The Women's National Rankings are in their second week of using the Regional Qualifying Score, or RQS. However, OU remains #1 and UF #2, just ahead of Bama. We're seeing quite a bit of movement as the teams race to qualify for Regionals. The RQS takes the top three AWAY scores and combines them with the next three highest HOME or AWAY scores, tosses out the HIGH, and AVERAGES the rest.
Kent State used a consistent effort to defeat host CMU. Rachel Stypinski led the way, winning BB and tying for the FX title with CMU's Taylor Bolender. For CMU, Kasey Janowicz won the AA (39.15) and the VT. Teammate Megan Lamphere won the UB.
Link: CMU Release
Drew Aldridge, L10 at All Olympia, has announced her commitment to North Carolina. Drew competed to a 2nd place finish at the Chow's Challenge and earned the vault title. She also placed picked up the vault title at the Gymnastics Legends and 4th in the all around
Season-highs abounded as host GWU posted a 196.6 to overcome strong outings from Maryland, Rutgers, and Towson. Cami Drouin-Allaire led the way, winning the VT and FX and tying for the AA title with teammate Jillian Winstanley (39.35). Winstanley tied for the UB title with Towson's Tyra McKellar. GWU's Liz Pfeiler tied for the BB title with Towson's Mary Elle Arduino.
Link: Release
Host UC Davis posted a 195.225 to defeat the Seawolves. Six Aggies shared the four events: Katy Nogaki won the VT while Miranda Holder and Dani Judal tied for the UB title. On BB, Alexis Brown and Stephanie Stamates shared top honors, while on FX, Yasmine Yektaparast won the title.
Link: UAA Release
Illinois posted a solid road score of 195.85 in a win over Lindenwood. They picked up a pair of wins from Gianna O'Connor and Sunny Kato. Kato won the UB title and shared the BB title with teammate Lizzy LeDuc. O'Connor won the AA with a 39.375 and shared the VT title with teammate Erin Buchanan. Lindenwood's Rachel Zabawa won the FX.
Link: Release
MSU posted an important 195.1 road score in a quad meet win at Illinois State. Lisa Burt led the way, winning UB and the AA (39.25). She also tied for the FX title with Illinois State's Meredith LaRoche. WMU's Anna Corbett won another VT title while Illinois State's Amanda Mohler won BB.
Link: WMU Release
Brown and host Cornell tied for the Ivy Classic, defeating Yale and Penn. Brown was led by Jorden Mitchell, who won FX and the AA (38.85). Cornell was led by Kaitlin Green, who won BB and tied for the UB title with Penn's Elyse Shenberger. Cornell frosh Malia Mackey won VT.
Link: Release
Temple won the quad meet hosted by Itaca, winning the Harriet Marranca Memorial Invitational. The Owls were led by a win from Sophia Valeri on UB and Sahara Gipson in the AA (38.525). For Brockport St, Jennifer Sklenar won BB and Candis Kowalik won FX. Cortland State's Amanda Scanlan was the top vaulter.
Link: Ithaca Release
Host Ball State posted a big score in a win over BGSU. Denasiha Christian led the way for Ball State with a win on VT. Teammates Baylee Bell and Jordyn Penny shared the BB title with BGSU's Lauren Feely and Victoria Heath. For BGSU, Alyssa Nocella won the UB and FX while teammate Feely won the AA (39.125).
Link: Release
Morgan Lowe, L10 at WOGA, has announced her commitment to Ohio State. This season she earned the vault title at the Texas Prime meet and the Chow's Challange. She has placed in the top three AA in her last four meets. Last season she earned trip to the NIT and placed 6th AA.
Kalyany Steele, L10 at Colorado Aerials, has announced her commitment to UCLA. She recently placed 15th AA at the Pikes Peak Cup.
Stanford defeated Cal and international teams from Japan, Finland and Canada on Saturday night.
Link: Stanford Release
Host Iowa won the tri-meet, defeating PSU and NU. Hawkeye Matt Loochtan tied for the FX, Rings and PB titles and won the HB title to pace Iowa to the win. He posted an 86.4 to win the AA.
Link: NU Release
Host OU easily defeated Minnesota in a Top 4 matchup. Yul Moldauer of OU won the FX with a big 15.9 to lead the Sooners. He also won PB with a 15.75.
Link: OU Release
Army's Jesse Glenn won VT and the HB (15.4) en route to an 85.7 AA win.
Link: Army Release