ASU has confirmed the addition of Kaitlin Harvey and Jasmine Gutierrez for 2018-2019. Their commits were covered in prior news items.
Link: Release
Lindenwood has signed Nikki Baars, Hadley Roberts and Paige Sorensen for 2018-2019. The commits of Roberts and Sorensen were covered in prior news items.
Tiara Wright has transferred from WVU to Maryland.after missing last season due to injury.
Ellie Black ran away with the title at the 2018 Canadian Championships. She also won UB and BB, while Bama signee Shallon Olson won VT and FX. UGA signee Megan Roberts finished 13th and 5th on UB.
The Senior High Performance division at the Canadian Championships (Men's) had several current and former NCAAer in action. Rene Couroyer was first AA with an 83.1.
Libby Orman from Classic Gymnastics has committed to Arizona. This season she qualified through regionals to JOs where she competed three events.
Skills of Note in the 2018 Season (W)
The following is a listing of high level skills performed by women in the 2018 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 Pike Jaeger on UB, a 2017 FIG upgrade to an E, has been excluded to keep the list 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.
CMU's Denelle Pedrick finished 1st AA in the JO Level 10 division at the Canadian Championships. Finals are Sunday.
Link: Release
A few future NCAAers were in action at the preliminary session of the Women's High Performance (elite) category at the Canadian Championships. Star Ellie Black leads the field by a large margin, posting a 55.409 AA.
Ashlyn Johnson from Sun Country Gymnastics has signed with DU. This season she finished 5th AA at her state meet and qualified to regionals.