Monday, 28 April 2014 21:39

2014-2015: UC Davis Signs Pummarachai

UC Davis has signed Phoebe Pummarachai to a letter of intent.  She'll compete for the Aggies during the 2014-2015 season.  Competing for Winner's Gymnastics, she recently qualified for the JO Nationals with a 3rd place AA finish.  Having qualified to junior international elite in 2010, she quit the sport in…
Kennady Schneider, a L10 from GymCats, will graduate early from high school and sign with Arizona for 2014-2015.  At the recent Region I L10 Regionals, she placed 5th AA and qualified to Nationals.   In 2013, she tied for 8th AA at the Region I Regionals and qualified to the NIT…
Thursday, 24 April 2014 21:23

2014-2015: Tamada to San Jose State

Eri Tamada has committed to compete for San Jose State in 2014-2015, according to a site submission.  She's a L10 from Flight School Gymnastics who qualified for Regionals last season.  Link:  YouTube.com Channel
Thursday, 24 April 2014 21:18

2014-2015: Won to San Jose State

Kaitlin Won will sign with San Jose State this spring, according to a school release.  The L10 from Arizona Dynamics originally committed to ASU.  She recently competed at the Region I L10 Regionals on two events, as she is still coming back from shoulder surgery last September.  At the 2013…
Arkansas' Katherine Grable won the FX (9.9625) and tied for the vault title with LSU's Rheagan Courville to lead all competitors in Sunday's Event Finals at the 2014 NCAAas.  Florida's Bridget Sloan won bars while OU's Taylor Spears won the beam.
In a thrilling finale, UF and OU tied for the 2014 NCAA Team Title.  Heading into the final rotation, UF trailed both OU and leader Bama, with 0.15 points separating the squads.  But in the final rotation, Bama led off with a fall and ended up counting one.  Meanwhile, on…
Friday, 18 April 2014 23:48

Qualifiers to Finals

On Saturday night at 6 pm Central in Birmingham, six squads will fight for a chance at the title,  Just 0.55 points separate the qualifiers, making it anyone's meet.  Host Bama will have the support of the home crowd, while defending champ Florida will look to take them down to…
Friday, 18 April 2014 20:05

Kim Jacob Wins 2014 NCAA AA Title

Bama's Kim Jacob rode the home crowd momentum to become Bama's sixth NCAA AA Champion in history.  UF's Alaina Johnson and Arkansas' Katherine Grable were second at 39.6, just 0.025 behind Jacob's 39.625.  Defending champ Bridget Sloan had a fall and numerous balance issues on BB.  Final results are still…
Friday, 18 April 2014 20:00

Session 2: Florida, Bama, NU Advance

Florida and Bama tied for the 2nd session title and advanced to the Super Six to face OU, UGA and LSU.  Both squads wavered but never counted a fall.  Florida blasted to a 49.55 on UB while Bama tumbled to a 49.575 on FX.  Neither squad finished below a 49.3.…
OU won the first session of the NCAAs, posting a 197.5 to outpace UGA's 197.3 and LSU's 197.1.  Stanford was fourth with a 196.6, while Michigan was back with a 196.425 (issues on BB).  Illinois was sixth at 195.8. Michigan's Joanna Sampson was the AA leader in Session 1 with…
SPU's Maria Hundley had a standout afternoon at the USA Gymnastics Collegiate National event finals.  She claimed the vault and beam titles and tied with Air Force's Linnaea Hance and TWU's Brittany Johnson for the beam title.  Teammate Kai Tindall tied with Bridgeport's Melissa Doucette and Caitlin Perry and TWU's…
Bridgeport won its sixth straight USA Gymnastics Collegiate National title, posting a 195.225 to the win.  TWU was second 194.725, just ahead of SPU at 194.55 and Air Force at 194.35.  As it comes down to every meet, Championships are won on BB.  Bridgeport was the only team to break…
Saturday, 12 April 2014 20:06

Men's: NCAA Event Finals

Here are your 2014 Men's NCAA champions: Floor: Alec Robin, OU PH:  Ellis Mannon, Minn Rings:  Michael Squires, OU Vault:  Robin, OU PB:  Sam Mikulak, Michigan HB:  Jordan Valdez, Illinois Sam Mikulak's win tied him with two others for the most NCAA titles in history. Link:  Michigan Release
Michigan defended their NCAA Team Title with a convincing win over OU.  Stanford was third. Michigan's Sam Mikulak defended his AA crown, suffering a fall on HB but still handily defeating Stanford frosh Akash Modi.  Ohio State's Sean Melton was third. 
In Session 1, Air Force and Bridgeport advanced to the finals of the USA Gymnastics Collegiate Nationals.  In Session 2, TWU and SPU qualified to the finals. Link: UB  Release, Session 1 Brown's Diana Walters won the AA with a 38.9. Link:  Brown Release
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