Mia Lord, L10 at DeVeau's in Indiana, has committed to NIU. She placed 2nd AA at her 2015 state meet, 5th AA at regionals and 26th AA at JOs.
Leah Perrino, L10 at Gold Medal Gymnastics in Arizona, has committed to San Jose. This season she competed three events at regionals and placed 28th AA overall.
Lexy Wadsworth, L9 at Crag Gymnastics, will walk on at Iowa this fall. This past season she competed two events at her state meet, finishing 1st on beam and 2nd on floor.
Nuriya Mack, a L10 from Gymstars, will compete for Kent State this season. She qualified to the L10 JO Nationals in 2015 after placing 6th AA and 2nd(t) on FX at the Region VIII L10 Regionals. She was 24th AA and 4th on FX at Regionals in 2014.
Link: Videos
Cameron Topp, a L10 at Champion, has committed to Illinois State. At the 2015 Region V L10 Regionals, she placed 22nd AA. She also qualified to Regionals in 2014.
Link: Videos
Sydney Williams, a L10 at Gymstars, has committed to CMU for 2016-2017.
Link: Videos
Emily Milliet, a L10 with Achieves, has commmitted to Lindenwood for 2016-2017. She placed 18th AA at the 2015 Region III Level 10 Regionals, and qualified to the JO NIT Meet. She was also 11th AA and 2nd on FX at the 2014 Region III Level 9 Regionals.
Neva Isabelle will compete for UNC next season, according to her hometown newspaper. A L10 at New Bern Gymnastics, she was 7th AA at the 2014 North Carolina L10 State meet.
Link: Article
Brown has announced a five woman frosh class: Izzy Bauman, Julia Green, Morgan Hagenbuch, Gabrielle Hechtman and Cassidy Jung. The commits of Hagenbuch and Jung were covered in prior news item.
Bauman is a L9 from the Josephson Academy of Gymnastics. She qualified to the Region I L9 Regionals in 2014.
Green is a L10 from AJS Pancott. In 2015, she qualified to the JO NIT Meet by finishing 8th AA at the Region VII L10 Regionals. As a Level 9 in 2014, she placed 9th AA at the Level 9 Eastern Nationals.
Hechtman is a L10 from All American (NY). At the 2015 Region VI L10 Regionals, she placed 13th AA. As a L9 in 2014, she placed 23rd AA at the Level 9 Eastern Nationals.
Link: Brown Release
Samantha Brown has been named Ass't Coach at PSU. Brown is a former NCAA competitor and gym owner and she is also a Brevet Judge.
Hope Masiado, L10 at Girls Co-op Gymnastics, has committed to Boise State. This season she finished 5th AA at the Pa. state meet. She competed 3 events at regionals, but earned a trip to JOs where she finished 32nd AA.
Leah Clapper, L10 at Gym America in Michigan, has committed to PSU. This season she competed to a 4th place finish at her state meet and a 6th place finish at regionals. She placed 15th AA at JOs.
15 senior and 6 junior men qualified to the VISA Championships this past weekend. The senior qualifiers include several athletes with current or former NCAA affiliations:
Chris Brooks (former OU)
Colin Van Wicklen (OU)
Jonathan Horton (former OU)
Sean Melton (Ohio State)
Eddie Penev (former Stanford)
Hunter Justus (OU)
Robert Neff (Stanford)
Joshua Dixon (former Stanford)
Steven Lacombe (University of California - Berkeley)
Jack Boyle (Iowa)
Joshua Martin
Michael Reid (OU)
Nick Hunte (Michigan)
Danny Berardini (OU)
Andrew Botto (Iowa)
Link: USA Gymnastics
Alexandra Johnston, L10 at ENA in New Jersey, has committed to Bowling Green. In 2014 she placed 4th AA at her state meet and 12th AA at regionals.
Alexis Beucler has announced her commitment to NCSU on scholarship. We previously announced her commitment to UGA.
The Pan Am Games wrapped up with Day 2 of the event finals.
On the Women's side, Ellie Black of Canada wrapped up a dominant Games. The veteran won both BB and FX to push her medal count to five, including three Golds. On BB, Florida commit Megan Skaggs was 2nd and Ohio State signee Victoria Kayen Woo of Canada was 3rd. Former DU star Jessica Lopez Arocha (Venezuela) was 6th and Florida commit Rachel Gowey was 8th.
On FX, Florida commit Amelia Hundley was 2nd and Bama commit Madison Desch was 4th.
On the Men's side, Colombia's Jossimar Calvo Moreno won Golds on PB and HB, to add to his previous gold on PH. Like Black, he won five medals overall.
On Vault, Manrique Larduet of Cuba won the gold. The US' Donnell Wittenburg won silver while former Illinois star Paul Ruggeri was fifth.
On PB, former Michigan star and NCAA champ Sam Mikulak won the bronze. Whittenburg was fifth.
On HB, Ruggeri claimed the bronze while Mikulak was sixth.
Link: Results