Illinois State Head Coach Bob Conkling has announced his retirement, after 20 years as Head Coach at Illinois State and over 40 years in coaching. He received MIC Coach of the Year honors in 2025 and 2022. The Redbirds won the MIC championship for the third time this year.
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Haylee Young, an assistant at Iowa State since 2020 and a former standout, has announced her departure. She has accepted a new opportunity.
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Rutgers has promoted Anastasia Candia to Head Coach. She had been acting as the interim Head Coach, and was named Region 3 Head Coach of the Year. She previously was an assistant at Rutgers and Temple and was a standout student athlete at Rutgers.
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The Women's College Gymnastics Association All-America awards were determined based on the placement during both sessions of the semifinals of the NCAA. The The aggregate list is below:
Michigan edged five-time defending champ Stanford to win the 2025 Men's Team Gymnastics Championships. The hosts posted a 332.224 to edge the Cardinal's 332.061. OU was 3rd at 327.891, Nebraska 4th at 326.222, PSU 5th at 317.258 and Illinois 6th at 316.293. The title was the Wolverine's seventh overall title. Michigan used a series of strong vaults under pressure to outscore Stanford.
Michigan's Fred Richard won the AA with an 84.264, well ahead of teammate Paul Juda in 2nd with an 82.164. OU's Fuzzy Benas was 3rd at 81.364. Juda also won the PB. Asher Hong of Stanford won the FX and R, to bring his career total up to 6 National titles. AF's Patrick Hoopes was the champ on Pommels, while Ohio State's Kameron Nelson was the winner on VT. Finally, OU's Emre Dodanli was the champ on HB.
Link: Results and UMich Release and Stanford Release
OU completed their redemption tour from 2024 by opening with a 49.6125 on BB and then hitting vault for a 49.4375 to post a 198.0125 and win the 2025 NCAA Women's Team Championship. UCLA was tied after the first rotation but fell behind on their weakest event, vault. Problems on BB kept them from catching the Sooners. In a historic 3rd, Missouri postED A 197.25 to defeat Utah. Missouri started slow on VT and UB but clawed back to surpass the Utes on the last routine. Utah had a fall and a major break on BB and other on VT to fall off the early pace. Jordan Chiles was the top individual of the day, posting a 39.775 in the AA and posting the top marks on UB and FX. Missouri's Helen Hu had the top mark on BB while Ute Avery Neff had the top mark on VT. Ultimately, it was the precision and depth of the Sooners that carried the day, with just one score (of 24) below a 9.8.
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Hailey Mendoza, a L10 from Queen City, has committed to a full scholarship offer at WVU, starting in 2025-2026. In 2024, she placed 17th AA at the Women's Development Program L10 Nationals. This past season, she posted a new career high in the AA of a 38.0. After missing the later half of the season, she returned to tie for 2nd on UB at the Region 5 L10 Regionals.
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Host Michigan posted a 329.824 to defeat Stanford's 329.028 to set up a showdown in tomorrow's final. Illinois posted a 323.194 to advance as well. Ohio State was 4th at 319.459, Army 5th at 311.091 and Navy 6th at 308.056. Michigan's Fred Richard posted the top mark of the day on PB while teammate Carson Eshleman edged Richard for the top mark of the day on HB. That event will be key for the Wolverines on Saturday, as they posted the top three marks in Session 2. Stanford's Taylor Burkhart had the top mark of the day on FX, while teammate Khoi Young had the top mark of the session on PH. Cardinal Asher Hong had the top mark of the day on R. For Illinois, Garrett Schooley posted the top mark of the session on VT.
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Nebraska posted a 324.894 to win the first session of the qualifying round at the Men's NCAAs. OU was 2nd at 323.46 and PSU 3rd at 321.992. They advance to the final. Cal was 4th at 319.091, Air Force 5th at 313.526 and W&M 6th at 307.691. Finals are tomorrow. NU was led by Yanni Chronopoulos, who posted the top mark on PB and Asher Cohen, who tied for the top mark on R with OU'S Matthew Burgoyne. OU'S Emre Dodanli was the top worker on FX, while PSU's Akseli Karsikis had the top mark on HB. Air Force's Patrick Hoopes had the top mark of the day on any event, with a 15.033 on PH. Teammate Erich Upton had the top AA mark at 79.23. Cal's Jasper Smith-Gordon was the top vaulter.
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Clemson announced a change in gymnastics leadership, in a very short statement. Amy Smith and Clemson are parting ways and a national search will be launched for a replacement.
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Taylor Christopulos of NU was named the winner of the 2025 Nissen-Emery Award. The award is given to the top senior student-athlete.
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Oklahoma's Jordan Bowers won the AA with a 39.7125 out of the first session to claim the 2025 NCAA AA title. Utah's Grace McCallum was 2nd and OU's Faith Torrez was 3rd.
Utah excelled on their final event to pull ahead and win the second semi-final of the NCAA Finals. UCLA suffered an injury on VT And overcame a missed connection on BB to power ahead and claim the second spot in the finals, just a whisper behind Utah. The two former Pac 12 conference rivals upended #1 and defending champ LSU. LSU had a few small mistakes in the first two events but came back to take the lead after the FX. But they ended up sticking just one vault and the two U teams pulled ahead. MSU ended in 4th at 197.3625, falling behind after a few small mistakes on FX.
Grace McCallum posted the session's highest AA tally at 39.675. UCLA's Jordan Chiles had the top mark of the day on UB at 9.975 while teammate Brooklyn Moors had the top mark of the day on FX at 9.9625. Bruin Emma Malabuyo had the top mark in the session at 9.975. LSU's Kailin Chio won the VT with a 9.975.
Link: Results and Utah Release