The official early period for signing a National Letter of Intent for Gymnastics started on November 10th and runs through the 17th. See the Women's Commits and Men's Commits page for a list of who is expected to sign where. Watch the site, newsfeeds, and Twitter for the latest news. There are a few surprises and unannounced signings out there!
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Congratulations to all the National Letter of Intent Signees. A few submitted pictures are in the gallery at this link. Athletes and Parents are invited to contribute their pictures.
Caitlin Brown has committed to Iowa State for 2011-2012, according to her club. Brown is a L10 who trains at TAGS South in Minnesota. At the 2010 L10 Nationals, she placed 5th on BB and tied for 13th AA at the L10 Nationals. She was also 40th AA in 2009.
Lisa Bowerman has been promoted from Assistant Coach to Associate Head Coach for the upcoming season. She will take over as Head Coach in May when Frank Kudlac retires
On the Women's side, Ana Porgras won the BB while American Rebecca Bross earned a tie for silver. Ex-Brown athlete Alicia Sacramone was 5th. On FX, Aussie Lauren Mitchell won Gold. American Alexandra Raisman finished just outside of the medals in fourth.
In the Men's competition, France's Thomas Bouhail won VT, while Feng Zhe of China won PB. On HB, China's Zhang Chenglong won, while Americans Danell Leyva and Chris Brooks (ex-OU) finished 5th and 6th, respectively.
Link: Men's VT, PB and HB
Link: Women's BB and FX
Alicia Sacramone of the US (ex-Brown) won the World title on the VT, after capping a successful comeback from retirement. She defeated the World AA champ, Aliya Mustafina, when Mustafina's 2nd vault was downgraded for not showing the intended position. Veterans and post-college age athletes dominated in the AA final, with only Men's FX winner Eleftherios Kosmidis at 19 the only winner younger than 22. OU's Steven Legendre placed 8th in the FX final after some problems. The USA's Rebecca Bross finished third on UB, behind winner Beth Tweddle, after defending champion He Kexin fell. In fourth was former World AA champ Bridget Sloan of the US.
Links: Women's Results
Links: Men's Results
OU grad Jonathan Horton won a bronze medal in the AA, finishing behind Japan's two-time champion Kohei Uchimura and Germany's Philipp Boy.
In the Women's competition, Russia's Aliya Mustafina won. Rebecca Bross was third for the US, after a fall on BB. Jiang Yuyan of China was just ahead of Bross in 2nd. DU grad Jessica Lopez placed 10th AA.
Link Men's Results
China won the Men's Team title at the World Championships, ahead of Japan and Germany. The US finished fourth, posting the highest total of the day on HB and the lowest on PH.
Link: Results
Russia won, led by Aliya Mustafina while the US finished 2nd in an error-plagued but very close Women's team final at the 2010 World Gymnastics Championships. The US contingent included ex-Brown athlete Alicia Sacramone, who led the squad with a 15.6 on VT. UF Gator frosh-to-be Mackenzie Caquatto excelled on her two events, while UCLA signee Mattie Larsen struggled again on FX.
Link: Result
The US qualified in third place to the Men's Team Final at the World Championships. OU grad Jonathan Horton advanced to the AA final, while current Sooner Stephen Legendre qualified on FX. A third ex Sooner, Chris Brooks, qualified on the HB. Ohio State's Brandon Wynn is a reserve on Rings.
Link: USA Gymnastics Release
The US is in third after the Qualification round, just behind Russia and China. Several future/former collegians contribute to the US effort: Florida's MacKenzie Caquatto and UCLA signee Mattie Larsen both competed all around, while former Brown athlete Alicia Sacramone made two event finals. DU grad Jessica Lopez also did well, placing 15th in the AA. Stanford's Kristina Vaculik led Canada to a 13th place finish, and is the 2nd reserve for the AA final while teammate Nicole Pechanec led the Czech squad with team-high scores on two events.
Link: Results from Team
Frank Kudlac has announced that 2011 will be his final season.
Jim Hayes brings coaching experience from URI and MIT.