PSU's Sharaya Musser posted a 39.6 to win the AA and lead the Nittany Lions to a win over host Iowa. Musser also won the vault, beam, and tied for the floor title with Iowa's Jessa Hansen and Emma Stevenson. Iowa's Jordan Eszlinger won the UB with a 9.875.
Link: PSU Release
For La Crosse, Jenna Swails won the vault and floor while Morgan Sheen won the bars. Teammate Rachel Budelier added a win on beam. UW Stout's Brittany DeZiel won the AA.
Link: UW LaCrosse Release
Bama defeated Florida in front of 12,457 fans in a great night of gymnastics Friday. Diandra Milliner of the defending National Champions posted a 10.0 on the vault to help ignite the effort. Senior Ashley Priess led Bama, winning the AA with a 39.55 and tying for the beam title with Milliner and teammate Sarah DeMeo. Junior Marissa Gutierrez won the FX. For UF, Mackenzie Caquatto won the bars.
Link: Bama Release
Utah rallied from a 0.1 tenth deficit to edge visiting Georgia. Corrie Lothrop led Utah, winning the AA (39.475) and tyring for the BB title with UGA's Shayla Worley and the floor title with teammate Stephanie McAllister and UGA's Noel Couch. Teammate Georgia Dabritz won vault. GymDog Kat Ding won the UB.
Link: UGA Release
Frosh Rheagan Courville had a standout night, breaking through to win the vault, bars, and beam. She pocked the AA with a career-high 39.45. Classmate Lloimincia Hall won FX to complete a sweep.
Link: LSU Release
Chantal Turk and Cynthia LeMieux led UIC to the win, winning vault and bars, respectively. CMU's Kristen Teubner shone, winning the BB, FX and AA (39.275).
Link: EMU Release
Emily Repko and Monica Messalles Sallares won two events apiece as Bridgeport rolled to a big home win. Repko won beam and tied for the floor title with Messalles. Messales also tied for the vault title with teammate Kamri Riles. Another teammate, Emily Turik, tied for the UB title with Towson's Kacy Cantanzaro. Cantanzaro added a win in the AA with a career-high 39.05.
Link: Towson Release
Missouri held off the visiting Wolfpack from NC State to secure the victory. Mary Burke led the way as seven tigers posted career-high scores. She won the AA with a 39.45, winning the VT, and tying for the BB and FX titles with frosh teammate Rachel Updike. Allie Heizelman of Mizzou won the UB.
Link: NC State Release
Arkansas rolled to the win over SEC rival AU, led by Jamie Pisani. She posted a big 39.725 in the AA, including a 9.975 win on the floor. She also won the beam and tied for the UB title with teammate Mariah Howdeshell. Teammate Katherine Grable won the vault.
Link: AU Release
Nebraska bounced back from their loss last week to hand OU their first home loss since 2009. Led by fantastic frosh Jessie DeZiel, the Huskers stayed consistent for the win. As the Huskers nailed their vaults, OU had two falls on FX. Sooner Jamie Schleppenbach posted a win on vault while teammate Lora Evenstsad won the FX. For OU, Megan Ferguson won the UB and BB.
Link: OU Release
Joanna Sampson led the Wolverines, winning her first career AA title with a 39.3. She also won shares of titles on the bars (with teammate Brittnee Martinez) and the floor (with teammate Reema Zakharia). Michigan frosh Sachi Sugiyama won the vault while WVU's Hope Sloanhoffer won the BB.
Link: Michigan Release
Many of the top men in the NCAA are at USA Gymnastics' Winter Cup. The Men's Winter Cup preliminary leader is John Orozco. Former OU star Chris Brooks is in 2nd, with former Ohio State star Brandon Wynn in fourth and another former Sooner, Steven Legendre, in fifth. Illini Paul Ruggeri in 7th is the top AA from a current NCAA squad.
Link: USA Gymnastics
Madison Kremer a level 10 from Aerial Gymnastics club in Downer's Grove, Illinois has verbally committed to TWU for the 2012-2013 season. Last season she finished 11th AA at her state meet and competed just one event at regionals. She recently competed two event at Circle of Stars.
Megan Delallo, L10 at Byers in California, and Alex Yacalis, L10 from Southern Tier in New York, have committed to Washington for the 2013-14 season.
Delallo qualified to JOs in 2010, finishing 24th AA. This season she won the Delta Classic while picking up three event wins on vault, bars and floor. She recently won her session of the PKI and took first place on vault, bars and floor.
Yacalis recently placed 5th AA at the Maryland Classic and 7th AA at the PKI.
Maddy Scozzie, L10 at Apex Gymnastics in Va., will compete for SUNY Cortland.
We're now about a month into the season and we've already seen some early trends emerge. Here's a quick recap of our impressions of the season thus far...