Saturday, 24 March 2012 15:59

Penn Wins ECAC Championships

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

Saturday, 24 March 2012 10:21

2014-15 Catour to OU

Written by

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.

Personal website

Saturday, 24 March 2012 08:00

2014-15 Winston to Bama

Written by

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.

Photo

Personal Website

Friday, 23 March 2012 21:37

BYU 194.3 at Boise State 196.2

Written by

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

Friday, 23 March 2012 19:13

2013-14 Corbett to WMU

Written by

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.

Video Channel

Thursday, 22 March 2012 04:53

2013-14 Beckler to Ball State

Written by

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.

Video Channel

Wednesday, 21 March 2012 20:06

2014-15 Moore to NU

Written by

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.

Personal Website

Wednesday, 21 March 2012 16:51

2012-13 Lopez to Iowa

Written by
Alyssa Lopez, L10 at Energym in Illinois, has accepted a scholarship to Iowa, according to the Illinois USAG page.  She qualified to regionals last year, finishing 14th AA.  This season she finished 2nd AA (1st V/BB) at the Sun Devil Classic.

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

Page 1211 of 1469