Illinois' Paul Ruggeri won the gold medal on HB at the Pan Games as competition concluded in the event finals.
Other results for NCAA related athletes:
Men's VT: Ruggeri, 6th
BB: Kristina Vaculik, Stanford, 2nd
PB: Ruggeri and Luis Vargas, ex PSU, tied for Silver. Sho Nakamori, ex Stanford, 8th
Women's FX: Vaculik, Stanford, 4th; Jessie DeZiel, NU, 6th
HB: CJ Maestas, Illinois, 7th
Link: Live Results
The Pan Am Games Event Finals, Day 1, brought a series of medals for NCAA related athletes. UGA commit Brandie Jay won the VT gold, while UF commit Bridgette Caquatto won the UB title. UCLA signee Christine "Peng Peng" Lee was fifth on UB.
On the men's side, former Ohio State star Brandon Wynn won the Ring title, defeating the newly crowned World Silver Medalist. Illinois' CJ Maestas was third. Illini teammates Tyler Mizoguchi and Paul Ruggeri placed 7th and 8th, respectively, on FX. PSU alum Tommy Ramos was fourth on Rings.
Link: Women's Results and Men's Results
Illini CJ Maestas placed fourth AA in the Men's AA Final at the Pan Am Games. Former Ohio State star Brandon Wynn was 8th. Columbia's Josimar Orlando Calvo won the gold.
Link: Results
Florida commit Bridgette Caquatto won the gold medal at the Pan Am Games on Wednesday. Stanford's Kristina Vaculik, representing Canada, won the Bronze. UCLA signee Christine "Peng Peng" Lee of Canada was fourth while UGA commit Brandie Jay was sixth.
Link: Results
The US Men's squad won the Bronze medal at the Pan Am Games. Brazil took first and Puerto Rico 2nd. The squad featured a number of current and former NCAAers, including captain Brandon Wynn (formerly of Ohio State). The others include Cal's Donathan Bailey, Illinois' CJ Maestas, Stanford grad Sho Nakamori, Illinois' Tyler Mizoguchi, and former Illini Paul Ruggeri. Maestas qualified to the AA final with a 9th place finish, while Wynn qualified in 20th. For the individual event finals, Bailey qualified on FX while Maestas and Wynn qualified on Rings. Maestas will also compete on HB while Nakamori made the PB final. Ruggeri qualified in the top spot on HB, and made the final in PB and VT as well.
Former PSU star and NCAA champ Luis Vargas qualified in third to the AA final, and made finals on the PH. Another former PSU gymnast, Tommy Ramos, qualified to the Ring final.
Link: Results
The US team, led NU frosh Jessie DeZiel, won the gold medal at the Pan Am Games. DeZiel led the US squad on all three events she competed. Florida commit Bridgette Caquatto led the squad on UB and was the top AAer in fourth. UGA commit Brandie Jay was 5th AA, while UF commit Bridget Sloan competed on UB and FX only. Canada, using much of the World Championship squad, came in second, paced by UCLA signee Christine "Peng Peng" Lee. The lead AA qualifier was Guatemala's new young standout Ana Sofia Gomez Porras, followed by Lee and then Stanford's Kristina Vaculik (of Canada).
Jay also qualified to the VT finals, and Caquatto to the UB finals, while DeZiel qualified on FX (no 2nd vault).
Link: Results
Yale has hire Jason Vonk as an assistant, according to a school release. He's spent the last six years as program director and owner of Stars National Gymnastics Village in Colorado.
Link: Yale Release
Florida commit Aly Raisman won the bronze on the FX as the world championships concluded. She also placed 4th on the BB, while teammate Jordyn Wieber won the bronze on BB. For the US men, Danell Leyva won the gold medal on the PB.
The other men's event champions included Yang Hak Seon of Korea on the Men's vault and China's Zou Kai on the HB. For the women, China's Sui Lu won the BB and Russia's Ksenia Afanaseva won the FX.
McKayla Maroney of the US won the world title on the vault as the first day of event finals. Former OU Sooner Steven Legendre finished 5th on FX while current Sooner Jake Dalton was 8th. On Rings, former OU star Jonathan Horton was 7th.
The other event champions included Russia's Viktoria Komova on UB, Japan's Kohei Uchimura on FX, Hungary's Krisztian Berki on PH, and China's Chen Yibing on Rings. The finals conclude tomorrow.
Link: Men's Results and Women's Results and Universal TV Coverage
Kohei Uchimura of Japan won his third world title in a row, an unprecedented feat. His margin of victory was over three points.
Link: Results
Jordyn Wieber won her first World Championship AA title, adding to her team gold from earlier this week despite problems on UB and a step out on FX. Russia's Viktoria Komova finished just 0.033 behind. Florida commit Aly Raisman was 4th after a major break on UB. UCLA signee Christine "Peng Peng" Lee was 19th while DU grad Jessica Lopez placed 24th.
Link: Results
China won yet another Men's World Championships, winning by roughly two points over Japan after the later suffered two falls on their final event, HB. The US team, featuring four current or former OU Sooners, placed 3rd, just .01 points behind 2nd place Japan, with three hit sets on HB. Earlier in the competition, the US counted a fall on VT from Jonathan Horton and a shakey routine on Rings from John Orozco. They finished just 5th on those two events, after winning FX as a team and placing 2nd on the remaining events.
Link: Results
The young US squad, which includes Florida commit Aly Raisman and former UCLA star Anna Li (alternate), powered to the world title, routing the field by over four points. Russia finished well behind in 2nd, and China held off Romania for third.
Link: Results
The 2nd day of Men's Qualifications was held and several NCAAer (past and present) competed. The OU powered US men's team is in 2nd place, behind Japan and ahead of China (in 3rd). Olympic host Great Britain failed to earn an automatic spot at next year's Olympic Games.
Here are the NCAA-related athlete's results:
FX: Steve Legendre (former OU) qualified to the final. Current Sooner Jake Dalton is the first alternate.
PH: OU's Alex Naddour is the first alternate
R: Former OU star Jonathan Horton qualified fifth.
HB: Horton is the first alternate to the final.
Link: IG Recap and FIG Results Page