SPU has anounced the promotion of Sarah Marshall to Head Coach. She's been an assistant at SPU since 2010. As Sarah Sullivan, she competed for SPU and won 8 All-America Awards. She was also a former Division II Gymnast of the Year.
Link: SPU Release
Former CSUF Hall of Famer and AIAW All-American (BB, FX) Carol "Lefty Johnson" passed away Saturday, according to a tweet by Cal-State Fullerton. Johnston's pioneering achievements are especially notable as she lacked a complete right arm but that challenge did not prevent her from becoming a top AAer. She had been battling early onset Altzheimer's.
Arileyah Harris of Champions Gymnastics has committed to EMU for 2019-2020.
Link: Recruiting Site
Elyssa Roberts from Tift Gymnastics has signed with Kentucky. This season she placed 9th AA at her state meet and 10th AA at regionals.
Nebraska has picked up Robert Ladanyi as an assistant. The former Utah assistant previuosly was an assistant at DU and Florida.
Link: NU Release
Trinity Macy from Metroplex has committed to Pitt. This season she she placed 4th AA at her state meet and 2nd AA at regionals.
Jordyn Lyden from Flips Gymnastics has committed to UMinn. This season she finished 1st on bars and beam at her state meet (3rd AA) and 1st on beam (2nd AA) at regionals.
Ella Zirbes from Flips Gymnastics has announced her commitment to Utah. She competed in the 2018 Hopes Classic, placing 3rd AA. She placed 1st on floor at the US Classic. She earned her qualifying score to Jr. Elite earier this season, qualifying her to the US Classic.
Stanford has announced the retirement of Associate Head Coach Chris Swircek. He has been with the program for 15 years, and was a two-time Regional NCAA Assistant Coach of the Year. The former San Jose State Spartan athlete will continue on as a volunteer assistant and camp director.
Link: Stanford Release
UCLA has made it official and has elevated Associate Head Coach Chris Waller to Head Coach. He's been on the coaching staff for 17 years. The former Bruin athlete was an NCAA champion, US Champion and Olympian.
Link: UCLA Release.
The Men's JO Nationals were held this past weekend in Reno and champions were crowned in the Junior Olympic and Junior Elite levels. Here are some of the NCAA related results:
UIC's standout Alisa Sheremeta will transfer to Missouri for her sophomore season. She was a USA Gymnastics All-American on FX in her first season. The UIC program has been discontinued and some team members are continuing their competitive careers by transferring.
Link: Release
2019 NCAA team, vault and AA champ Maggie Nichols was named the 2019 Honda Award winner for gymnastics. In total, she is a six time champion, including the back-to-back AA champ.
Link: Release
Auburn has announced the addition of Morgan Leigh Oldham, Elise Panzer and Anna Sumner for 2019-2020. We covered the commits of Panzer and Sumner previously, buy Oldham was previously committed to Arkansas. She's a L10 fron Sonshine Gymnastics and a 2015 and 2017 JO National qualifier.
Link: AU Release
UAA has announced the signing of Canadian Mackenzie Robinson. Robinson has represented Jamaica internationally.