Pittsburgh has announced the hiring of Rob Drass as an assistant. Drass is the former Head Coach at Missouri.
Link: Release
World Champion Simon Biles won the Secret US Classic this weekend, with Olympic Gold Medalist Kyla Ross in 2nd. They lead a pack of young gymnasts seeking spots on the World Team.
OU commit Maggie Nichols was third while Sooner signee Brenna Dowell competed one event. Florida commits Rachel Gowey, Amelia Hundley, Alyssa Bauman and Ashton Locklear were 4th, 6th, 7th and 11th. Utah commits Mykayla Skinner and Melissa Reinstadler were 5th and 8th, respectively. DU commit Samntha Ogden was 9th.
The rest of ths small field did not compete four events. UCLA commit Felicia Hano was 10th while commit Madison Kocian was 12th. Bruins Macy Toronjo and Nica Hults were 14th and 15th.
Rising junior Jordan Chiles won the junior session. She is not age-eligible for Rio.
Videos from USA Gymnastics and full results are at the link below.
Link: USA Gymnastics
England's Claudia Fragapane won the gold medal in the women's AA at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Former Oregon State standout Olivia Vivian, competing for Australia, was fifth. In ninth was Florida commit Meghan Chant.
Link: Results
Jacob Lee has been hired as an assistant coach at Illinois. He previously coached at Iowa.
Aryn Bell is a former team member and assistant coach.
Iowa has hired Jennifer Green as an assistant, after spending three seasons at Missouri. The former LSU standout and All American also served as a club coach.
Link: Iowa Release
PSU has added Kera (Bolen) Molinaro as a volunteer assistant. The former Oregon State standout has been as assistant at Rutgers.
Link: PSU Release
Sarah Patterson has stepped down from the Head Coach position at Bama. Read her open letter.
Dana Duckworth steps into the head coach position: Announcement
WVU has promoted Travis Doak to Associate Head Coach. He has been an assistant for the last six seasons.
Link: WVU Release
Bama's Kim Jacob was named the Collegiate Women Sports Awards Athlete of the Year and awarded the Honda Cup. This all-sport award has been awarded to only two other gymnasts: Utah's Missy Marlowe and UGA's Courtney Kupets.
Link: Bama Release
Arkansas has promoted former standout Samantha Cortez to Assistant Head Coach. She has served as an assistant for the past three seasons, and was Director of Gymnastics Operations for the two seasons prior to that.
Link: Arkansas Release
Rutgers has promoted Danielle D'Elia to a full assistant. The former Scarlet Knight standout has been serving as a volunteer assistant.
Link: Release
Ohio State has hired former standout Taylor Jones as an assistant. She's served as an assistant at BGSU the last two seasons. She replaces Meredith Yonushonis.
Link: Ohio State Release
EMU has announced the hiring of Jay Santos as Head Coach. Santos was previously the coach at the University of Illinois.