Temple has announced the hiring of Umme Salim-Beasley as their new Head Coach. She comes to the Owls after four years as an assistant at Rutgers. She was a former standout at WVU and trained at Hill's.
Link: Temple Release
Carl Leland has announced his retirement from the Denver program after 17 years.
The gymnasts finishing 8th and 9th in their division are qualified to the NIT and they are considered alternates to the JO meet, provided they attain a score of at least 34.0. Also, any gymnast who did not qualify to JOs or the NIT, but who won an event at regionals qualifies to the NIT in that event. In som cases, there were ties at 7th place. Under USAG rules, a minimum of two gymnasts in each division will qualify for the NIT all around, assuming a score of at least 34.00.
Region 1
Region 3
The senior division athletes who qualified to JOs: (Full results)
Sr. A
Rhonda Faehn is leaving her position as head coach at Florida to take a position with USAG.
Meredith Paulicivic, a former Ute herself, has been named Assistant Coach at Utah. Meredith spent this season at Arizona and she was a long time SCEGA coach.
Four gymnasts has been nominated for the 2015 Honda Sports Award: Georgia Dabritz of Utah, Florida’s Kytra Hunter, Lindsay Mable from Minnesota and UCLA’s Samantha Peszek. The athlete selected will be an eligible finalist for the Honda Cup.
Brad and Dawn Cattermole have announced their retirement after 28 years at BYU. A national search for their replacements will begin immediately.
Link: BYU Release
Greg Marsden has announced his retirement. His wife Megan, will continue as co-head coach along side Tom Farden.
Event champions were crowned today at the 2015 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships. Stanford's Elizabeth Price won the VT, while Utah's Georgia Dabritz won the UB. On BB, UCLA's Samantha Peszek was the victor, while Florida's Kytra Hunter took home the top prize on FX.
Florida frosh Alex McMurtry stuck her double layout off UB and was awarded a 9.95, lifting the Gators above the Utah Utes, who already finished. Utah entered the final rotation 0.15 behind Florida but proceeded to drill their vaults to a 49.55 team total. Florida experienced a series of landing errors (hops, steps and large steps) until McMutry's score lifted the Gators to their three-peat.
L10 Regionals are underway around the country this weekend. Region 7 will be held next weekend.
The top seven competitors at regionals qualify to JOs, so long as they achieve a minimum score of 34.00. This list highlights the seniors who are expected to compete at JOs. Many of them have committed to various NCAA teams. A link to the full results is provided. Additional names will be added as results become available.
Region I (Results)
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Sr C
Sr B
Sr A
Region II (Results)
Sr D
Sr C
Sr B
Sr A
Region III (Results)
Sr D
Sr C
Sr B
Sr A
Region IV (Results)
Sr D
Sr C
Sr B
Sr A
Region V (Results)
Sr D
Sr C
Sr B
Sr A
Region VI (Results)
Sr D
Sr C
Sr B
Sr. A
Region VII (April 25th)
Sr D
Sr C
Sr B
Sr A
Region VII (Results)
Sr D
Sr C
Sr B
Sr A
The top four gymnasts (including ties) should advance to the Event Finals, set to be held on Sunday. Here's the field based on the results:
Florida's Kytra Hunter and UCLA's Samantha Peszek tied for the 2015 NCAA All-Around Title with a score of 39.6. Their score from the first session held up in the second, as AU's Caitlin Atkinson and LSU's Rheagan Courville tied for third at 39.55. LSU's Jessie Jordan was fifth. Hunter was the NCAA Champion in 2012.