Rachel Stypinski won the BB and FX titles and tied for the UB title with EMU's Kendall Valentin to lead the Golden Flames to the win over the visitors from EMU. (She does not compete vault). Teammate Nicolle Eastman tied with Valentin for the VT title.
Link: Kent State Release
Auburn scored a big win over the host GymDogs, edging Georgia by 0.05. Abby Milliet posted a 9.95 to win UB and lead the Tigers to a win. Teammate MJ Rott tied with UGA's Brandie Jay for the VT title. Tiger Caitlin Atkinson tied with UGA's Ashlyn Broussard and Mary Beth Box for the BB title. GymDog Gigi Marino won the FX and Jay took the AA with a 39.6.
Link: Release
NC State defeated host GWU for the 2nd week in a row. They were led by Brittni Watkins, who won VT, FX and the AA (39.425). Teammate Nicole Wild took the BB. For GWU, Alex DeMoura won the UB.
Link: NC State Release
CMU downed host Bowling Green, led by wins from Katy Clements on BB and Taylor Bolender on FX. For Bowling Green, Alyssa Nocella won UB and took the AA with a 39.275. Teammate Lauren Feely won the VT.
Link: BGSU Release
Assistant Ralph Russo will lead the team in their next meet. Per the ASU State Press, "The university cannot make any other comment regarding this topic as it is a personnel/HR issue".
Link: State Press
OU is the top squad in the Men's CGA National Rankings for the week of February 29th, taking all 18 first place votes. Stanford is 2nd and Ohio State is third.
Host Oregon State came from behind to defeat Stanford in the Monday night Pac 12 meet of the week. Frosh McKenna Singley won the FX to lead a pack of five Beavers in front. Teammates Risa Perez and Madeline Gardiner shared the BB title with Stanford's Elizabeth Price and Rachel Daum. On UB, OSU's Katyanna McMillan shared the crown with Price. Price also won VT and the AA (39.55).
Link: Stanford Release
The Women's National Rankings are in their second week of using the Regional Qualifying Score, or RQS. However, OU remains #1 and UF #2, just ahead of Bama. We're seeing quite a bit of movement as the teams race to qualify for Regionals. The RQS takes the top three AWAY scores and combines them with the next three highest HOME or AWAY scores, tosses out the HIGH, and AVERAGES the rest.
Kent State used a consistent effort to defeat host CMU. Rachel Stypinski led the way, winning BB and tying for the FX title with CMU's Taylor Bolender. For CMU, Kasey Janowicz won the AA (39.15) and the VT. Teammate Megan Lamphere won the UB.
Link: CMU Release
Season-highs abounded as host GWU posted a 196.6 to overcome strong outings from Maryland, Rutgers, and Towson. Cami Drouin-Allaire led the way, winning the VT and FX and tying for the AA title with teammate Jillian Winstanley (39.35). Winstanley tied for the UB title with Towson's Tyra McKellar. GWU's Liz Pfeiler tied for the BB title with Towson's Mary Elle Arduino.
Link: Release
Host UC Davis posted a 195.225 to defeat the Seawolves. Six Aggies shared the four events: Katy Nogaki won the VT while Miranda Holder and Dani Judal tied for the UB title. On BB, Alexis Brown and Stephanie Stamates shared top honors, while on FX, Yasmine Yektaparast won the title.
Link: UAA Release
Illinois posted a solid road score of 195.85 in a win over Lindenwood. They picked up a pair of wins from Gianna O'Connor and Sunny Kato. Kato won the UB title and shared the BB title with teammate Lizzy LeDuc. O'Connor won the AA with a 39.375 and shared the VT title with teammate Erin Buchanan. Lindenwood's Rachel Zabawa won the FX.
Link: Release
MSU posted an important 195.1 road score in a quad meet win at Illinois State. Lisa Burt led the way, winning UB and the AA (39.25). She also tied for the FX title with Illinois State's Meredith LaRoche. WMU's Anna Corbett won another VT title while Illinois State's Amanda Mohler won BB.
Link: WMU Release
Brown and host Cornell tied for the Ivy Classic, defeating Yale and Penn. Brown was led by Jorden Mitchell, who won FX and the AA (38.85). Cornell was led by Kaitlin Green, who won BB and tied for the UB title with Penn's Elyse Shenberger. Cornell frosh Malia Mackey won VT.
Link: Release