Oklahoma celebrated Senior Night with an easy win over Arizona. Senior Keeley Kmieciak had a standout night, winning VT and the AA (39.625), and tying for the UB title with teammate McKenzie Wofford. Classmate Haley Scaman won the FX, while junior Chayse Capps won the BB.
Link: Release
Host Iowa State celebrated Senior Night with a narrow win over cross-state rival Iowa. Haylee Young led the Cyclones, winning UB, FX and the AA (39.35). Iowa's Mollie Drenth won VT and BB.
Link: Release and Highlights
Arkansas overcame a standout effort from Missouri's Morgan Porter to defeat the host Tigers. Porter won the UB, BB and FX en route to a 39.675 AA win. Teammate Britney Ward won VT with her pike Omelianchik.
Link: Mizzou Release
Florida's Bridget Sloan posted a 10 on BB to lead the Gators to the road win at Kentucky. She also won UB and the AA (39.65). Teammates Alicia Boren and Bridgette Caquatto won VT and FX, respectively.
Link: Release
PSU defeated host ASU, 195.35 to 194.625. Both teams did not field all six gymnasts per event. PSU's Kiera Brown and Jessica Jones tied for AA honors at 39.175. Brown won UB while Jones tied for the BB title with teammate Nicole Medvitz. ASU's Taylor Allex won VT and FX.
Link: PSU Release
Utah down host Michigan on Senior Night. Breanna Hughes led the Utes, tying for titles on VT and UB. Teammate Maddy Stover tied for the BB title. Nicole Artz led Michigan, tying for first on UB and BB, and taking the FX (9.975) and AA (39.725). Teammate Talia Chiarelli tied for the VT title.
Link: Michigan Release
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.