Brody Malone won the Junior Men 17-18 division and Garrett Braunton won the 15-16 division at the P&G Championships. 3rd in the 17-18 division was Ohio State incoming frosh Max Andryushchenko while incoming NU frosh Griffin Kehler was 4th.
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Former Olympian Chris Brooks announced his retirement from elite gymnastics this week and accepted the position as AC at NU.
OU commit Ragan Smith posted the highest score, a 57.4, to lead on Day 1 of the P&G Championships. Florida commit Riley McCusker is 2nd with UCLA commit Jordan Chiles close on her heels in 3rd.
Hadley Roberts from St. Louis Gymnastics has committed to Lindenwood. She qualified to JOs in 2016, finishing 47th AA.
Jenna Cashman of Arena Gymnastics has committed to Maryland. She placed 5th AA at her 2017 regional meet and 37th AA at JOs.
OU's Yul Moldauer leads the Men's standings at the P&G Championships. Stanford alum Akash Modi was 2nd (tied for 1st on HB with Moldauer), while OU alum Allan Bower is 3rd. Bower's classmate Colin VanWicklen is fifth (1st on VT and FX). Former Sooner Alex Naddour was the top performer on PH, while Donnell Whittenburg was 4th AA and 1st on R.
Jason Vonk will fill the Assistant Coach position at GWU. He makes the move from Yale.
Mei Li Costa of Arena Gymnastics has committed to Brown. She qualified to 2017 regional and finished 8th AA. She placed 42nd AA at JOs.
MSU has added Brittney Harris to its coaching staff. She competed at Pitt and she has coached at Parkettes
Amaya Marshall, L10 at Southeastern, has committed to Western Michigan. She placed 3rd AA at her 2017 state meet and 4th AA at regionals. She was 18th AA at JOs.
Taylor Newland has announced her commitment to Temple. She is a Level 10 from Universal in Ohio. This past season she competed to a 7th place finish at her state meet and 10th AA finish at regionals.
Lauren Joost of Colorado Gymnastics Institute has committed to Penn. She won her 2017 state competition and placed 26th AA at regionals.
Vanessa Deniz from Arena Gymnastics has committed to PSU. She placed 4th AA at her 2017 regional meet and 24th AA at JOs.
Kaitlin Dewey has been appointed assistant coach at Rutgers. She formerly coached at Texas Dreams.
Garrett Griffeth joins the staff as assistant coach. Courtney McCool Griffeth joins as volunteer coach.
Gabrielle Diaz of LaFluers Tampa has committed to NCSU. She won her 2017 state meet and placed 1st on floor. She was 4th AA at regionals and 23rd AA at JOs.