SUU frosh Trista Goodman won UB to lead the Flippin' Birds. Washington's Skylar Killough-Wilhelm won the BB and the AA with a 39.325. Teammate Amara Cunningham won the FX. For Fisk, in the historic first meet for the new program at the HBCU, Morgan Price won the VT.
Link: SUU Release
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Randy Solorio will retire from his post as Head Coach at Sac State. He's been HC since 2016 and was an assistant starting in 1986. Prior to that, he was a gymnast at UC Davis before transferring down the Causeway to Sac St to complete his studies. He has successfully recovered from liver cancer, first diagnosed in March 2020.
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The 2023 is about to kick off, and we're anticipating a high flying season with plenty of record high scores. We're once again publishing Season Previews for the entire Top 25 teams, as ranked by the Coaches' Preseason Poll. In each Preview, we've summarized the team's returning routines, their lost routines, their returning starters and the rest of their roster, with a special focus on their newcomers. We'll also give a brief overview preview of their prospects and challenges.
Former Illini standout Daniel Ribeiro has been named the Head Coach of the Illinois Men's program, after having served in an interim capacity since summer. He was previously the assistant for four years and associate Head Coach for the past seven years.
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Defending champion Oklahoma tops the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association Preseason Coaches Poll. They just edged Florida with 1727 points and 22 first place votes to the Gator's 1724 points and 21 first place votes. Utah was 3rd (2 first place votes) and Michigan 4th (4 first place votes). Auburn rounded out the top 5.
Future Sooner Addison Fatta and former Sooner Yul Modlauer teamed together to win the Swiss Cup mixed pair title this weekend. Moldauer also took 2nd at the Arthur Gander Memorial Cup earlier in the week.
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Assistant Coach Jason Vonk is gone and Sam Welbourn has been named Interim Assistant Coach.
Olivia Courtney and Liesl Jaye have joined the staff.
Lee is aiming for another Olympic Games
Stanford's Brody Malone won the gold on HB in the last event at the World Championships. The mutli NCAA and US champion and Olympian was the first US man to win on the event in more than 40 years. On the Women's FX, UCLA's Jordan Chiles was 2nd while Oregon State's Jade Carey tied for third. Jessica Gardirova of the UK won the Gold. On the BB, Florida commit Skye Blakely was 5th, despite a fall on her side aerial.
Link: USA Gymnastics
Oregon State's Jade Carey won the Gold on the VT to lead the US at the first day of the Event Finals at the Liverpool World Championships. UCLA's Jordan Chiles won the Silver on VT while Shilese Jones won a Silver on UB with an upgraded set for Finals. For the men, former PSU star and reigning World Champion Stephen Nedoroscik was fifth on his specialty. Donnell Whittenburg was 8th on R.
Link: USAG Release
Stanford's Brody Malone hit 6 for 6 and finished 4th at the World Championship Men's AA Final. He was just 0.3 from the Bronze. Frosh teammate Asher Hong finished 6th AA, marking the first time the US Men have placed two in the top 10 since 2003. Olympic champion Daiki Hashimoto of Japan won the title.
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Brazil's Rebecca Andrade won the Gold Medal in the AA, ahead of the USA's Shilese Jones in 2nd. Oregon State's Jade Carey was 6th. Andrade powered to the lead in the first rotation with her exemplary Cheng vault.
Link: USAG