Stanford's Brody Malone captured the AA and HB titles at the Men's US Classic. The US National Champ, Olympian and NCAA champ, Malone posted an 88.558 in a system that used some modified bonus scoring. Cardinal Colt Walker was 2nd and teammate Khoi Young was 4th. PSU's Matt Cormier was fifth while teammate Michael Jaroh was 6th. Stanford's Riley Loos was 7th while former Minnesota Gopher Shane Miskus was 8th. Two more Stanford gymnasts landed in 9th and 10th: Taylor Burkhart and Ian Lasic-Ellis.
In the Junior division, Toma Murakawa of Gymnastics Olympica was first. Zach Green was 2nd (Stanford Boy's) and Cash Johnston (Houston Gymnastics Academy) was 3rd.
Link: USA Gym
Nebraska's Emma Spence won a bronze in the AA over the weekend at the Commonwealth Games. She also finished 4th on the VT and 6th on UB. England's Ondine Anchampong won the AA silver and placed 4th on UB; she originally has committed to Cal but has not yet signed. Australia's Georgia Godwin won the AA Gold. Illinois' Ruthuja Nataraj placed 17th in the AA. Cal commit (2023) Annalise Newman-Achee, representing Trinidad & Tobago, missed the AA final after an incomplete UB routine.
One more day of competition remains.
San Jose State has hired Morgan Ross as an assistant coach. She had been serving as an Assistant at Yale. The former UAA Seawolve was also a graduate assistant at Maryland for three years.
Link: SJSU Release
Robert Ladanyi leaves a post at Nebraska to join Utah State staff. He previously coached at Nebraska and Denver.
Jackie Terpak competed at Temple.
Whitney Snowden makes the jump from MSU.
Kourtney Chinnery competed for PSU.
Hallie Mossett was herself a standout athlete for UCLA. She has been coaching at Long Island University.
An athlete with a storied career, Ross has been promoted from volunteer coach to assistant coach at Arkansas.
Rubin competed for EMU and went on to coach at the club and college level.
After a lot of speculation about whether another program could lure her away, Dockendorf signed a multiyear contract with Utah.
Temple has hired Hilary (Mauro) Steele and Sophia Hyderally as assistant coaches. Steele had been serving as a volunteer assistant at Maryland. She's a former elite National Team member and UGA All-American. She was also the head coach at the club Kokokahi in Hawaii and was a high level cross-fit competitor. Hyderally has spent the last two seasons as a volunteer assistant at Nebraska. She was a standout at Alaska-Anchorage.
Link: Release