Emma Otsu from Airborne has committed to UC Davis. She placed 7th AA at her 2018 NorCal meet and 8th AA at regionals. She finished the season at JOs, placing 26th AA. Emma, who has dual citizenship, was named to Japan's National Team in 2017.
Mikelle Ballard from Mt. Helena Gymnastics in Montana has committed to USU. She finished 1st on fx and 2nd AA at her 2018 state meet. She placed 8th AA at regionals.
Ryanna Head from LaFleurs has committed to MSU. Last season she placed 2nd AA at both her state and regional meets. She finished 26th AA at JOs.
Alysen Fears from Wildfire has committed to Arizona. This past season she earned a 1st place finish at her state meet on floor. She won her regional meet and placed 1st on bars and floor. She was 8th AA at JOs.
We previously announced Chloe Widner's commitment to Arizona. She has announced a commitment to Stanford.
Raisa Boris from Twin City Twisters has committed to EMU. Last season she won her state bar title. She placed 5th AA at regionals and 24th AA at JOs.
Aubri Schwartze from Triad has committed to SUU. She was the 2018 regional bars champ and she placed 3rd AA. She finished 36th AA at JOs.
San Jose State has hired Joanne Bowers as their new Head Coach. Bowers returns to coaching after 10 years at Washington. She relocated to the Bay Area, where her son Ross is the starting quarterback on Cal's football team. She is a former Michigan assistant, Kent State Assistant, Illinois State Head Coach and student-athlete at JMU.
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Illinois has officially added Torie Stotz to its incoming class. Her early commitment was previously announced.
Anaya Smith from Docksiders has committed to ASU. She earned a near-sweep at her 2018 regional meet, placing 1st in the all around and on vault, bars and floor. She finished out her season at 26th AA at JOs.
Nora Houseman from Airborne has comitted to George Washington. She qualified to regionals last season and finished 3rd AA. She placed 27th AA at JOs.
Emma Wiley from Superior Gymnastics has committed to William and Mary. She qualified to regionals in 2017 and finished 9th AA.
Christie Tini from Infinity Elite has committed to CMU. Last season she placed 1st on bars and 2nd AA at her state meet and 1st AA at regionals. She placed 15th AA at JOs.
The GK US Classic is a qualifying competition heading into US Championships in August. Some gymnasts have already qualified to the US Championships via other competitions and some gymnasts may qualify with 2- or 3-event scores. For purposes of this post, the following earned a qualifying score in the all around this weekend in the Sr. Division:
1. S. Biles
2. R. McCusker (UF '19)
3. M. Hurd (UF '19)
4. S. Jones (UF '20)
5. A.Shchennikova (Mich '19)
6. A. Davis (OU '20)
7. S. Blakely (UF '21)
8. J. Chiles (UCLA '19)
9. L. Blanco (Bama '20)
10. J. Carey (OSU '18)
11. McCallum (Utah '21)
Earning a qualifying AA score in the Jr Division:
1. L Wong
2. K Di Cello
3. J Bowers (OU '21)
4 T Tatum (LSU '21)
5. S Lee (Auburn '21)
6 S Blakely
7T A.Finnegan (LSU '21) and K German
9T O Greaves and S Butler (UF '22)
11 A Jeffrey
12 S Morris
13 S Harris
14 K Chio
15 B Neault
16 L Jung-Ruivivar
17 C Alipio
18T C. Dean and K Rosen