Arkansas's Katherine Grable posted a 39.475 AA win to lead her squad to an easy win over Bridgeport and WMU. She also won vault and floor. Teammate Sydnie Dillard won BB while teammates Amanda Wellick and Salmon tied for the UB title.
Link: Arkansas Release
Illinois posted a strong start, using a 49.275 BB rotation to overcome a slow start on UB. Illini Jordan Naleway won bars while teammate Liz McNabb won BB. Illinois' Amber See tied for the vault title with MSU's Alina Cartwright. Cartwright won the AA with a 39.275 while teammate Elena Lagoski won FX.
Link: Illini Release
UK's Audrey Harrison led her squad to a big win in the quad meet, posting a 39.075 AA win. Harrison also won BB and tied for the FX title with teammate Kayla Hartley and PSU's Sidney Sanabria-Robles and Randi Lau. WVU's Jaida Lawrence won the vault, while teammate Alexa Goldberg won UB.
Link: WVU Release
Towson's Samantha Lutz won the AA with a 38.1 but it wasn't enough as Pitt powered to wins on all four events. Brittney Harris won VT and Bars while teammate Katie O'Rourke won BB and tied for the FX title with teammate Lindsay Offutt.
Link: Pitt Release
ASU Head Coach John Spini will retire at the end of this season, according to a school release. He has led ASU for the last 34 years, including four 2nd place finishes at the National Championships. He coached individuals to 10 NCAA titles and 81 All American honors.
Link: ASU Release
Gina Tucker has announced her commitment to Temple. Gina is a level 10 at Richmond Gymnastics in New York. Last season she placed 13th AA at her state meet and 14th AA at regionals. In 2012, as a level 9, she won her regional meet and the regional vault title.
As anticipated, Bama added two more for this season. Official Announcement
Stanford won the NorCal Challenge Sunday afternoon, defeating North state rivals Cal, UC Davis, San Jose State and host Sacramento State. Stanford was led by Kristina Vaculik's meet-high 9.875 UB win. Teammates Melissa Chuang, frosh Sophia Lee, and Cal's Serena Leong tied for the vault title. Another teammate, Taylor Rice, tied for the FX title with UC Davis' Stephanie Stamates, SJSU's Julia Greer, and Cal's Alicia Asturias. Asturias took the AA title (39.175) and tied for the beam title with Stanford's Amanda Spinner, Greer, and Sac State's Kailey Hansen and Kalliah McCartney.
Link: Results and UC Davis Release
Penn State used an advantage on vault and FX to hold off the hosts. They were led by LSU transfer Randi Lau, who won vault. ISU's Caitlin Brown won the AA with a 38.9; she also tied for the beam title with teammate Alex Marasco. Teammate Henrietta Green won the UB with a 9.825 and tied for the FX title with teammate Milan Ivory.
Link: PSU Release
CMU swept at least the top four places in every event to an impressive 194.45 opening tally. Four different Chippewas claimed an event victory: Brittany Petzold on Vault, Karlee Teet on UB, Taylor Noonan on BB, and Halle Moraw with a meet-high 9.875 on FX.
Link: UW EC Release
Illinois State's Samantha King won the AA with a 39.0. King also won the BB and FX. For Ball State, Erin Patchey won the vault while teammate Angela Durkac tied with Illinois State's Jenna Bossle for the UB title.
Link: Illinois St Release
Skyler Lyons, L10 at Balance Institute in Illinois, has committed to Ball State. Last season she finished 7th AA at her state meet and qualified through regionals to a 14th place finish at the NIT.
The season kicked off with UW La Crosse's win over host UW Oshkosh on Friday night. Kari Willett won the vault and beam to lead the Eagles, while teammate Ali Berry won the floor exercise. Oshkosh's Stefanni Meusburger won the UB.
Link: UW LC Release
Camille Drouin-Allaire, L10 at Gold Medal in N.Y., has accepted a scholarship offer from George Washington. Last season she finished 5th AA at her state meet and she was named vault champ at regionals (6th AA) and she qualified to JOs.
Georgia has the strongest schedule when compared to the Top 12 teams in 2014, according to the annual analysis from CollegeGymFans.com. Each year, we've calculated the relative strength of the schedule (relative schedule difficulty) for the Top 12 Teams, as determined by the Preseason Coaches' Poll. Read on to find out how the rest of the teams fared.
Kelsey Chan, L10 at Waller's in California, has committed to UNC. Last season Kelsey finished 5th AA at her state meet, 7th AA at regionals and qualified to JOs. In the 2011 season, she was the NIT vault champ.