Kayla Smith, a L10 at VIGS, has committed to a scholarship offer from WVU, starting in 2025-2026. At the 2023 Women's Development Program Level 10 Nationals, she placed 22nd AA. In 2022, she tied for 1st on VT and placed 8th AA at the Region 7 Level 10 Regionals, and qualified to Nationals on VT.
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Samantha Schnaider, a L10 from the Connecticut Gymnastics Academy, has committed a continue her athletic and academic career at Minnesota, starting in 2024-2025. A two-time L10 National qualifer, she was the Region 6 Regional champ in 2023 on BB and in the AA. She also won the Regional titles on UB, BB and the AA in 2022.
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LSU commit Zoe Miller won the Gold on the UB to lead the US women at Day 1 of the event finals at the 2023 Pan American Games. Veteran US gymnast Donnell Whittenburg won the Gold on Rings and placed 6th on FX while Stanford's Colt Walker was 4th on R. UCLA's Jordan Chiles was 2nd on VT to Brazil's Rebeca Andrade (who was also 2nd on UB). Chiles was 7th on UB after a fall. On PH, former Michigan star Cameron Bock was 4th while former World Champion and ex Nittany Lion Stephen Nedoroscik was 5th.
Iowa commit Aurelie Tran was 5th on UB while Minnesota commit Ava Stewart was 6t. Canada's Felix Dolci won FX while teammate Zachary Clay was 1st on PH.
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Emilie Chandler, a L10 from GAGE, has committed to BYU on a full scholarship, staring in 2025-2026. At the 2023 Women's Development Program Level 10 Nationals, she placed 13th AA and tied for 8th on VT. She also qualified as an individual event specialist on VT in 2022.
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Florida's Kayla DiCello won the Gold medal in the AA competition at the 2023 Pan American Games. UCLA's Jordan Chiles won the bronze. Minnesota commit Ava Stewart of Canada was fifth while countrymate and Iowa commit Aurelie Tran placed 7th. Bama's Luisa Blanco, competing for Columbia, placed 8th. Blanco by finishing the highest in the AA final of any eligible athlete, claimed the right to be named to a slot for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Former DU star Lynnzee Brown was 13th AA while Florida's Anya Pilgrim was 17th.
Donnell Whittenburg of the US won the Bronze in the AA while teammate and ex-Michigan star Cameron Bock was 4th. Canada's Felix Dolci won the Gold.
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The US won the Gold medal in the team competition at the 2023 Pan American Games. They defeated Brazil and Canada despite using an all-new lineup for the Pan Ams. The Gold medalist squad included UCLa's Jordan Chiles, Florida's Kayla DiCello, LSU commit Kaliya Lincoln and LSU commit Zoe Miller. Their team total would have placed a close 3rd at the recent World Championships. Chiles and DiCello placed 1-2 in the AA competition to qualify for the final. Chiles also qualified into the VT and UB finals while DiCello qualified to the FX and BB finals. Miller was the top qualifier on UB, while Lincoln qualified to the BB and FX finals. Auburn commit Katelyn Jong qualified to the UB final but will not advance due to the two per country rule.
Bronze medalist Canada were also well represented by future NCAAers: Iowa commits Aurelie Tran, Cassie Lee and Sydney Turney, Minnesota commit Ava Stewart and Iowa State commit Frederique Sgarbossa. Tran and Stewart qualified to the AA, UB and BB finals (with Stewart #1 on BB). Tran also qualified to the FX final, along with Turner. Bama's Luisa Blanco led fifth place Colombia, qualifying to the AA final with a 10th place AA finish. She also was the top AAer in qualifying that is eligible for the Olympic spot that will be awarded at this competition. Former DU star Lynnzee Brown also qualified to the AA final, placing 14th for Haiti. Florida's Anya Pilgrim was 27th AA.
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The US men showed their depth, taking the Gold medal at the Pan American Games on Saturday. With an all new lineup from the team that competed at the World Championships, they defeated top squads from Canada and Brazil. NCAAers on the team include Cameron Bock (ex Michigan), Stephen Nedoroscik (ex PSU), Curran Phillips (ex Stanford) and Colt Walker (Stanford). Bock and teammate Donnell Whittenburg went one-two in the AA to advance to the final. Whittenburg qualified to the Ring final in 1st and the FX final in 2nd. Bock qualified on the HB and PH. Phillips was the top qualifier on PB while Nedoroscik qualified to the PH final. Walker qualified to the R, PB and HB finals (and was 4th AA, but will not advance due to the two per country rule). Illini Vahe Petrosyan, who qualified as an individual, was 25th AA and 7th on PH (but is also subject to the two per country rule). None of the Americans competed two vaults to be eligible for the event final there. The US men's team total would have placed 4th at the recent World Championships.
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Kara Eaker has left the Utah program, has disenrolled from the University, and will retire from gymnastics, citing emotional and verbal abuse leading to debilitating mental health issues resulting in physical issues and suicidal and self-harm ideation. She has been in therapy for a year and a half. Her exit echoes similar statements made this past spring that lead to an investigation.
Elite gymnast Gabby Van Frayen, Gym X-treme, competed three events at the '23 Winter Cup and the Magical Classic elite qualifier.
Stanford's Khoi Young won a silver on VT to go with his silver on PH as the World Championships conclude. He became the first American man to win multiple individual event medals since 1979. He is also the first to win three medals overall since 2003. Simone Biles won BB and FX to bring her total to 23 World Championships.
Michigan's Paul Juda was 5th on VT and HB. Stanford's Asher Hong was 6th on HB while former OU great Yul Moldauer was 8th on PB. Florida commit Shilese Jones was 7th on BB and 5th on FX.
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Khoi Young of Stanford won the silver on PH to lead the NCAA-related effort at the World Championships Event Finals. Florida commit Shilese Jones won bronze on UB while Simone Biles took silver on VT (after falling on the Biles 2). On Men's FX, Fred Richard was 8th. On Women's VT, Florida's Leanne Wong was 7th and Nebraska's Csenge Backsay (Hungary) was 8th. Biles was 5th on UB.
Event finals continue tomorrow.
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Simone Biles of the USA won her sixth World AA title, tying the all-time record. She also became the gymnast with the most World and Olympic medals in all of history, man or woman. Brazil's Rebeca Andrade was 2nd and Shilese Jones, a UF commit, was third. Biles started off with a 15.1 for a stuck Cheng, her best version of that VT since coming back, with a solid block and huge distance. She stayed steady on UB. On BB, she had a wobble after her mount and went to her backup combo (switch split, switch 1/2, back pike). The crowd gasped, however, on FX when Biles tripped when heading into her switch split full. Laughing after she landed, she posted a 14.533 despite losing the value of the skill. As we all can attest, gymnasts can do a triple twisting double, but they'll trip when walking across the room.
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Michigan's Frederick Richard won the bronze medal in the AA finals of the 2023 World Championships. At 19, he becomes the USA's youngest individual medalist and youngest multi-medalist at World's. Daiki Hashimoto of Japan defended his title to win gold, with Illia Kovtun of the Ukraine in 2nd. Hashimoto had a 0.6 lead over Richard heading into the final round, but Richard had a miss on HB. He finished up strong to prevail as the next nearest competitors also experienced errors.
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The US Women, led by Simone Biles, overcame a pre-meet injury (Joscelyn Roberson) and a fall from Leanne Wong (Florida) on BB (11.7) to easily win the team Gold. The Gold Medal team includes Florida commits Skye Blakely and Shilese Jones. Arkansas commit Roberson was injured during the one-touch warmup on VT. Brazil won silver and France won the bronze. Biles cemented the meet with one of the best FX routines of her career, sticking three of the landings emphatically and registering a huge 15.166.
Link: Results (PDF)