Auburn has hired Ashley Priess-Johnston as an assistant. The former elite and Bama star was an assistant at Illinois last season. Prior to Illinois, she was coaching at CGA.
Link: AU Release
Bama has announced the hiring of Ryan Roberts as an assistant. He comes to the Tide from WOGA, where he spent the last five years. He also served as a Head Coach in Norway, including as head coach for the Norwegian National Team. He is a former NCAA athlete at New Mexico and Massachusetts.
Link: Release
ASU has confirmed the addition of Kaitlin Harvey and Jasmine Gutierrez for 2018-2019. Their commits were covered in prior news items.
Link: Release
Ellie Black ran away with the title at the 2018 Canadian Championships. She also won UB and BB, while Bama signee Shallon Olson won VT and FX. UGA signee Megan Roberts finished 13th and 5th on UB.
The Senior High Performance division at the Canadian Championships (Men's) had several current and former NCAAer in action. Rene Couroyer was first AA with an 83.1.
CMU's Denelle Pedrick finished 1st AA in the JO Level 10 division at the Canadian Championships. Finals are Sunday.
Link: Release
A few future NCAAers were in action at the preliminary session of the Women's High Performance (elite) category at the Canadian Championships. Star Ellie Black leads the field by a large margin, posting a 55.409 AA.
Utah State has hired Erik Lewis as an assistant. He previously serived as a program director at Roswell Gymnastics in Georgia.
Link: Release
The Men's JO Nationals were also held this weekend, with many recruits in action in the Junior Elite and JO L10 divisions. Here are the results:
The top 4 in each age group is named to the JO National Team. We want to especially acknowlege the top 10 seniors and any other event winners in the senior age groups - the athletes who will be entering college in the next couple of years. The list will be update throughout the weekend. If you can't wait, check the scores HERE. Live video feed HERE.
Ball State has added Sari Thaler and Lauren Volpe for 2018-2019.
Arizona has hired former OU star and NCAA BB champion Taylor Spears as an assistant. She spent last season at UNC.
Link: Release
UCLA's Christine "Peng-Peng" Lee has been named the Honda Sports Award winner for gymnastics. She now be eligible for the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year award and the 2018 Honda Cup. The other finalists were Sarah Finnegan of LSU, Maggie Nichols of Oklahoma and Elizabeth Price of Stanford.
Link: UCLA Release