Bridget Sloan edged Rebecca Bross for the 2009 World title, as Bross slipped on her last pass on FX, in a dramatic finish.
Link: USA Gymnastics Release
UGA's Courtney Kupets has been named the Sportswoman of the Year for individual sports at the Women's Sports Foundation's 30th Annual Salute to Women in Sports dinner.
Link: UGA Release
Former Cal athlete Tim McNeill placed 7th in the AA at the World Championships. Kohei Uchimura of Japan won the world title.
Link: USA Gymnastics Story
Rebecca Bross of WOGA won the qualifying session of the World Championships. She and Bridget Sloan qualified to the AA final. Bross also qualified for the final on UB and FX. Sloan qualified on the UB while Ivana Hong qualified on the BB. Kayla Williams lead the qualifications for VT.
Also competing at the World Championships were DU's Simona Castro Lopez, who finished 68th. Former DU athlete Jessica Lopez placed 37th.
Link: DU Release
Two of three subdivisions in qualifying are completed in the Men's All Around qualifying. Two former collegians, Tim McNeill and Jonathan Horton, are currently 3rd and 5th, respectively.
Link: Results from Sub 1 and 2
The US has named its world championship squad: Rebecca Bross, Ivana Hong, Bridget Sloan, and Kayla Williams. Named as alternates are Florida commits Kytra Hunter and Mackenzie Caquatto.
Link: USA Gymnastics
The NCAA Division I Sports Management Cabinet has released an update that includes several key rulings related to Gymnastics:
a. The change to a four team Championship Final for women's gymnastics was approved, starting in 2011.
b. The proposal to count all six scores in the women's Regionals/Nationals was referred back to the Women's Gymnastics Committee.
c. The Championships for women will be moved to a Friday/Saturday/Sunday starting in 2011.
d. The men's post season squad size has been boosted to 15, up from 12.
e. Women's non-seeded Regional assignments will be made by geographic proximity, not by Region or next closest Region, starting in 2010. This change only impacts spots 19 to 36. The top 18 will continue to be seeded as before.
f. Women's judges for Regionals will be selected differently. Six will be assigned to the various Regions. The rest will be assigned based on geographic proximity.
The US squad for the upcoming World Championships includes several present and past NCAA stars. Previously named to the team were former Cal star Tim McNeill and OU grad Jonathan Horton, as well as current Sooner Steven Legendre. The OU pair will be joined by incoming frosh Jake Dalton and former Illinois star Wes Haagensen. Current Illini Daniel Ribeiro is the alternate.