It was an SEC sweep as Florida, LSU and UGA advanced to the Super Six Finals from today's Session 1 Preliminary round. UF tallied a 197.475 to edge LSU's 197.3375. UGA was safely in third at 196.725. Stanford was well back at 195.575, ahead of AU at 195.1 and Minnesota trailing at 194.9875. All three squads advancing did not count a fall.
Minnesota's Lindsay Mable won the AAI Award, the award given to the nation's most outstanding senior. She is the first Gopher to win the award.
Link: Release
Jesse Glenn of Army won the Nissen-Emery Award, the first time an Army gymnast had won this prestigious honor. It's awarded to the nation's most outstanding senior male gymnast.
Link: Release
NCAA athletes had a good day at the Pacific Rim Championships, where event finals were decided. UGA's Brittany Rogers (Canada) took a silver on VT and bronze on UB. OU's Breanna Dowell won a silver on FX and took fifth on UB. OU commit Ragan Smith won the BB. Boise State incoming frosh Courtney McGregor won the bronze on VT and placed 6th on BB and 8th on FX. Washington incoming frosh Madison Copiak was fourth on UB while Iowa incoming frosh Charlotte Sullivan took 4th on BB. UGA commit Megan Roberts was 5th on BB and 6th on FX.
On the Men's side, former Sooner Jake Dalton won FX while former Stanford star Eddie Penev took 2nd. Penev later won the VT. Cal's Aaron Mah was 3rd on FX and 5th on HB. Former OU star Alex Naddour won the PH while former NCAA champ Sam Mikulak of Michigan was 2nd.
Link: Women's Results
Link: Men's Results
Link: Videos
Here's the JO L10 National qualifiers by Region and their signed/committed school.
The US women won the Gold medal at the Pacific Rim Championships, easily outpacing the field. Canada was 2nd and Australia 3rd. World Champion Simone Biles continued her domination, posting a 62.45 in the AA for the win.
OU's Brenna Dowell had the fourth highest score in the AA and qualified to the AA final. UGA's Brittany Rogers (Canada) qualified to the VT and UB finals. Washington incoming frosh Madison Copiak (Canada) was fifth AA (8th by score) and qualified to the UB final. Maryland incoming Kirsten Peterman (Canada) was 10th AA (by score). Boise State signee Courtney McGregor was 7th AA (11th by score) and also made the VT, BB and FX finals. Iowa signee Charlotte Sullivan made the BB final.
Link: Team Results AA Results
Link: Event Final Qualifiers
Link: All Videos
Host Lindenwood defended their USA Gymnastics Collegiate National Team Title, edging Briidgeport 195.875 to 195.8. SPU was third qt 194.875 and Brown was fourth at 194.5. LU scored a new team scoring record.
Link: LU Release
Despite some mistakes, the US won the men's team gold at the Pacific Rim Championships. China's Cai Wefeng posted the top AA score, followed by the USA's Donnell Whittenburg and ex-NCAA champ Sam Mikulak. China was 2nd and Canada third.
The US squad also included ex OU standouts Alex Naddour and Jake Dalton, plus ex Stanford star Eddie Penev. Minnesota's Justin Karstadt, competing for Canada, placed 8th AA. Gopher teammate Joel Gagnon also competed. Canadian Aaron Mah, a Cal frosh, was 12th.
Link: Results
Link: Video
At the USA Gymnastics Collegiate Nationals Team Semi-Finals, Bridgeport and SPU advanced from the first session and Brown and Lindenwood advanced from the evening session. They will battle for the title on Saturday, as four closely grouped teams.
SPU's Maria Hundley, a senior, won the AA title with a 39.4. It was her sixth National title.
Link: Results Session 1 and Session 2
Link: SPU Release
Teams and individual competitors have been announced. The sessions and rotations are set. Check the NCAA.com site for details:
The final post-regional Women's National Rankings are out. The Top 12 teams advance to Nationals, while the remaining teams 13 to 36 are ranked by a combination of their Regional and RQS finish.
Event winners at the Men's Big 10s:
FX: Sean Melton, Ohio State
PH: Alec Yoder, Ohio State
R: Alex Diab, Illinois
VT: Anthony McCallum, Michigan
PB: Melton
HB: Trevor Howard, PSU
Link: Michigan Release
Army and Navy tied for the ECAC Championship at 423.4, but Navy won the tiebreaker and won the automatic bid to the NCAAs. W&M was third at 416.85, while Springfield was fourth at 406.3. Temple (403.45) and UIC (387.8) rounded out the field.
Link: Navy Release
OU posted a 448.05 to defeat Stanford's 444.65 and take its fifth straight MPSF tgitle. Cal was third at 435.55 and Air Force fourth at 429.2. OU's Allan Bower won the AA with a 90.1. Teammate Kanji Oyama won the VT, while frosh teammate Yul Moldauer won the PB. Stanford's Akash Modi won the FX, while teammate Dennis Zaremski won the Rings and teammate Grant Breckenridge won the HB. For AF, Arinn Wade won the PH.
Link: OU Release