The Troester GymInfo Coaches' Preseason Poll has defending champion Alabama as the top ranked squad to start the season. They tallied 11 first place vote as well. UCLA was 2nd, with five first place votes, although they tallied fewer first place votes than 3rd ranked Florida. Fourth ranked OU and fifth ranked Utah each earned one first place nod.
Club gymnastics is underway with the first early season meets. We've posted results for the Peppermint Twist and Gymnastics on the Grand under the Results tab. Check back throughout the season for more results.
As expected, UC Davis has signed clubmates Rachel Kreager and Ioanna "Yonni" Michovska. The L10s train at San Mateo.
Link: UC Davis Release
Stanford announced the signing of Rachel Daum, Carinne Gale and Sophia Lee to Letters of Intent. The commits of Gale and Lee were covered in prior news items. Daum was originally reported as an Alabama commit.
Link: Stanford Release
Birmingham, Alabama will be the site of the 2014 Women's Nationals, according to a Bama press release.
The NCAA also announced the Regional hosts for 2014: Arkansas, Georgia, LSU, Minnesota, PSU, and Washington.
Link: Bama Press Release
SEMO has named Michael Reavis to the position of Assistant Coach. Reavis competed for Iowa's men's team and won the NCAA vault title in 2005.
Illinois tops the Men's Preseason Coaches' Poll, according to an updated poll from Troester.com. They received six first place votes to outpace 2nd place Michigan (2 first place votes). OU was #3 with two first place votes, PSU fourth with three, and Stanford 5th with two.
| Rank | Team | 1st Place Votes |
| 1 | Illinois | 6 |
| 2 | Michigan | 2 |
| 3 | Oklahoma | 2 |
| 4 | Penn State | 3 |
| 5 | Stanford | 2 |
| 6 | California Berkeley | |
| 7 | Minnesota | |
| 8 | Ohio State | |
| 9 | Nebraska | |
| 10 | Iowa |
Penn has announced the hiring of Kim Parsons as an assistant. She comes to Penn from Temple, where she was an assistant. She was also the associate head coach at MIT and competed for James Madison.
Link: Penn Release
It's been eleven years since the tragic events of September 11th, 2001. Today we honor the heroes of September 11th, 2001, including those who lost their lives. One of those people, Mari-Rae Sopper, closely touched the collegiate gymnastics community. As you may know, Mari-Rae Sopper was Head Coach of the University of California, Santa Barbara's women's gymnastics team. She was also a former standout collegiate gymnast and team captain for Iowa State. Many of you knew her in the capacity of coach, teammate, competitor, colleague and friend.
Penn State has hired Carlos Vazquez as an assistant for the men's squad. A former athlete at Temple, he has served as the head coach for boys at Capital (VA).
Link: Release
Gustavus Adolphus College named one of its graduates head coach. Read more in the Official Announcement.
Iowa announced the hiring of former OU Sooner Michael Heredia and former Hawkeye Ben Ketelsen as assistants.
Link: Iowa Men's Release
Bowling Green has announced the hiring of former Ohio State standout Taylor Jones as an assistant.
Link: BGSU Release
Utah State has announced the hiring of former Sac State athlete and assistant coach Jamie Donkin as an assistant. Former USU assistant TeShawne Jackson is leaving to coach at the club level in North Carolina.
Link: USU Release