UCLA took the "Best in the West" meet, posting a 196.975 to defeat Cal, Washington and Oregon State in front of an all-time record sellout Husky crowd.  Jordan Chiles of UCLA led the way, winning the AA with a 39.725.  She also won the BB with a 9.975, won the VT and FX and tied for the UB title with Cal frosh Tonya Paulsson and Oregon State's Taylor DeVries.  (Final score updated for Cal)

Link:  Results and UW Release

Utah kicked off the NCAA season with a win over Minnesota and Iowa, in front of 11,191 fans at Huntsman Center.  Ella Zirbes led the way for the Utes, winning the AA with a 39.35, taking the FX and tying for the BB title with teammate Avery Neff.  Ute Makenna Smith won the UB while teammate Zoe Johnson took the BB.     

Link: Utah Release

UCLA confirmed the signing of a class that includes Zoey Molomo, Michelle Pineda, Cami Tassone and Brooke Katz.  The commits of all four were covered previuosly.

Link:  Insta

Arkansas' Joscelyn Roberson won the bronze medal on VT, behind Angelina Melinikova (gold) and Canada's Lia Monica Fontaine.  Floida's Skye Blakely finished 3rd on UB, and event won by Algeria's Kaylia Nemour with a huge 15.566.     

On the Men's side, Donnell Whittenburg became the first American man to win the gold on rings.  Air Force grad Patrick Hoopes placed third on PH, just a heartbreaking 0.004 out of the gold medal position taken by China's Yanming Hong, in a tiebreaker.  Cal's Aidan Li, representing Canada, placed 8th.  Ohio State grad Kameron Nelson placed 4th on FX.  Jake Jarman of the UK won the Gold.       

Men's Results:  FX  
Women's Results:  VT UB  

Rahul Mandava, who trains at Cypress, has committed to Navy, starting in 2026-2027.  This past season, he placed 5th on R and 7th on PH at the 2025 XFinity US Championships (Jr. 17).  He was also 4th on PB, 5th on PH and 6th AA at the 2024 XFinity US Championships (Jr 16).  

Link:  Insta

Chloe Tart, a L10 from the Gymnastics Academy of Charleston, has committed to a full-ride scholarship offer at SUU, starting in 2027-2028.  She had also taken a visit to UNH.  This past season, she placed 9th AA at the Region 8 L10 Regionals.  She was also 16th AA at the Region 8 Regionals in 2024.  

Link:  Insta

On September 11th, 2001, Mari-Rae Sopper was on her way to California, ready to start her job as Head Coach of the women's team at UC Santa Barbara.  Sopper, a former standout at Iowa State, was known as "ISUFan" on the fromer College Gymnastics Board.  She had given up her job as a Navy JAG Corp lawyer to pursue her dream, and to help save the cancelled program at UCSB.  She lost her life during the events of that fateful day, as the plane she was on was deliberately crashed into the Pentagon.  We pause to remember her spirit and dedication to the sport, and her inspiring effort to pursue her dreams, as well as the others who lost their lives that fateful day.

The NCAA has released the 2025-2026 Rules Modifications for NCAA women's gymnastics, and the resulting changes are perhaps the most inconsequential in the decades.  As the result, absent something like the SCORE board initiative, scoring records could be in danger again this season.  

Sometimes, there are changes to the underlying code from the Women's Development Program Code of Points.  However, this season, those changes are minor as well, as this is the last year of the four year cycle of changes to the Code.  There are some clarifications and changes on the NCAA side, but they are mostly new procedures and clarifications, with no changes on the events.

The most major change is the fact that a Panel Judge can call for a judging conference when an "impossible" score is identified.  This is due an obvious flat execution deduction that was not applied (like a fall or grab of the apparatus or extra swing) or a composition deduction was not applied, and yet the counting scores are within range and/or the Start Values are the same.  

There were no notable changes on vault.

On UB, they clarified situations in which a combination leading to a fall is repeated.  

On BB, a clarification was added to show movement/choreography in all directions, and that movements at any level (low, semi-low, standing). 

On FX, the definition of a salto was clarified to include elements that take off from two feet and land on one or both feet, or lower in control to the knee.  Neither aerials nor saltos that land in a sitting, prone or sit-split qualify as an Acro pass.  As per the prior regulation, at least one salto must be a C value salto.  The NCAA also further clarified that the routine must include two acro passes performed on two different diagonals.        

The document also provides changes on injury assessments, video reviews and various aspects of meet operations, including the rotation and placement of judges. 

On the underlying Women's Development Program (WDP) Optional Code of Points, the changes are also minor and are moving closer to the NCAA guidance.  These execution rules are adopted for evaluating routines in the NCAA.  Here are some of the changes for this season:  

• Several skill values have been raised to align with the NCAA values.  
• The deduction for small or medium steps on landing are 0.1 or 0.15.  
• Upon landing, the athlete's hips must below knee level to get up to a 0.3 deduction (the prior guidance on "level with knees" has been stricken out).
• The deduction for failure to dismount of 0.3 has been deleted.
• On Vault, deductions of up to 0.3 can be taken when a lateral axis turn is taken too early.  This would give an opportunity to separate execution on the ever popular Yurchenko Full and 1 1/2.    
• Certain leaps and jumps will no longer be downgraded for severe undersplit (e.g., 134 degrees or less) but execution will be taken.  Similarly, wolf and tuck jumps will be awarded value part credit if the position is greater than 130 degrees at the hips and 90 degrees at the knee.     

Clarifications are in bold font, changes are highlighted in blue.

Link:  2025-2026 Women's NCAA Rules Modifications (PDF)

Link:  2022-2026 Women's WDP Optional Code of Points Update (PDF)