Missouri has announced that Shannon Welker has been hired to helm their Women's program. Welker is currently an assistant at Michigan. He replaces Rob Drass, who resigned after the close of the current season. Prior to his five seasons at Michigan, Welker was an assistant at Bowling Green. Prior to that year, he spent nine years coaching at the St. Louis Gymnastics Center. He is a former All-American at UIC and a former men's assistant coach.
Link: Mizzou Announcement
In the Junior Elite finals, Akash Modi won the Senior (17-18) crown at the Men's Junior Olympic Nationals. Dmitri Belanovski was 2nd and Jacob Dastrup was third. Modi also won the PB while Belanovski the rings and Dastrup, the PH. Charles Eggleston won vault and floor while Yordan Aleksandrov won the HB.
In the Junior division, Marvin Kimble continued his domination, winning the overall crown and taking five of six event titles.
In addition, champions were crowned this year at Level 10.
Link: USA Gymnastics Release
Link: Level 10 Release
Region I won the Senior (17-18) team title in the preliminary round of the Men's Junior Olympic Nationals. Individually, Dmitri Belanovski posted the top score in the prelminaires, in the Senior 17-18 division. Akash Modi was 2nd and Jacub Dastrup was 3rd.
Region 3 was winner in the Junior Division, with Belanovski's teammate Marvin Kimble of the Swiss Turners (The Hamm Twin's former club) turning in the top score, in a stunning domination. Kimble placed 1st on every event and posted a huge 94.05, easily outdistancing both divisions.
Link: USA Gymnastics
Bridget Sloan, UF, has received the Honda Award for Gymnastics and is now a finalist for the Honda Cup.
Region 7 JO regional was held this past weekend. Here are the top 10 AA Seniors:
Sr. A (Scores)
Here are the final Men's National Rankings, as compiled by Troester GymInfo:
| Rank | Team Name | NCAA Final | NCAA Qualifier |
| 1 | Michigan | 443.200 | 443.850 |
| 2 | Oklahoma | 440.100 | 433.850 |
| 3 | Stanford | 436.150 | 435.850 |
| 4 | Penn State | 436.100 | 436.900 |
| 5 | Iowa | 426.450 | 426.550 |
| 6 | Illinois | 422.550 | 426.900 |
| 7 | California | 426.450 | |
| 8 | Minnesota | 424.700 | |
| 9 | Ohio State | 421.950 | |
| 10 | Air Force Academy | 417.900 |
Link: Rankings
The Troester GymInfo Final National Rankings are comprised of:
1. Finish of the Top 6 in the Super Six
2. Scores in Prelims for Ranks 7 to 12
3. NQS for Ranks 13 to 36
4. RQS for beyond
The finals of the 2013 Women's NCAA Championships produced five National Champions:
Vault
On vault, Rheagan Courville of LSU stuck her Layout Yurchenko Full, achieving some of the greatest distance in the meet. She was later tied with Bama's Diandra Milliner, who blasted a Yurchenko 1 1/2. A small hop meant she would have to share the title. UCLA's Olivia Courtney was third.
Bars
Gator Alaina Johnson hit her Ray release and stuck her double layout dismount to edge out teammate Bridget Sloan and Utah's Georgia Dabritz, who shared second. Her 9.9125 was just enough to outdistance the pair.
Beam
AA champ Sloan won a title of her own on BB, covering an off-balance on her flip-flop layout successfully and managing to hold her feet still on the dismount. In second were Michigan's Katie Zurales and Minnesota's Hanna Nordquist. Zurales nailed her aerial back-handspring series while Nordquist showed the even more difficult aerial back layout.
Floor
Michigan's Joanna Sampson hit some of the biggest tumbling of the meet, opening with a tidy double layout and ending with a sky high double pike. Sampson actually shows a complete opening from her double pike, a level of amplitude rarely seen even at the elite level. Bama's Diandra Milliner was second, drilling her double Arabian mount to a perfectly stuck landing. In third was NU's Emily Wong, who opened with a tight and complete triple twist.
Link: Results
Michigan's Sam Mikulak won PB and HB as action wrapped up at the Men's NCAAs. His 16.1 on the pipe was a meet-high. On Floor, Trevor Howard of PSU won with a 15.8. On PH, Ohio State's Michael Newburger was the only finalist above 15 (15.45) to win. Sooner Michael Squires hit for 15.775 to win rings, while on vault, Illini Fred Hartville won with a 15.425.
Link: Results
Michigan, led by AA Champ Sam Mikulak, won the 2013 Men's NCAA National Team title. Their 443.2 was good enough to best OU's 440.1. Stanford was third at 436.15, edging host PSU's 436.1. Iowa was 5th at 426.45, with Illinois 6th at 422.55.
Olympian Mikulak ran away with the AA title, posting an impressive 91.15 to defeat teammate Adrian de los Angeles. Stanford's Eddie Penev was third.
Link: Michigan Release and Full Results
Florida overcame a counting fall in their first event, the Balance Beam, to power back with near-perfect routines on the remaining events to overtake the leaders and secure their first ever National Title. The Gators become just the fifth team in NCAA history to win the title. They were paced by NCAA champion Bridget Sloan, who posted a 39.75 AA during the final.
UCLA's Vanessa Zamarripa was named the winner of the 2013 AAI Award. The award goes to the top senior.
Link: UCLA Release
Florida's Bridget Sloan, competing in the first session, won the 2013 Women's NCAA AA title. The former World Champion, just a frosh, posted a 39.6 for the win. LSU's Rheagan Courville was the runnerup.
Link: UF Release