Washington has hired former Iowa assistant Jessa Hansen Parker as their new Head Coach.  She was formerly an assistant at UC Davis and Cal.  Prior to that, she was a standout at Iowa.

Link:  UW Release

Michigan's Fred Richard leads the US Men's Olympic Squad after winning the Olympic Trials this Saturday.  He secured an automatic spot on the team by not only finishing 1st in the AA, but by placing in the top 3 on 3 events. He will be joined by runnerup Brody Malone, a former NCAA champ and Olympian from Stanford who is also the current US Champion.  Michigan's Paul Juda, Stanford's  Asher Hong and former PSU standout and 2021 Pommel Horse World Champion Stephen Nedoroscik.  Stanford's Khoi Young, a two-time World silver medalist and former Gopher standout Shane Wiskus were named traveling alternates.  Wiskus finished third in the AA at the Trials but the former Olympian missed out on a spot on the main spot because he was not part of one of the highest scoring men's teams, when results were compiled from both the US Championships and Trials.  In the selection criteria, the top 5 potential team scores (including Richard) counting averages of all four scores from the four meets, and the top 5 team scoring combination using the best 3 of 4 were compared.  This calculation produced a high team score containing the same five athletes, under both criteria.  Per the rules, this team was automatically selected, and any more subjective criteria was not used.  Several gymnasts came very close to making the team, as the differences ended up being very small.  

Link:  USA Gymnastics

Fred Richard of Michigan ended up at the top of the leaderboard after night one of two, at the USA Men's Olympic Trials.  This is key because the top AAer after the two days of competition will be automatically named to the Olympic Team, as long as he finishes in the top 3 of at least 3 events.  He had the top marks on FX and HB.  National Champ Brody Malone, formerly of Stanford, was 2nd, at 0.5 back, and within reach of the automatic slot.  Former Gopher standout Shane Wiskus was 3rd while Michigan's Paul Juda was 4th, further strengthening his bid.  Stanford's Asher Hong recovered from a poor showing at the US Championships to finish tied with former OU star Yul Moldauer, in the fifth highest scoring position.  Khoi Young of Stanford, who looked to be well set for one of the five spots available after finishing 3rd at the Championships, was just 12th AA today, with problems on, PH, a key event for the US.  He reportedly has been battling tendonitis in his knees, however, his high mark of the day came on VT.  Several specialists are in the mix, particularly on PH, due to the lower scores on that event from the top AAers.  

The Men's Olympic Team selection uses an established criteria, documented here:  LINK   Basically, the average or top 3 of 4 scores from the two days of the US Championships and Olympic Trials are used.  The highest combinations of team scores using the 5-4-3 and 5-3-3 formats are calculated.  If the Trials winner places in the top three of at least three individual event, they are placed automatically and the combinations are narrowed to just those containing the athlete.  Then a complicated series of rules based on those scores are used to narrow down the team.  However, the rules provide for additional qualitative and quantitative criteria to help separate out the potential teams, including past success on the international scene.    

Link:  USA Gym