Event Champions were crowned at the USA Gymnastics Collegiate Nationals this afternoon.
Air Force won the USA Collegiate Nationals for the ninth straight time, led by jr. Jonah Urlab's 79.7 AA win. They posted a 396.4 to defeat W&M (388.75), Navy (388.7) and Springfield (371.9). ASU won the club division with a 393.35.
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Rachel Decious from Gold Medal in Arizona has committed to Alaska. She qualified to regionals last season. She recently competed to a 6th place finish at her state meet.
Alyssa Keller from All American Flames Gymnastix will joint the WMU team this fall. She qualified to JOs in 2017. She recently competed three events at the Michigan state meet, placing 7th on vault.
Halle Remlinger of Kidsport has committed to Minnesota. Her 2018 season is scattered with first place finishes. She recently finished 4th AA at her state meet.
Jordyn Duffield from Wildfire Gymnastics has committed to Southern Utah. This season she has earn a number of titles on vault, beam and floor and a top AA finish at the Pacific Classic. She recently placed 6th AA at her SoCal meet.
Amaya Marshall has accepted an offer from Missouri. We previously announced her commitment to WMU.
Taylor Sell will join the WVU team this fall. We previously announced her commitment to Pitt.
We have been informed that these two 2019 grads are no longer committed to NCSU.
The NCAA has announced seeds for the NCAA Regionals. The top two from each Regional, plus the top two AAers on any non-advancing team, along with any individual event champions advance to Nationals. Here are the placements:
The following are incoming freshmen for the 2018-19 who won their state meets this weekend.
Arizona: Kennedi Davis, 37.575
Ball State: JuliaWiest, 35.275
Missouri: Hannah McCrary, 36.45
OU: Olivia Trautman, 38.1
Cal won its home final, posting a 399.1 to defeat college club programs from ASU (379.3) and Washington (364.6). Aaron Mah won the AA with an 81.7. Senior teammate Yordan Aleksandrov placed 2nd AA.
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Minnesota was paced by wins from Shane Wiskus on FX and PB and Yaroslav Pochinka on R and VT. For NU, Antonio Castro won the PH. Iowa's Austin Hodges won the HB.
UCLA won its 18th Pac 12 title by overcoming a rough UB rotation to post a 197.5 and defeat Utah's 197.35. Cal was just off the pace with a 196.95, a few steps ahead of UW at 196.75.
San Jose State posted a 195.975 to win the MPSF title. UC Davis was 2nd at 195.2, with host Air Force close behind at 194.975. Sac State was just back in 4th at 194.775, with SPU a few tenths back at 194.3. UAA was 6th at 192.2