As more offseason shuffles commence, it was reported and confirmed that Bama Head Coach Dana Duckworth will not renew Associate Head Coach Bryan Raschilla's contract. Alabama missed the Super Six this season, for the just the third time in 22 years in his 22 years with the program.
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Grace McCallum (Utah '21) and Jordan Bowers (OU '21) took the senior and junior AA titles respectively.
Also competing in the senior division: Mogran Hurd (UF '19), who finished 2nd AA, and Jordan Chiles (UCLA '19). SCORES
In the junior division, Kayla Dicello (uncommitted) placed 2nd AA and Sunisia Lee (Auburn '21) finished 4th AA. SCORES
Kentucky Head Coach Tim Garrison was named Coach of the Year and assistants Chuck Dickerson and Rachel Garrison were named Assistant Coaches of the Year by the NACGC/W.
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OU posted a 414.858 to win the 2018 Men's NCAA title, their fourth in a row. Minnesota was 2nd at 411.923 and Illinois 3rd at 411.689. Stanford was 4th at 408.725, NU 5th at 403.589 and PSU 6th at 401.991.
UCLA won the 2018 NCAA title in a dramatic come from behind victory of OU, 198.075 to 198.0375. UCLA's Peng-Peng Lee anchored BB with her second 10.0 of the night, following Kyla Ross' 9.9875. Lee also posted a 10.0 on UB as UCLA came from behind to overtake OU in the last two rounds with team scores of 49.6375 on UB and an incredible 49.75 in the last round on BB. Those two huge team totals overcame a deficit created when they posted just a 49.225 on VT, seemingly falling off the pace of the OU, UF and LSU.
In Session 1, Stanford (407.39), Minnesota (404.758) and Nebraska (402.69) advanced to the Finals. Michigan (400.59), Navy (390.921) and Air Force (385.688) finished their season.
In Session 2, OU posted a 410.991 to edge Illinois' 408.824. PSU beat Ohio State for the final spot, 404.79 to 403.959. Iowa was 5th at 400.451 with Cal rounding at the field at 395.991.
OU's Maggie Nichols tied for titles on FX and UB, including a perfect 10 on the latter, to win the NCAA AA title with a 39.8125. Utah's MyKayla Skinner was 2nd at 39.725, including a share of the VT title. Stanford senior Elizabeth Price tied with Nichols on the UB at 10.0 and placed 3rd A at 39.675.
OU posted a huge 198.05 to win the evening session and advance to the Super Six Finals. Florida posted a 197.5875 for 2nd, while Utah posted a 197.1375 to take the third spot in the finals.
UCLA posted a 197.5625 to edge LSU's 197.475 and advance to the Super Six Finals. Nebraska posted a 197.0125 to secure the third and final spot. A trio of teams from the SEC completed the round: UGA at 196.6875, Bama at 196.625 and Arkansas 196.425. UCLA's Kyla Ross posted the top AA mark at a 39.6375. She also held the top mark on UB (9.95), while teammates Peng-Peng Lee (9.9875) leads on BB and Katelyn Ohashi (9.9625) leads on FX. On vault, UGA's Sydney Snead and NU's Taylor Houchin were tied at 9.9
PSU redshirt junior Noah Roberson won the Elite 90 Award for Men's Gymnastics, which goes to the athlete at the finals (with sophomores or above) with the highest cumulative GPA. He won last season as well. He holds a 4.0 GPA with a double major in biomedical and mechanical engineering.
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Ohio State's Sean Melton won the Nissen-Emery Award for 2018. It honors the top senior male.
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Florida officially announced that Trinity Thomas has signed her NLI for 2018-2019. They also confirmed that Halley Taylor will join the squad for next season. The commits of both were covered in prior news items.
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Stanford's Elizabeth Price was named winner of the AAI Award, the award given to the top senior student-athlete.