Centenary will welcome Kendall Arasmith, Delia Ardoin and Olivia Hirsch for 2016-2017.
Arasmith is a L10 with the Rome Aerials in Georgia. She placed 16th AA at the 2016 Region VIII L10 Regionals.
Ardoin is a L10 at C.G.'s Gymnastics. She was 20th AA at the 2016 Region VIII L10 Regionals. She also finished 3rd on UB and 6th AA at the 2015 Level 9 Eastern Nationals.
Hirsch is a L10 at Jill Brown's Gymnastics.
Link: Release
Cal has added Alexandra Dudschus and Mariah Peterson for 2016-2017. Dudshus' commit was covered in a prior news item and Peterson was set to join for one year later.
Link: Cal Release
WVU has announced the signing of Chloe Cluchey and Abby Kaufmann to letters of intent. Cluchey's commit was announced in a prior news item and Kaufmann was original set to sign for the next season.
Link: WVU Release
Early commit Drew Grantham signed with NCSU this week as expected. Drew competed at regionals last weekend and earned a trip to JOs.
As expected, Felicia Hano has signed with UCLA, joining Kayla Ross, Madison Kocian and the Glenn sisters in the incoming freshman class.
NCAA athletes had a good day at the Pacific Rim Championships, where event finals were decided. UGA's Brittany Rogers (Canada) took a silver on VT and bronze on UB. OU's Breanna Dowell won a silver on FX and took fifth on UB. OU commit Ragan Smith won the BB. Boise State incoming frosh Courtney McGregor won the bronze on VT and placed 6th on BB and 8th on FX. Washington incoming frosh Madison Copiak was fourth on UB while Iowa incoming frosh Charlotte Sullivan took 4th on BB. UGA commit Megan Roberts was 5th on BB and 6th on FX.
On the Men's side, former Sooner Jake Dalton won FX while former Stanford star Eddie Penev took 2nd. Penev later won the VT. Cal's Aaron Mah was 3rd on FX and 5th on HB. Former OU star Alex Naddour won the PH while former NCAA champ Sam Mikulak of Michigan was 2nd.
Link: Women's Results
Link: Men's Results
Link: Videos
Here's the JO L10 National qualifiers by Region and their signed/committed school.
The US women won the Gold medal at the Pacific Rim Championships, easily outpacing the field. Canada was 2nd and Australia 3rd. World Champion Simone Biles continued her domination, posting a 62.45 in the AA for the win.
OU's Brenna Dowell had the fourth highest score in the AA and qualified to the AA final. UGA's Brittany Rogers (Canada) qualified to the VT and UB finals. Washington incoming frosh Madison Copiak (Canada) was fifth AA (8th by score) and qualified to the UB final. Maryland incoming Kirsten Peterman (Canada) was 10th AA (by score). Boise State signee Courtney McGregor was 7th AA (11th by score) and also made the VT, BB and FX finals. Iowa signee Charlotte Sullivan made the BB final.
Link: Team Results AA Results
Link: Event Final Qualifiers
Link: All Videos
Host Lindenwood defended their USA Gymnastics Collegiate National Team Title, edging Briidgeport 195.875 to 195.8. SPU was third qt 194.875 and Brown was fourth at 194.5. LU scored a new team scoring record.
Link: LU Release
Despite some mistakes, the US won the men's team gold at the Pacific Rim Championships. China's Cai Wefeng posted the top AA score, followed by the USA's Donnell Whittenburg and ex-NCAA champ Sam Mikulak. China was 2nd and Canada third.
The US squad also included ex OU standouts Alex Naddour and Jake Dalton, plus ex Stanford star Eddie Penev. Minnesota's Justin Karstadt, competing for Canada, placed 8th AA. Gopher teammate Joel Gagnon also competed. Canadian Aaron Mah, a Cal frosh, was 12th.
Link: Results
Link: Video
At the USA Gymnastics Collegiate Nationals Team Semi-Finals, Bridgeport and SPU advanced from the first session and Brown and Lindenwood advanced from the evening session. They will battle for the title on Saturday, as four closely grouped teams.
SPU's Maria Hundley, a senior, won the AA title with a 39.4. It was her sixth National title.
Link: Results Session 1 and Session 2
Link: SPU Release
Alessandra Brovedani, L10 at Head Over Heels, has committed to Arizona. She placed in the top two AA at all of her regular season meets this year and picked up several vault and bars titles over the course of the season. She finished 4th AA at the recent NorCal meet. (Edited to add) She finished 1st AA and 1st on bars at regionals.
Sadie Miner, a L10 from All-American in Utah, has committed to BYU for 2018-2019. As a Jr. B in 2015, she finished 1st AA at the JO NIT Meet. She recently placed 1st on BB at the Utah State L10 meet.
Link: VT at 2015 Nastia Cup
Teams and individual competitors have been announced. The sessions and rotations are set. Check the NCAA.com site for details:
The final post-regional Women's National Rankings are out. The Top 12 teams advance to Nationals, while the remaining teams 13 to 36 are ranked by a combination of their Regional and RQS finish.
Event winners at the Men's Big 10s:
FX: Sean Melton, Ohio State
PH: Alec Yoder, Ohio State
R: Alex Diab, Illinois
VT: Anthony McCallum, Michigan
PB: Melton
HB: Trevor Howard, PSU
Link: Michigan Release