Arizona Head Coach Tabitha Yim has hired Washngton associate head coach David McCreary as an assistant. McCreary spent 9 years at Washington. Prior to his stint there, he was the head coach at the Arizona Sunrays.
Link: Arizona Release
Mary McDaniel is making the move from Kentucky to Auburn. Read the OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
The American Classic and Elite Qualifier were held this weekend, with a number of recruits in action.
Colbi Flory of Texas Dreams posted the top AA score among the Juniors and Seniors (56.7). Deanna Soza was a close 2nd (56.6) while Morgan Hurd and Emma Malabuyo tied for 3rd, just another tenth back (56.5). Michigan commit Paulina Shchennikova qualified to the P&G Championships on three events, hitting a 15.0 on UB. Among the non-qualifiers, Minnesota commit Lexy Ramler was 21st (50.1).
In the Elite Qualifer, Parkette Taylor Lawson won the senior division (53.6) and qualified to the US Secret Classic. Bama commit Kylie Dickson was 2nd and qualified to the US Secret Classic on two events (52.3 AA). UGA commit Samantha Durante was 3rd (51.6), while Pitt commit Jade deGouveia was 4th (50.5). Michigan commit Abby Brenner competed two events while former Alaska/Bridgeport gymnast Melissa Doucette also competed two events. In the junior division, Gabby Perea won the the Qualifier with a score (55.2) that qualified her directly to Championships. Washington commit Kendal Toy tied for 8th (51.0).
The Canadian Championships concluded Sunday with the Senior Women's competition. Canadian veteran Ellie Black won the "new life" AA final, defeating Isabela Onyshko. Black posted the top mark on BB, while Onyshko posted the top mark on UB and FX. Shallon Olsen, a junior competing as a senior, won VT and placed 7th AA.
Washington commit Madison Copiak and Ohio State signee Victoria-Kayen Woo tied for 4th AA. Florida commit Maegan Chant was 7th while UGA commit Jordyn Pedersen improved to 8th. UGA star Brittany Rogers placed 5th on VT.
In the junior division, Megan Roberts won the title with Jade Chrobok 2nd. Washington commit Madeline McLellan was sixth.
Jackson Payne won the Men's senior title. Minnesota signee Justin Karstadt was 4th AA while Iowa's Cory Paterson was fifth AA.
In the Women's National Open 16 year+ division, Ivy Lu won the AA title with an exceptional BB routine. UIC signee Sabrina Tomassini was 2nd while Lindenwood signee Samantha Borges was third. BYU commit Angel Zhong was 17th while Iowa commit Clair Kaji was 19th.
THe Canadian Championships started on Thursday, 5/18/15 with the preliminary session of the Women's Senior High Performance (Elite) competition. The athletes are vying for a spot on the Pan Am team.
Rose-Kaying Woo, a junior competing with the seniors, placed 1st AA in the prelims. In 2nd was senior Isabela Onyshko and in third was veteran Ellie Black. Florida commit Maegan Chant is 4th, and Washington commit Madison Copiak is 6th. Ohio State signee Victoria-Kayen Woo is 7th, while UGA commit Jordyn Pederson is 10th.
UGA star Brittany Rogers competed only three events, and is 17th.
In the National Open division, Ivy Lu posted the top mark. Iowa commit Clair Kaji was 4th, with BYU commit Angel Zhong in 17th.
Link: Results
Aki Hummel, a former Assistant Coach at Utah, has teamed up with the Utah staff as a volunteer coach. In his prior stint at Utah, he was primarily the bars coach and he will focus on bars in this position
The PAC-12 Sportsmanship Award is based on good sportsmanship and ethical behavior in participation of intercollegiate athletics. UCLA's team has been honored for their behavior and actions following Tory Wilson's devastating injury during the PAC-12 Championships.
Read about it here
Robert Ladanyi, former Assistant Coach at Florida, has been named Assistant Coach at Denver.
Sr. A Top 30 of 56
Senior B Top 30 of 57
Senior C Top 30 of 59
Senior D Top 30
Elizabeth McDuffie, L10 at United Gymnastix in Maryland will compete for Temple Gymnastics. This season she was 13th AA at the 2015 Region VII L10 Regionals.
Link: Videos
Long time assistant Randy Solorio has been named interim Head Coach at Sacramento State for the 2015-2016. He has been at Sac State for 30 years. Former CSUS Head Coach Kim Hughes retired at the end of the season.
Link: http://www.hornetsports.com/sports/wgym/2014-15/releases/20150511uderoa
PAC-12 coaches are pushing for changes to regionals and nationals to gain TV exposure: Article
Jenny Rowland makes the jump from Auburn and takes her impressive coaching background to Florida.
The first day of the Men's JO Nationals was finished on May 7th, and Region III won the team title.
In the junior elite division, athletes competed one day of optionals under the JO rules. Saturday, they'll do technical sequences. Here's the top scores by age group:
After the first of two days of optional Level 10 Junior Olympic division competition, the leaders are as followsLO
Link: USAG Results and Videos