Naomi DeLara led UW Stout by winning two events.
Link: UW Stout Release
OU broke the 197 mark to win a quad meet at home. OU was led by Megan Ferguson, who won UB and FX. Teammate Sara Stone won VT, while Natasha Kelley won BB. Kayla Nowak completed the sweep with a win in the AA.
Link: Illinois Release
Kentucky's Andrea Mitchell posted a big 39.55 to win the AA and lead her squad to victory. Mitchell also won BB, FX, and tied for the UB title with teammate Storey Morris. Teammates Colleen Williams and Phylicia Reshard tied with BGSU's Danielle Wishart for the VT title.
Link: GWU Release
Penn State joined the 197 club Friday night with a season-high 197.075. PSU's Sharaya Musser posted a big 39.725 to win the AA. Musser also won the VT, UB, BB and FX to complete a dominating performance.
Link: PSU Release
For Towson, Megan Wooden and Avis Hixon tied for the VT title. Teammate Lindsay Poplaski added a win on BB while another teamamte, Sasa Golub, won FX. Penn's Dana Bonincontri won the AA and tied with teammate Kirsten Strausbaugh for the UB title.
Link: Penn Release
Bama travelled north to Michigan and posted a 197.075 for the win. Bama's Kayla Hoffman tied for the top spot on UB and the AA to lead Bama. Teammate Diandra Milliner added a win on VT, while classmate Sarah DeMeo tied with Bama's Geralen Stack-Eaton and Michigan's Jordan Sexton for the BB title. Michigan's Kylee Botterman tied for the AA title while Trish Wilson tied for the UB title. Teammate Natalie Beilstein claimed the FX title.
Link: Bama Release
In a rare Tuesday night meet, both teams soared to new season highs. UIC has not score this high in four years, and NIU in two years. Cynthia LeMieux-Guillemette led UIC with a win in the AA and BB, plus a tie on the UB with teammate Chantel Turk and NIU's Ashley Guerra and Shonda Clore. Turk added a win on the FX, while another teammate, Sarah Murray, won VT.
Link: NIU Release
OU tops the Troester.com GymInfo Men's National Rankings for the week of February 28th. Stanford remains in second, with Illinois third.
OU's Steven Legendre remains the top AAer and top FX worker. Illinois' Daniel Ribeiro remains #1 on PH and Ohio State's Brandon Wynn is #1 on Rings. OU's Jake Dalton, who is 2nd in the AA standings, is the leader on VT and PB. Illinois' Paul Ruggeri, who is currently injured, is still #1 on HB.
This week's Troester.com GymInfo National ranking show considerable movement from last week. Due to the nature of the Regional Qualifying Score (RQS) system, some teams were not able to get a RQS for last week's rankings or were carrying very low scores in their average.
Florida once again leads the Top 25 rankings, in team total and on each event, despite losing on the road this past weekend. Stanford holds on #2, but #3 Bama is closing the gap.
Michigan State celebrated Senior Night with a victory over Alaska Anchorage. Senior Kathyrn Mahoney was able to join the festivities via video feed. Nicole Argiros picked up a trio of wins, tying with teammates on VT, UB, and FX. She tied with Dani Levy on VT and FX, and with Daneen Haba on the UB. Teammate Kelsey Morley won BB.
Link: MSU Release
Stanford won on Senior Day, led by a victory in the AA by senior Danielle Ikoma and Ashley Morgan's three event wins (VT, BB, FX). Teammate Nicole Pechanec captured the UB title.
Link: Stanford Release
The Bruins easily outpaced Minnesota and DU to win the Wooden Challenge. UCLA's Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs had a huge day, winning VT, BB, FX and the AA (39.5). Frosh teammate Sam Peszek added a win on UB.
Link: UCLA Release
Amy Glass led the Broncos, winning the AA and FX. BSU's Hailey Gaspar captured the VT title while teammate Lindsay Kazandjian won the BB. USU's Nicole Simoneau added yet another UB win to her collection for USU.
Link: Boise State Release
Arkansas followed up its big upset win over UF with a season-high road score at UIC. Jamie Pisani led Arkansas, winning the AA, FX and VT. Teammate Michelle Stout added a win on UB, while teammates Jordan Salsberg and Katherine Grable tied for the BB title.
Link: Arkansas Release
NU posted a season high 196.5 to win the Masters Classic title. Eight different Huskers claimed at least a share of an event title: Erin Davis won BB; Janelle Giblin, Emily Wong and Maria Scaffidi tied on UB; Lora Evenstad won FX; and Maddie Steinauer and Brittnee Habbib tied for the BB title with Iowa's Rebecca Simbhudas. Simbhudas also won the AA title.
Link: NU Release