It's the final push to Nationals for the final 36 teams! Who will advance from the Regional? Which Top 12 team will be upset? It's anyone's guess. Here's a short preview of a pressure-packed weekend.
Oklahoma won the MPSF Conference Title, posting a 447.4 to easily defeat runner-up Stanford. The Cardinal posted a 437.15 while Cal took third at 432.7. Host Air Force was fourth at 425.15. Stanford's Akash Modi won the AA with a 90.4.
Link: Cal Release
Katie Fiorilli won the VT and tied for the UB title to lead all gymnasts at the Event Finals at the NCGA Championships (Div III Nationals). She tied on UB with UW La Crosse's Amy Enright and Samantha Wiekamp, and Cortland State's Maddy Scozzie.
Springfield's Abby Clark won BB and UW Stout's Kaylee Jondahl won the FX.
Link: Results
The Big 10 Men's Gymnastics Championships concluded with the Event Finals. Here's the winners per event:
Army's Jesse Glenn won the VT, PB and HB at the ECAC Championship's Event Finals on Saturday.
Link: Army Release
Morgan Hart, L10 at Brown's Las Vegas, has committed to ASU. In her first season competing at Level 10 she won her session of the Lady Luck and picked up a floor title at the Crystal Cup. She also won the Sunrays Classic Rock (1st AA/UB/FX). She is likely competing at her state meet this weekend, but the L10 scores are not available at the time of this post.
Karley Hutchinson, L10 at Parland Elite in Texas, has committed to Southern Utah. She has finished in the top five all around at her meets this season, including a first place finish at the Galvesston Island Winter Blast. She won the vault title at the Buckeye Classic.
Wisconsin-La Crosse held on to win the NCGA (Div III) National Team Title on Friday night. They posted a 191.525 to take the win. Just 0.3 back were Ursinus and UW Whitewater, who tied at 191.225. Just a bit back further was Brockport State at 190.95, in a close finish. SUNY Cortland posted a 187.975 for fifth, while UW Stout was 6th at 187.85.
UW Whitewater's Katie Fiorilli won the AA with a 38.475, just ahead of teammate Courtney Pickett, who posted a 38.4. UW-La Crosse's Amy Enright was third at 38.25.
Links: Results
PSU edged Illinois 436.7 to 436.1, to win the Big 10 Championships. Michigan was third at 434.75. Minnesota was just behind with 433.75 for fourth. In fifth was Ohio State at 429.35, while Iowa was sixth at 427.6. Nebraska finished 7th with a 420.1.
PSU's Matthew Felleman was the top AAer with an 87.2, just 0.1 ahead of Illinois' Bobby Baker and .15 ahead of Illini CJ Maestas.
Link: UM Release
Army won the ECAC Championships on Friday, posting a 422.05 to defeat runnerup Navy (415.3). W&M was third at 410.9, with UIC fourth at 409.35. Springfield was fifth with a 406 and Temple posted a 403.9.
Army junior Jesse Glenn won the AA with an 86.05.
Link: Army Release
Kaprece Nadonza, L10 at Waller's Gym, has committed to San Jose State. She qualified to the 2014 NIT, finishing 3rd on bars. This season she has had top ten finishes at her meets,
including a 2nd place AA finish at the Waller Heart of a Champion meet (1st vault).
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Temple has dismissed Head Coach Aaron Murphy after an investigation and mid-season suspension. Assistant Deirdre Mattocks Bertotti, who took over coaching duties at mid-season, will not have her contract renewed. A new coaching staff will be brought on for 2015-2016.
Link: Article
Madison Loomis, L10 at Precision Gymnastics in California, has committed to San Jose State. Madison has had top five finishes this season at the Gliders Invite, the Spirit of the Flame and the Corona Open.
The NCAA has announced the fields for the 2015 Women's Gymnastics Regional Championships.
We've concluded the final week of regular season competition, and the Top 36 teams are now ranked by Regional Qualifying Score (RQS). OU finishes the season ranked #!, with Florida #2 and Utah #3.
Mikayla Robinson, L10 from Hill's Gymnastics in Maryland, has committed to North Carolina. She will graduate a year early to begin college in 2016. Mikayla earned the vault title at the Hill's Maryland Classic and she won vault and floor titles at the WOGA classic this season.