OU posted a 415.491 to edge host PSU's 415.29 and win semi-final #2 at the Men's NCAA Championships. Michigan was not far behind in third at 413.992. All three teams advance to Saturday's finals.
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Michigan's Paul Juda won the Nissen-Emery Award as the nation's top senior gymnast. He has not been able to compete this season due to injury.
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Stanford posted a 421.488 to win the first Semi-Final at the Men's NCAA Championships. Nebraska was 2nd at 410.124 and Illinois was 3rd at 405.524. All three teams advance to the finals, along with various individual qualifiers. Air Force posted a 399.222 for 4th, followed by Navy (392.491) and Army (384.523).
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Link: Stanford Release
The USA Gymnastics Development Program Level 10 Regionals are this weekend, creating a packed few days of competition. The future NCAAers are all trying to advance to the WDP Nationals in May. Here are the Top 7 finishers (over 35.0 AA) and event winners, along with their schools. The Top 7 automatically advance to Nationals (as long as they post a 35+ AA). Additional AAers will be assigned where there are less than seven qualifiers from other regions, based on the three regions with the largest number of competitors. After the Regional Teams have been filled out, two additional AAers (over 35.0) for each age group in the Region will be added as Wildcard competitors. In addition, the top five event scorers from each Region (across all age groups) will be invited as a Wildcard Individual Event Specialists. We are showing only the 2023 and 2024 grads.
At the conclusion of the second semi-final, NCAA Champions were crowed in the individual events. AA: Maile O'Keefe, Utah, 39.7625 VT: Olivia Tratuman, OU, 9.95 UB: Jordan Chiles, UCLA, 10 BB: O'Keefe, 10 FX: Chiles, UCLA, 9.9875
Utah posted a 198.225 to win Semi-Final #2. OU was just behind at 198.1625. UCLA was 3rd at 197.9125, held back by just a 49.175 on VT. Kentucky was 4th at 197.125. Utah's Maile O'Keefe won the AA with a 39.7625, ahead of UCLA's Jordan Chiles (39.7125) and LSU's Haleigh Bryant (39.6875 in the 1st session).
LSU stayed the most consistent overall to win Semi-Final #1 with a score of 197.475. Florida was second at 197.4, after posting a shakey (but no-fall) 49.0875 on BB. UB was Cal's problem event, with a counting fall while DU struggled on BB (48.55). LSU's Haleigh Bryant was the top AAer in Semi-Final 1 at 39.6875. Top marks by event: VT - Lynnzee Brown, DU & Courtney Blackson, Boise St 9.925; UB - Trinity Thomas, UF, 9.95; BB -- Chloe Widner, Stanford 9.95; FX -- Leanne Wong, UF and Aleah Finnegan, LSU 9.9625. The AA and event champions will be determined after Semi-Final #2 tonight.
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2023-4
Emily Hernandez, Majestic Gymnastics, to Bridgeport
Hallie DiEdwardo, Metzler's, to Utica
Anastasia Cardio, Zero Gravity, Talladega
OU junior Meilei Sullivan has been award the NCAA Elite 90 Award for Women's Gymnastics. The award is given to the student-athlete with the highest GPA at the Championships. She holds a 4.0 GPA with a major in Arts & Sciences Planned Major.
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Michigan's Sierra Brooks has been named the winner of the 2023 AAI Award. The award is given to the top senior athlete.
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Kady Bills-McCoy, Brandy Johnsons, recently finished 4th AA at her state meet.
Bridget Kemp, Flight School, recently placed 3rd AA at her state meet and 1st on floor.
Mya Gordon, Let It Shine, placed 1st AA at her '23 state meet. She scored a 10.0 to place 1st on vault and also placed 1st on bars and floor.
Leah Gonsiorowski, Lake City Twisters, recently placed 2nd AA at her state meet. She placed 1st on floor and tied for 1st on bars.
Jaime Dugan, Pacific Reign Gymnastics, recently won her state meet and placed 1st on vault.