➽ Kristina VACULIK promises to be one of the most exciting recruits for the 2010-11 season when she joins the Stanford team next year. She has been competing internationally since 2005 and was the Canadian Junior National Champ in 2006. In her first year at the senior level, she finished first at the 2007 National Championships and seemed on her way to a spot on the 2008 Olympic team. She was selected as an alternate to the 2008 Canadian Olympic team, but withdraw due to an elbow injury. After long recuperation period, she’s back in great form and competing a busy schedule.
VACULIK started her 2010 season with a 2nd place AA finish at Elite Canada (1st UB/FX in the event finals) . She won the Nadia Comaneci Invitational (1st BB/FX) in February. She has competed two more international meets over the past two weekends. At the Gymnix International Cup in Canada, she swept all events in the all around session, then went on to win bars, beam and floor in the event finals. At the Cottbus World Cup event in Germany, she placed 3rd on vault, 2nd on bars, and 4th on beam and floor in the qualifying round, and went on to win bars and floor and to place second on vault and beam in the event finals.VACULIK may be heading to college next fall, but she isn't wrapping up her elite career. She is working to earn a spot at the Pacific Rim event later this season. She also plans to defer her 2011-12 season at Stanford to focus on the 2012 Olympic Games. She talked about her plans in interviews with International Gymnast Magazine and Gymnastike. Here’s a short video interview following her performance at the Gymnix.
Sarah DeMEO was likely one of the hottest recruiting prospects in the country when she committed to Alabama last year. As a five-year elite and three-time Junior National Team member, she racked up years of valuable training and meet experience before dropping back to L10 in the summer of 2008. She had an impressive 2009 season, finishing 5th AA (1st UB) at JO’s. This season she looks even stronger. She has finished in the top three AA in all of her 2010 meets, with wins at Chow’s, Eagles Invite, St. Louis Classic and Northern Lights. Judging from the array of event wins throughout this competitive season, she has no weak event and she is poised to step right in next year to fill one of the spots left by Alabama’s solid group of graduating seniors. See DeMeo's interview with Gymnastike and take a look at her interesting bars transition.
Aliza VACCHER holds the title of State Champion in two different states. She won the state title in Oregon in 2008 and she won her second state title after moving to Arizona in 2009. This Desert Devils L10 may be under the radar of many gymnastics fans but she has popped up at the top of the results sheets this season. She won the Lady Luck Invite, the Fiesta Bowl (1st V/BB), the Classic Rock meet (1st UB/FX), the Malibu Coast (1st V/UB/BB) and placed 2nd AA (1st V/BB) at the Long Beach Open. VACCHER heads to Washington next fall. Since UW has no seniors on its roster this year, she will step in to strengthen a program that returns every routine next year.
➽ The review of recruiting classes wraps up with look at eleven more teams: BYU, CMU, DU, Iowa, Kent St., Minnesota, UNC, Ohio St., Oklahoma, Pitt, and WMU. Thirty two programs have been included in the review over the past several weeks. The focus of future articles will shift to state and regional meets, and then to the Junior Olympic competition.
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BYU |
Megan Bain
Crystal Cup: 5th AA Classic Rock: 3rd AA Long Beach Open: competed 3 events Leslie Bell Daytona Beach: competed 3 events Chicago Style: competed 1 event Pikes Peak: 8th AA City of Lights: 5th AA KayCee Gassaway Holiday Express: 8th AA Seattle Open: 21st AA Battle in Seattle: 6th AA; 1st V Malibu Coast Challenge: 2nd AA Raquel Willman Crystal Cup: 1st AA; 1st UB Winter Sun Inv: 1st AA Fiesta Bowl: 5th AA New Orleans Jazz: 2nd AA; 1st V/UB |
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CMU |
Emily Heinz
St. Nick Inv: 7th AA; 1st V Bravo Classic: competed 2 events Daytona Beach: 4th AA Chicago Style: 12th AA Midwest Open: 3rd; 1st V Brittany Petzold COTC: 2nd AA CGA Spectaular: 5th AA Sand Dollar: 3rd AA For Love or Money: 3rd AA; 1st FX Buckeye: 2nd AA; 1st UB Motown Madness: 1st AA; 1st V/UB/BB/FX |
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Denver |
Kaitlin Moorhead
All Olympia: competed one event Malibu Coast: 8th AA Alexa Riech Hot Shots Inv: 2nd AA; 1st V/FX Baloon Classic: 3rd AA; 1st V Pinky Stone: competed 3 events Maryland Classic: 16th AA Team Challenge: 1st AA; 1st V/FX Manhattan Classic: 4th AA; 1st V |
Ellese Sakai-Hart
All Olympia: 4th AA Spirit of the Flame: 1st AA; 1st V Malibu Coast Challenge: 1st AA; 1st BB/FX |
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Iowa |
Nicole Pineau
Winter on the Beach: competed two events; 1st UB Tesla Cox Carolina Classic: 1st AA; 1st UB/BB Tiger Paw: 3rd AA; 1st V Mardi Gras Inv: 2nd AA; 1st V/UB Charleston Cup: 4th AA; 1st UB |
Sydney Hoerr
Crossroads Classic: 1st AA; 1st V/UB/BB St. Jude: 6th AA Gateway Challenge: 11th AA Chicago Style: 3rd AA; 1st UB Circle of Stars: 9th AA St. Louis Classic: 2nd AA Sarah Wolford TBT Inv: 7th AA Daytona Beach: competed 3 events Purple & Gold: 5th AA |
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Kent State |
Marie Case
Commonwealth Cup: 1st AA; 1st V/FX COTC: 1st AA; 1st V/UB/BB/FX Cereal City: 2nd AA; 1st FX Pink Inv: 1st AA;, 1st UB/BB/FX Liukin Cup: 5th AA Nikki Moore Universal Galaxy: 2nd AA CGA: 11th AA Love or Money: 3rd AA Buckeye: 7th AA; 1st FX Arnold Challenge: 2nd AA |
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Minnesota |
Megan Alvarez
King Arthur Inv: competed one event Chicago Style: competed one event Pike’s Peak: competed one event Arena Classic: competed one event
Alexandra Feeken Tampa Bay Classic: 3rd AA Sand Dollar: 9th AA Daytona Beach: 4th AA Chicago Style: 19th Tim Rand: 8th AA
Dusti Russell Winter Luau: 1st AA; 1st BB Sand Dollar: 10th AA Blizzard Invite: 1st AA; 1st UB/FX Harley Davidson: 2nd AA; 1st UB Oshkosh: 2nd AA; 1st UB Kayla Slechta Chicago Style: competed 1 event Twin Cities Cl: competed 2 events Northern Lights: competed 2 events |
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UNC |
Kristin Aloi
Atlanta Crown: 5th AA Sand Dollar: 2nd AA Tiger Paw: 1st AA; 1st UB/FX Excalibur: 13th AA Spring Break Out: 2nd AA; 1st UB/FX Emily Cornwell CGA: 7th AA San Deigo Classic: 7th AA For Love or Money: 4th AA; 1st FX Big Dream Classic: 1st AA; 1st UB/BB/FX Derby Classic: 2nd AA; 1st BB Acacia Cosentino Universal Galaxy: 1st AA; 1st V/UB/FX CGA: 2nd AA; 1st UB/FX Metroplex: competed 1 event Buckeye: 1st AA; 1st BB/FX Queen City: 8th AA |
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Ohio St |
Victoria Aepli
Battle of Champions: 9th AA Rock and Roll: 3rd AA; 1st UB Integrity: 3rd AA Buckeye Classic: 6th AA Arnold SportFest: 1st AA; 1st UB/BB Alex DeLuca TBT Inv: 1st AA; 1st UB/BB
Sand Dollar: 1st AA; 1st V/UB/BB/FX
Daytona Beach: 3rd AA Chicago Style: 13th AA
Charleston Cup: 2nd AA; 1st FX Sarah Miller (has not signed) Metroplex: 5th AA Nations Capital Cup: 6th AA; 1st V Melanie Shaffer Jingle Bell Rock: 1st AA; 1st V/UB/BB/FX Stars and Stripes: 1st AA; 1st V/BB Buckeye Classic: 5th AA Pink Inv: 5th AA Arnold Sports Fest: 4th AA |
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OU |
Hope Bruce
Buckeye Classic: competed 2 events Hayden Ward Metroplex: 6th AA Taylor Spears Texas Prime: 4th AA; 1st FX WOGA: 5th AA Pikes Peak: 3rd AA; 1st UB HNI: 1st AA |
Erica Brewer |
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Pitt |
Nicole Galluzzo
Brestyans: 3rd AA Team Challenge: 3rd AA Little Bigger: 4th AA (all ages combined)
Chicago Style: 9th AA Manhattan Classic: 3rd AA Maya Ketner San Diego Classic: 3rd AA, 1st UB Love or Money: 2nd AA, 1st UB Katie O'Rourke Maryland Classic: 2nd AA Metroplex: 2nd AA Excalibur: 5th AA |
Bri Hogan |
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WMU |
Christine Bailye
St. Nick Inv: 4th AA St. Jude: 1st AA Gateway Challenge: 7th AA Chicago Style: 4th AA Circle of Stars: 1st AA; 1st V/FX Midwest Open: 1st AA; 1st UB/FX Harley Davidson: 2nd AA Lauren Bledsoe COTC: 1st AA; 1st UB/BB CGA: 6th AA Sand Dollar: 2nd AA; 1st UB Buckeye: 4th AA Motown Madness: 2nd AA Kelsey Turnquist
Reg 5 Cup: 7th AA
CGA: 8th AA
Sand Dollar: 3rd AA
Chicago Style: 2nd AA
Circle of Stars: 2nd AA
Arena Classic: 7th AA
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➽ KUDOS! Most meet results from the past two or three weeks have not been posted, but here are a few recent meet winners who aren’t already mentioned above:
(Heather) Nicole Wright, L10 at World Class in Va., has committed to Maryland for the 2011-12 season. Earlier this season she finished 2nd AA (1st BB) at the World Class meet and 2nd AA (1st V/FX) at the Cancun Classic.
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The following is a listing of high level skills performed by Women in the 2010 Season. To make this list, the skill had to be successfully competed in a meet sometime during the season. The skill competed must have an FIG rating of "E" or "F" or "G", or an FIG Vault Difficult Value of 5.3 or higher. The issue of escalating difficult leading to higher injury rates and more wear and tear on the athlete is important. The purpose of this list is not to encourage or foster unreasonable risk or other threats to the safety of the athletes. In fact, many of the skills on this list were only competed in special circumstances. This list simply serves as an archive and collection of skills actually performed by the athletes. This list is incomplete and will be updated as information becomes available. Please submit your additions and corrections to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. |
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RO 1/2 on, Front Layout 1/2 Off Vanessa Zamarripa, UCLA Tsukahara Layout 3/2 Marissa King, Florida Yurchenko Layout 2/1 Yurchenko Layout 3/2 Ricki Lebegern, Alabama Natalie Beilstein, Michigan Rebecca Best, Ohio State Annie DiLuzio, Utah Susan Jackson, LSU Anna Li, UCLA Hillary Mauro, UGA Brittani McCullough, UCLA Christine Nguyen, UNC Brandi Personett, PSU |
Comaneci Grace Taylor, UGA Shushunova Monica Eaton, BGSU Full Twisting Double Layout Flyaway Dana Bonincontri, Penn Kylee Botterman, Michigan Jamie Bullock, Minnesota Nicole Cowart, Illinois Taylor Jacob, Boise State Courtney McCool, UGA Brie Olson, OU Brandi Personett, PSU Kara Wright, UNC Hindorff (clear-hip reverse hecht/Tkachev) Meaghan Biros, Pitt Ashanee Dickerson, UF Kassi Price, Bama Ricna (Stalder reverse hecht/Tkachev) Ray (toe-on Tkachev) Natalie Ettl, PSU Ericka Garcia, LSU Natasha Kelley, OU Brittani McCullough, UCLA Sarah Tomczyk, Arizona Shayla Worley, UGA Bharwaj (full twisting Pak) Leslie Mak, Oregon State |
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Round-Off, Layout to Two Feet Mount Switch Ring Leap Abigail Adams, Maryland Morgan Evans, UNC Brigitte Kivisto, Yale Molly Quirk, Arizona Randy Stageberg, UF Holly Vise, OU Back tuck 1/1 twist Arabian Front Tuck Back Layout Two Foot* 5/2 Turn in Wolf (Humphrey) Double Front Tuck Back Double Pike * Athlete must hold layout position througout for E credit. Layout |
Full Twisting Double Layout Double Layout Brooke Barr, NC State Kristina Coccia, DU Morgan Dennis, Bama Hilary Ferguson, UK Emily Green, UK Marissa Gutierrez, Bama Susan Jackson, LSU Marissa King, Florida Anna Li, UCLA Emily Lopatofsky, MSU Brandi Personett, PSU Vanessa Zamarripa, UCLA Double Front Daria Bijak, Utah Jessa Hansen, Iowa Danae Johnson, Rutgers Natalie Sutter, NIU Arabian Double Front Mary Atkinson, ASU Natalie Beilstein, Michigan Ashanee Dickerson, UF Brittany Emmons, Ball State Samantha Engle, LSU Deanna Graham, Arizona Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs, UCLA Carly Janiga, Stanford Marissa King, Florida Hilary Mauro, UGA Sharaya Musser, PSU Christine Nguyen, UNC Gina Nuccio, UGA Jaime Pisani, Arkansas Kyndal Robarts, Utah Mandi Rodriguez, Oregon State Geralen Stack-Eaton, Bama Shayla Worley, UGA Triple Full Annie DiLuzio, Utah Megan Ferguson, OU Katie Hurley, AU Nicole Pechanec, Stanford Tuck Full In or Half In/Half Out Abigail Adams, Maryland Shelly Alexander, Stanford Sarah Curtis, Michigan Miranda Der, Bridgeport Lora Evenstad, NU Lauren Gildemeyer, Brockport Erin Grigg, EMU Kelci Lewis, Arkansas Tiffany Louie, San Jose State Casey Jo Magee, Arkansas Brittnee Martinez, Michigan Brittani McCullough, UCLA Jasmine Minion, UK Jaime Pisani, Arkansas Hannah Redmon, Boise State Taylor Seaman, NC State Sarah (Specht) Tomczyk, Arizona Tuck Full Out Pike Full In Whitney Bencsko, PSU Kylee Botterman, Michigan Noel Couch, UGA Toi Garcia, AU Maranda Smith, Florida |
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Alabama holds onto the top spot in this week's rankings, with OU second and UCLA third. Missouri's Sarah Shire takes over the top spot in this week's AA rankings. LSU's Susan Jackson still leads the vault, while UCLA's Anna Li retains the top spot on UB. Hollie Vise of OU claims sole possession of the lead on BB, while teammate Jackie Flanery takes over the lead on FX.
Air Force posted a 62.35 on VT to boost their squad to victory. Nash Mills won the AA with a 86.3 to lead the Falcons. Teammate Dan Klimkowski added wins on PH and Rings.
Link: Springfield release
UCLA won the tri-meet on Senior Day, posting a 196.525 to surpass Michigan State. Vanessa Zamarripa won UB and BB en route to a career high 39.7 AA win. UCLA's Tauny Frattone and Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs tied for the VT title at 9.95. Hopfner-Hibbs added a win on FX.
Link: UCLA Release
Frosh Katie Yamamura led UC Davis to a season best 194.6. Yamamura won the AA (39.1) and set career highs on both the VT and FX. She tied for 1st place honors on FX with Cal's Avery Gee and teammate Erika Van Dyke. Van Dyke also won BB. Aggie Lida Gehlen tied with TWU's Rashonda Cannie on UB.
Link: UC Davis Release
UGA honored five seniors with a win over NC State. UGA's Kathryn Ding won VT and UB to pace Georgia. Teammate Courtney McCool added a near perfect 9.975 to win FX, while teammates Hilary Mauro and Christa Tanella won BB. Cassidy McComb added an AA win to complete the sweep.
Link: UGA Release
Nebraska held off Iowa State Sunday afternoon, 196.45 to 196.125. On VT, NU scored 49.3, led by Erin Davis at 9.925. On UB, Brittne Habbib won the event to lead the Huskers. On BB, Iowa State outpointed NU, led by Ashley Kent's tie for the BB title with NU's Kassandra Nathe. On FX, Husker Lora Evenstad took top honors.
Link: NU Release