Macey Roberts has has transferred from Maryland to Utah and will join the team this season as a sophmore.
According to a press release from Cal, Jessa Hansen has been hired as an assistant coach at UC Davis. Official UC Davis announcement is pending.
Cal has announced the hiring of Holly Thomas as an Assistant Coach, replacing Jessa Hansen. Thomas brings experience as an NCAA athlete and club coach to the Bears' program.
Simon Biles won her fourth straight P&G US AA Championship, dominating the field by nearly four points over the two days. She had the highest two day totals on 3 of the 4 events, despite an "off" day. Aly Raisman was 2nd and UF commit Laurie Hernandez 3rd.
Winning automatic slots at the Olympic Trials were Gabby Douglas, Madison Kocian (UCLA signee), Amelia Hundley (UF signee), Alyssa Baumann (UF signee) and Ragan Smith (UF commit). Also added to the Trials were Rachel Gowey (UF signee), Mykalya Skinner (Utah signee), Brenna Dowell (OU), Christina Desidero (LSU commit), Emily Schild (UGA commit), Ashton Locklear, and Maggie Nichols (OU signee).
The final slots on the Olympic Squad are up for grabs, with intense competition for UB slot(s). Both Raisman and Hernandez have strengthened their bids in the last two meets, leaving the focus on UB (and perhaps, VT). Interestingly, although Gabby Douglas has likely secured a fourth spot, the highest scoring combination of scores based on max scores on the Championships does NOT include Douglas on the team (but would depend on Biles on UB in a team finals situation, which is not her forte and is an unlikely scenario, barring injury). Kocian and Locklear are believed to be locked in a battle for the UB slot, with Kocian providing more flexibility in the AA but with Locklear posting higher two day scores (tied for max score over the two days).
Link: USA Gymnastics
The US named the 2016 Men's Olympic Squad: Sam Mikulak (ex Michigan), Jake Dalton (ex OU), John Orozco, Alex Naddour (ex OU), and Chris Brooks (ex OU). The replacement will come from the larger pool.
Superstar Simone Biles posted a 62.9 to easily lead the US P&G Championships. She had the top score on VT, BB and FX, and was tied for 4th on FX. Aly Raisman and Florida commit (2018) Lauren Hernandez tied for 2nd.
UCLA signee Madison Kocian was 5th, but 2nd on UB. Florida signee Amelia Hundley was 6th, with Utah signee Mykayla Skinner in 7th. Florida signee Alyssa Buamann was 8th, while future teammate Ragan Smith was 9th and fellow signee Rachel Gowey was 10th.
OU's Breanna Dowell was 11th while LSU commmit Christina Desidero was 12th. Emily Schild (UGA), Margzhetta Frazier (UCLA), Lexy Ramler (Minn), Olivia Trautman (OU), Maggie Musselman, Abby Paulson (Utah), and Emily Gaskins (Bama) followed behind. OU commit Kaitlyn DeGuzman was 21st, while future teammate Maggie Nichols competed two events. UCLA commit Nia Dennis also showed one event, as she too is working back from injury.
Link: USA Gymnastics
Former NCAA champ Sam Mikulak of Michigan held the lead after winning Day 1 of the Olympic Trials. The order of finish dramatically changed on the first day, with Dannell Leyva surging back to take 3rd behind former OU Sooner Chris Brooks. Former Cal star Donothon Bailey had a great day, placing 4th.
Link: USA Gymnastics
Ball State head coach Joanna Saleem has announced the additional Scott Wilson as an assistant coach. He's spent the last 8 years as a coach at Team Attraction Gymnastics in NC. He was also team manager at UNC, where he did his undergrad.
Link: Ball State Release
ASU has hired Washington assistant Stephen Buckner. He joins the new staff led by Jay Santos and his wife Jessica. Before UW, Bucker was at Alabama as a strength and conditioning coach, and a graduate assistant. He did his club gymnastics at Arizona Sunrays in Phoenix.
Link: ASU Release
Canada has named 11 women to their final candidate list for their Olympic Squad. The final squad will be announced on June 30th after a combination Trials/Training Camp on June 27th and 29th.
Former NCAA champion Sam Mikulak (ex Michigan) won his fourth straight US title at the P&G Championships.
Former OU Sooners Chris Brooks and Jake Dalton were 2nd and 3rd. The NCAA was well represented, with Stanford's Akash Modi in 4th and OU's Yul Moldauer and Ohio State's Sean Melton tied for fifth with Donnell Whittenburg.
Former Illini Paul Ruggerri was tied for 8th with Marvin Kimble (who spent his first year at Michigan). The US also named the US Natoinal Team, which is determined by a complex system of points based on individual finishes. Others with NCAA connections making the squad: Alex Naddour (ex OU), CJ Maestas (ex Illinois) and Eddie Penev (ex Stanford). All of those National Team members now advance to the Olympic Trials. After the initial team was named, USA Gymnastics announced that former Cal star Donothan Bailey, former OU star Steven Legendre, OU's Kenji Oyama and former Buckeye Brandon Wynn had been added to the team (along with Danell Leyva), and will compete at the Trials.
Selecting an Olympic squad will be especially difficult, with a complex combination of strengths and weaknesses from the leading contenders. The rise of the young NCAAers is also shaking up the existing hierarchy on the National Team.
Link: Release
The Canadian Championships concluded with event finals for the men and the women's L10 16+ age group.
Olympian Aly Raisman won the senior title at the US Classic, posting a solid 59.2. Florida incoming frosh Rachel Gowey was 2nd at 58.3 while future teammate Alyssa Baumann was 3rd at 58.0. Several top gymnasts opted to compete one or two events. UCLA (2018) commit Marzetta Frazier was fourth at 55.9 while Georgia commit Emily Schild (2017) was fifth with a 55.55. Bama commit Emily Gaskins (2018) was 7th, Minnesota commit (2017) Lexy Ramler 8th at 54.75 while Utah commit (2019) Abby Paulson was 9th at 54.65.
2018 OU commit Oliva Trautman was 11th at 53.9 while in 12th was 2019 OU commit Kaitlyn DeGuzman with a 52.55. 2018 PSU commit Leah Clapper posted a 51.25 for 13th.
In the junior division, Irina Alexeeva edged Emma Malabuyo for the win, 57.55 to 57.5. 2020 UCLA commit Jordan Chiles was 4th at 56.35, suffering a fall on BB and OOBs on FX.
Link: USA Gymnastics
Isabela Onyshko set a new Canadian record in the AA with a 58.55 to easily win the Canadian AA title. Ellie Black was 2nd. Onyshko won the UB and BB while Black won the FX, despite a sore ankle.