We are heading into our final weeks of the regular season, as Top 16 seedings, non "play in" positions (Top 28) and spots at Regionals (Top 36) are up for grabs. As a reminder the rankings are based on the new National Qualifying System formula whereby the five lowest home scores are selected and combined with the away scores, the high and low discarded, the remaining averaged. Because of the increasing number of meets, the impact of any individual meet means upward movement can be muted by the simple math of an increasing denominator But a low scoring meet (especially at home after five meets), can also cause changes, as we saw this past weekend. OU remains #1, but LSU at #2 closed the gap this weekend after two meets. Bama at #3 and Florida at #4 remain in the same places, and are tightly clustered together. UCLA at #5 lost a bit of ground to #6 UGA. Here are this week's rankings, as compiled by RoadtoNationals.
Boise State posted a season-high to defeat ASU, SJSU and Sac St on the host Spartan's Senior Night. For Boise State, Julia Krzywanski tied for the VT title with SJSU's Kaviana Jurries. Teammate Blake Pascal tied for the FX title with ASU's Halle Gregoire, Sac St's Kara Houghton and SJSU's Kaylee Larson. ASU's Reese Grolla won the UB while SJSU's Sophie Patterson won the BB.
Link: Results and SJSU Release
LSU won the P&G Podium Challenge on Sunday, defeating Bama, UNC and Arizona. Kailin Chio won the BB with a 10 to lead LSU. Teammate Kylie Coen added a win on FX with a 9.975. Teammate Amari Drayton won the VT. For Bama, Gabby Gladieux won the AA and Chloe LaCoursiere won the UB.
Link: Bama Release and Results
Utah defeated host Denver handily on Sunday afternoon. Avery Neff led the Utes, winning UB and BB and the AA title with a 39.65. Teammate Makenna Smith won the VT while Ute Ella Zirbes won the FX.
Link: Results and DU Release
Host Minnesota posted a huge 197.7 to win final of the three Big Four quad meets. The Gophers were led by Ariana Ostrium, who won the AA with a 39.625 and who tied for titles on UB and FX. She tied for 1st on UB with Illini Chloe Cho and on FX with teammates Sophie Swartzmiller and Jordyn Lyden, along with MSU's MaKayla Tucker. Lyden also tied for 1st on BB with Cho. Final, Gopher Teryn Crump won the VT.
Link: Results and Minn Release
Pitt posted its second strong meet of the weekend to pull into Regional contention and win the quad meet hosted by Towson. Ball State also posted a strong mark as well. Pitt was led by a win from Emily Todd on FX. Teammate Halle Copperwheat added a tie for 1st on UB with Towson's Isabella Minervini. Tigers Adriana Hoffman and Jocelyn Lannon tied for 1st on VT. For Temple, Robyne Dunne won the BB.
Link: Results and Towson Release
Host Missouri held off Arkansas to take the dual meet win on their Senior Day. Hannah Horton tied for first on three events to lead Missouri. She tied for first on VT with teammate Kimarra Echols and Arkansas' Allison Cucci and Lauren Williams. She also tied for first on UB with teammate Maiya Terry and GymBack Morgan Price. Finally, on FX, she tied for the top mark with teammate Kaia Tanskanen and GymBack Williams. Tiger Railey Jackson won the BB.
Link: Results and Mizzou Release
Host Brown posted a strong 194.9 to easily defeat Cortland State. Sophia Dewar led Brown, winning VT and FX. Teammate Liza Marcus won the UB and tied for the BB title with teammate Gabby Mautner.
Link: Results and Brown Gymnastics
RIC won the quad meet hosted by Utica on Sunday afternoon. Payton Greene led RIC with a win in the AA with a 38.15. For Ithaca, Grace Murray won VT and FX. Teammate Leanne Desjardins won the BB. For the hosts, Camille Lindley won the UB.
Link: Results and Utica Release
Host Penn State defeated Sprinfield, posting a strong 316.7. The Nittany Lions were led by Matthew Underhill, who won FX and the SR. Teammate Shaun Smith won VT while teammate Kacsper Gamczarek won HB. PSU's Landon Simpson tied for 1st on PB with Springfield's Blaise Rousseau. Springfield's Devon Felsenstein won the PH.
Link: Results and PSU Release
Host Kent State defeated Bowling Green, led by Charlie Behner. Behner won the UB and tied for first on VT with teammate Sophia Balko. Teammate Heidi Schultz won the BB. For BGSU, Keira Thornton won the FX.
Link: Results and Kent St Release
Cornell celebrated Senior Day with a win over SCSU. Cornell swept the individual events, with Cami Whitaker winning VT, Sarah Goetter winning UB, Grace McLean winning BB and Josie Moylan winning FX.
Link: Results and Cornell Release
Stanford captured the team title at the Stanford International Challenge, defeating Cal and partial squads representing the US, Mexico and other countries. Stanford won all six individual event titles amongst the collegiate teams, with Cooper Kim winning both FX and VT and Nick Kuebler winning HB and Rings. Kiran Mandava added a win on PH while Arun Chhetri completed the sweep with a win on PB. Three active Stanford gymnasts competed under the USA banner: Asher Hong, Jun Iwai and David Shamah.
Link: Results and Stanford Release
Host OU posted the nation's top mark this season at 331.3 to defeat a strong 321.15 from Nebraska. It was also a season high for the Sooners. OU swept the individual events, with Nico Hamilton winning FX, Colby Aranda winning PH, Francisco Velez Belendez taking Rings, Sasha Bogonosiuk taking VT, Nathan Roman taking PB and Kelton Christiansen taking HB.
Link: Results and OU Release