Penn won the ECAC Championships, defeating Towson by just .025 for the title. Temple's Katie Canning won the AA title with a 39.2, just ahead of Penn's Dana Bonincontri. Canning tied for the floor title with Penn's Kirsten Strausbaugh. She also tied for the beam title with Penn's Amber Woo, Cornell's Melanie Standridge, and W&M's Brandy Stover. Strausbaugh tied for the bars title with Towson's Kacy Catanzaro. Catanzaro posted a meet record 9.975 to win the vault.
1 | Penn | 194.400 |
2 | Towson | 194.375 |
3 | Temple | 192.450 |
4 | Cornell | 192.350 |
5 | Brown | 192.250 |
6 | William & Mary | 191.925 |
7 | Yale | 191.450 |
Link: Towson Release
Stefani Catour, Desert Lights Gymnastics in Arizona, has committed to Oklahoma according to her Gym-Style.com, her webmaster. This season she won her L10 sessions of the Fiesta Bowl and the Mardi Gras Challenge. She also placed 1st AA at the Gliders Elite Qualifier and 5th at the WOGA Elite Qualifier. Over the course of the season she picked up three bars titles and two floor titles.
Texas Dreams has announced Kiana Winston's verbal commitment to Alabama. The International Elite was named to the 2011 Jr. National Team last season. She finished 12th AA at the 2011 Covergirl Classic and 8th AA at the Visa Championships.
Boise State celebrated Senior Night with a 196.2, which was good enough to raise their RQS to a 196.055. BYU, however, failed to raise their RQS. Thus, as they stand in 34th place currently, they will anxiously await to see if three teams can pass them on Saturday.
The Broncos were led by Brittany Potvin-Green, who won the vault, floor and AA. She tallied a 39.6 AA. Redshirt senior teammate Amy Glass won the bars. BYU's Krysten Koval won the beam with a 9.9.
Link: Boise State Release
Brockport and Wisconsin-Whitewater tied for the NCGA Championships Team title on Friday. The two squads posted 188.05 points. Wisconsin-La Crosse, who had won the last four team titles, placed 3rd at 187.2.
Brockport was led by AA champ Elizabeth Levy. Whitewater's Katie Thompson was 2nd, and Cortland's Courtney Mangini was 3rd.
Final Team Results
1 | The College at Brockport | 188.050 |
1 | UW-Whitewater | 188.050 |
3 | UW-La Crosse | 187.200 |
4 | Cortland | 185.550 |
5 | UW-Eau Claire | 183.700 |
6 | Ithaca College | 182.650 |
Link: Cortland Release
Anna Corbett, L10 at Aerials Gymnastics in Illinois, has committed to Western Michigan. Anna competed in the 2011 JOs, finishing 9th AA in the Jr. D session. This season finished 6th AA at the Circle of Stars, 3rd AA at the Chicago Style and 1st AA at the Midwest Open.
Kayla Beckler, L10 at Perfection Gymnastics in Ohio, has committed to Ball State. This season she won the TOPS Challenge (1st AA; 1st UB) and picked up a couple of other individual event wins during the season. She finished in the top five all around at most of her 2012 meets. She was a 2011 regional qualifier and she finished 2nd AA at the 2010 NIT.
Kamerin Moore, L10 at Geddart's in Michigan, has tweeted about her verbal to Nebraska. She has accumulated a number of event titles this season (2 on each event over the course of the season) and she has finished no lower than 4th AA in any of her meets. In 2011 she finished 22nd at JO Nationals.
OU holds the top spot in the Men's Troester.com GymInfo National Rankings for the week of March 19th. PSU is in 2nd and Stanford is third.
The Men's rankings from Troester GymInfo switch this week to the "Four Meet Average". To get this average, the four highest scoring meets are taken, of which no more than two are home meets, the high score dropped, and the remaining three are averaged.
Individually, Jake Dalton of OU holds the top spot in the AA. He is also the leader on floor and PB. With the new average methodology, Stanford's Gabe Alvarado and John Martin hold the top spot on PH. Teammate Eddie Penev ranks first on vault. PSU's Scott Rosenthal remains the top Ring man. On the pipe, Illini Paul Ruggeri retains his lead.
Rank | Team Name | Four Meet Average |
1 | Oklahoma | 356.267 |
2 | Penn State | 355.600 |
3 | Stanford | 354.233 |
4 | Illinois | 353.683 |
5 | Ohio State | 347.450 |
6 | Minnesota | 347.267 |
Link: Troester GymInfo