.

OU's big victory over Bama this weekend didn't lift them to the top spot in the RQS rankings, as it counted as an away score for Bama.  Thus, Bama remains #1 this week as they were able to replace a 196.05 with a 197.275 in their average.  UCLA is just behind OU in third, as they picked up a big road score with a season high at UGA.

Air Force posted its highest team score ever, but it was not enough as UIC left with the title.   Air Force broke six Academy records and 15 career bests.  Neal Thompson led UIC, winning PB and the AA (86.5), while tying for the PH title with Air Force's Chase Nobles.  Teammate Kyle Voissem placed 2nd AA and won FX.  Another teammate, Andrew Stover, won HB.  Air Force's Devin Menefee won the Rings while two more Academy standouts, Joel Uptmor and Nash Mills, tied for the VT title.

Link:  Air Force Release

Illinois posted a big road win over Iowa, in a meet honoring Iowa's seniors and departing Head Coach Tom Dunn.  Dunn is set to step down in June after 31 years at the helm.  Paul Ruggeri led Illinois, winning PB with a 15.3 and high bar with a big 16.3.  Teammate Tyler Mizoguchi added a win on Rings en route to a 88.85 AA tally.  Illinois' Luke Stannard won PH, while teammate Daniel Ribeiro won VT.  For Iowa, Reid Urbain won FX.

Link:  Iowa Release

Stanford won the big showdown this weekend in Nebraska, surpassing #1 ranked OU 361.65 to 360.3.  Tim Gentry led Stanford, winning Rings and VT and helping build a big team advantage on those events.  Cardinal teammates Nicholas Noone and Alex Buscaglia won the PB and HB, respectively .  Steven Legendre led OU with a win in the AA at 88.85, including a big 16.05 to win FX.  Teammate Alex Naddour won the PH.

Link:  NU Release

William and Mary posted the win, outpoining the Midshipman on four of six events.

Link:  W&M Release

Missouri powered to the win over Alaska and SEMO, hitting a new road high in the process.  They were led by Sarah Shire, who posted a 39.675 to win the AA.

Link:  SEMO Release

It was Senior day at Iowa, but juniors Houry Gebeshian aned Rebecca Simbhudas celebrated by winning a share of the AA title.  Simbhudas won the VT and UB titles as well, while Gebeshian won the BB.  SUU's Elise Wheeler won the FX.

Link:  Iowa Release

Frosh Sharaya Musser led PSU to the big win, posting a 39.6 to win the AA.  She also won VT with a near perfect 9.975 and tied with Michigan's Katie Zurales on BB.  Teammate Natalie Ettl tied for the UB title with Michigan's Kylee Botterman.  Teammate Brandi Personett captured the FX and placed 2nd AA.

Link:  PSU Release