Gym club owner and long time coach Neal Gallant joins Stanford's staff.
Charlotte Cooperman, L10 at Elite Gymnastics, has committed to Yale. This past season she finished 8th AA at regionals and qualified to the NIT, finishing 10th AA.
Alexis Belkoff, L10 at Arizona Dynamics, has committed to Sacramento State. She placed 2nd AA at her 2015 state meet and 10th AA at regionals. She competed at the NIT, scoring a win on vault and 5th place AA.
Maddie Mariani, L10 from Arizona Dynamics, has committed to Michigan. She is coming off a very strong season where she finished 1st AA and 1st on vault and floor at her state meet. She placed 1st AA at regionals and 10th AA at JOs.
Taylor Worthington, L10 at Aim High Gymnastics, has committed to Bowling Green. In 2015 she placed 4th AA at regionals and 36th AA at JOs.
Deanna Magro, L10 at Gymnastics Revolution, has committed to Maryland. This past season she won her state meet and placed 1st on bars and beam. She placed 11th AA at regionals.
Melissa Astarita, L10 at Action Gymnastics Academy, has committed to Penn State. This past season she qualified to regionals and finished 13th AA.
Missouri has introduced signees Brittany Ward and Xiarra Lewis. Ward's commit was covered in a previous post. Xarria Lewis is a Missouri local from Show Me Gymnastics. In her first season at Level 10 she won floor and placed 2nd AA at her 2015 state meet. She placed 11th AA at regionals and qualified to the NIT.
USA Gymnastics has added several gymnasts to the training squad for World's. In addition to the previously named Senior National Team members, Bama commit Madison Desch, OU's Brenna Dowell, Florida commit Rachel Gowey, Florida commit Amelia Hundley, and Ashton Locklear have been added to the finalists. Desch and Hundley scratched from Day 2 of the Championships with injuries but competed at the Pan Am Games for the US. The other three excel on the UB, which is a focus event for the US.
Link: USA Gymnastics
Morgan Spence, L10 at Raleigh School of Gymnastics, has committed to Western Michigan. She placed 5th AA at her 2015 state meet and qualified to regionals.
Cristal Isa, L10 at Gymcats in Nevada, has committed to Arizona. In 2015 she won her state meet and placed 1st on bars and floor. She placed 4th AA at regionals and 33rd AA at JOs.
USA Gymnastics has named the seven men that will represent the United States at the World Championships this fall. Former Michigan star and NCAA champ Sam Mikulak leads the squad, as expected. He'll be joined by Donnell Whittenburg, Danell Leyva, Alex Naddour (ex OU), Paul Ruggeri (ex Illinois), Brandon Wynn (ex Ohio State), and first alternate Chris Brooks (ex OU). Marvin Kimble is the 2nd alternate.
The US also named the Senior National team, adding several gymnasts to the team announced previously: Donothan Bailey (ex Cal), Jake Dalton (ex OU, injury), Jonathan Horton (ex OU), Steven Legendre (ex OU), CJ Maestas (ex Illinois), John Orozco (injured), Ennie Penev (ex Stanford). Some are surprised by the lack of the inclusion of Dalton, who had bypassed Nationals to work on his comeback from injury.
With many of the leading gymnasts having similar strengths, the key to making the Rio team could be consistent excellence on PH and Rings.
Link: USA Gymnastics Release
Tori Williams, L10 at Desert Lights, has committed to Utah State. She placed 6thAA at her 2015 state meet.
Nacaida Kearns, L10 at Gymniks in West Virginia, has committed to Bowling Green. She qualified to regionals in 2015 for the third consecutive year.
The final day of the P&G Championships brought the men's AA final. Former Michigan star and NCAA Champ Sam Mikulak won his third straight US Title in dominating fashion.
Donnell Whittenburg was a solid and consistent 2nd, scoring the same tally both days. But, after that, the standings shuffled considerably on Day 2, as a number of men significantly improved the second day. Sorting that out and selecting a World Championships will be challenging.
Chris Brooks, a former OU standout, was a solid third. However, only 1.05 points separated 4th place Alex Naddour (a great day for the former Sooner, moving beyond his days as the PH specialist) and 9th place Jonathan Horton (another former Sooner Olympian). Marvin Kimble, Danell Leyva, Steven Legendre, and Paul Ruggeri slotted between those two.
The US National Team will include Brooks, Horton, Kimble, Legendre, Leyva, Mikulak, Naddour, Ruggeri and former Cal standout Donothan Bailey, who finished 10th AA and 2nd on PH.
Five more team members are yet to be selected. Former OU standout Jake Dalton sat out the meet but is eligible to be selected for the team.
Link: USA Gymnastics
Two-time World Champ Simone Biles won her third straight US title at the P&G Championships. She did with a personal record score in the AA, eliminating the issues she faced on Day 1.
In second was OU commit Maggie Nichols, followed by Olympian Aly Raisman. Florida commit Bailie Key as fourth, and Olympic Champ Gabby Douglas was fifth.
Completing the US National team are UCLA commit Madison Kocian, Florida commit Alyssa Baumann, Utah commit McKayla Skinner, and UCLA commits Nia Dennis and Kyla Ross.
Lauren Hernandez won the junior title, edging clubmate and fellow future Gator Jazmyn Foberg.
Link: USA Gymnastics