The NCAA Division I Sports Management Cabinet has released an update that includes several key rulings related to Gymnastics:
a. The change to a four team Championship Final for women's gymnastics was approved, starting in 2011.
b. The proposal to count all six scores in the women's Regionals/Nationals was referred back to the Women's Gymnastics Committee.
c. The Championships for women will be moved to a Friday/Saturday/Sunday starting in 2011.
d. The men's post season squad size has been boosted to 15, up from 12.
e. Women's non-seeded Regional assignments will be made by geographic proximity, not by Region or next closest Region, starting in 2010. This change only impacts spots 19 to 36. The top 18 will continue to be seeded as before.
f. Women's judges for Regionals will be selected differently. Six will be assigned to the various Regions. The rest will be assigned based on geographic proximity.
The US squad for the upcoming World Championships includes several present and past NCAA stars. Previously named to the team were former Cal star Tim McNeill and OU grad Jonathan Horton, as well as current Sooner Steven Legendre. The OU pair will be joined by incoming frosh Jake Dalton and former Illinois star Wes Haagensen. Current Illini Daniel Ribeiro is the alternate.
Bridget Sloan won the Senior Women's AA title at the 2009 VISA (US) Championships. Ivana Hong was a close second, and first day leader Rebecca Bross was 3rd. Kayla Williams was the vault champion (2 vaults), while Hong won the BB. Sloan won individual titles on the UB and FX. Link: USA Gymnastics
Current and former NCAAers excelled as event champions at the 2009 VISA (US) Championships.
FX: Steven Legendre (OU)
PH: Luke Stannard (Ill)
R: Jonathan Horton (former OU)
VT: Jake Dalton (OU incoming)
PB: Tim McNeill (former Cal)
HB: Horton and Danell Leyva
Link: Event Results