McDonald is a long time coach who has held posts at various clubs across the country.
Lindenwood has signed Riley Daniels, Gayla Griswold and Sydney Lee Lopez for 2019-2020. The commits of all three were covered previously.
Link: Release
Kara Eaker has announced her commitment to Utah. The senior elite from GAGE placed 4th AA (1st BB) at the 2018 American Classic, 16th AA (5th BB) at the US Classic and 7th AA at US Championships (9th UB, 2nd BB, 5th FX). She wsa 6th AA at the World Selection Camp.
LSU has announced the signing of Bailey Ferrar, Kiya Johnson, Kai Rivers and Caitlin Smith in a series of tweets. The commits of all four were covered in previous news items. Ferrar will start with the Tigers in January while Johnson will graduate a year early.
Link: LSU Twitter
Link: LSU Release
TWU has signed five athletes for 2019-2020: Beth Lazarus, Daisy Woodring, Kyla Podges, Maddie Griffith and Mara Johnson. The commits of Podges, Griffith and Johnson were covered previously.
PSU has signed Amy Bladon, Bella Romagnano and Cassidy Rushlow to NLIs for 2019-2020. Link: Combined Release
SEMO has signed Dahlia Solorzano-Caruso, Jordan Jones and Mallory Desch to NLIs for 2019-2020.
Florida has confirmed the signing of Payton Richards, a L10 from Aerials. A three time JO National Team member, she finished 4th AA, 3rd(t) on FX, 4th(t) on UB and 9th(t) on BB at the 2018 L10 Junior Olympic Nationals. In 2017, she tied for the BB JO National title, placed 2nd on UB, 5th on VT and finished 5th(t) on FX en route to 2nd(t) AA. She won BB and tied for the AA title at the 2016 Nationals.
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Kelly Johnston, a senior high performance (elite) gymnast from Manjak's in Canada, has committed to WVU for 2020-2021. At the 2018 Canadian Championships, she placed 2nd on VT and 18th AA.
Link: Videos
Former NCAA champ and Michigan star Sam Mikulak won the bronze on High Bar to win his first every individual medal in major international competition. Epke Zonderland of the Netherlands won the Gold. Mikulak also placed 4th on the PB, which was won by Zou Jingyuan of China.
Florida commit Morgan Hurd won the silver on FX, with the USA's Simone Biles taking the gold. She also finished 3rd on BB (after some a major break on her barani and some other troubles). That was her 20th world championship medal, tying her for the most ever with Svetlana Khorkina. China's Liu Tingting won the gold, with Canadian Anne-Marie Padurariu in 2nd.
Alabama's Shallon Olsen won the silver medal for Canada on Vault at the event finals of the 2018 Doha World Gymnastics Championships. Simon Biles of the US won the Gold. OU's Yul Moldauer placed fourth on the FX while teammate and former Michigan star Sam Mikulak was 4th on PH and 7th on FX. Florida commit Morgan Hurd was 6th on UB, with teammate Simone Biles in 2nd. Belgium's Nina Derwael won the UB gold.
Simone Biles fell on vault (sat down the Biles) and on BB but still won the Gold Medal at the World Championships, by a large margin. Japan's Mai Murakami edge Florida commit Morgan Hurd for the silver (Hurd fell on BB).
Link: Results
Russia's Artur Dalaloyan and China's Xiao Ruoteng tied for first place in a thrilling final, with Dalaloyan winning the tiebreaker to become the 2018 World AA Champion (Men's). Ex-Michigan star and former NCAA champion Sam Mikulak was in third heading into high bar, but problems on the event left him in fifth. A 13.425 would have secured him the bronze. a mark he easily exceeded in the prelims and men's team competition. OU's Yul Moldauer finished 12th AA.
Link: UUSA Gymnastics