Rutgers defeated host UNC, led by Riannah Ali's win on VT. Rutgers went 1 through 4 on the event. UNC's Morgan Lane won the UB, BB, and FX en route to a 39.2 AA win. However, the Scarlet Knight's superior depth made the big difference.
Link: UNC Release
WVU won the five team meet hosted by a record-breaking West Chester squad. The Mountaineers were led by Kirah Koshinksi, who won the VT title. Teammate Melissa Iderll tied with PSU's Nicole Medvitz for the BB title. For PSU, Kiera Brown won the VT and the AA (39.475). Teammate Briannah Tsang won the FX title.
Link: WC Release
Skills of Note in the 2016 Season (W)
The following is a listing of high level skills performed by women in the 2016 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 5.3 or higher.
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.
OU is the top squad in the Men's CGA National Rankings for the week of February 23rd, dropping one first place vote to #2 Stanford this week. Ohio State is third.
Jori Jackard, L10 at Gedderts Twistars, has committed to Michigan State. This season she has picked up bars titles at the Take You to Rio meet and the HNI. She has finished in the top 4 AA at all of her meets so far this season.
Mariah York, L10 from Gold Medal Gymnastics in Arizona, has committed to Sacramento State. This season she placed 1st on bars and 2nd AA at the Arizona Grand. She also placed 1st on bars and 2nd AA at the Winterfest Invitational. Last weekend she competed to a 4th place AA finish at the Classic Rock Invitational.
Arizona used a balanced and consistent effort to easily defeat cross-state rival ASU. Krysten Howard won the UB and Maddy Cindric won the BB to lead the Gymcats. For ASU, Taylor Allex won the VT and FX. Teammate Allie Salas led a quartet of ASU AAers with a 39.1.
Link: Release
Host UIC defeated Lindenwood, surging back on the FX to overtake the Lions. Mikailla Northern led UIC, tying for the BB title with teammate Sabrina Tomassini and taking the AA with a 38.825. Teammate Nicole Szabo won the UB. For Lindenwood, Kayla McMullan won the VT and FX.
Link: Release
PSU Head Coach Jeff Thompson scored his 150th career win as PSU defeated host Maryland. Kiera Brown led the Nittany Lions, winning VT, UB and the AA (39.35). Teammate Nicole Medvitz won BB while PSU's Briannah Tsang won FX.
Link: Release
Olympic Gold Medalist Kyla Ross has decided to retire from Elite competition and not pursue a shot at the Rio team. She will start at UCLA this summer and intends to compete for the Bruins.
Link: TeamUSA Release