Michigan (M) has announced the signing of seven athlete's to letters of intent:
Adrian De Los Angeles: De Los Angeles trains at SCATS. At the 2010 VISA Championships, he finished 2nd AA and 1st on Rings in the Junior Men's 14-15 division. Links: FX Video and Parallel Bar Video and YouTube.com Channel
Stacey Ervin Jr.: Ervin trains at Mills Gymnastics. He placed 4th AA, 3rd on FX and 1st on VT at the 2010 VISA Championships, Junior Men's 14-15 division. Link: Interview Video
Taylor Harrower: Harrower trains at Integrity Gymnastics. He finished 104th AA in the preliminaries at the 2010 JO Nationals. Link: Video
Nicholas Hunter: Hunter's commit was covered in a prior news item.
Mark Panhorst: Panhorst trainst at Bartlett Gymnastics. He finished 105th AA in the preliminaries at the 2010 JO Nationals. Link: Video
Paul Rizkalla Jr.: Rizkalla trains at Surgent's Elite. He placed 38th AA in the preliminaries at the 2010 JO Nationals. Link: YouTube.com Channel
Michael Strathern: Strathern's commit was covered in a prior news item.
According to Head Coach Kurt Golder, "The class is made up of very talented individuals. I predict that a few are capable of making the Senior National Team in the future. I believe they'll all contribute and make a big difference for our team."
Link: UM Release
UC Davis has announced the signing of Kayla De Francesco,a L10 from SCEGA. At the 2010 L10 Regionals, she placed 11th AA and qualified to the JO NIT tournament. She finished 2nd AA and 7th AA at the 2009 Level 9 Western Nationals.
Link: UC Davis Release
Ball State announced the signing of Madison Shorts, as expected. Her commit was covered in a prior news item.
Link: Ball State Release
Former standout Ashley Kent has been named assistant at Iowa State, according to a school release.
Link: Release
Claire Torgerson, L10 at Byers in California, has signed with Sacramento State. Highlights of her 2010 season include a win (1st AA; 1st v/bb) at the Winter Invitational and several other individual event wins throughout the season. She finished 6th AA at regionals and 24th AA at National JOs.
Short preview capsules for the Top 25 teams (updated 12/2 to reflect the preseason Poll), are now available by choosing News from the menu at the top of each page, then Features, then Capsule Previews.
With advent of digital camcorders (Flip Cams) and online video sharing sites, a wide range of preseason and intrasquad videos are available. In the list below are links to a few of the latest training videos, from teams across the country.
Drew Moling has signed with Ohio State, according to his local newspaper. Moling trains at Hocking Valley Gymnastics. He finished 10th AA and 4th(t) on PH at the 2010 VISA Champonships (Jr. Men 16-18).
Link: Newspaper Article