Denver will welcome seven athletes for 2012-2013: Emily Barrett, Rachel Feeken, Madison Kilchrist, Maggie Laughlin, Katie Menhinick, Emily Novotny and Morgan Tolman. The commits of all but Feeken were covered in prior news items.
Feeken, a L10 at LaFleur's Tampa, placed 2nd on UB and 51st AA at the 2012 L10 Junior Olympic Nationals. She also finished 17th AA at the Region VIII Regionals in 2011. Link: Video Channel
Link: DU Release
New UGA Head Coach has named Jay Hogue and Philip Ogletree as Assistants.
Hogue has spent the last two years as an assistant at Denver, and coached at the club level at Orlando Metro and Broadway Gymnastics in Florida. Hogue was the 2012 co-assistant of the year in the North Central region.
Ogletree has been an assistant the last twelve years at LSU. Ogletree is an UGA grad who was on the men's squad from 1980 to 1982. He was the Central Region assistant of the year in 2004 and 2005.
Link: UGA Release
Hannah Rector has committed to Lindenwood for 2013-2014, according to a site submission. She's a L10 at Xtreme in Missouri. At the 2012 Junior Olympic Nationals, she placed 31st AA and 9th on BB in the Senior A division. She also placed 8th AA at the 2011 Region IV L10 Regionals.
Link: Video at Gymnastike
Taylor Allex has signed with Utah and will join the team this year. We previously announced her commitment for the 2013-14 season.
By placing 11th AA at the European Championships, PSU's Felix Aronovich has surpassed the criteria set by his country's (Israel) Olympic Committee. He now qualifies to the 2012 Olympics, after having earned a spot at the Olympics at the Test Event in January.
Link: PSU Release
Graduating Oregon State star Olivia Vivian was the surprise winner of the uneven bars at the 2012 Australian Championships this past weekend. She posted a 14.5 with a 5.6 start value in the finals.
The 2012 Women's Junior Olympic Nationals were held in May 2012 in Virginia, showcasing some of the nation's top future gymnasts. The vast plurality of college gymnasts competed at the Level 10 ranks. In our experience, a Top 5 finish at the JO National meet usually translates into a high level of success at the NCAA level, barring injury or other unforeseen issues. However, a single fall can cause an athlete to fall well down the standings at the JO Nationals.
Here's a summary of the results and links to th available online video of the meet.
Summer is right around the corner and for every prospect that is in the hunt to match his or her talent with the right college program, opportunity approaches. Summer opens up more time on the daily schedule and with that, the chance to close in on some key elements of the college search.
The Canadian Championships concluded with the event finals, made all the more important through the use of a point system to determine the Canadian Olympic squad. Stanford's Kristina Vaculik had an exceptional day, winning bars and beam, placing 2nd on floor and 4th on beam. UGA incoming frosh Brittany Rogers was 2nd on vault while former Oregon State star Laura Ann Chong was 3rd on bars.
Link: Results
At the finals of the National Open division of the Canadian Championships, Lory-Jing Robert won the AA title with ease, posting a 55.35, winning beam, while placing 2nd on floor, 4th on bars and 4th(t) on vault. MSU signee Nicola Deans was 2nd, including 1st on floor, 2nd on vault, and 2nd on beam.
Link: Results
Aly Raisman won the title at the US Classic on Saturday afternoon, posting a 60.35 to win the title. UGA signee Brandie Jay posted a 55.0 to claim 6th. Former UCLA star Anna Li posted a 53.5 for eigth, with a fall on uneven bars, her key event. Bama commit Amanda Jetter was 10th, with UF commit Grace McLaughlin in 11th. Former Arkansas star Casey Jo Magee posted a 40 in three events, and did not qualify to VISA's. OU commit McKenzie Wofford was just behind with a 39.8.
Link: Results
Stanford's Kristina Vaculik won her third Canadian AA title last night, solidifying her run for an Olympic team position. Close behind in a second place tie were rising star Victoria Moors and Dominique Pegg. Pegg struggled in preliminaries but came back strongly. LSU signee Jessica Savona was 4th, and UGA signee Brittany Rogers was 6th. Another UGA frosh-to-be, Anysia Unick, was 9th.
Link: Results
Stephanie Stowe, L10 at Desert Devils in Arizona, has accepted a scholarship to UW. She placed in the top 5 AA at most of her meets this season, including a win at the Monarch Malibu Coast Challenge. She placed 2nd AA at her state meet, 1st AA and 1st UB at regionals, and 22nd AA at JOs.
Watch her cool beam mount video and her YouTube.com Channel
Lory-Jing Robert was the top AA finisher at the preliminaries of the National Open division at the Canadian Championships. MSU signee Nicola Deans was 6th AA.
Link: Results
Caitlin Fovenyessy, L10 at San Mateo Gymnastics in California, will walk on at Boise State this fall. Caitlin placed 3rd AA at the 2010 Western Championships before moving to Level 10 in 2011 and she has had numerous top ten finishes over her L10 career.
Olivia O'Connor, L10 at New Image Gymnastics in New York, has committed to William and Mary. This season Olivia placed 11th AA at her state meet, 4th AA at regionals and 36th AA at JOs.