Florida and Utah battled to a tie for first, scoring 197.475. Stanford, which held the lead early on, advances with score of 197.125. Kytra Hunter and Samantha Peszek tied for the top AA score of 39.6. Georgia Dabritz picked up the only 10.0 of the session on bars.
Utah's senior standout Georgia Dabritz was honored with the AAI Award. Also vying for the award were Erika Brewer (OU), Rheagan Courville (LSU), Kytra Hunter (UF), Samantha Peszek (UCLA) and Sachi Sugiyama (Michigan)
As expected and previously announced:
Cal signs Chelsea Shu and Seilnacht twins: Announcement
Illinois adds LeDuc: Announcement
Utah signs Schwab and confirms Skinner's decision to defer: Announcement
PSU signs LaGuardia: Announcement
SPU's Maria Hundley won the UB and BB to lead the finalists at the 2015 USA Gymnastics Women's Collegiate Nationals. AA winner Kierstin Sokolowski won the VT. On Floor, TWU's Kayla Jones tied with Bridgeport's Sasha Tsikhanovich and Caitlin Perry for the title.
Link: Results
The 2015 NCAA Men's Event champions are as follows:
FX: Thad Lawson, PSU 15.725
PH: MIchael Reid, OU 15.5
R: Michael Squires, OU 16.4
VT: Sean Senters, Stanford 15.475
PH: Brian Knott, Stanford 15.2
HB: CJ Maestas, Illinois 15.125
Link: Results
Lindenwood won the Women's USA Gymnastics Collegiate Natoinal team title with a 195.55, easily outdistancing Bridgeport 194.675. SPU was 3rd at 194.225 and TWU 4th at 193.775.
Most regionals will take place next weekend. Only Region IV competed this 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.
Region IV (Full Results)
Sr D
Sr C
Sr B
Sr A
Oklahoma posted a 447.05 to win the NCAA Team Title, to cap off a dominant season. The Sooners won their first title since 2008.
Four teams advanced to the Finals at the 2015 Women's USA Gymnastics Collegiate Nationals. First session qualifiers Lindenwood and TWU will be joined by SPU and Bridgeport in what is shaping up to be a super close final.
Arizona's Bill Ryden has stepped down as Head Coach at Arizona, after 25 years at the school. He has been the Head Coach for the last 17 years and an assistant for 8 years prior to that. A national search for his replacement will be initiated.
Link: Release
Host OU dominated the preliminary sessions of the Men's NCAA Nationals, posting a huge 450.75 to win the evening prelim session. Michigan posted a 437.0 and Iowa posted a 435.05 to advance to the final. Stanford won Session 1 with a 435.85, with Cal 2nd at 433.7 and PSU 3rd at 432.9. The Sooner's team total was nearly 15 points higher than the next squad.
Minnesota Mens Gymnastics has announced that Ellis Mannon has been named the 2015 recipient of the Nissen-Emery Award. The award honors the nation's most outstanding senior gymnast.
Minnesota has named Jenny Hansen as Head Coach for Minnesota. She served in an interim position this season.
All of the Top 2 seeds advanced with no upsets this season, although some #2s knocked off the #1 seed in their Regional. Here's the full list of qualifiers (based on tentative results from live stats).