LSU's Lloimincia Hall won the floor with a 9.975 and the AA with a 39.425 to lead the LSU Tigers to a win over visiting NCSU. Classmate Rheagan Courville won the vault and tied with teammate Sarie Morrison for the bars title. NC State's Lane Jarred won the beam title.
Link: LSU Release
Temple overcame a strong challenge from host Army to take the win. Temple won four of the six events as a team, while Army won four individual events and the AA.
Link: Army Release
The Buckeyes rolled to a big win over visiting Kent State, hitting a 196.925. Sarah Miller led the way, winning the vault and beam. Teammate Melanie Shaffer won the floor while another Buckeye, Colleen Dean, tied for the bars title with Kent State's Erin Rothrock.
Link: Ohio State
Georgia defeated the visiting Bruins, led by Kat Ding's 39.65 AA win. Ding also won a share of titles on vault, beam and floor. She tied on vault with UCLA's Tauny Frattone. On beam, she tied with teammate Shayla Worley. Finally on floor, she tied with UCLA's Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs. GymDog Chelsea Davis won the only event that Ding didn't, the bars.
Link: UGA Release
Towson posted a big tri-meet win, led by senior Lindsay Poplaski's wins on the beam and in the AA. Teammate Kacy Cantanzaro won the vault and bars. Two more Tigers, Avis Hixon and Britney Russell, tied for the floor title.
Link: Towson Release
Dani Levy led the Spartans, winning bars and floor. Teammate Ashley Noll tied for the vault title with UIC's Chantel Turk. UIC's Catherine Dion won the beam.
Link: MSU Release
Illinois posted a 355.1 to down the visiting Buckeyes.
Link: Ohio State Release
PSU edged visiting Michigan and UNC in a close-fought contest after PSU struggled a bit on bars. Sharaya Musser led the way, posting a 39.65 in the AA. She also won the vault, beam and floor. For Michigan, Katie Zurales and Britnee Martinez tied for first.
Link: PSU Release
Host Ball State defeated Bowling Green by a narrow margin Friday night. Nicole Allen led the way, posting a 38.775 in the AA. Teammate Aftyn Siemer won floor while teammate Kayla Kmiecik tied for the bars title with BGSU's Monica Eaton. For BGSU, Danielle Wishart added a win on vault while Jamilah Ali won beam.
Link: Ball State Release
Our annual listing of "Superlatives" makes its 2012 debut! A "Superlative" is our listing of FIG "E" or higher level skills and 5.3 Start Value and higher vaults that have been attemped in NCAA competition. It's a way to recognize those athletes who continue to challenge themselves and the sport by competing these ultra difficult skills. At the same time, we recognize that training and competing high level skills could result in a higher rate of injury.
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OU leads the way in the Troester.com GymInfo National Rankings for Men, for the week of February 27th. PSU is 2nd and Illinois is 3rd.
Stanford's Eddie Penev takes over the top spot in the AA rankings, in addition to the vault standings. OU's Jake Dalton is still king of the floor. Cal's Glen Ishino continues his lead on PH, while Scott Rosenthal holds steady at the top of the rings standings. Michigan's Sam Mikulak is the top p-bar worker, while Illini Paul Ruggeri is the top high bar guy.
Florida holds the number spot in the Troester.com GymInfo National Rankings this week. The rankings this week shift to the Regional Qualifying Score (RQS). It is calculated by taking the top three "AWAY" meet scores, the next three highest scores (regardless of location), tossing out the high, and averaging the remaining five. OU is close behind in 2nd, and UCLA is in also above 197 and is in third.
Host Stanford defeated Michigan on Sunday afternoon, winning all six events but gaining the biggest advantage on rings and p-bars. Stanford was led by Eddie Penev and Cameron Foreman. Penev won the AA with a 87.35, plus the FX, while Foreman won the PB and HB.
Link: Michigan Release
UCLA became the first team to surpass 198 this season, with a big 198.05 at home. Vanessa Zamarripa made her AA debut, posting a 39.625 win for the Bruins. She tied for the beam title with teammates Samantha Peszek and Mattie Larson. UCLA's Olivia Courtney won the vault and tied for the floor title with teammate Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs. Monique De La Torre won bars and completed the UCLA sweep.
Link: ASU Release