Mikailla "Miki" Northern has committed to UIC for 2015-2016. The L10 trains at All American Gymnastics in Missouri. At the 2014 L10 Nationals, she had a strong meet, placing 18th AA, including ties for 4th on floor and 7th on vault. She was 13th AA at Regionals in 2013.
Link: Videos
Oregon State has added Silvia Colussi-Pelaez, a transfer from Florida, for 2014-2015. A member of the Spain National Team, she competed in the 2013 World Championships.
Link: Release
Madeline Arbuckle, a National Open gymnast from Canada, has signed with Alaska-Anchorage. She was 3rd on vault in 2013 and 4th on vault in 2012 at the Canadian Championships, National Open division.
Link: UAA Release
Clare Collins, L10 at Trinity Gems in Illiois, has committed to Ball State. Clare won the Illinois vault title this season, placed 5th AA at regionals and 18th AA a JOs.
Maya Washington, L10 at San Mateo Gymnastics, has committed to UW. Maya is a two-time JO qualifier and she has been crowned regional vault champ two years running. Last weekend she competed to a 15th place AA finish at JOs and placed 6th on bars and beam.
Bristish gymnast Laura Mitchell has announced her commitment to Bowling Green. Twitter info suggests that she will be taking her SATs and filing all required paperwork soon and it appears that she plans to compete there next season.
Laura was the Britsh Junior AA and Beam Champ in 2012. This season she finished 10th AA at English Championships. Her interesting mount and beam work is bound to please NCAA fans. Video
Here are the results from the NIT meet held after the JO Nationals. These athletes finished in the alternate spots at Regionals or won an individual event. The top finishers are often top performers who otherwise had a bad event at Regionals.
The Women's Level 10 Junior Olympic Nationals are being held this weekend, where the future stars of the NCAA are vying for spots on the JO National Team (top four per age group).
The Men's JO National AA champions were determined for both Junior Elite L10 and L10 athletes. The 2014 signees are shown in parentheses.
JE, 18
1. Dmitri Belanovski (Miichigan)
2. Yordan Aleksandrov (Cal)
3. Seth Delbridge
JE, 17
1. Marvin Kimball (Michigan)
2. Yul Moldauer
3. Ryan Sheppard (Stanford)
JE, 16
1. Alec Yoder
2. David Jessen
3. Grant Breckenridge
JE, 15
1. Davis Grooms
2. Matthew Wenske
3. Mario Lubian
Link: JE Results
L10, 18
1. Pierce Davis
2. Zachary Reiger
3. Mark Treybal
L10, 17
1. Nathan Goff
2. Tristan Duran
3. Fletcher Braunton
L10, 16
1. Derek Gonzalez
2. Matthew Wagner
3. Isaac Xiong
L10, 15
1. Favian Valdez
2. Andrew Bower
3. Ben Provost
Link: L10 Results
The Women's Level 10 Junior Olympic Nationals are being held this weekend, where the future stars of the NCAA are vying for spots on the JO National Team (top four per age group).
The Men's Junior Olympic Nationals are underway with the first day of competition completed for the L10s and Junior Elites.
In the JE division (combined 17 and 18), Michigan signee Marvin Kimball posted the day's top score with a 91.9. Future teammate Dmitri Belanovski was 3rd (and first among 18 year olds), just ahead of Illinois signee Bobby Baker. Yul Moldauer was fourth and Stanford signee Robert Neff was fifith.
Link: USA Gymnastics
Link: Results
Lucy Brett, an elite gymnast from the UK, has committed to Pittsburg for the 2015-2016 season. She trains at the Academy.
Link: Recruiting Video
Kylie Dickson, a L10 who trains at Planet Gymnastics, has committed to Alabama. She recently won VT and UB and placed 5th AA at the 2014 Region VIII L10 Regionals. She was 8th on VT and 31st AA at the 2013 Level 10 JO Natinoals.'
Link: Video
Rene Lyst has accepted the Head Coach position at ASU. Official Announcement
UNC has promoted assistant Amy Smith to Associate Head Coach.
Link: UNC Release
The Level 9 Nationals is split into two meets, with a Level 9 Eastern Meet (Region 5 to 8) and a Level 9 Western Meet (Regions 1 to 4). Pay attention to the top scorers in the junior ranks, and the NCAA and elite stars of the future may be lurking among the standout finishers. Excellent basics and strong technique yield the highest scores at Level 9, where the difficulty requirements are far less. But, the cream of the crop begins to rise early on.
Level 9 Westerns: Results
Level 9 Easterns: Results