Alexandra Esmerian, a L10 at Technique, has signed with Boise State for next season. In 2013, she placed 18th AA at the Level 10 Junior Olympic Nationals. She placed 13th AA at Regionals in 2012.
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Kent State's Marie Case won the FX, tied for the UB title with teammate Rebecca Osmer and tied for the BB title with three others en route to a 39.1 AA win. Teammates Nicole Radon and Oliva Trout plus SEMO's Alyssa Tucker tied for the BB title. Trout also won vault.
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Frosh Chelsea Raineri won the VT and FX to lead GWU to the win. Teammate Kayla Carto won the AA with a 38.475. Teammate Kiera Kenney won UB while the Colonial's Betsy Zander won BB to complete a sweep.
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Florida held off the host Bruins, after falling behind after a weak vault rotation. After blasting to a 49.4 in their first events, the Gators were forced to count a low vault when Mackenzie Caquatto fell on her Yurchenko layout full. The Bruins had struggles of their own in the next rotation, suffering a fall from Sydney Sawa, a hand touch from Sophina DeJesus and a missed C leap combination from Ellette Craddock. The Gators had problems of their own on FX, with some low landings and two falls again from Caquatto. With UCLA hitting their floor routines, UF shook off a rare fall from Bridget Sloan (on her Aerial) with Caquatto coming back to seal the win.
Kytra Hunter led Florida, posting a 39.375 and winning the FX with a 9.925. Teammate Bridgette Caquatto tied for the UB title with UCLA's Olivia Courtney. Courtney stuck her Yurchenko Layout Full for a 9.975 and a win on that event. Teammate Samantha Peszek steadied her way to a 9.925 on BB.
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Utah overcame the loss of Kassandra Lopez in warmups and posted a big win in a quad meet. The meet tightened up after Utah counted a fall on UB, but the Utes pulled away with a 49.275 on the FX while Boise State had problems on the BB.
Tory Wilson led the way, winning the AA with a 39.4 and tying for the UB title with teammate Georgia Dabritz. Dabritz also claimed a share of the VT title with Utah's Kailah Delaney and SUU's Danielle Ramirez. Ute Nansy Damianova won the FX. Boise State was led by Krystine Jacobsen win on the BB.
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OU won the Rocky Mountain Open, posting a 443.15. NU was second with a 423.7, with Air Force close behind in third. Club teams from ASU (402.15) and Washington (367.3) completed the field. OU's Danny Berardini won the AA with a 86.95. The Sooners won five of six individual titles.
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Minnesota overcame problems on UB and BB with a 49.425 FX rotation to secure a comfortable win. Lindsay Mable led the way for the Gophers, winning the vault, floor and tying for the UB title with teammate Bailie Holst. Gopher Hanna Nordquist won the BB.
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San Jose State knocked off host ASU with a strong performance. Julia Greer led the way for the Spartans, winning the FX and tying for the BB title with Sac State's Kalliah McCartney. Teammate Bekah Gher won the AA with a 38.85. McCartney also won the vault. For the hosts, Carissa Kraus won the UB.
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DU opened the season strongly, posting a 195.2 to defeat the Bears. Nina McGee led DU, winning the BB and FX. Teammate Moriah Martin added a win on VT. For Cal, Alicia Asturias posted a win on BB and had a 39.125 AA tally.
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Nebraska swept all four events in an easy win on Saturday. Emily Wong led the way for the Huskers, winning the FX and the AA (39.425). Teammate Jessie DeZiel won VT and UB. Jennifer Lauer won the BB to complete the sweep.
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