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Thursday, 11 September 2025 13:31

Turner to Florida

Tyler Turner, an elite and two-time Junior National Team member from WOGA, has committed to Florida.  She is a member of the Class of 2027.  She has been recovering this year from an Achilles' rupture.  In 2024, she won a silver on FX and placed 6th AA in the junior division at the US Championships.  She also tied for 14th AA in the junior division at the 2023 US Championships.

Link:  Insta

Wednesday, 10 September 2025 17:02

NCAA Rules Modifications (W) for 2025-2026

The NCAA has released the 2025-2026 Rules Modifications for NCAA women's gymnastics, and the resulting changes are perhaps the most inconsequential in the decades.  As the result, absent something like the SCORE board initiative, scoring records could be in danger again this season.  


Sometimes, there are changes to the underlying code from the Women's Development Program Code of Points.  However, this season, those changes are minor as well, as this is the last year of the four year cycle of changes to the Code.  There are some clarifications and changes on the NCAA side, but they are mostly new procedures and clarifications, with no changes on the events.

The most major change is the fact that a Panel Judge can call for a judging conference when an "impossible" score is identified.  This is due an obvious flat execution deduction that was not applied (like a fall or grab of the apparatus or extra swing) or a composition deduction was not applied, and yet the counting scores are within range and/or the Start Values are the same.  

There were no notable changes on vault.

On UB, they clarified situations in which a combination leading to a fall is repeated.  

On BB, a clarification was added to show movement/choreography in all directions, and that movements at any level (low, semi-low, standing). 

On FX, the definition of a salto was clarified to include elements that take off from two feet and land on one or both feet, or lower in control to the knee.  Aerials nor saltos that land in a sitting, prone is sit-split qualify as an Acro pass.  As per the prior regulation, at least one salto must be a C value salto.  The NCAA also further clarified that the routine must include two acro passes performed on two different diagonals.        

The document also provides changes on injury assessments, video reviews and various aspects of meet operations, including the rotation and placement of judges. 

On the underlying Women's Development Program (WDP) Optional Code of Points, the changes are also minor and are moving closer to the NCAA guidance.   Here are some of the changes for this season:  

  • Several skill values have been raised to align with the NCAA values.  
  • The deduction for small or medium steps on landing are 0.1 or 0.15.  
  • The hips must below knee level to get up to a 0.3 deduction on landing (level with knees has been stricken out).
  • The deduction for failure to dismount of 0.3 has been deleted.
  • On Vault, deductions of up to 0.3 can be taken when a lateral axis turn is taken too early.  
  • Certain leaps and jumps will no longer be downgraded for severe undersplit (e.g., 134 degrees or less) but execution will be taken.  Similarly, wolf and tuck jumps will be awarded value part credit if the position is greater than 130 degrees at the hips and 90 degrees at the knee.     

Clarifications are in bold font, changes are highlighted in blue.

Link:  2025-2026 Women's NCAA Rules Modifications (PDF)

Link:  2022-2026 Women's WDP Optional Code of Points Update (PDF)

 

The College Sports Commission, the new body created out of the House Settlement, has released some data on new Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) Clearinghouse.  The NIL Go Platform has, as of August 31st, approved 6,090 deals.  The total value of these deals is $35.42M.  Since this number also includes all sports, including Football, this number is relatively low.  Given the number of high $ deals given to football and basketball stars, and other prolific influencers, this number is actually relatively low.  However, nearly $80M in deals were submitted, not including those that were not cleared or cancelled.  332 were not cleared but 75 of those were resubmitted.  (This short report was corrected one day after initial release, with a major error on the total approved deal quantity)    

Link:  Report

Wednesday, 10 September 2025 14:56

2026-2027: Aldrich to GWU

Sarah Aldrich, a L10 from YellowJackets, has committed to a full scholarship offer at GWU, starting in 2026-2027.  This past season, she placed 20th AA at the Women's Development Program (WDP) L10 Nationals.  She missed almost all of 2024.  

Link:  Insta

Wednesday, 10 September 2025 08:58

Damelio to Auburn

Ally Damelio, an elite from San Mateo, has committed to a full scholarship offer at Auburn.  She is a member of the Class of 2027 and is one of four gymnasts to commit to Auburn on Tuesday.  This past season, she placed 17th AA and 10th on FX at the Xfinity US Championships, in the senior division.  She also placed 7th AA at the US Classic.  In 2024, she tied for 4th AA and was 2nd on UB at the American Classic.  She also placed 11th AA at the 2023 XFinity US Championships as a junior.  

Link:  Insta

Wednesday, 10 September 2025 08:50

2027-2028: Grebenkova to Auburn

Elizaveta "Liza" Grebenkova, a L10 from Aim Athletics, has committed to a full scholarship offer at Auburn, starting in 2027-2028.  She was one of four commits announced today.  This past season, she was the National Champion (Jr. D) in the AA and UB at the Women's Development Program L10 Nationals.  She also tied for 3rd on BB and 5th on FX.  Earlier in the season, she tied for 1st AA at the Nastia Liukin Cup.  She missed the 2nd half of the 2024 season.  

Link:  Insta

Wednesday, 10 September 2025 08:41

2027-2028: Reingold to Auburn

Brooke Reingold, a L10 from AIM Athletics, has committed to a full scholarship offer at Auburn, starting in 2027-2028.  This past season, while at WCC, she placed 6th AA and tied for 2nd on BB at the Women's Development Program (WDP) L10 Nationals.  She won the L10 National title on UB at the 2024 WDP L10 Nationals, where she also placed 6th on BB and tied for 6th AA.  

Link:  Insta

Wednesday, 10 September 2025 08:38

2027-2028: Guenther to Auburn

Giselle Guenther, a L10 from Cincinnati Gymnastics, has committed to a full scholarship offer at Auburn, starting in 2027-2028.  This past season, she placed 4th on VT, tied for 10th on FX and placed 7th AA at the Women's Development Program (WDP) L10 Nationals.  She was a Level 9 last season, and placed 4th on VT and 10th AA at the WDP Level 9 Eastern Nationals.  She was one of four Auburn commits to announce on Tuesday.    

Link:  Insta

Tuesday, 09 September 2025 14:19

2026-2027: Burns to Nebraska

Natalie Burns, a L10 from CGI, has committed to continue her academic and athletic career at Nebraska, starting in 2026-2027.  This past season, she tied for 22nd AA and 6th on BB at the Women's Development Program L10 Nationals.  She also qualified to the WDP L10 Nationals in 2024.  

Link:  Insta

Monday, 08 September 2025 21:07

2027-2028: Restrepo to PSU

Kieley Restrepo, a L10 from Infiniti Elite, has committed to a full scholarship offer at PSU, starting in 2027=2028.  This past season, she placed 17th AA at the 2025 Women's Development Program  (WDP) L10 Nationals.  She was also 8th(t) on BB and 12th AA at the 2024 WDP L10 Nationals.  

Link:  Insta

Monday, 08 September 2025 21:03

2027-2028: Barksdale to Florida

Ariana Barksdale, a L10 from Sonshine, has committed to a full scholarship offer at Florida, starting in 2027-2028.  She's a two-time L10 National Champ on VT (2024, 2025) and the L10 National Champ on FX (2024).  She also tied for 2nd on FX and placed 34th AA at the 2025 Women's Development Program (WDP) L10 Nationals and was runnerup in the AA at the 2024 WDP L10 Nationals.

Link:  Insta

Monday, 08 September 2025 18:43

Redick to LSU

Lia Redick, an Canadian National Team member and senior high performance elite, has committed to LSU on a full scholarship.  She is part of the class of 2027.  She's had an excellent season in 2025, winning the Gold on BB at the 2025 Pan American Championships.  She also placed 8th AA at the 2025 Canadian Championships.  In 2024, she won the gold at the Olympic Hopes Cup and placed 3rd AA, 2nd on BB and 3rd on FX at the Canadian Championships, in the junior division.  She was one of four gymnasts to commit to LSU on Monday, all of whom had taken Official Visits this past weekend.  

Link:  Insta

Monday, 08 September 2025 18:32

2027-2028: Bradford to LSU

Sage Bradford, an elite at WOGA, has committed to a full scholarship offer at LSU, starting in 2027-2028.  This past season, she placed 17th AA at the 2025 US Classic and 14th AA at the American Classic   As a junior elite in 2023, she placed 20th AA at the Xfinity US Championships.  She is one of four athletes to visit LSU this past weekend and give her commitment on Monday.  

Link:  Insta

Monday, 08 September 2025 18:20

Cadrin to LSU

Zoe Cadrin, a Canadian Senior High Performance gymnast and Canadian Senior National Team member, has committed to full scholarship offer at LSU, starting in 2027-2028.  She is one of four gymnasts to commit to LSU today, after their Official Visit this past weekend.  In 2025, she placed 5th AA and 3rd on UB at the Elite Canada meet.  The prior season, in 2024, she won the silver medal in the AA at the Canadian Championships.  She also placed 2nd on VT and 1st on UB.  She graduates in 2027.  

Link:  Insta

Monday, 08 September 2025 18:12

2027-2028: Esponda to LSU

Reese Esponda, a two-time US National Team member from WCC, has committed to a full scholarship offer at LSU.  She was one of four gymnasts to take an Official Visit this past weekend.  All four of them committed to LSU.  Esponda, who originally hails from Montana, placed 16th AA at the Xfinity US Championships in 2025.  

Link:  Insta

Sunday, 07 September 2025 21:05

2027-2028: Riccio to Nebraska

Hannah Riccio, a L10 at World Class (FL), has committed to a full scholarship offer at Nebraska, starting in 2027-2028.  She placed 5th on VT as an event specialist at the 2025 Region 8 L10 Regionals.  

Link:  Insta

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