Donnell Whittenburg took a slim lead over former NCAA champion Sam Mikulak on the first day of the P&G (US) Championships. Former OU Sooners Chris Brooks and Jake Dalton are in 3rd and 4th, respectively.
Great Britain edged Russia to lead the qualifying round at the Women's European Championships.
LSU incoming frosh Ruby Harrold competed three events for Great Britain, but missed out on any finals. Cal commit (2017) Alma Kuc competed for Poland on UB while Bama commit Kylie Dickson competed for Belarus in the AA, posting a 50.865.
Link: Team Results
Link: AA Results
Isabela Onyshko bested Olympian Ellie Black, 57.4 to 57.15 in the preliminary round of the Canadian Championships. The Championships form part of the qualification process for the Canadian Olympic Team.
Kennedy Hambrick, L10 at Refelx Gymnastics, has committed to Arkansas. This season she placed 6th AA at her state meet, 2nd AA at regionals and 34th AA at JOs.
Haley Pitou, L10 at All American Gymnastics, has committed to BYU. She won the bars titles at her 2016 state and regionals meets. She qualified to JOs and finished 31st AA.
As expected, Maryland has confirmed that Morgan Bixler, Emma Johnson, Deanna Magro and Jen O'Neil will join the Terrapins this fall.
Link: UMD Release
Kera Bolen Molinaro, who has coaching experience with various programs, has accepted the position of Assistant Coach at PSU. Kera previously served as a volunteer and interim coach with the program.
Jay and Jessica Santos have accepted the positions of Head Coach and Associate Head Coach at ASU. Jay and Jessica Santos have both held coaching positions with various collegiate programs.
Washington has announced the promotion of Elise Ray to the position of Head Coach to replace Joanne Bowers. Elise has been with the Huskies for five seasons.
Emma Brown, L10 at Chow's, has committed to Denver. She placed 2nd AA at her state meet this season and 1st AA at regionals. At JOs, she placed 10th AA.
Alexa Augustine will join the Bowling Green team this fall. Alexa competes at Level 10 at Xtreme Gymnastics in Arizona. She competed two events at her state meet this season and picked up the beam title. She finished 15th AA at regionals.
Gabryel Wilson, L10 at the Michigan Academy of Gymnastics, has committed to Michigan. She pulls big scores on all events. She won vault titles in every meet this season, including state, regionals and JOs. She hauled in top honors on other events as well at most of her meets. She placed 1st AA and 1st on vault, beam and floor at JOs.
Arizona has signed Jenny Leung, a L10 from Stars Houston. She'll be graduating early to join the Gymcats this fall. At the 2016 Region 3 L10 Regionals, she finished 8th AA and 2nd on VT. In 2015, she placed 18th AA at JO Nationals and also placed 4th on VT.
Link: Release
Amanda Huang will transfer to Ohio State for 2016-2017. She spent her first year at Alabama and will have four years of eligibility remaining.
Link: Ohio State Release
Minnesota has added Julia Huebert for 2016-2017, making for an incoming class of seven. She's a L10 at Eagles in Kanasas. This past season, she placed 9th AA at the Region IV L10 Regionals. She also placed 13th AA(t) at the Region IV L10 Regionals in 2015.
Link: Release
Amid accusations,allegations and turmoil, Rachelle Thompson has resigned. Jeff Thompson plans to stay on as Head Coach. PSU will have to fill two assistant coach positions.
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