UCLA's Kyla Ross was named the Honda Award winner for Gymnastics. Normally the winners of the award from each sport would go on to compete for the Honda Cup, but the award will not be given this year. The other finalists were Maggie Nichols of OU, Lexy Ramler of Minnesota and Trinity Thomas of Florida.
Link: UCLA Release
Washington has announced the addition of Katie McNamara, Lauren Thomas and Gabi Wickman for 2020-2021. The commits of all three were covered in prior news items.
Link: UW Release
As we exit the quiet period, Bama announced the signing of Shania Adams. Although we announced her commit previously, she has now officially signed and is set to join the Tide for the 2021 season.
Link: Bama Release
Dula dealt with injuries this past season due to a back injury. She has announced her decision to retire.
Ellen Collins trains at Centre Elite Gymnastics. Read more about her HERE.
Skills of Note in the 2020 Season (W)
The following is a listing of high level skills performed by women's NCAA competitors in the 2019 Season. To make this list, the skill had to be successfully competed in a meet sometime during the season. The skill competed must have an FIG rating of "E" or "F" or "G", or an FIG Vault Difficult Value of 5.0 or higher. Due to it's high usage in a number of routines, the commonly performed Pike Jaeger on UB, a 2017 FIG upgrade to an E, has been excluded to keep the list size manageable.
The issue of escalating difficult leading to higher injury rates and more wear and tear on the athlete is important. The purpose of this list is not to encourage or foster unreasonable risk or other threats to the safety of the athletes. In fact, many of the skills on this list were only competed in special circumstances. This list simply serves as an archive and collection of skills actually performed by the athletes.
The finalist are Maggie Nichols of OU, Lexy Ramler of Minnesota, Kyla Ross of UCLA and Florida's Trinity Thomas.
Link: OU Release
Audrey Arnold, Emerald City Gymnastics L9, Bridgeport 2020-21, video
Katie Bloomston, Coastal Elite L10, Bridgeport 2020-21 video
Maren Eramo, Legends L10, Brockport 2020-21 video
Maddy Kirsch, Arizona Sunrays L10, San Jose 2020-21 video
Anna Hartley, Premier Gymnastics L10, SUU 2020-21 video
Jenna Eagles, Twin City Twisters L10, Lindenwood 2020-21
Nay'yarrah Winder, AJS Pancoott L10, SPU 2020-21
Nicole Norris, Hanover Gymnastics, WVU 2020-21 Personal website
Kimika Ishikawa-Temple, Wallers L10, Gustavus 2020-21 Personal website
Giana Kalefe, Wildfire L10, MSU 2020-21 Personal website
Kate Leonard, WOGA L10, Air Force 2020-2021
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Coach Chaplin stepped away from gymnastics briefly to focus on health issues. Now she is back and ready to move forward with her team.