Illinois State has signed Laura Jonas, Katherine Locher, Kylie Meyer and Marie Priest for 2014-2015. In addition Megan Knoernschild will join as a walkon. The commits of all four signees was reported earlier. Knoernschild is a L10 at the St. Louis Gym Centre. At the 2013 Missouri State L10 Championships, she tied for 1st on UB and placed 2nd on the BB and in the AA. She also tied for 19th AA at the 2012 Region V L10 Regionals.
Link: Illinois State Release
Kent State has added Monica Batton for 2014-2015, in addition to the previously announced signees. She trains at Gymnastics World of Ohio. At the 2013 Level 10 Junior Olympic Nationals, she placed 44th AA. She was alo 20th AA at the 2012 Region V L10 Regionals.
Link: Kent St Release
Lauren Schmeiss, L10 at Cascade Elite West in Washington, has committed to Sacramento State. Lauren is a two time JO qualifier. Last season she placed 2nd AA and 1st on Vault, Beam and Floor at regionals.
Sierra Hassel, L10 at Chow's, has committed to Nebraska. Sierra qualified to JOs in 2011 and she won the NIT in 2012 (1st AA, 1st UB and FX.
EMU has signed Catie Conrad, Kirsten Gendron and Kendall Valentin. Gendron and Valentin were early commits covered previously. Catie Conrad is a level 10 competing for Conrad's in Michigan. She is a two time NIT qualifier. Megan Marino is listed as an early commit, but her name does not appear in the announcement.
Ohio State has signed Meyer Williams and Cody Teaney for 2014-2015.
Williams trains at Ridgewood in Dallas. At the 2013 P&G (US) Championships, he finished 4th on FX and 10th AA in the Junior 17-18 division. He also won every event at the Texas State High School championships.
Teaney trains at Apollo Gymnastics in Florida. He placed 2nd on Rings in his division at the 2013 JO Nationals.
Link: Ohio State Release
Arkansas announced the addition of Mia Bargiacchi and Kathleen York for 2014-2015. The commits of both were covered in prior news items.
Link: Arkansas Release
Michigan's Men's squad has landed an exceptional class with Dmitri Belanovski, Marvin Kimble and Marty Strech. Kimble's commit was covered in a prior news item.
Belanovski is a clubmate of Kimble's at the Swiss Turners, where they are coached by his father. A new US citizen, he placed 1st AA, PB and SR, plus 2nd on PH at the 2013 P&B (US) Championships (Junior 17-18). He was also 5th AA and 2nd on R at the 2012 JO Nationals.
Strech trains at the US Gymnastics Training Center in Southern California. He won the floor title at the 2013 P&G and placed 2nd AA in the Jr. 15-16 divison. He was also 2nd on R and 3rd on HB. In 2012 he was 3rd AA, 1st on PH, and 2nd on FX at the VISA (US) Championships.
Link: Michigan
Kathryn Carlisle, Brittany Furuyama, Corinne Rechenmacher and Sydney Waltz have signed NLIs as expected.
NU has signed Danielle Breen, Kamerin Moore, Sean Tafuri and Grace Williams, as expected.
Link: NU Release
Utah State's new coaching staff has signed Briel Muhlestein and Melanie Oster. Muhlestein's commitment was covered in a prior news posting.
Melanie Oster competes for M & M Gymnastics in Wisconsin. She is a four time L10 regional qualifier and she qualified to JOs in 2011. She has an especially strong history of bars wins throughout her career and she is the 2013 Wisconsin State Bars Champ. Personal Website
Sloane Smith, L10 at Girls Co-op Gymnastics in Pa., has committed to Yale. Sloane is a three-time L10 regional qualifier and two-time NIT qualifier. She finished 7th AA at the 2013 NIT.
The official early period for signing a National Letter of Intent for Gymnastics started on November 13th. See the Women's Commits and Men's Commits page for a list of who is expected to sign where.
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Colorado Aerials has announed that Emily Muhlenhaupt has committed to Utah. Emily competed the 2013 JO season as a first year L10 and qualified to JOs. Over the summer she qualified as a junior elite and competed at the Secret Classic.
NC State announced the signing of Elizabeth Gangale, Chelsea Knight-Taliaferro, and Allie Wismer. The commits of Gangale and Wismer were covered in prior news items.
Knight-Taliaferro is a L10 who trains at the Unique Sports Academy. At the 2013 L10 Nationals, she had a strong meet, tying for 9th AA. She also finished 31st in 2012. Link: Video
Link: NC State Release
Pitt announced the signing of Dani Hall, Maegan Higdon, and Taylor Laymon, as expected. A fourth commit, Lizzy Nand, was not included.
Link: Pitt Release