Tuesday, 07 July 2015 08:17

World University Games: Event Finals

Former Cal star Donothon Bailey won the gold medal on the Pommel Horse as competition at the World University Games concluded.  Stanford's Akasha Modi earned the bronze. Modi also finished 7th on the Floor, 5th on the Parallel Bars and 6th on the High Bar.  Alaska-Anchorage's Simone Penker, competing for…
Monday, 06 July 2015 10:21

World University Games: AA Final

In the Women's AA at the World University Games in Gwangju, South Korea, Australian Kelly Jay Simm won the AA title.  Japan's Asuka Teramoto won the silver and teammate Natsumi Sasada won the bronze.  UAA's Simone Penker, competing for Austria, placed 14th.   Link:  Women's Results In the Men's AA,…
Sunday, 05 July 2015 14:33

World University Games: Day 1

Several NCAA competitors were in action at the World University Games in Gwangju, Korea.  The US Men sent a partial contingent while the no women represented the US. Stanford's Akash Modi (5th in Prelims) and Cal's Donothan Bailey (17th) each qualified for the men's AA final.  Modi qualified for the…
Monday, 08 June 2015 10:25

Southeast Asian Games: Team and AA

The Southeast Asian Games are in progress this week with the team and AA finals completed. In the women's competition, Illinois signee Lizzy Leduc and PSU commit Ava Verdeflor helped the Philippines squad to a bronze medal.  Malaysia won the team gold.  In the AA finals, Vietnam's Thi Ha Thanh…
Monday, 01 June 2015 09:42

American Classic Results

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…
Sunday, 31 May 2015 20:09

Canadian Championships Conclude

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…
Thursday, 28 May 2015 21:04

Canadian Championships: Day 1

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…
Thursday, 14 May 2015 21:43

2015-2016: McDuffie to Temple

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
Friday, 08 May 2015 16:34

Men's Junior Olympic Nationals

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: 18 year olds:…
Sunday, 19 April 2015 13:58

NCAA Event Finals

Event champions were crowned today at the 2015 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships.  Stanford's Elizabeth Price won the VT, while Utah's Georgia Dabritz won the UB.  On BB, UCLA's Samantha Peszek was the victor, while Florida's Kytra Hunter took home the top prize on FX.
Saturday, 18 April 2015 18:20

Florida Wins 2015 NCAA Team Title

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Florida frosh Alex McMurtry stuck her double layout off UB and was awarded a 9.95, lifting the Gators above the Utah Utes, who already finished. Utah entered the final rotation 0.15 behind Florida but proceeded to drill their vaults to a 49.55 team total.  Florida experienced a series of landing…
Friday, 17 April 2015 20:06

Event Finals Qualifiers

The top four gymnasts (including ties) should advance to the Event Finals, set to be held on Sunday.  Here's the field based on the results:
Florida's Kytra Hunter and UCLA's Samantha Peszek tied for the 2015 NCAA All-Around Title with a score of 39.6.  Their score from the first session held up in the second, as AU's Caitlin Atkinson and LSU's Rheagan Courville tied for third at 39.55.  LSU's Jessie Jordan was fifth.  Hunter was…
Friday, 17 April 2015 19:41

Session II: OU, Bama, Auburn Advance

Oklahoma survived a scare on BB with a counting fall in the last rotation to still win the session, posting a 197.4.  Alabama held off Auburn, 197.1 to 197.075, for 2nd.  Not advancing from the session are NU (196.675), LSU (196.55) and Oregon State (195.875).  One of the early season…
Florida and Utah battled to a tie for first, scoring 197.475.   Stanford, which held the lead early on, advances with score of 197.125.   Kytra Hunter and Samantha Peszek tied for the top AA score of 39.6.  Georgia Dabritz picked up the only 10.0 of the session on bars.
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