Host NIU pulled out a narrow victory in the quad meet with a win over LU, Kent St and SPU. NIU's Morgan Hooper won BB and tied for the UB title with Kent St's Dara Williams. Teammate Anna Martucci won FX. LU's Courtney Mitchell won the AA with a 39.225 and tied for the VT title with teammate Aleah Turon.
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Stout easily won the John Zuerlein Invitational, defeating Hamline and Eau Claire. Mikala Bugge led the way, winning the AA with a 37.5. She also won the FX and tied for the VT title with teammate Shadae Boone. UW Stout's Sierra Beaver won UB while teammate Britney Wolfe won BB.
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Auburn held off Kentucky to remain undefeated and score a close win. AU's Derrian Gobourne and Drew Watson tied for the AA at 39.35 to lead the Tigers. Watson also tied on VT with UK's Mollie Korth . Auburn's Sam Cerio won UB while teammate Meredith Sylvia took the BB. UK's Alex Hyland and Sidney Dukes tied for 1st on FX
Link: AU Release
Arkansas posted a season-high but host UGA soared to a 197.475 to easily win the SEC dual. Rachel Dickson and Sydney Snead of UGA tied for the AA at 39.575. Snead won VT and tied with Dickson on UB. Dickson tied with teammate Sabrina Vega and Arkansas' Sophia Carter on FX. Vega won the BB.
Link: Ark Release
Heather Brink has been named Head Coach at Nebraska, making her interim status officially permanent.
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Taylor Waldo from Flyaways Gold has committed to Ball State. She qualified to JOs last season and finished 45thAA. She recently finished 7th AA at the Legacy Luau Invitational.
Lindsey Moffitt from Texas Dreams will join the SEMO squad next season. She qualified to regionals last season and finished 2nd on bars. This season she finished 1st on bars at the Kurt Thomas Invitational and she recently placed 4thAA at the Texas Prime.
EMU defeated host BGSU on Thursday night, holding off the Falcons on BB. The meet was originally set to be held at EMU, but due to the cold weather was rescheduled to BGSU. Megan Hultgren and Caitlin Satler tied for honors on BB while Emili Drobonics won the AA with a 39.1 to lead EMU. EMU's Courtney Bezold tied with BGSU's Leslie Delgado on UB, while EMU's Cali Harden tied with BGSU's Lauren DeMeno on VT. BGSU's Lexi Augustine won the FX.
Link: BGSU Release
Arkansas has signed Kiara Gianfagna to a letter of intent for 2019-2020. The second year L10 trains at JPAC in Indiana. She finished 38th AA at the 2018 Level 10 Junior Olympic Nationals. She was also 1st on VT and FX and 4th AA at the 2017 Level 9 Eastern Nationals.
Link: Ark Release
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OU leads the Men's National Rankings for the week of January 28th, per the averages compiled by RoadToNationals.com
Oklahoma retains its grip on the top spot in the Women's National Rankings for the Week of January 28th, as published by RoadToNationals.com. Florida slipped ahead of UCLA into 2nd, with Utah in 4th. LSU is about another 1/4 point behind in fifth.
UCLA posted a 197.225 to Stanford to remain undefeated. UCLA's Katelyn Ohashi won BB and FX with matching 9.975s to power the Bruins. Bruin Kyla Ross won UB and Bruin frosh Sekai Wright took VT.
Link: UCLA Release
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Army posted a 395.05 to defeat host Springfield's 388.05. Cole Casanova led Army, posting a career high 82.35 in the AA and winning at least a share of five events. He also set three career highs.
Link: Army Release
Host UC Davis found a battle on their hands on Sunday as they fought off Alaska-Anchorage, who is now helmed by alum Tanya Ho ('10). UC Davis picked up wins from Kyla Kessler on VT, Aya Suzuki on UB and Kelley Hebert on FX. UAA's Sophia Hyderally won BB while Isabelle Fox won the AA with a 38.8
Link: Sac State Release