Brittany Jeppesen, L10 at Olympus Gymnastics in Utah, has announced her commitment to Utah State. Brittany finished 3rd AA at her 2014 state meet and qualified through regionals to a 3rd place AA finish at the NIT.
Missouri has added transfer Jordyn Doherty for 2014-2015. Doherty hails from Kansas City. She competed on vault and UB for the Hawkeyes, qualifying to Regionals as a individual on vault.
Link: Mizzou Release
Wildfire Gymnastics in California has announced Elle Golison's commitment to Utah State. In her first year at Level 10, Elle qualified to regionals.
Skylar Sheppard, L10 at WOGA in Texas, has committed to Arizona. She has qualified to regionals every season since her first L10 season in 2011 and she won the 2013 regional vault title.
Miranda Hone, L10 at Go For It in Nevada, has announced her commitment to Utah State. She was 6th AA at her 2014 state meet and qualified for L10 regionals for the second consecutive year.
Two events involving the NCAA could potentially change the face of NCAA sports.
First, the NCAA Board of Director approved a proposal to allow the Big 5 Conferences (ACC, Big 10, Big 12, Pac 12, SEC) more autonomy in setting rules, especially with regard to increased compensation, expanded benefits (e.g. meals), staffing and time demands. It is widely believed that the non-Big 5 schools will face financial pressure to keep up. Link: ESPN
Second, in the landmark "O'Bannon et al" court case, US District Judge Cynthia Wilkins ruled that the NCAA unreasonably limits trade with respect to player compensation. The scope of this case was limited to football and basketball. Specifically, the ruling deals with compensation regarding the use of "Names, Images and Likenesses" (NIL). This particulaly relates to TV broadcasting rights, and the use of NIL during the broadcast. Other cases are pending and this one may be appealed. Link: USA Today Article
Arizona has hired former Utah standout Meredith (King) Paulicivic as an assistant. She has been coaching since 1997 at SCEGA in Southern California, where she was the head coach.
Link: Release
Alabama has announced the hiring of Bill Lorenz as an assistant, replacing and joining newly promoted Head Coach Dana Duckworth. Lorenz comes to the Tide after an extensive stint at Ohio State, where he netted National Assistant Coach of the Year honors in 2012.
Link: Bama Release
Pittsburgh has announced the hiring of Rob Drass as an assistant. Drass is the former Head Coach at Missouri.
Link: Release
Centenary has added Taylor Le Moal for 2014-2015. She is transferring from Rutgers.
Link: Centenary Release
Allyson Bell, L10 at Gymnastix Training Center in Georgia, has committed to SEMO. Last season she placed 7th AA at her state meet and qualified to regionals for the second time.
Chloe Devries, L10 from Tampa Bay Turners in Florida, has committed to Rutgers. Chloe finished 5th AA at her 2014 state meet and qualified to regionals for the second consecutive year.
Reagan Campbell, L10 at Texas Dreams, has committed to LSU. She finished 2nd AA and 1st on beam at her state meet last season. She placed 4th AA at regionals and JOs.
Simone Biles, international elite from World Champions in Texas, has announced her commitment to UCLA. Last weekend Simone placed 1st AA and 1st on three events at the 2014 Secret Classic. Read more about her on her Personal Website.
World Champion Simon Biles won the Secret US Classic this weekend, with Olympic Gold Medalist Kyla Ross in 2nd. They lead a pack of young gymnasts seeking spots on the World Team.
OU commit Maggie Nichols was third while Sooner signee Brenna Dowell competed one event. Florida commits Rachel Gowey, Amelia Hundley, Alyssa Bauman and Ashton Locklear were 4th, 6th, 7th and 11th. Utah commits Mykayla Skinner and Melissa Reinstadler were 5th and 8th, respectively. DU commit Samntha Ogden was 9th.
The rest of ths small field did not compete four events. UCLA commit Felicia Hano was 10th while commit Madison Kocian was 12th. Bruins Macy Toronjo and Nica Hults were 14th and 15th.
Rising junior Jordan Chiles won the junior session. She is not age-eligible for Rio.
Videos from USA Gymnastics and full results are at the link below.
Link: USA Gymnastics
England's Claudia Fragapane won the gold medal in the women's AA at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Former Oregon State standout Olivia Vivian, competing for Australia, was fifth. In ninth was Florida commit Meghan Chant.
Link: Results