Russia outpaced China to win the Men's World Team Title. Japan was third. The US was greatly improved from their struggles in prelims, posting fourth with a quintet of former and current NCAAers (Trevor Howard - ex PSU, Sam Mikulak - ex Michigan, Yul Moldauer - ex OU, Akash Modi - ex Stanford, Shane Wiskus, Minnesota).
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Led by Simone Biles' 59.766, the US women overcame two major mistakes to win the gold medal by 5.801 points over Russia. Italy scored a historic bronze, counting just one fall. The US squad features Oregon State commit Jade Carey, AU commit Sunisa Lee and Utah commits Kara Eaker and Grace McCallum. Canada, featuring Bama star Shallon Olsen and UCLA commit Brooklyn Moors, finished 7th.
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Russian was the top qualifier as the Men's Qualification ends in Stuttgart. The US, after a shaky competition, qualified to the 2020 Olympics. They also made the Team Final. Former OU star Yul Moldaeur and former Michigan star Sam Mikulak both made the AA final. Mikulak had a rough day, and appears to have won the tie-breaker for the last spot in finals. He also qualified to the HB final.
Simone Biles qualified to four event finals and placed 1st AA to lead the US to the top spot in qualifying. AU commit Sunisa Lee is 2nd, and qualified on to AA, UB and FX finals. Oregon State commit Jade Carey edged Biles for the top qualifying spot on VT. Bama star Shallon Olsen also qualified to the VT finals for Canada. UCLA commit Brooklyn Moors of Canada is the first reserve on FX, after an inquiry took down her score by 0.1. Utah commit Kara Eaker is the first reserve on BB, after an inquiry took down her start value by 0.4 points, and dropped her out of qualifying.
Towson has hired Ashley Sauer as an assistant. She's coached at Docksiders and Harford, and competed for Maryland (as Ashley LeVine). She's also a former Sport Information Director for the EAGL gymanstics conference.
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BGSU has hired Juliana Belar as an assistant. She's served as a student assistant at UNH and was a competitor for them.
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Boise State has hired Ivan Alexov as an assistant. He's spent five years as a member of the US National Team staff and is co-owner of Omega Gymnastics in Oregon. He was a three time Bulgarian National Champion.
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Alex Hyland was a standout performer for Kentucky.
Chris Muras served as Volunteer Coach at Minnesota and coached at Flips Gymnastics.
At the conclusion of a Selection Camp and Trials meet, the US has selected Simone Biles, Jade Carey (Oregon St signee), Kara Eaker (Utah commit), Sunisa Lee (Auburn commit), Grace McCallum (Utah commit) and MyKayla Skinner (Utah) to the squad. Morgan Hurd (Florida commit) and Leanne Wong have been named as non-travelling alternates.
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Scott Sherman has been promoted to Associate Head Coach at Michigan. He's been an assistant to Head Coach Bev Plocki for 23 years.
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Stanford's men's squad has hired Mark Freeman as an assisant. He'd been an assistant the last two seasons at Cal, his alma mater. He's a former Great Britain National Team member.
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Melissa Genovese has been promoted to Asssociate Head Coach at Sacramento State. She's been an assistant since 2015 and a former standout from 2005-2008.
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Mary Fredericks has been named the new Head Coach at Southern Connecticut. Last season, she was the acting Head Coach at Towson. She's also held positions at BYU and SEMO. As Mary Beth Arnold, she was a member of the US National Team, winning team Gold at the 1995 Pan Am Games and a bronze at the 1995 World Championships.
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