After a weekend off for the Winter Cup, the men were in full action this past weekend. The men's rankings are now computed by an average of the best three meets. OU is the top ranked squad, with Illinois now in third. OU's Steven Legendre leads the all the individual AAers with a 89.283 average. He also leads the FX. Illinois' Daniel Ribeiro leads the PH, while another familiar name, Ohio State's Brandon Wynn, holds the top spot on Rings. OU's Jake Dalton is the top vaulter, while PSU's Warren Yang is tops on PB. Illinois' Paul Ruggeri, who suffered a season-ending injury at the Winter Cup, is the top HB worker.
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| 1 | Oklahoma | 355.150 |
| 2 | Illinois | 353.933 |
| 3 | Penn State | 351.500 |
| 4 | Stanford | 350.933 |
| 5 | California | 350.583 |
Link: Troester GymInfo
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The regular season is nearly done, and it seems like we just got started! With teams now finalizing their lineups, peaking their training and fine-tuning their routines, here are some observations as we hit the final stretch of the 2011 season. In these last few weeks, a lot can happen that will impact a team's postseason chances...
Monica Mesalles led Bridgeport with a 38.875 AA win. Mesalles tied for the VT title with Rutger's Alyssa Straub. Bridgeport's Chelsea Matteson, Breana Collins and Caroline McAvity shared the title on BB. Luisa-Leal Retrepo of Rutgers led a strong Rutgers charge on FX, winning with a 9.875. Teammate Alexis Gunzelman won the FX.
Link: Rutgers Release
Rutgers scored a victory for UNC, Penn and Brown on Saturday afternoon. It was the Scarlet Knights first win over UNC since 1976. Danielle D'Elia led the way, capturing three of four events. She won UB, BB and tied for the FX title with teammate Luisa Leal-Restrepo. Leal placed 1st on VT. Morgan Evans of UNC won the AA with a 38.85.
Links: Rutgers Release
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The following is a listing of high level skills performed by Women in the 2011 Season. To make this list, the skill had to be successfully competed in a meet sometime during the season. The skill competed must have an FIG rating of "E" or "F" or "G", or an FIG Vault Difficult Value of 5.3 or higher. The issue of escalating difficult leading to higher injury rates and more wear and tear on the athlete is important. The purpose of this list is not to encourage or foster unreasonable risk or other threats to the safety of the athletes. In fact, many of the skills on this list were only competed in special circumstances. This list simply serves as an archive and collection of skills actually performed by the athletes. This list is incomplete and will be updated as information becomes available. Please submit your additions and corrections to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. |
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Handspring, Front Tuck 1/1 Twist Amber See, Illinois RO 1/2 on, Front Layout 1/2 Off Tsukahara Layout 3/2 Marissa King, UF Yurchenko Layout 2/1 Yurchenko Layout 3/2 Natalie Beilstein, Michigan Corrie Lothrop, Utah Hillary Mauro, UGA Cassidy McComb, UGA Brittani McCullough, UCLA Diandra Milliner, Bama |
Comaneci Shushunova Full Twisting Double Layout Flyaway Victoria Aepli, Ohio State Dana Bonincontri, Penn Kylee Botterman, Michigan Ruby Engreitz, Washington Melissa Fernandez, Ill Brie Olson, OU Brianna Springer, Denver Hindorff (clear-hip reverse hecht/Tkachev) Meaghan Biros, Pitt Ashanee Dickerson, UF Jaleesa Wilson, DU Ricna (Stalder reverse hecht/Tkachev) Ray (toe-on Tkachev) Natalie Ettl, PSU Ericka Garcia, LSU Alaina Johnson, UF Zoya Johnson, UNC Natasha Kelley, OU Brittani McCullough, UCLA Sydney Sawa, UCLA Geralan Stack-Eaton, Bama Shayla Worley, UGA Bharwaj (full twisting Pak) Alicia Asturias,Cal Leslie Mak, Oregon State |
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Round-Off, Layout to Two Feet Mount Switch Ring Leap Abigail Adams, Maryland Morgan Evans, UNC Molly Quirk, Arizona Randy Stageberg, UF Back tuck 1/1 twist Samantha Peszek, UCLA Arabian Front Tuck Back Layout Two Foot* 5/2 Turn in Wolf (Humphrey) Double Front Tuck Back Double Pike Sarah DeMeo, Alabama * Athlete must hold layout position througout for E credit. A layout |
Full Twisting Double Layout Double Layout Brooke Barr, NC State Kristina Coccia, DU Marissa Gutierrez, Bama Marissa King, Florida Britney Ranzy, Oregon St Double Front Alex Deluca, Ohio State Jessa Hansen, Iowa Danae Johnson, Rutgers Hilary Mauro, UGA Melanie Root, OU Natalie Sutter, NIU Reema Zakharia, Michigan Arabian Double Front Mary Atkinson, ASU Natalie Beilstein, Michigan Olivia Courtney, UCLA Ashanee Dickerson, UF Brittany Emmons, Ball State Samantha Engle, LSU Deanna Graham, Arizona Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs, UCLA Alaina Johnson, Florida Marissa King, Florida Dani Levy, MSU Hilary Mauro, UGA Sarah Miller, Ohio State Diandra Milliner, Bama Ashley Morgan, Stanford Sarie Morrison, LSU Sharaya Musser, PSU Gina Nuccio, UGA Kyndal Robarts, Utah Geralen Stack-Eaton, Bama Triple Full Megan Ferguson, OU Katherine Grable, Arkansas Katie Hurley, AU Jennifer Lezeu, BYU Nicole Pechanec, Stanford Tuck Full In or Half In/Half Out Abigail Adams, Maryland Katie Caliendo, UNH Sarah Curtis, Michigan Erin Davis, NU Miranda Der, Bridgeport Lora Evenstad, NU Amy Glass, Boise State Luisa Leal-Restrepo, Rutgers Kelci Lewis, Arkansas Corrie Lothrop, Utah Brittnee Martinez, Michigan Stephanie McCallister, Utah Jasmine Minion, UK Jaime Pisani, Arkansas Hannah Redmon, Boise State Melanie Shaffer, Ohio State Tuck Full Out Pike Full In Kylee Botterman, Michigan Noel Couch, UGA Kayla Hoffman, Bama Kim Jacob, Bama Brittani McCullough, UCLA Maranda Smith, Florida Randy Stageberg, UF |
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CMU posted its best score in an opener since 2004 in defeating UAA, UW-LaCrosse and Sac State. Andrea de la Garza led CMU, winning the AA with a 38.725 and tying for 1st on BB with frosh teammate Emily Heinz. Fellow frosh Alyssa Wilson won the UB. CMU's Darian Tissenbaum won the VT. Sac State's Kailey Hansen won the FX with a 9.7.
Link: CMU Release
The season kicks off this weekend!. As always, surf over to CollegeGymFans.com. Each weekend during the season, we'll replace our feature section with our "Meet Time" collection of live links to stats, audio, commentary and more. The chat room is also open, so stop by and chat with fellow fans as you watch the meets. If you are on the go, check out our Twitter feed and get live updates as scores come in from across the country. Also, in the news section, you can subscribe to our RSS feed to get results and recaps as their posted. In the Events calendar in the Community section, we'll put a TV calendar as well as times for our Weekly chat. Here's a preview on some key meets this weekend, with a particular focus on the Top 25 teams:
Happy New Year!
With the season just around the corner, we'd like to add a few wishes on what we are hoping to see this season:
Sara Skammer has signed with Rutgers, according to the Times Leader newspaper. The United Sports Academy trained L10 was 11th AA at the 2009 Region VII L10 Regionals.