Stanford scored 363.450 to hold off OU for the men's national title. OU (361.600) and Illinois (360.150) rounded out the top three spots. Michigan's Sam Mikulak won the AA title.
Advancing from the first session: OU (196.775), Michigan (196.700) and UCLA (196.500).
Advancing from the second session: Alabama (197.05), NU (196.85), and Utah (196.20)
Michigan's Kylee Botterman finished the day with the top AA score, 39.525. Kayla Hoffman narrowly missed out on the AA title with her score of 39.50.
Advancing from Session 1: OU, Illinois, PSU
Advancing from Session 2: Stanford, Cal, Michigan
As the AAI Award winner, Michigan's Kylee Botterman has been named the top senior student-athlete in NCAA Division I women's gymnastics.
OU's Steven Legendre was named the recipient of the Nissen-Emery Award. The award goes to the nation's outstanding men's senior.
Link: NCAA Release
Often expected spring signings are announced here as verbal commitments prior to the spring signing period. Any official announcements issued this week will be posted here. However, the late signing period continues through August 1, so watch for additional announcements through the summer.
Bridget Sloan - UF
Georgia Dabritz and Tory Wilson - Utah
Randi Lau to graduate early - LSU
Kaitlyn Betts - USU
Ivana Hong and Becky Wing - Stanford
Austin Sheppard represented Hungary on three events in the qualifying round of the European Championships last week. She placed 13th on vault and narrowly missed a shot at the event finals. Shepphard verbally committed to Michigan for the 2012-13 season.
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Bridgeport took its third straight USAG Collegiate National title, posting a 194.05. TWU was 2nd in 193.3, Air Force third at 191.975 and SPU 4th at 190.95.
Link: TWU Release
TWU won the second session at the USAG Collegiate Championships, posting a 194.125. Host Air Force also advanced with a 193.2. TWU's Brittany Johnson led her squad by winning the AA with a 39.075. Brittany Dutton of Air Force was 2nd.
Link: Air Force Release
Defending champion Bridgeport and SPU advanced from Session I of the USA Gymnastics Collegiate Championships. Monica Mesalles led Bridgeport, posting the session's highest AA tally. She also had the high mark on VT and FX while tying for the highest mark on BB with teammate Emily Repko and SPU's Anissa Madrid. Madrid posted the highest score of the sesson on UB.
Link: SPU Release
Cal State Fullerton has officially announced the termination of its Women's Gymnastics program. The program was unable to meet its funding commitments by the March 1st deadline imposed by the university. Wrestling was also cut. The storied program was the 1979 AIAW National Team Champion. (The AIAW was the predecessor to the NCAA for women). Fullerton also came in 2nd twice (2 AIAW, 1 NCAA) and 3rd five times (3 AIAW, 2 NCAA). They also won 10 conference titles and nine regional titles.
Link: CSUF Release
The NCAA has announced the draw for the afternoon and evening session for next week's NCAA Championships. Check the link below to see when your favorite team or athlete is competing.
ECAC Individual Event champions on Sunday:
FX: Dylan Parrott, Navy
PH: Garrek Hojan-Clark, Army
R: Kyle Voissem, UIC
VT: Daniel Potemski, W&M
PH: Dan Zerbel, UIC
HB: Alex Tighe, Temple