Penn State used an advantage on vault and FX to hold off the hosts. They were led by LSU transfer Randi Lau, who won vault. ISU's Caitlin Brown won the AA with a 38.9; she also tied for the beam title with teammate Alex Marasco. Teammate Henrietta Green won the UB with a 9.825 and tied for the FX title with teammate Milan Ivory.
Link: PSU Release
CMU swept at least the top four places in every event to an impressive 194.45 opening tally. Four different Chippewas claimed an event victory: Brittany Petzold on Vault, Karlee Teet on UB, Taylor Noonan on BB, and Halle Moraw with a meet-high 9.875 on FX.
Link: UW EC Release
Illinois State's Samantha King won the AA with a 39.0. King also won the BB and FX. For Ball State, Erin Patchey won the vault while teammate Angela Durkac tied with Illinois State's Jenna Bossle for the UB title.
Link: Illinois St Release
Skyler Lyons, L10 at Balance Institute in Illinois, has committed to Ball State. Last season she finished 7th AA at her state meet and qualified through regionals to a 14th place finish at the NIT.
The season kicked off with UW La Crosse's win over host UW Oshkosh on Friday night. Kari Willett won the vault and beam to lead the Eagles, while teammate Ali Berry won the floor exercise. Oshkosh's Stefanni Meusburger won the UB.
Link: UW LC Release
Camille Drouin-Allaire, L10 at Gold Medal in N.Y., has accepted a scholarship offer from George Washington. Last season she finished 5th AA at her state meet and she was named vault champ at regionals (6th AA) and she qualified to JOs.
Georgia has the strongest schedule when compared to the Top 12 teams in 2014, according to the annual analysis from CollegeGymFans.com. Each year, we've calculated the relative strength of the schedule (relative schedule difficulty) for the Top 12 Teams, as determined by the Preseason Coaches' Poll. Read on to find out how the rest of the teams fared.
Kelsey Chan, L10 at Waller's in California, has committed to UNC. Last season Kelsey finished 5th AA at her state meet, 7th AA at regionals and qualified to JOs. In the 2011 season, she was the NIT vault champ.
Jade Degouvia, L10 at Amerian Twisters in Florida, has announced her commitment to Pitt. Jade competed at level 9 in the 2012 season and qualified to regionals.
Ball State has signed Jordyn Penny, as expected.
Link: Ball State Release
For the 2014 edition of our ranking of the Top Recruiting Classes, we've had to wait until the last minute to make our decision. "Recruiting" now has an entirely new definition. Some of the athletes in our rankings originally selected their colleges over three years ago. But more than few made their decisions within the last six to nine months. In this age of early recruiting, a lot can change in the three final years of high school and during the first year of competition. Thus, we're also seeing the emergence of a lively late recruiting period and early entries into college as scholarships become available late in the cycle. This factor has even impacted our choice of the top team in our rankings. Read on to find the answer...
Meghan Chan, L10 at Galaxy in N.Y., has announced her commitment to West Chester. Meghan qualified to regionals in 2012 and 2013. She recently competed at the Balloon Classic, finishing 10th AA.
As expected, GWU has signed Sara Mermelstein, Jillian Winstanley and Alexandra Zois.
Link: GWU Release
Sac State announced a recruiting class of four for 2014-2015: Jennifer Brenner, Annie Juarez, Lauren Rice and Caitlin Soliwada. The quarter signed NLIs in November as expected.
Link: Sac State Release
Erin Tucker, L10 at Head Over Heels in N.J., has committed to Towson. Last season Erin placed 7th AA at her state meet and 9th AA at regionals. She qualified to the NIT where she finished 3rd AA and 1st on vault. She recently finished 1st AA at the Christmas City Classic.