2016 NCAA Champion Yul Moldauer of OU won the his frst Men's US National Senior AA Title on Saturday night. He was followed in 2nd by former teammate Allan Bower. In third place was Donnell Whittenburg, with Stanford grad and 2017 NCAA champ Akash Modi in fourth and Cal grad Donathan Bailey in fifth.
Brody Malone won the Junior Men 17-18 division and Garrett Braunton won the 15-16 division at the P&G Championships. 3rd in the 17-18 division was Ohio State incoming frosh Max Andryushchenko while incoming NU frosh Griffin Kehler was 4th.
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Former Olympian Chris Brooks announced his retirement from elite gymnastics this week and accepted the position as AC at NU.
OU commit Ragan Smith posted the highest score, a 57.4, to lead on Day 1 of the P&G Championships. Florida commit Riley McCusker is 2nd with UCLA commit Jordan Chiles close on her heels in 3rd.
OU's Yul Moldauer leads the Men's standings at the P&G Championships. Stanford alum Akash Modi was 2nd (tied for 1st on HB with Moldauer), while OU alum Allan Bower is 3rd. Bower's classmate Colin VanWicklen is fifth (1st on VT and FX). Former Sooner Alex Naddour was the top performer on PH, while Donnell Whittenburg was 4th AA and 1st on R.
Jason Vonk will fill the Assistant Coach position at GWU. He makes the move from Yale.
Kaitlin Dewey has been appointed assistant coach at Rutgers. She formerly coached at Texas Dreams.
Garrett Griffeth joins the staff as assistant coach. Courtney McCool Griffeth joins as volunteer coach.
Illinois Head Coach Nadalie Walsh has hired former Bama star Ashley Priess-Johnston as an assistant. The former elite is a Brevet judge and has experience coaching at Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy. A 10 time All-American, she went on to earn a Master's at Bama in Sports Management in 2013.
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Michigan has named Scott Vetere as an assistant for their women's program. Prior to working in HR for KPMG, he was an assistant coach for the Wolverine Men's program. He was also a standout for the Michigan men's program.
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EMU has announced that Katie Minasola has been named Head Coach at EMU. Minasola was the Associate Head Coach at Iowa State this past season, after five previous seasons as an assistant. She was also an assistant at MSU for seven seasons. The former Katie Teft, she was a former standout at Massachusetts and CMU, and an elite gymnast.
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Chris Bogantes has worked with Head Coach Walsh Ball State and Utah State.
Ho has coached at Sacramento State for five seasons.
Natalie Vaculik, Caroline Bradford and Jasmine Arnold were dismissed from the team at the end of last season. They were invited back by the new coaching staff. Bradford declined the offer and decided to retire.