Ronni Bear, a L9 from Jenk's, will attend and compete for Centenary next season. At the 2012 Level 9 Western Nationals, she tied for 2nd on floor and placed 17th AA.
Link: Video Channel
Rutgers will welcome seven frosh this fall: Aziza Day, Alexis Gabel, Claudia Salinas, Katie Stebick, Danielle Verdon, Jenna Williams and Nicolette Wilson. The commits of Salinas, Stebick and Williams were covered in prior news items, with Williams signing in the Fall period.
Day is a L10 from Gwinnett. The former state L10 AA champ also played basketball and ran track in high school. Link: Floor Video
Gabel is a L10 from Rebound. At the 2012 National High School championships, she won floor and placed 2nd AA. She was 2nd AA at the state meet to future teammate Verdon. Link: YouTube.com Channel
Verdon is a L10 from Rebound as well. At the 2012 Region VII L10 Regionals, she placed 18th AA. She was also the high school state champion on vault, bars, floor and in the AA. Link: YouTube.com Channel
Williams is a L10 from Preciscion in NJ. As a L9 in 2011, she placed 2nd AA, 1st on FX and 1st on BB at the Region VII L9 Regionals.
Link: Rutgers Release
Denver will welcome seven athletes for 2012-2013: Emily Barrett, Rachel Feeken, Madison Kilchrist, Maggie Laughlin, Katie Menhinick, Emily Novotny and Morgan Tolman. The commits of all but Feeken were covered in prior news items.
Feeken, a L10 at LaFleur's Tampa, placed 2nd on UB and 51st AA at the 2012 L10 Junior Olympic Nationals. She also finished 17th AA at the Region VIII Regionals in 2011. Link: Video Channel
Link: DU Release
New UGA Head Coach has named Jay Hogue and Philip Ogletree as Assistants.
Hogue has spent the last two years as an assistant at Denver, and coached at the club level at Orlando Metro and Broadway Gymnastics in Florida. Hogue was the 2012 co-assistant of the year in the North Central region.
Ogletree has been an assistant the last twelve years at LSU. Ogletree is an UGA grad who was on the men's squad from 1980 to 1982. He was the Central Region assistant of the year in 2004 and 2005.
Link: UGA Release
Hannah Rector has committed to Lindenwood for 2013-2014, according to a site submission. She's a L10 at Xtreme in Missouri. At the 2012 Junior Olympic Nationals, she placed 31st AA and 9th on BB in the Senior A division. She also placed 8th AA at the 2011 Region IV L10 Regionals.
Link: Video at Gymnastike