Alexandra "Allie" Lekson has committed to EMU, according to her club. Lekson is a L10 who trains at Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy. At the 2010 L10 Regionals, she placed 14th AA and 4th on BB in the Senior A division. She is also the L10 State VT champ (see video below). She reportedly missed much of the 2009 season with an injury.
Link: CGA Web Site and YouTube.com of Regionals
Carleigh Wrobel has committed to William and Mary for 2011-2012, according to a site submission. She's a L10 who trains at Capital in Virginia. At the 2010, L10 Regionals, she placed 20th AA in the Senior A division.
Link: Official Web Site
That being said, the majority of the prospects looking for a home on a college campus and as part of a varsity team are NOT the blue chip kids. Firstly, this needs to be understood and realized. Secondly, these prospects need to develop and execute a separate plan of attack and begin to tackle what I call the “grey areas” of recruiting. When I speak of grey areas, I am alluding to alternative tactics that could strongly assist families and their children reach a little higher and with a better chance of success in the college search.
Stanford-bound Kristina Vaculik won the Canadian Championship last night in Kamloops, BC. Vaculik defeated preliminary leader Madeline Gardiner. UIC signee Catherine Dion was 9th and Utah signee Nansy Damianova was tied for 11th. UCLA incoming frosh Sydney Sawa was 14th while San Jose State Spartan signee Cassandra Harrison was 16th.
In the Men's competition, Nathan Gafuik claimed the title.
Women: Results
Men: Results
The Canadian Championships continue with the National Open preliminaries earlier today. Several future collegians were in action, including Iowa signee Nicole Pineau and SUU commit Rochelle Bernier.
Link: Results
Across the nation, we're in the process of saying "goodbye" to our senior leaders. On the women's side, there are some iconic names that will be missing from next year's roster. Gymnasts like LSU's Susan Jackson have been fixtures on their teams and in the NCAA national scene for several years. Although rosters are not finalized, here's a quick summary of the status of Top 25 teams from this past season, with their key losses summarized and highlighted.
The Canadian Championships are happening this week, and a slew of future and current NCAAers are in action.
At the women's High Performance (HP / elite) preliminaries, Madeline Gardiner was the lead qualifier. Stanford incoming frosh Kristina Vaculik was 2nd AA. Incoming Utah Ute Nansy Damianova was tied for 6th, just ahead of UCLA signee Sydney Sawa in 8th. In 12th was future San Jose State Spartan Cassandra Harrison. UIC signee Catherine Dion was 14th while EMU signee Ashley Quinton was 18th. Arizona spring signee Laurie-Eve Pepin-Gagne competed only UB. Link: Full Results
There is a busy day of competition today, with Women's HP Finals, Men's HP Preliminaries, and Women's National Open team competition.
John Scallon has signed with Minnesota for 2010-2011, according to a school release. Scallon is a pommel horse specialist who won the state high school title, after just three years of training.
Link: Release