UW-Whitewater claimed its fifth NCGA (Division III) National Title with a school record 193.7. UW La Crosse was 2nd at 192.55 and Brockport State was 3rd at 191.35. Whitewater's Lisa O'Donnell defended her AA title with a 38.675.
Lindenwood won it's fourth straight MIC Championships, posting a 195.225 for the win. LU's Kiersten Sokolowski won BB and tied for the VT title with SEMO's Alexis Brawner to lead the Lions. Teammate Andavea Alexander tied on UB with UIC's Serena Baker. UIC's Mikailla Northern won FX while TWU's Schyler Jones took the AA with a 39.15.
Juliette Boyer of San Mateo Gymnastics will compete for ASU in the 2019-20 season. She has earned various bars, beam, and floor titles this year. Last weekend she placed 1st in the all around and on bars, beam and floor at her NorCal state meet.
It's Conference Championship weekend, and we're our final stretch in the Race to Regionals. 39 teams remain in contention for 36 spots in the post-season, but many of the spots are essentially locked. Our biggest mystery will remain in the final Regional placements of the teams.
Here are some impressions from this season:
Congratulations to the incoming freshman (incoming class of 2018-19) who won L10 All Arround titles in their state meets this past weekend. (A few state meets will be held next weekend)
Alabama: . Griffin James, 37.9
Alaska: . Kristina Peterson, 37.475
Auburn: Derrian Gobourne, 38.7
UCLA: Sekai Wright, 38.3
Florida: Nya Reed, 38.275; Savannah Schoenherr, 38.175
UGA: Rachael Lukacs, 39.05
Illinois: Mallory Mizuki, 38.625
UIC: Alisa Sheremeta, 38.175
Michigan: Abby Brenner, 38.75; Natalie Wojcik 38.025
Missouri: Francis Bidwell, 38.025
Penn: Lauren Joost, 37.325
Ohio State: Claire Gagliardi, 37.375
Oregon State: Madison Dagen, 38.575
SUU: Karley McClain, 38.8
Towson: Emerson Hurst, 37.925
Ursinus: Emma Brown, 38.075
Utah: Cristal Isa, 38.3
OU leads the Women's National Rankings for the week of March 19th, hitting a Regional Qualfying Score (RQS) of 198.12. LSU moves into 2nd with UCLA in 3rd.
Minnesota celebrated Senior Day with ten seniors and a win over Cal. Senior captains Alex Wittenberg and Joel Gagnon tied for the FX title to lead the Gophers. Justin Karstadt added wins on PH and PB. Yaroslav Pachinka also won two events, winning R and tying Shaun Herzog on VT. Frosh Shane Wiskus won the HB and the AA (83.05).
Link: Release
Army's Nathan Goff posted a program-record 14.55 to win the FX and lead Army over Springfield.
Link: Army Release
For UNH, Nicole O'Leary won VT, Danielle Mulligan won UB (career high), and Riley Freehling and Casey Lauter tied on BB. UIC's Mikailla Northern won FX and the AA (39.25)
Link: UNH Release
OU's Maggie Nichols won FX with a 10 and VT with a 9.975, en route to a 39.85 AA win. She also tied on BB with teammates Natalie Brown and Brehanna Showers. Sooner Nicole Lehrmann won UB with a 9.975.
Link: OU Release
WVU's Zaakira Muhammad won the AA with a 39.575 to lead the Mountaineers to their highest road score since 2004. Muhammad also won the BB and tied on UB with NC St's Chelsea Knight. Teammate Kirah Koshinski won VT and tied with Knight and Towson's Gabriella Yarussi on FX.
Link: NC State Release
Michigan posted a tri-meet win at Navy. The Wolverines scored wins from Alec Krystek on HB, Cameron Bock on PB, Emyre Cole on VT, Dmitri Belanovski on PH and Jacob Moore on FX.
Link: Release
OU won it's 88th straight meet in a row, which ties the program for the longest undefeated streak in all of Division I athletics. Yul Moldauer led the way, winning PH, SR and PB. Teammate Alexei Vernyi won FX while Sooner Tanner Justus won VT.
Link: OU Release
Anton Stephenson won FX and VT to lead NU to a win over host PSU. For PSU, Sam Zakutney won PB and HB while teammate Noah Roberson won Rings. Nittany Lion Stephen Nedroscik won another PH title.
Link: PSU Release
Yale's Jacey Baldovino won the AA (39.075) and VT. For the hosts, Bridgeport's Maya Reimers won BB and FX while teammate Kelli Tereshko won UB.
Link: Bridgeport Release
Michigan won the Big Five meet at Rutgers, in front of a record crowd. Michigan's Lexi Funk tied for 1st AA (w/ Minnesota's Lexy Ramler) and on FX (with teammate Emma McLean and Minnesota's Paige Williams) to lead the Wolverines. Teammate Brianna Brown won BB. Gopher Ivy Lu won UB while PSU's Lauren Bridgens won VT.
Link: Rutgers Release