Michelle Yasukochi, L10 at Seawind Gymnastics in California, has committed to Utah State for the 2012-13 season. This season she finished in the top ten at the OC Team Challenge, Classic Rock (1st BB), and Malibu Coast Classic (2nd V/FX). She recently placed 15th at the SoCal state meet.
Maria Cross, L10 from Excalibur in Virginia, has committed to Ball State. She has had a active 2011 competitive season, turning in a top AA finish at the PKI, a 2nd place finish at the Virginia Beach Classic, a 3rd place finish at the Ocean State Classic and finishing 4th AA at the World Class Invite and Excalibur Invite. She won bars at the Richmond Fall Classic and Virginia Beach Classic and recently finished 6th AA at her state meet.
The NCAA has announced the draw for the afternoon and evening session for next week's NCAA Championships. Check the link below to see when your favorite team or athlete is competing.
ECAC Individual Event champions on Sunday:
FX: Dylan Parrott, Navy
PH: Garrek Hojan-Clark, Army
R: Kyle Voissem, UIC
VT: Daniel Potemski, W&M
PH: Dan Zerbel, UIC
HB: Alex Tighe, Temple
The regular season is now over, and the Troester.com GymInfo National rankings are based on final National Qualifying Score (NQS). The NQS is the sum of the team's Regional Qualifying System (RQS) and their score at Regionals.
Alabama tops the final Top 25 NQS ranking, with UCLA in 2nd. OU is now third and Oregon State fourth. Florida dropped to fifth after their Regional performance.
Rhode Island College announced that the Women's Gymnastics program would be terminated immediately, on March 30th, 2011. Golf and swimming will be added in its place. They are asking for your support in protesting this move.
Please sign their online petition here.
Please check out their Facebook event.
Linda Burdette-Good has announced her retirement after 37 years at WVU. Her teams qualified three times to the NCAA Nationals.
Link: WVU Release
The excellent Denver video page is now populated with links to all of the events, by round. You can now watch the entire routines without the rapid switching from camera to camera that was unfortunately so prevalent in the online broadcasts.
Link: Denver Regional Video
Event champions at the Big 10 Gymnastics Championships:
FX: Chad Wiest, Illinois
PH: Daniel Ribeiro, Illinois
R: Brandon Wynn, Ohio State
VT: Zack Chase, Minnesota and Mike Behles, Ohio State
PB: Syque Caesar, Michigan
HB: Ian Makowske, Michigan
Link: Illinois Release
Stanford defeated top ranked OU for the title, posting a 362.25 to OU's 360.7. Cal was third with a 356.05, while NU was fourth with a 356.05. Host Air Force netted a 344.8.
OU's Jake Dalton won the VT (16.65), PB and AA (90.9). He also tied for the FX title with teammate Steven Legendre.
Link: AF Release