Items filtered by date: Saturday, 14 May 2011

Jaime Wright has committed to Oregon State for 2012-2013, according to a site submission.  Wright is a L10 who lives in Idaho but trains in Washington at Northwest Gymnastics.  At the recent L10 Nationals, she competed in the Senior A group, tying for 20th AA and tying for third on UB.  She also tied for 42nd AA in 2010 at the L10 JO Nationals.   

Link:  Videos on YouTube.com 

Here is a snapshot of the overall season for the recruits and commits who are headed to the teams that finished in the top ten this season.  Of course, some elite level and foreign athletes will continue to compete through the summer.  

Dynamo's Charity Jones won the L10 JO National Title in the Junior D group with a 38.25.  She also tied for 1st on VT, 3rd on UB, 10th on BB and 5th on FX.  WOGA's Megan Marenghi placed 2nd with a 38.05, tying for 4th on BB, 5th on FX and 6th on UB.

Kiera Brown from World Class in Virginia placed 3rd AA, including ties for 3rd on UB and 5th on VT.  In fourth was Rachel Haines from the Twistars Club.  She posted a 37.925, including ties for 2nd on FX, 7th on VT and 8th on UB. 

Rachel Daum of Stars in Texas won the FX and tied for the VT title with Jones.  She finished 42nd AA after problems on UB.  MAC's Diana Mejia won another National Title on UB and tied for 10th on BB, en route to a 20th place finish in the AA.  Nicole Medvitz of ENA Paramus won the BB and placed 17th AA. 

Here's the Top 10:

A few athletes in this age group are graduating in 2012 and have already committed.  They include: Sarah Lokos of Hill's, 23rd(t) AA, who is committed to Minnesota and  Erin Freier of Twistars, in 41st, who committed to Arkansas.

Link:  Full Results

Utah signee Georgia Dabritz and Arizona signee Allison Flores tied for the L10 National Title in Senior D, posting a mark of 38.3.  Dabritz won FX and UB, and tied for 2nd on VT.  Flores stayed consistent, tying for 2nd on UB, 4th on BB and 5th on FX.    

In third was UGA signee Sarah Persinger, who tied for 2nd on FX and 5th on UB, finished  0.1 points back at 38.2.  Oregon State signee Chelsea Tang tied for 5th on FX en route to a 4th place AA finish. 

Another future Oregon State Beaver, Cerise Witherby, won the BB, placed 2nd on VT(t) and finished in 6th AA.  Utah State signee Kaitlyn Betts won the VT and placed 8th on UB, placing 44th AA. 

Region 5 won the team title, with Region 1 in 2nd. 

Here's the Top 25 finishers, including their schools:

Link:  Full Results