Jessie DeZiel, former NU gymnast, brings NCAA coaching experience from NU (student assistant) and Ball State (assistant coach).
Ball State has hired Cassandra Ringer as an assistant. Ringer was a graduate assistant at Illinois State and an athlete at West Chester.
Link: Release
Former OU Sooner Colin Van Wicklen posted the top AA score at the Men's National Qualifier on Sunday. 18 men qualified for the US Championships, with this being the final qualifying meet.
Tia Kiaku has announced her transfer to Alabama. She competed mostly fx for Ball State in the 2018 season.
Bella Salcedo from Texas Dreams has committed to Penn State. She qualified to the 2018 Nastia Liukin Cup and finished 1st on vault and 7th AA. She placed 1st on vault and 2nd AA at her state meet. She was 1st on bars and 1st AA at regionals. She ended the season with a 5th place finish at JOs.
Cornell welcomes six newcomers for 2018-2019: Valerie Aubley, Michelle Espinosa, Haley Kondo, Miranda Lund, Sara Maughan and Donna Webster. The commits of all but Espinosa and Webster were covered in prior news items.
Isabel Song from Will-Moor has committed to Penn. She finished 1st on floor and 3rd AA at her 2018 state meet. She placed 2nd AA at regionals and 26th AA at JOs.
Kathryn Thaler from Stars has committed to Nebraska. She had a strong finish to her 2018 season, placing 1st AA, 1st on bars and floor at her state meet. She placed 1st on bars and 2nd AA at regionals. She placed 15th AA at JOs. We originally had her committing to Rutgers.
Hollyn Patrick from Airborne has committed to Missouri. Last season she placed 4th AA at her state meet and 8th AA at regionals. She finished 32nd AA at JOs.
The American Classic was held this weekend at the Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City. This meet serves as a qualifier for the US Championships, although several athletes who have already qualified used the meet as a prep meet for the Championships.
BJ Das, a former gymnast herself, has distinguished herself as a professional choreographer.. She joins the Utah staff as volunteer choreographer.
Temple (W) has named Josh Nilson as their new Head Coach. He had spent last season as an assistant at Air Force. Prior to Air Force, he was briefly named Head Coach at EMU as well as a co-interim Head Coach at PSU (where he was also an assistant). Prior to that he was an assistant at USU and at TWU.
Link: Release
Rutgers has announced the hiring of Anastasia Halbig and Michael Rosso as assistants. Halbig is a former RU athlete and Temple graduate assistant. Rosso is a Rutgers grad as well and was a former Temple assistant under near Rutgers Head Coach Umme Salim-Beasley. Rosso's brother Ralph is an assistant at Washington.
Link: RU Release
San Jose State's Wayne Wright has retired, the school announced yesterday. He has been with the program for 25 years, and became Head Coach in 2002.
Link: Release
Ella Hodges from Gymnastics and More has committed to Ohio State. She is a 2018 state beam champ. Her 2nd place finish at regionals qualified her to JOs and she finished 50thAA.