Jenna Weitz from South Shore Gymnastics has committed to Towson. Last season she qualified to regionals and placed 12th AA.
Julia Waight from Phenom has committed to Illinois. Last season she finished 3rd AA at her state meet and 18th AA at regionals.
Austynn Lacasse from Gymnastics Express Too has committed to Maryland. She qualified to regionals last season and finished 13th AA.
Simone Biles fell on vault (sat down the Biles) and on BB but still won the Gold Medal at the World Championships, by a large margin. Japan's Mai Murakami edge Florida commit Morgan Hurd for the silver (Hurd fell on BB).
Link: Results
Russia's Artur Dalaloyan and China's Xiao Ruoteng tied for first place in a thrilling final, with Dalaloyan winning the tiebreaker to become the 2018 World AA Champion (Men's). Ex-Michigan star and former NCAA champion Sam Mikulak was in third heading into high bar, but problems on the event left him in fifth. A 13.425 would have secured him the bronze. a mark he easily exceeded in the prelims and men's team competition. OU's Yul Moldauer finished 12th AA.
Link: UUSA Gymnastics
The US Women overcame a few mistakes to easily win the team title at the 2018 Doha World Championships. Simone Biles, Kara Eaker, and Florida commits Morgan Hurd and Riley McCusker joined with Utah commit Grace McCallum to defeat Russia, 171.629 to 162.863.
The US Men placed fourth in the Men's Team Final, just missing a spot at the 2020 Olympics. They will have another shot next year. In a thrilling finale, China edged Russia by the narrowest of margins, posting a 256.634 to Russia's 256.586. Japan was third at 253.744, with the US at 251.994.
Katie Fitzpatrick from Parkettes has committed to Cornell. She qualified to regionals last season and finished 11th AA.
Skylar Killough-Wilhelm from Triad has committed to Washington. Last season she placed 2ndAA at her state meet, 3rd AA at regionals (1st V) and 4th AA at JOs.
Jenna Domingo from HITS has committed to Oregon State. Last season she earned the bar title at her state meet. She picked up 1st place finished on bars, beam, floor and all around at regionals. She placed 13th AA at JOs.
Past, present and future NCAAers were in action at the World Gymnastics Championships in Doha this weekend. Here's how they fared in the preliminary rounds:
Arizona Dynamics' Aimee Lee is headed to Yale. Last season she finished 5th AA at her state meet and 12th AA at regionals.
Lauren McKeown from Crenshaw Gymnastics has committed to Brown. Last season she placed 3rd AA at her state meet and 5th AA at regionals, qualifying to JOs. She competed 3 events at JOs.
Angelica Labat from Ocean Tumblers has committed to ISU. Last season she finished 4th AA at her state meet, 9th AA at regionals and 22nd AA at JOs.
Liz Henshall from Superior Gymnastics has committed to Rutgers. Last season she placed 7th AA at her state meet and 17th AA at regionals.
Ava Mabanta from Denton Gymnastics has committed to Denver. She finished 1st on beam and the all around at her 2018 state meet. Her 2nd place finish at regionals qualified her to JOs where she finished 22nd.