Skills of Note in the 2019 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.

Grant Breckenridge, Brody Malone and Robert Neff have made the Pam Am squad.

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Pitt has added Ciara Ward for 2019-2020.  She's a L10 from Apollo Gymnastics.  At the 2019 Level 10 Junior Olympic Nationals, she placed 43rd AA. 

Link: Release

Link:  Official Website

Ball State has added Marimar Perez-Banus for 2019-2020.  She's a member of the Chilean National Team and will compete at the Pan Am Games this summer.  While a native of Chile, she grew up in Florida and trained at the American Twisters. 

Link:  Release

Link:  Her Website

Link:  Recruiting Video

Kamryn Ryan has reportedly switched her commitment to LSU.  She is scheduled to enter college in the 2019-20 season. 

Alaska-Anchorage has signed Kenadi Brown, Joanna Chambers and Mackenzie Robinson for 2019-2020.  The commits of all three were covered in prior news items. 

Link:  UAA Release

Cal has added Ashton Woodbury and Maya Green for 2019-2020.  Their commits were covered in prior news items.

Link:  Release

 Incoming UCLA recruit Brooklyn Moors placed 3rd AA and 1st on beam.  Incoming UGA recruit Haley DeJong placed 6th AA.  Bama's Shallon  Olsen competed three events and placed 2nd on vault and 4th on floor.

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Comforte was a standout Bruin herself and she has held various coaching positions.

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We will post a summary of the top Senior Division all arounders and event winners throughout the weekend.  If you can't wait, find live scores are HERE.

Sr A.

1 Madelyn Williams (Cal) (1st UB (t))

2 Moorea Linker (OU) (1st V/FX)

3t Victoria Henry (Ball State) and Kendall LaPlante (uncommitted)

5 Hannah Oliveros (Ohio State)

6t Sage Thompson (Cal) (1st UB (t)) and Alex Theodorou (ASU)

8 Haley Tyson (uncommtted)

9 Jada Mangahas (ASU)

10 Kaitlyn Grimes (Ohio State)

BB (t):  Ashley Blum (UW) and Jillian Procasky (NU)

Sr B

1 Talia Little (Boise State) (1st UB(t)/BB)

2 Maddie Johnston (PSU)

3 Julianne Fehring (OU) (1st V)

4 Nicole Riccardi (Ohio State)

5 Trinity Macy (Pitt)

6t Brooke Butler (Auburn) (1st UB (t)), Ariana Young (uncommitted) and Kyra Burns (Missouri

9 Marigold Garrett (uncommitted)

10t Cassie Barbanente (ASU) and Madison Benson (NCSU)

UB (t) Gillian Rutz (Arkansas)

FX: Mya Hooten (Minnesota)

Sr C

1 Kiya Johnson (LSU) (1st BB/FX)

2 Haleigh Bryant (LSU) (1st V/UB)

3 Chae Campbell (UCLA)

4 Skylar Killough-Wilhelm (UW)

5 Naomi Morrison (Oregon State)

6 Emily Lopez (uncommitted)

7 Abby Mueller (Minnesota)

8 Kinsey Davis (NU)

9t Sydney Gonzales (Oregon State) and Rebecca Wells (Utah State)

Sr D

1 Sierra Brooks (Michigan) (1st V/BB/FX)

2 Andrea Li (Cal)

3 Hannah DeMers (CMU)

4 Rylie Mundell (Denver)

5 Aria Brusch (Auburn) (1st UB)

6 Abbie Thompson (Denver)

7 Elena Deets (Arizona)

8 Elena Arenas (LSU)

9 Amoree Lockhart (OU)

10 Jillian Hoffman (Utah)

Sr E

1 Gabryel Wilson (Michigan) (1st FX(t))

2(t)  Raena Worley (Kentucky) and Helen Hu (Missouri) (1st UB and BB (t))

4 Kianna Yancey (WVU)

5 Mia Takekawa (Illnois)

6(t) Linda Zivat (MSU) (1st V(t), Payton Murphy  (WMU) and Hannah Joyner (Rutgers)

9 Nyah Smith (MSU)

10(t) Cassie Stevens (Auburn) (1st V(t)), Juliette Boyer (ASU) and Nevaeh DeSouza (Cal)

BB Ella Hodges (Ohio State) (t)

FX Soraya Hawthorne (UGA) (t)

Sr F

1 Chloe Widner (Stanford) (1st BB/FX)

2 Kai Rivers (LSU) (1st UB)

3 Makarri Doggette (Alabama)

4(t) AK Subject (Denver), Elizabeth Culton (UNC), and Hallie Thompson (UNC) (1st V)

7(t) Abby Paulson (Utah) and Jane Poniewaz (Oregon State)

9 Robyn Kelley (UNH)

10 Kathryn Thaler (NU)