WVU has announced that five walkon athletes will join Dayah Haley, Lia Salzano and Maci Sump this fall. The walkons, all L10s, are Erica Smith, Missouri; Parker and Reilly Beattie, Virginia; Beth Deal, West Virginia and Jamie Judge, West Virginia.
Iowa State has announced the hiring of Kristen Maloney and Katie Minasola as assistants. Olympian and former UCLA star Maloney was an assistant coach at UNH last season. Katie (nee Teft) Minasola has been asssistant at Michigan State.
Link: Iowa State Release
Marissa Wossner, L10 from IGI in Illinois, has committed to walk on at Boise State. In her first year at level 10, Wossner competed three events in most of her meets, winning beam and floor at the Sand Dollar meet.
Alexandra Raisman of Brestyan's won the AA title at the CoverGirl Classic on Saturday night. Chellsie Memmel of M&M was 2nd AA. Earlier in the day, Kyla Ross of Gym Max won the junior title.
UCLA grad Anna Li competed on UB, hitting her new skills but coming off on the low bar as she prepped for her stalder hecht. Casey Jo Magee, the ex-Arkansas star, competed extremely well but just missed qualifying to the Championships on all four events (she previously qualified in three). Florida sophomore MacKenzie Caquatto hit her UB and BB routines well, scoring over 14 points on each. NU incoming frosh did well on three events, qualifying for the VISA Championships on three events. However, UW incoming frosh Jaclyn McCartin was injured on VT and was carried off the floor.
Link: USA Gymnastics
Shannen Kelly, L10 at Desert Devils, will compete for Air Force according to her club's Facebook announcement. Kelly placed 3rd AA at her 2011 state meet and 11th AA at regionals.
Illinois has announced that Jay Santos has been named Associate Head Coach of the women's team. Santos joined the staff last season.
Air Force welcomed five cadets to the start of basic training: Elaina Cammarata, Lindsay Ebel, Kim McRobbie, Alexandra Stych and Jessica Wallander. The commits of Cammarata, McRobbie and Stych were covered in prior news items.
Ebel is a L10 from the Colorado Aerials. At the 2010 Region III L10 Regionals, she placed 10th AA. She also tied for 44th AA at the 2009 L10 JO Nationals. Link: YouTube.com Channel
Wallander is a L10 from Metroplex. In 2009, while at Texas Dreams, she tied for 10th on UB and 23rd AA at the L10 JO Nationals. After missing 2010, she competed on two events at Regionals in 2011. Link: VT in 2011
Link: Air Force Release
Giana O'Connor, L10 from Gymnasti in Illinois, has committed to Illinois according to an announcement on her club's website. She placed 4th AA (1st UB) at her 2011 state meet and 11th AA at Regionals.
Taylor Rice, L10 from Gymcats in Nevada, has accepted a scholarship to Stanford according to her clubs Facebook page. Rice placed 2nd AA (1st V/FX) at her 2011 state meet, 9th AA at regionals and 5th AA (1st UB/BB) at the NIT.
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