UGA has officially confirmed earlier reports and has named Cal coach Danna Durante as the new Head Coach for the Gym Dog program.  Prior to Cal, Durante was the associate Head Coach at Nebraska and an assistant at Washington, winning National Assistant Coach of the Year honors in 2007 and Regional honors in 1999 and 2002.  A former elite National Team and Olympic Trials qualifier (as Danna Lister), she score five 10s as an athlete at ASU.

At Cal, Durante had laid the groundwork for strengthening the Cal program, raising their average score significantly and earning verbal commitments of several top L10 and elite-level athletes for the 2013-2014 school year.   

Cal, in a release, noted they will start a national search for a replacement.  

As she completes her staff and Cal makes their decisions, we'll likely see some more coaching changes throughout the summer.

Link:  UGA Release and Cal Release

Stanford's Kristina Vaculik led the AA qualifications at the 2012 Canadian Championships.  She posted a 56.35 to outdistance rising newcomers Victoria Moors and Ellie Black.  LSU signee Jessica Savona was 4th, showing her successful comeback from injury.  UCLA commit Mikaela Gerber was 5th.  UGA signee Anysia Unick was 7th, just ahead of future teammate Brittany Rogers, who tied for 8th.  Oregon State commit Taylor Ricci was 18th while Oregon State grad Laura Ann Chong was 19th.

UCLA signee Christine "Peng Peng" Lee injured her knee in training.

Link:  Results

Danna Durante has reportedly accepted the Head Coach position at UGA.  The official announcement is expected next week.

Durante, a long time Assistant Coach for Nebraska, moved into the Head Coach position at Cal this season.  In that short time, she improved Cal's standing somewhat and lined up an excellent collection of recruits for future Cal teams.

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Also, Alexandra Yacalis, Washington, placed 1st on vault and floor.

Also, Amanda McGee (uncommitted) placed 1st on Bars

Also, Alex Cope, ASU, finished 1st on Beam

Donnell Whitenburg of Ultimate won the Men's 16-18 AA title at the 2012 Men's JO Nationals on Saturday evening.  He also captured the Rings title. Future PSU frosh Trevor Howard was 2nd and won the floor.

 Tim Wang of South Coast won the PH and placed 4th AA while High Point's Chandler Eggleston won the vault.  Monmoth's Akash Modi won the PB and placed 3rd AA.  Future Illini Joey Peters of the Parkettes won the HB and was 6th AA. 

Marvin Kimble of the Swiss Turners won the Men's 14-15 category.

Links:  Results Page

Former elites Grace Williams (of Twistars) and Aja-Monet Sims (of Brandy Johnson's) tied for the Junior D title at the 2012 Women's Level 10 Junior Olympic championships.  Both tallied 38.775, with 2014-2015 Bama commit Sims winning bars and beam.  Williams has reportedly committed to NU for 2014-2015.  In third was vault champion Alyssa Jackson of Eagles, and in fourth was Alexis Mattern of ASAP.  Nicole Artz of Champion USA was the floor champ.

Some of the gymnasts in this category have already commited, despite graduating in 2014.  Region 5 won the team title. 

Link:  Results

Incoming LSU frosh Randii Wyrick won the BB en route to winning the AA title in the Senior D dvision at the Junior Olympic L10 Nationals.  She outpaced Bama-bound Lauren Beers, who won bars and floor.  Utah incoming frosh Breanna Hughes took third, while another incoming Bama frosh, Carley Sims, took 4th and tied for teh vault title with Arizona signee Shelby Edwards.

Region 1 won the team title. 

In this age group, nearly all of the athletes will be competing for colleges next season.  Here's the Top 25 finishers and their schools:

Link:  Results