Brittany Munn has committed to Ohio State for 2016-2017. In 2015, she placed 10th AA at the Region VII L10 Regionals and qualified to the JO NIT meet.
Link: Videos
Rebecca Chong, a L10 at GMS, has committed to Yale for 2016-2017. She recently placed 10th AA at the Region VII L10 Regionals. She also finished 9th on VT and 41st (t) AA at the 2015 L10 JO Nationals.
Link: Videos
Minnesota has added Paige Williams to its incoming class for 2016-2017. Williams is a L10 at Metroplex in TX. At the recent Region III L10 Regionals, she won FX, placed 2nd on VT and placed 3rd AA. She also finished 17th AA at Regionals in 2015. In 2014, she won her division at the JO NIT meet.
Link: Release
As expected, Canadian Aleeza Yu has signed with Stanford. Her commit and acceptance were covered in a prior news item.
Link: Release
EMU has signed Allie Smith for 2016-2017. Her commit was covered last February in a news item.
Link: EMU Release
Hailie Peele signed with Pitt and is set to join the Panthers for 2016-2017. Peele will graduate a year early; her prior commit was reported as 2017-2018.
Link: Pitt Release
Miyuki Matsune, a L10 at Charter Oaks Gliders, is set to join SPU for 2016-2017. At the recent Region I L10 Regionals, she placed 10th AA and 3rd on BB. She also finished 19th AA at Regionals in 2015.
Link: Video
Here's the Final Men's standings for 2016, per the RoadToNationals.
Here's the final women's rankings of 2016, as compiled by Road to Nationals:
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Several gymnasts with ties to the NCAA competed in Rio this weekend at the Rio 2016 Test Event. At stake were team and individual spots at the Olympics. Even if a gymnast received a qualification spot, a country's federation may choose not to send that gymnast. Thus, all qualification are preliminary.
Women's Qualifiers are based on preliminary results: Jessica Lopez Arocha of Venezuela (former DU), Toni-Ann Williams of Jamaica (Cal), Courtney McGregor of New Zealand (Boise St incoming), Houry Gebeshian of Armenia (former Iowa), Simona Castro of Chile (former DU), and Kylie Dickson of Belarus (Bama commit).
Men's Qualifiers based on the preliminary list: David Jessen of the Czech Republic (Stanford incoming, son of Hana Ricna), Mikhail Koudinov of New Zealand (former Ohio State), Ryan Patterson of South Africa (Cal),
Ohio State signee Victoria Kayen Woo also competed. However Canada has qualified a full team of five and she is currently battling for a spot.
On the Women's team side, Brazil, Germany, Belgium and France qualified full teams. One-time world power Romania did not qualify, along with fifth place Australia, sixth place Switzerland and eigth place South Korea.
On the Men's team side, Germany, Ukraine, the Netherlands, and France qualified. Romania, Spain, Belgium and Canada will be allowed to send one gymnast each.
Link: Women's Results
Link: Men's List of Qualifiers
The OU women completed a Sooner sweep of the Gymnastics Team title by claiming the Women's crown in a near-perfect Super Six competition. With all teams hitting, the Sooners came out on top with a 197.675, edging LSU's 197.45 and Bama's 197.4375. Florida was just a step back at 197.35. UCLA posted a 196.825 to edge UGA's 196.8125.
Led by frosh AA Champion Yul Moldauer, OU finished its second consecutive undefeated season and won its 10th title overall. They posted a 443.4 for an easy win. Stannford was 2nd at 434.05, a point ahead of Ohio State. Illinois was just back in 4th at 432.75. PSU was fifth at 425.4 and Minnesota was sixth at 424.4.
Florida's Bridget Sloan posted a 39.7 to win the AA at the 2016 NCAA Championships. Her score in Session I held throughout the day. OU's Chayse Capps was 2nd at 39.6125 and LSU's Myia Hambrick was third at 39.5625.
At the Men's NCAA Prelims, OU posted the top score of the day, a 441.2, to lead all qualifiers into Saturday's finals. Minnesota was 2nd in Session I at 426.4, with PSU third at 423.95. NU was fourth at 423.55, Cal fifth at 421.35 and Navy 6th at 410.1.
In Session II, Stanford posted a 434.35 to slip past Ohio State's 433.4. Illinois was close behind at 432.05. All three advance to the finals. Iowa hit for a 423.25, Michigan posted a 422.15, and Air Force posted a 412.65.
Link: OU Release for Session I and Session II Results
OU posted the high score of the day, a 197.7875, to win the evening session at the NCAA Semi-Finals and advance to the NCAAs. Bama kept things close with a 197.3875 for third. UCLA posted a 196.7 to easily take the third spot.