Nebraska swept the event title en route to a 195.775 tally at Iowa State. Lora Evenstad led the Huskers, winning the AA with a 39.45. She also won the floor. Frosh sensation Jessie DeZiel won the BB and tied for first on vault with teammate Emily Wong. Another Husker, Janelle Giblin, won UB.
Link: NU Release
Florida rolled to a win over a young Kentucky squad Friday night. Frosh standout Kytra Hunter continued to excel, winning the vault and balance beam while tying for the uneven bar title with teammate Marissa King. King tied for the FX title with Florida's Ashanee Dickerson.
Link: UK Release
Multiple knee injuries have taken a toll and Ettl has decided to retire.
After a series of serious injuries over the past few years, Natasha Kelley has retired from the sport.
LSU has announced that junior Brittany Taylor, a transfer from CMU, has joined the roster.
Auburn recruit Kait Kluz and Michigan State recruit Lisa Burt qualified this past weekend to the 2012 Nastia Liukin Cup. The third qualifier, Jessica Ling, is an uncommitted 2015 graduate.
Nebraska tops this week's Troester.com GymInfo Rankings. Utah is 2nd and Arkansas 3rd. NU's superfrosh Jessie DeZiel is the top AAer. Her teammate, Emily Wong, is the top BB worker. Another frosh, Utah's Georgia Dabritz, is the top FX worker. Bama's Geralen Stack-Easton tops the vault rankings, while UNC's Morgan Evans and UGA's Kat Ding are tied for the top spot on UB. The rankings this week are by season averages, so many teams have just their one score to count. Rankings during these first few weeks will shift quite a bit.
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Using a strong floor rotation, Stanford held off San Jose State for the win. Ashley Morgan and Nicole Pechanec posted 9.9s on FX and UB, respectively, for the event wins. Pechanec also tied teammate Nicole Dayton for the VT win. For San Jose State, Thomasina Wallace won the BB and the AA with a 39.15.
Link: Stanford Release
UCLA powered to the road win at Berkeley, led by Sam Peszek 39.45 AA win and Vanessa Zamarripa's 10.0 on vault. Zamarripa added a win on UB while Peszek tied for the BB title with teammates Lichelle Wong and Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs. Hopfner-Hibbs won the floor to complete the sweep.
Link: UCLA Release
Towson posted the win at Ursinus Sunday afternoon, led by Britney Russell and Lindsay Poplaski. The pair tied for the vault title with teammate Avis Hixon, while Russell also won FX and Poplaski the AA. Teammate Kacy Catanzaro won the UB. For West Chester, Amber Miller won the BB.
Link: Ursinus Recap
PSU hit 23 for 24 to roll to a win at UNH. Sharaya Musser of Penn State won vault, balance beam, the AA (39.425) and tied for the BB title to lead the Nittany Lions. Teammate Madison Merriam won the FX and shared the UB title with Musser and UNH's Danielle Reibold. PSU employed five AAers in the meet.
Link: PSU Release
Western Michigan upset #21 Kent State, the NCAA Cindarella last season, in a home victory. For Kent State, frosh led the way. Chelsea Drooger won the VT while Whitnee Johnson posted a 38.625 to win the AA. Lindsey Runyun won the UB and Marie Case won the FX, but it was not enough to overcome the Broncos' team effort.
Link: WMU Release
UNC won the Lindsey Ferris Invitational, powering to a 192.65 win. UNC's Kristin Aloi won the VT, while teammate Morgan Evans took the UB. Cornell's Melanie Standridge captured the BB while GWU's Stephanie Stoicovy won the AA and the FX.
Team:
1. UNC 192.65
2. GWU 190.325
3. Penn 189.025
4. Cornell 188.95
5. William & Mary 188.8
6. Temple 187.45
Link: Cornell Release
Results from the Rocky Mountain Open, hosted by Air Force. OU won, powered by Chris Stehl win (or share) of the AA, Rings, and PB.
Team
1. OU 343.7
2. Air Force 333.3
3. NU 331.3
4. ASU (club) 314.1
5. Washington (club) 248.1
AA: Chris Stehl, OU 83
FX: Patrick Piscitelli, OU 14.3
PH: Michael Reid, OU 14.4
R: Stehl, 15.7
VT: Piscitelli, 15
PB: Stehl and Eric Schryer, NU 14.5
HB: Jake Dalton, OU 14.7
Link: OU Release