Megan Monfredi, L10 at X-Cel in Pa, has committed to Kentucky. She placed 3rd on floor and 11thAA at her 2016 state meet. She placed 4th on floor and 14th AA at regionals.
Former NCAA champ Sam Mikulak of Michigan held the lead after winning Day 1 of the Olympic Trials. The order of finish dramatically changed on the first day, with Dannell Leyva surging back to take 3rd behind former OU Sooner Chris Brooks. Former Cal star Donothon Bailey had a great day, placing 4th.
Link: USA Gymnastics
Alaska has signed Tere Alonso and Louisa Marie Knapp for 2016-2017, according to a school release. Alonso is a L10 from Excalibur. In 2016, she placed 12th AA at the Region 7 L10 Regionals. She also finished 17th AA at Regionals in 2015.
Knapp hails from Germany, and is coming back after a year off recupering with a knee injury. She's expected to excel on UB.
Link: Release
Link: Knapp Video
Paige Zaziski, a 3-event standout at Arkansas, has announced her transfer to Michigan. She is entering her Junior year as she joins the Wolverines' roster.
Sienna Schreiber, L10 from Northwind Gymnastics, has committed to Missouri. She placed 1st AA and 1st on vault and floor at her 2016 state meet. She placed 3rd AA at regionals. nd 28th AA at JOs.
Ball State head coach Joanna Saleem has announced the additional Scott Wilson as an assistant coach. He's spent the last 8 years as a coach at Team Attraction Gymnastics in NC. He was also team manager at UNC, where he did his undergrad.
Link: Ball State Release
ASU has hired Washington assistant Stephen Buckner. He joins the new staff led by Jay Santos and his wife Jessica. Before UW, Bucker was at Alabama as a strength and conditioning coach, and a graduate assistant. He did his club gymnastics at Arizona Sunrays in Phoenix.
Link: ASU Release
Canada has named 11 women to their final candidate list for their Olympic Squad. The final squad will be announced on June 30th after a combination Trials/Training Camp on June 27th and 29th.
Karissa Hoffman, a L10 from Desert Lights, has committed to Sacramento State. In 2016, she placed 12th AA at the Region I L10 Regionals. She also qualified to Regionals in 2015.
Link: Videos
Kyla Kessler, a L10 from Pacific West, has committed to UC Davis for 2017-2018. At the 2016 L10 JO Nationals, she finished tied for 24th AA. She missed last season and part of this season due to injury.
Link: Videos
Briana Pearson, L10 at West Valley, has accepted a scholarship to BYU according to her club's twitter page. She finished 3rd AA at her NorCal meet this season and 7th AA at regionals. She finished her club career at JOs, where she finished 41st AA.
Amber Koeth, L10 at Gymcats, has committed to Sac State. This season she finished 6th AA at her state meet and 4th AA at regionals. She placed 22nd AA at JOs.
Former NCAA champion Sam Mikulak (ex Michigan) won his fourth straight US title at the P&G Championships.
Former OU Sooners Chris Brooks and Jake Dalton were 2nd and 3rd. The NCAA was well represented, with Stanford's Akash Modi in 4th and OU's Yul Moldauer and Ohio State's Sean Melton tied for fifth with Donnell Whittenburg.
Former Illini Paul Ruggerri was tied for 8th with Marvin Kimble (who spent his first year at Michigan). The US also named the US Natoinal Team, which is determined by a complex system of points based on individual finishes. Others with NCAA connections making the squad: Alex Naddour (ex OU), CJ Maestas (ex Illinois) and Eddie Penev (ex Stanford). All of those National Team members now advance to the Olympic Trials. After the initial team was named, USA Gymnastics announced that former Cal star Donothan Bailey, former OU star Steven Legendre, OU's Kenji Oyama and former Buckeye Brandon Wynn had been added to the team (along with Danell Leyva), and will compete at the Trials.
Selecting an Olympic squad will be especially difficult, with a complex combination of strengths and weaknesses from the leading contenders. The rise of the young NCAAers is also shaking up the existing hierarchy on the National Team.
Link: Release
The Canadian Championships concluded with event finals for the men and the women's L10 16+ age group.
Olympian Aly Raisman won the senior title at the US Classic, posting a solid 59.2. Florida incoming frosh Rachel Gowey was 2nd at 58.3 while future teammate Alyssa Baumann was 3rd at 58.0. Several top gymnasts opted to compete one or two events. UCLA (2018) commit Marzetta Frazier was fourth at 55.9 while Georgia commit Emily Schild (2017) was fifth with a 55.55. Bama commit Emily Gaskins (2018) was 7th, Minnesota commit (2017) Lexy Ramler 8th at 54.75 while Utah commit (2019) Abby Paulson was 9th at 54.65.
2018 OU commit Oliva Trautman was 11th at 53.9 while in 12th was 2019 OU commit Kaitlyn DeGuzman with a 52.55. 2018 PSU commit Leah Clapper posted a 51.25 for 13th.
In the junior division, Irina Alexeeva edged Emma Malabuyo for the win, 57.55 to 57.5. 2020 UCLA commit Jordan Chiles was 4th at 56.35, suffering a fall on BB and OOBs on FX.
Link: USA Gymnastics
Chloe Bellmore, L10 at Gedderts Twistars, has committed to MSU. She won her state meet this season and placed 12thAA at regionals. She competed at JOs and placed 31st AA.