Michigan posted a 197.075 to win the Regional. But in the big story, Kent State, the sixth seed in the Region, edged the field to advance to Nationals, which they will host in two weeks. Stanford counted a fall on BB to set up an intense final rotation, as Kent State and Ohio State traded off hit routines. Minnesota ended up tied with Stanford, after lower totals on VT and UB. Advancing as individual are Ohio State's Rebecca Best in the BB and Minnesota's Kayla Slechta and Iowa State's Michelle Shealy in the AA.
| 1 | University of Michigan | 197.075 |
| 2 | Kent State University | 195.450 |
| 3 | Ohio State University | 195.350 |
| 4 | University of Minnesota | 195.225 |
| 4 | Stanford University | 195.225 |
| 6 | Iowa State University | 194.800 |
Link: Prelim Scores and Michigan Release
Oklahoma won with a 197.35 and Utah stayed calm on the last event with a 196.475 to overtake UW. While OU hit every event, UW hit VT and FX to set up a huge UB rotation to take the lead over Utah. But, nerves and excitement led to some early falls that deflated the team's momentum. Utah started strongly on UB and then faced an equipment malfunction, which delayed the completion of their UB set. Unfazed, they avoide mishaps to advance. UNC's Morgan Evans and UW's Aliza Vaccher advanced as the top two AAers.
1. OU 197.35
2. Utah 196.475
3. UW 195.3
4. UNC 195.225
5. UNH 194.5
6. Missouri 194.175
Link: OU Results and OU Release and Utah Release and UW Release
UCLA posted a 197.425 for the win. UGA claimed the 2nd spot at Nationals with a 196.75. LSU's Kaleigh Dickson and NC State's Stephanie Ouellette are the top two AAers on a non advancing team and should qualify to Nationals as well.
| 1 | UCLA | 197.425 |
| 2 | University of Georgia | 196.750 |
| 3 | Louisiana State University | 195.350 |
| 4 | North Carolina State University | 194.750 |
| 5 | University of Maryland | 193.200 |
| 6 | West Virginia University | 192.500 |
Link: Results and UCLA Release
Illinois won the Big 10 title Friday night. Michigan, led by frosh Sam Mikulak's win in the AA, placed 2nd.
Team Standings:
1. Illinois 355.55
2. Michigan 352.75
3. Ohio State 350
4. PSU 349
5. Minnesota 344.4
6. Iowa 339.3
AA:
1. Sam Mikulak, Michigan 89.05
2. Kris Done, Ohio State, 86.6
3. Tyler Mizoguchi, Illinois 85.7
Link: Michigan Release
The NCAA Women's Gymnastics Committee has set the regional sites for 2012 and 2013. Additionally, the NCAA has set the '12 Nationals meet at the Gwinnett Center in Georgia and and '13 Nationals meet at UCLA
USA Gymnastics Collegiate National Champions on each individual event:
FX: Jimmy Pezzino, Springfield
PH: James Okamoto, Air Force
Rings: Nash Mills, Air Force
VT: Tory Brown, Air Force
PB: Nash Mills, Air Force
HB: Ty Evans, Springfield
Link: Springfield Release
Naomi DeLara of UW Stout won VT and BB as the event finals at the NCGA Nationals concluded. Hamline's Lissette LaFex won the UB while Ithaca's Jessica Bolduc won the FX.
Link: Results
Illinois closed our their regular season with a win over UIC on Senior Night. Sophomore Austin Phillips won Rings and HB while Seniors Daniel Ribeiro (PH) and Chad Wiest (FX) scored wins.
Link: Illinois Release
Stanford defeated Cal in what could be the Cal Men's program's last home meet. The two teams split the event wins, but Stanford used a large advantage (5.15 points) on High Bar, led by National leader Alex Buscaglia (16.3), to seal the win.
Link: Cal Release
UW La Crosse captured its fourth straight National title at the NCGA Nationals this evening. UW La Crosse was led by Christa Booman, who won the AA with a 38.65.
Air Force won the USAG Collegiate Nationals with a 345.7, just ahead of W&M's 344.6. ASU won the club division with a 329.8. In the AA race, Springfield's Ty Evans took home the title with an 85.7. Event finals are tomorrow night.
Link: Springfield Release
The Cal Men's program must raise $4M in pledges spanning a four year period in order to save their program. Although the Women's program has been reinstated, the Men's program is facing their last home meet this weekend. Don't make it their last. Make your pledge today.
Link: Cal Gymnastics Forever
The Troster.com GymInfo National Rankings for the Men shift this week to the Four Score Average. To get the Four Score Average, you take the five highest scores, of which no more than two are home meets. Then, you drop the high and average the rest.
Even with the change, OU still leads the National Rankings by a significant margin. There are some changes in the individual rankings. Steven Legendre of OU still leads the AA, and holds the lead on FX and VT. Teammate Jake Dalton holds the lead on PB. Illinois' Daniel Ribeiro is the leader on PH, while Scott Rosenthal of PSU takes over the top spot on Rings. Stanford's Alex Buscaglia swings to the top of the HB rankings.
| Rank | Team | Four Score Ave |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 359.175 |
| 2 | Stanford | 355.013 |
| 3 | Illinois | 353.350 |
| 4 | California | 353.112 |
| 5 | Penn State | 352.425 |
Link: Troester.com