Brian Manning from Intrastate Gymnastics in Massachusetts has committed to Penn State for 2013-3014.
Link: YouTube Interview
The finals of the 2013 Women's NCAA Championships produced five National Champions:
Vault
On vault, Rheagan Courville of LSU stuck her Layout Yurchenko Full, achieving some of the greatest distance in the meet. She was later tied with Bama's Diandra Milliner, who blasted a Yurchenko 1 1/2. A small hop meant she would have to share the title. UCLA's Olivia Courtney was third.
Bars
Gator Alaina Johnson hit her Ray release and stuck her double layout dismount to edge out teammate Bridget Sloan and Utah's Georgia Dabritz, who shared second. Her 9.9125 was just enough to outdistance the pair.
Beam
AA champ Sloan won a title of her own on BB, covering an off-balance on her flip-flop layout successfully and managing to hold her feet still on the dismount. In second were Michigan's Katie Zurales and Minnesota's Hanna Nordquist. Zurales nailed her aerial back-handspring series while Nordquist showed the even more difficult aerial back layout.
Floor
Michigan's Joanna Sampson hit some of the biggest tumbling of the meet, opening with a tidy double layout and ending with a sky high double pike. Sampson actually shows a complete opening from her double pike, a level of amplitude rarely seen even at the elite level. Bama's Diandra Milliner was second, drilling her double Arabian mount to a perfectly stuck landing. In third was NU's Emily Wong, who opened with a tight and complete triple twist.
Link: Results
Michigan's Sam Mikulak won PB and HB as action wrapped up at the Men's NCAAs. His 16.1 on the pipe was a meet-high. On Floor, Trevor Howard of PSU won with a 15.8. On PH, Ohio State's Michael Newburger was the only finalist above 15 (15.45) to win. Sooner Michael Squires hit for 15.775 to win rings, while on vault, Illini Fred Hartville won with a 15.425.
Link: Results
Michigan, led by AA Champ Sam Mikulak, won the 2013 Men's NCAA National Team title. Their 443.2 was good enough to best OU's 440.1. Stanford was third at 436.15, edging host PSU's 436.1. Iowa was 5th at 426.45, with Illinois 6th at 422.55.
Olympian Mikulak ran away with the AA title, posting an impressive 91.15 to defeat teammate Adrian de los Angeles. Stanford's Eddie Penev was third.
Link: Michigan Release and Full Results
Florida overcame a counting fall in their first event, the Balance Beam, to power back with near-perfect routines on the remaining events to overtake the leaders and secure their first ever National Title. The Gators become just the fifth team in NCAA history to win the title. They were paced by NCAA champion Bridget Sloan, who posted a 39.75 AA during the final.
Florida's Bridget Sloan, competing in the first session, won the 2013 Women's NCAA AA title. The former World Champion, just a frosh, posted a 39.6 for the win. LSU's Rheagan Courville was the runnerup.
Link: UF Release
Host PSU held off Stanford for the top spot in the evening session at the Men's NCAA Championships. Iowa nipped Cal for the third spot by just 0.1 points. These three teams will be chasing first session leader Michigan for the title. OU and Illinois will also be in the hunt for the title on Saturday.
Link: Session 2 Results
It all came down to the last rotation, but in the end, Alabama, OU and UCLA will advance to the Super Six. As the final round approached, OU was in the "dugout" with a 197.2, highlighted by a 49.5 UB rotation. In the final round, Bama was on vault, UCLA on UB, and Utah on beam.
Bama hit their vaults well enough to post a 49.35 and win the session. They were led by Kim Jacob's 39.425 AA win. UCLA survived a few scares on UB (low landing by Zamarripa, improvisation by De La Torre) to tie OU. Utah had a shaky leadoff and then suffered two more falls to drop out of the running.
Early wobbles on beam took Michigan out of the running. However, their two AAers, Joanna Sampson and Katie Zurales, posted the highest scores of the session. Arkansas placed sixth, after some problems on UB and a slow start on vault.
Link: Results
The USA Gymnastics Collegiate Nationals take place this weekend, hosted by Centenary. Online coverage appears to be limited. Here's the site home page:
Link: Meet Host Page
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The following is a listing of high level skills performed by Women in the 2013 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. This list is incomplete and will be updated as information becomes available. Please submit your additions and corrections to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. |
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Handspring, Front Tuck 1/1 Twist Milan Ivory, Iowa State Amber See, Illinois RO 1/2 on, Front Layout 1/2 Off Tsukahara Layout 3/2 Marissa King, UF Yurchenko Layout 2/1 Yurchenko Layout 3/2 Caitlin Atkinson, AU Natalie Beilstein, Michigan Jessie DeZiel, NU Kytra Hunter, Florida Brandie Jay, UGA Diandra Milliner, Bama Brittany Rogers, UGA Sachi Sugiyama, Michigan |
Comaneci Shushunova Brandie Jay, UGA Full Twisting Double Layout Flyaway Victoria Aepli, Ohio State Dana Bonincontri, Penn Kaitlin Clark, Bama Allison Flores, Arizona Kaylyn Millick, WVU Brie Olson, OU Emma Stevenson, Iowa Hindorff (clear-hip reverse hecht/Tkachev) Ashanee Dickerson, UF Jaleesa Wilson, DU Ricna (Stalder reverse hecht) Brittany Rogers, UGA Ray (toe-on straddle reverse hecht) Stephani Canizaro, Arkansas Kytra Hunter, Florida Alaina Johnson, UF Bridget Sloan, Florida Shayla Worley, UGA Church (toe-on pike reverse hecht) Bridget Sloan, Florida Triple Twisting Flyaway Nicole Meiller, Sac State Bharwaj (full twisting Pak) Alicia Asturias, Cal |
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Round-Off, Layout to Two Feet Mount Switch Ring Leap Molly Quirk, Arizona Randy Stageberg, UF Back tuck 1/1 twist Arabian Front Tuck Rheagan Courville, LSU Back Layout Two Foot* Marissa King, UF Side Aerial, Cross Position** Danusia Francis 5/2 Turn in Wolf (Humphrey) Double Front Tuck Back Double Pike Katherine Grable, Arkansas
* Athlete must hold layout position througout the salto for E credit. A layout with a pike down is credited as a D. ** Not in Code, but similar elements are raised in value by one, when executed in the cross position.
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Full Twisting Double Layout Double Layout Stephanie Colbert, Michigan Marissa Gutierrez, Bama Brianna Guy, AU Lloimincia Hall, LSU Kytra Hunter, UF Miranda Kerr, Ball State Marissa King, Florida Maliah Mathis, LSU Joanna Sampson, Michigan Haley Scaman, OU Tory Wilson, Utah Double Front Alex Deluca, Ohio State Natalie Sutter, NIU Reema Zakharia, Michigan Arabian Double Front Nicole Allen, Ball State Natalie Beilstein, Michigan Amy Borsellino, Arkansas Olivia Courtney, UCLA Rheagan Courville, LSU Aubree Cristello, Arizona Georgia Dabritz, Utah Ashanee Dickerson, UF Brittney Emmons, Ball State Katherine Grable, Arkansas Marissa King, Florida Danielle Levy, MSU Kelci Lewis, Arkansas Sarah Miller, Ohio State Diandra Milliner, Bama Ashley Morgan, Stanford Emma Willis, Iowa Triple Full Georgia Dabritz, Utah Emily Wong, NU Tuck Full In or Half In/Half Out Kelsey Black, Boise State Lia Del Priore, Utah Luisa Leal-Restrepo, Rutgers Corrie Lothrop, Utah Brittany Potvin-Green, Boise State Alyssa Pritchett, UCLA Melanie Shaffer, Ohio State Becky Tutka, Utah Alina Weinstein, Illinois Cerise Witherby, Oregon State Tuck Full Out Pike Full In Caitlin Atkinson, AU Denaisha Christian, Ball State Noel Couch, UGA Georgia Dabritz, Utah Lexus Demurs, AU Jessie DeZiel, NU Kim Jacob, Bama Randy Stageberg, UF Brittany Webster, AU |
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