Marissa Beucler, L10 at Cincinnati Gymnastics in Ohio, has committed to Kentucky according to CGA's Facebook announcement. Last season she finished 5th AA (1st FX) at her state meet, 10th AA at regionals and 1st AA (1st FX) at the NIT. Personal website
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…
Dana Ho, L10 at WOGA in Texas, has accepted a scholarship offer from Cal Berkley per Gym-Style.com, which maintains her personal website. Last season she finished 1st AA (1st V/UB) at her state meet, 2nd AA at regionals and 33rd AA at JOs. Personal Website
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…
Taylor Bolender, L10 at Gymnastics World in Ohio, has accepted a scholarship to Central Michigan University. During the 2011 season, she picked up several individual event wins on bars and beam. In the post season, she placed 9th AA at regionals and 3rd AA at the NIT. She is a…
Kirsten (Kiki) Petzold, L10 at Olympia Gymnastics Academy in Michigan, will be joining her sister, Brittany, on the CMU team next year. Kirsten finished 8th AA at her 2011 state meet, 7th AA at regionals, and 26th AA at JOs. Video channel
Erika Aufiero, L10 at Deltchev Gymnastics in Nevada, has committed to OSU. Last season she finished 1st AA (1st BB/FX) at her state meet, 10th A (1st UB) at regionals, and 3rd AA (1st UB) at he NIT. Video
Natalie Trejo, L10 at Deltchev Gymnastics in Nevada, has committed to Southern Utah. Last season Trejo finished placed 14th AA at her regional meet and 15th AA (1st FX) at the NIT. Video channel
Nowadays, college coaches, in many cases are encouraging prospects to commit early to their institution in an effort to wrap up recruiting and outdistance the competition. This article attempts to shed light on a variety of “options” prospects and families can embrace moving forward in the ever changing college search for athletes. November is fast approaching and with that, early deadlines for college applications. Current seniors who have dedicated themselves to connecting early on with college coaches, providing them with the necessary evaluation tools coaches need to determine “potential matches”, have narrowed their list to a few or even one…
Chayse Capps has committed to OU, according to a site submission. She's a L10 at Inifinite Bounds and also trains as a dancer. At the 2011 L10 JO Nationals, she placed 8th(t) on BB and 30th in the AA. She was 14th AA at the Region III L10 Regionals in…
Paris Ryder has committed to Arkansas for 2013-2014, according to a site submission and the NY USAG state web page. Ryder trains as a L10 at GMGC in New York. At the 2011 L10 JO Nationals, she placed 43rd AA. She also placed 11th AA at the 2010 Region VI…
Marissa Unpingco, L10 at Edge Gymnastics, has committed to San Jose State. She finished 6th AA, 1st UB at her 2011 state meet and 9th AA at regionals. Video