Randy Solorio has shed the "interim" from his title and has been named Head Coach at Sacramento State. He had been acting as interim Head Coach for the last year.
Link: Sac St Release
The program at the University of Alaska-Anchorage is seeking your support. Due to a state budget crisis, the entire athletic department is facing a review and the gymnastics program will either be eliminated or scaled back to Division II. Currently a Division I program, the school recently invested in a new training facility. Please read the letter from Head Coach Paul Stoklos:
Iowa State has announced Nilson Medeiros as the new Assistant Coach. He coached at Denver and later coached former DU gymnast Jessica Lopez in her return to elite gymnastics representing Venezuela. His coaching experience spans decades and includes club gymnastics, NCAA gymnastics and international gymnastics.
Iowa has announced its hiring of Vince Smurro as an Assistant Coach. He joins Iowa's staff after two years at CMU. He also has prior club coaching experience from Devlin's Gymnastics.
CMU hasn't posted an announcement yet, but Cameron Linford has been added to the coaching roster. Cameron has been the Director of Operations at Utah since 2007 and he has held various staff positions at Utah over the past 17 years. He has also gathered coaching experience at several Utah gymnastics clubs.
Chris Bogantes is making the move from SEMO to USU as an assistant coach. He also coached at Ball State and TWU.
The artistic gymnastics portion of the Rio Olympics concluded with two more days of event finals. Simone Biles won her fourth gold medal with a big win on FX. Teammate Aly Raisman won silver. On the BB, Biles had her first break and took the Bronze. Teammate Laurie Hernandez took the Silver. Danell Leyva, originally an alternate to the US squad, won silvers on PB and HB. Ex Michigan star Sam Mikulak placed 4th on HB.
Link: USA Gymnastics
The first day of event finals at the Olympics saw medals awarded on the Women's VT and UB, and Men's FX and PH. Several gymnasts with NCAA ties were in action.
Simone Biles cemented her spot in history with a dominating win in the AA at the 2016 Olympics. Teammate Aly Raisman won the silver, well ahead of third place Aliya Mustafina of Russia.
The Men's AA Final was an outstanding afternoon of competition this Wednesday, with the world's top gymnasts battling in top form.
At the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, the women's final concluded on Tuesday afternoon with a thrilling final.
The Men's Team final at the Rio 2016 Olympics concluded this afternoon, with a thrilling race for medals.
Former Iowa gymnast Tom Buese will join the coaching staff for the men's team. He has been the program director at Geddert's in Michigan.
The US Women dominated the qualifying competition at the Olympics, outdistancing the field by hitting 16 for 16 and outpacing 2nd place China by nearly 10 points, 185.238 to 175.279. (The format is four up, three count. It shifts to three up, three count in the finals). Simone Biles was sensational, showing only a few nerves en route to posting the highest scores of qualifying on three of four events to keep her quest for five gold medals alive. UCLA signee Madison Kocian posted the high score of the day on UB to qualify to that final.