Winona State is mourning the passing of former team member Brooke Baures, who passed away December 1st during an incident at her place of work. A candelight vigil will be held on December 3rd.
According to published reports, Baures chose to leave the team this year to focus on an internship in Social Work. She made the NCGA Nationals the past three seasons and received All-American honors on beam in 2013.
Link: Winona State Release
Link: Winona Daily News
Link: Baures on Beam: Unique dismount of a switch side to back tuck full
Oklahoma claimed the top spot in the Men's College Gymnastics Association Preseason Poll. They claimed 7 first place votes to outdistance #2 Michigan. Ohio State was third.
Alan Scharns has been named Assistant Coach at Western Michigan.
Minnesota has signed Rachel Cutler and Selena Ung for 2015-2016. The commits of both athletes were covered in prior news items.
Link: Minnesota Release
Maryland has signed Shynelle Agaran, Megan McClelland and Macey Roberts to NLIs. The commits of all three were covered in prior news items.
Link: Release
Caleb Phillips has been appointed Assistant Coach at Iowa.
Geralen Stack-Eaton and Richard Stenger have joined interim coach Jenny Hansen at Minnesota.
UCLA commit Simone Biles won two golds (BB, FX) as the World Championships concluded. She won four golds and a silver during the competition. Utah commit McKayla Skinner was 4th on FX.
For the men, former OU standout Jake Dalton won the bronze on VT.
Link: USA Gymnastics
UCLA commit Simone Biles won the silver on Vault while Utah commit MyKayla Skinner won Bronze as the first day of event finals concluded. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea's Hong Un Jong won the Vault. On UB, Florida commiit Ashton Locklear placed in fourth, just 0.017 away from the bronze. China's Yao Jinnan won the Gold.
Former OU Sooner Jake Dalton placed 4th on FX, with Russia's Denis Abliazin winning the Gold. On PH, former Sooner Alex Naddour was 6th. Hungary's Krisztian Berki won the Gold. On Rings, China's Liu Yang won the Gold.
Link: USA Gymnastics
Japan's Kohei Uchimura won his fifth consecutive AA title at the World Championships. Further cementing his place among the all-time greats, Uchimura outpaced the UK's Max Whitlock (a substitution into the final) by nearly 1.5 points. Japan's Yusuke Tanaka was a hair behind (.024) in 3rd.
NCAA Champion and Michigan undergraduate assistant coach Sam Mikulak placed 12th AA.
Link: Michigan Release
Link: AA Results
The US Women's squad defended their team World Championship gold medal in dominating fashion today, outpacing 2nd place and host China by 6.693 points. Russia was 3rd. The team includes at least five NCAA commits, including Alyssa Baumann (Florida), Simone Biles (UCLA), Madison Kocian (UCLA), Ashton Locklear (Florida) and McKayla Skinner (Utah). Olympian Kyla Ross has not publicized a decision regarding college.
Link: USA Gymnastics
The US Men, featuring former NCAAers Jake Dalton (OU), Sam Mikulak, and Alex Naddour (OU), won the bronze medal at the World Gymnastics Championships in Nanning today. China edged Japan for the gold. The UK was just behind in 4th.
Link: Results
OSU has announced two transfer athletes: Risa Perez and Jamie Radermacher.
UIC has announced the hiring of former standout Catherine Dion as an assistant.
Link: UIC Release