As expected, ASU announced the signing of Rebekah Conrad to a Letter of Intent.  Conrad trains as a L10 at World Class in Virginia.

Link:  ASU Release

Brian Manning from Intrastate Gymnastics in Massachusetts has committed to Penn State for 2013-3014.

Link:  YouTube Interview

The finals of the 2013 Women's NCAA Championships produced five National Champions:

Vault

On vault, Rheagan Courville of LSU stuck her Layout Yurchenko Full, achieving some of the greatest distance in the meet.  She was later tied with Bama's Diandra Milliner, who blasted a Yurchenko 1 1/2.  A small hop meant she would have to share the title.  UCLA's Olivia Courtney was third.

Bars

Gator Alaina Johnson hit her Ray release and stuck her double layout dismount to edge out teammate Bridget Sloan and Utah's Georgia Dabritz, who shared second.  Her 9.9125 was just enough to outdistance the pair. 

Beam

AA champ Sloan won a title of her own on BB, covering an off-balance on her flip-flop layout successfully and managing to hold her feet still on the dismount.  In second were Michigan's Katie Zurales and Minnesota's Hanna Nordquist.  Zurales nailed her aerial back-handspring series while Nordquist showed the even more difficult aerial back layout.

Floor

Michigan's Joanna Sampson hit some of the biggest tumbling of the meet, opening with a tidy double layout and ending with a sky high double pike.  Sampson actually shows a complete opening from her double pike, a level of amplitude rarely seen even at the elite level.  Bama's Diandra Milliner was second, drilling her double Arabian mount to a perfectly stuck landing.  In third was NU's Emily Wong, who opened with a tight and complete triple twist.

Link:  Results 

Michigan's Sam Mikulak won PB and HB as action wrapped up at the Men's NCAAs.  His 16.1 on the pipe was a meet-high. On Floor, Trevor Howard of PSU won with a 15.8.  On PH, Ohio State's Michael Newburger was the only finalist above 15 (15.45) to win.  Sooner Michael Squires hit for 15.775 to win rings, while on vault, Illini Fred Hartville won with a 15.425. 

Link:  Results

Michigan, led by AA Champ Sam Mikulak, won the 2013 Men's NCAA National Team title.  Their 443.2 was good enough to best OU's 440.1.  Stanford was third at 436.15, edging host PSU's 436.1.  Iowa was 5th at 426.45, with Illinois 6th at 422.55.

Olympian Mikulak ran away with the AA title, posting an impressive 91.15 to defeat teammate Adrian de los Angeles.  Stanford's Eddie Penev was third.

Link:   Michigan Release and Full Results

Florida overcame a counting fall in their first event, the Balance Beam, to power back with near-perfect routines on the remaining events to overtake the leaders and secure their first ever National Title.  The Gators become just the fifth team in NCAA history to win the title.  They were paced by NCAA champion Bridget Sloan, who posted a 39.75 AA during the final.

Florida's Bridget Sloan, competing in the first session, won the 2013 Women's NCAA AA title.  The former World Champion, just a frosh, posted a 39.6 for the win.  LSU's Rheagan Courville was the runnerup.

Link:  UF Release

Host PSU held off Stanford for the top spot in the evening session at the Men's NCAA Championships.  Iowa nipped Cal for the third spot by just 0.1 points.  These three teams will be chasing first session leader Michigan for the title.  OU and Illinois will also be in the hunt for the title on Saturday.

Link:   Session 2 Results

It all came down to the last rotation, but in the end, Alabama, OU and UCLA will advance to the Super Six.  As the final round approached, OU was in the "dugout" with a 197.2, highlighted by a 49.5 UB rotation.  In the final round, Bama was on vault, UCLA on UB, and Utah on beam. 

Bama hit their vaults well enough to post a 49.35 and win the session.  They were led by Kim Jacob's 39.425 AA win.  UCLA survived a few scares on UB (low landing by Zamarripa, improvisation by De La Torre) to tie OU.  Utah had a shaky leadoff and then suffered two more falls to drop out of the running.

Early wobbles on beam took Michigan out of the running.  However, their two AAers, Joanna Sampson and Katie Zurales, posted the highest scores of the session.   Arkansas placed sixth, after some problems on UB and a slow start on vault.

Link:  Results

The USA Gymnastics Collegiate Nationals take place this weekend, hosted by Centenary.  Online coverage appears to be limited.  Here's the site home page:

Link:  Meet Host Page