Iowa has hired Brenna Brooks as an assistant. Brooks was a former athlete and assistant at Washington under Head Coach Jen Llewelyn.
Link: Release
EMU has hired Lauren Volpe as an assistant. Volpe was a gymnast and graduate assistant at Ball State.
Link: EMU Release
Talladega is reportedly cutting their gymnastics program, after just one season. The cut comes after Talladega gymnast Kyrstin Johnson won a National Title on VT, at the USA Gymnastics Collegiate Natnoals, in their first season of competition.
Link: TV Report
Cal (W) has hired Seth Helland as a new assistant coach. He comes to Berkeley from the Twin City Twisters, where he coached L10 and elite during the last five years. Prior to that, he was an assistant at Wisconsin-Stout.
Link: Cal Release
Iowa has hired Craig Ballard as an assistant. He as spend the past 13 seasons at Kent State. Prior to that, he coached at BGSU and Rhode Island.
Link: Iowa Release
The recruit ratings for the Class of 2024, Class of 2025, and Class of 2026 have all been posted. (Click on the year to go directly there or look under the top menu, under "Recruits")
Washington has hired former Iowa assistant Jessa Hansen Parker as their new Head Coach. She was formerly an assistant at UC Davis and Cal. Prior to that, she was a standout at Iowa.
Link: UW Release
Simone Biles, aka the GOAT, captured the automatic spot on the 2024 US Women's Olympic Team on Sunday by winning the two day trial event. Joining her on the team are Oregon State's Jade Carey, UCLA's Jordan Chiles, former AU star and Olympic Champ Suni Lee and first year senior Hezly Rivera.
The two travelling alternates are Arkansas frosh Joscelyn Roberson and Florida's Leanne Wong.
Link: Results and Recap Videos
Michigan's Fred Richard leads the US Men's Olympic Squad after winning the Olympic Trials this Saturday. He secured an automatic spot on the team by not only finishing 1st in the AA, but by placing in the top 3 on 3 events. He will be joined by runnerup Brody Malone, a former NCAA champ and Olympian from Stanford who is also the current US Champion. Michigan's Paul Juda, Stanford's Asher Hong and former PSU standout and 2021 Pommel Horse World Champion Stephen Nedoroscik. Stanford's Khoi Young, a two-time World silver medalist and former Gopher standout Shane Wiskus were named traveling alternates. Wiskus finished third in the AA at the Trials but the former Olympian missed out on a spot on the main spot because he was not part of one of the highest scoring men's teams, when results were compiled from both the US Championships and Trials. In the selection criteria, the top 5 potential team scores (including Richard) counting averages of all four scores from the four meets, and the top 5 team scoring combination using the best 3 of 4 were compared. This calculation produced a high team score containing the same five athletes, under both criteria. Per the rules, this team was automatically selected, and any more subjective criteria was not used. Several gymnasts came very close to making the team, as the differences ended up being very small.
Link: USA Gymnastics
Simone Biles leads the field after Day 1 of the US Olympic Trials. Clubmate Jordan Chiles of UCLA was 2nd while Olympic champ Suni Lee was 3rd. Not far behind is Oregon State's Jade Carey in 4th while Arkansas signee Jocelyn Roberson in 5th. The Trials have been marred by injury. Gator signee Skye Blakely, who was a strong 3rd at the US Championships, was injured this. Then on VT, Shilese Jones was injured in warmups and Gator Kayla DiCello was hurt on her first VT. Jones managed to do UB but DiCello had to withdraw. All three were leading candidates for the Olympic Squad.
Link: USA Gym and Videos from NBCSports
Fred Richard of Michigan ended up at the top of the leaderboard after night one of two, at the USA Men's Olympic Trials. This is key because the top AAer after the two days of competition will be automatically named to the Olympic Team, as long as he finishes in the top 3 of at least 3 events. He had the top marks on FX and HB. National Champ Brody Malone, formerly of Stanford, was 2nd, at 0.5 back, and within reach of the automatic slot. Former Gopher standout Shane Wiskus was 3rd while Michigan's Paul Juda was 4th, further strengthening his bid. Stanford's Asher Hong recovered from a poor showing at the US Championships to finish tied with former OU star Yul Moldauer, in the fifth highest scoring position. Khoi Young of Stanford, who looked to be well set for one of the five spots available after finishing 3rd at the Championships, was just 12th AA today, with problems on, PH, a key event for the US. He reportedly has been battling tendonitis in his knees, however, his high mark of the day came on VT. Several specialists are in the mix, particularly on PH, due to the lower scores on that event from the top AAers.
The Men's Olympic Team selection uses an established criteria, documented here: LINK Basically, the average or top 3 of 4 scores from the two days of the US Championships and Olympic Trials are used. The highest combinations of team scores using the 5-4-3 and 5-3-3 formats are calculated. If the Trials winner places in the top three of at least three individual event, they are placed automatically and the combinations are narrowed to just those containing the athlete. Then a complicated series of rules based on those scores are used to narrow down the team. However, the rules provide for additional qualitative and quantitative criteria to help separate out the potential teams, including past success on the international scene.
Link: USA Gym
We have our first commit of the graduiating class of 2026! Addie Sarisky, a L10 from Olympic Dreams, has committed to a full scholarship offer from Bama, starting in 2026-2027. In 2024, she won the UB title and placed 9th AA at the Women's Development Program (WDP) L10 Nationals. She also finished 4th on the FX. She also finished 10th AA at the 2023 WDPs.
Link: Insta
Ellie Black won the AA during the Day 2, to take the 2024 Canadian Championships. On Day 2, Iowa commie Aurelie Tran was 2nd and Minnesota signee Ava Stewart was third. Iowa signee Sydney Turner was fifth. NU's Emma Spence was 7th in the combined standings, with Iowa State's Frederique Sgarbossa 8th. Iowa's Cassie Lee was 11th and Utah signee Clara Raposo just behing in 12th. Former Bama star Shallon Olsen won VT. Black won UB and FX whiel Stewart won BB.
In the CCP10 (Canadian Level 10) 16+ division, concluding on Saturday, Raphaelle Perreault won the AA title. CMU signee Zoe Zimmerman was 2nd and CMU commit Alexandra Reddick was 3rd. BGSU signee Kayla Shaw was 4th, while TWU signee Jordan Loock was 6th. GWU signee Zoe Safran was 10th while Yale commit Allie Forbes was 12th AA. Shaw won the VT while Loock took the UB. Zimmerman placed 1st on FX while 2026 grad Emma Orr won BB.
At the 2024 Canadian Championships, veteran Ellie Black led the women's senior standings after Day 1. In 2nd was Iowa commit Aurelie Tran while Minnesota signee Ava Stweart was 3rd. Nebraska's Emma Spence was in 6th, while Iowa signee Sydney Turner was 8th. Another Iowa signee, Cassie Lee, was 9th, while Iowa State signee Frederique Sgarbossa was 10th, just ahead of Utah signee Clara Raposo in 11th.
In the CCP10 (Canadian Level 10, 16+) division, Raphaelle Perreault leads the field after the prelims. CMU signee Zoe Zimmerman is 2nd and BGSU signee Kayla Shaw is 3rd.
Link: Senior Elite
Link: CCP10 Day 1 Results