Arkansas's Katherine Grable posted a 39.475 AA win to lead her squad to an easy win over Bridgeport and WMU.   She also won vault and floor.  Teammate Sydnie Dillard won BB while teammates Amanda Wellick and Salmon tied for the UB title.  Link:  Arkansas Release
Friday, 10 January 2014 21:41

Illinois 195.325 at MSU 194.15

Illinois posted a strong start, using a 49.275 BB rotation to overcome a slow start on UB.  Illini Jordan Naleway won bars while teammate Liz McNabb won BB.  Illinois' Amber See tied for the vault title with MSU's Alina Cartwright.  Cartwright won the AA with a 39.275 while teammate Elena…
UK's Audrey Harrison led her squad to a big win in the quad meet, posting a 39.075 AA win.  Harrison also won BB and tied for the FX title with teammate Kayla Hartley and PSU's Sidney Sanabria-Robles and Randi Lau.  WVU's Jaida Lawrence won the vault, while teammate Alexa Goldberg…
Friday, 10 January 2014 19:11

Towson 190.125 at Pitt 193.375

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Towson's Samantha Lutz won the AA with a 38.1 but it wasn't enough as Pitt powered to wins on all four events.   Brittney Harris won VT and Bars while teammate Katie O'Rourke won BB and tied for the FX title with teammate Lindsay Offutt.  Link:  Pitt Release
Stanford won the NorCal Challenge Sunday afternoon, defeating North state rivals Cal, UC Davis, San Jose State and host Sacramento State.  Stanford was led by Kristina Vaculik's meet-high 9.875 UB win.  Teammates Melissa Chuang, frosh Sophia Lee, and Cal's Serena Leong tied for the vault title.  Another teammate, Taylor Rice,…
Sunday, 05 January 2014 15:18

PSU 193.925 at ISU 193.55

Penn State used an advantage on vault and FX to hold off the hosts.  They were led by LSU transfer Randi Lau, who won vault.  ISU's Caitlin Brown won the AA with a 38.9; she also tied for the beam title with teammate Alex Marasco.  Teammate Henrietta Green won the…
Sunday, 05 January 2014 15:14

UW Eau Claire 180.2 at CMU 194.45

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CMU swept at least the top four places in every event to an impressive 194.45 opening tally.  Four different Chippewas claimed an event victory:  Brittany Petzold on Vault, Karlee Teet on UB, Taylor Noonan on BB, and Halle Moraw with a meet-high 9.875 on FX.  Link:  UW EC Release
Saturday, 04 January 2014 19:41

Ball State 189 at Illinois State 188.95

Illinois State's Samantha King won the AA with a 39.0.  King also won the BB and FX.  For Ball State, Erin Patchey won the vault while teammate Angela Durkac tied with Illinois State's Jenna Bossle for the UB title.Link:  Illinois St Release
Friday, 03 January 2014 19:56

UW La Crosse 181.775 at UW Oshkosh 179.95

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The season kicked off with UW La Crosse's win over host UW Oshkosh on Friday night.  Kari Willett won the vault and beam to lead the Eagles, while teammate Ali Berry won the floor exercise.  Oshkosh's Stefanni Meusburger won the UB.  Link:  UW LC Release
Gymnasts with ties to the NCAA did well at the event Finals at the World Championships this past weekend.  The participants include: Men's FX:  Jake Dalton (former OU), Silver FX:  Steve Legendre (former OU), 7th(t) R:  Brandon Wynn (former Ohio State), Bronze VT:  Steve Legendre (former OU), Silver PB:  Brandon…
Thursday, 03 October 2013 16:19

Michigan's Mikulak 6th in World's AA Final

Michigan's Sam Mikulak placed 6th in the AA at the finals of the 2013 World Championships, in Antwerp, Belgium.  Japan's Kohei Uchimura won his fourth straight world title, a new record, and easily outdistanced the field.  Mikulak challenged for a medal, and stood in third heading into high bar, his…
Sunday, 18 August 2013 15:00

P&G (US) Championships, Day 4

Michigan's Sam Mikulak won the AA title by three points at the P&G (US) Championships on Sunday.  Former OU Sooner Alex Naddour was 2nd, while former OU star Jake Dalton was third.  Olympian John Orozco rose to 4th after a rough Day 1.  Link:  USA Gymnastics  In the Junior Division,…
Sunday, 18 August 2013 11:51

P&G Championships, Day 3

Simon Biles won the senior women's title at the P&G (US) Championships.  Olympian Kyla Ross was 2nd.  OU commit Brenna Dowell was 3rd, with UF commit Peyton Ernst in fourth.  Maggie Nichols was fifth and Utah commit Mckayla Skinner was 6th.  Link:  USA Gymnastics Bailie Key won the junior women's…
Friday, 16 August 2013 13:46

P&G (US) Championships, Day 2

Day 2 is underway at the (US) P&G Championships, with the Men's Preliminaries.  In the Senior Men's category, Michigan's Sam Mikulak posted a big score to lead the field by nearly three points.  Former OU star Jake Dalton was 2nd, with another former Sooner, Alex Naddour, in 3rd.  Link:  USA…
Monday, 15 July 2013 17:18

World University Games Recap

Although the US did not send gymnastics teams, a number of NCAAers competed at the World University Games this past week.  UCLA's Danusia Francis made the floor final and placed 6th.  Team (W):  1.  Russia  2.  Japan  3.  GermanyAA (W):  Alina MustafinaTeam (M):  1.  Russia 2.  Ukraine  3.  JapanAA (M): …
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