Emily White, L10 at Highpoint in N.C., has committed to Iowa State. Last season Emily qualified to JOs with an 8th place AA finish at regionals. She finished 2nd AA at L9 Easterns in 2012. This season Emily has competed to a 1st place finish at the COTC and a 15th place finish at the Atlanta Crown.
Both teams set new season highs as UGA completed a busy two weeks with a win over Iowa. Lindsey Cheek led UGA, winning vault and sharing the UB and BB titles. She tied on UB with teammates Kiera Brown and Brittany Rogers and on BB with teammate Kaylan Earls. Gym Dog Brandie Jay won FX, while Rogers won the AA with a 39.525.
Iowa's team score rose a remarkable 5.8 points from Saturday, as they eliminated a series of falls.
Link: UGA Release
OU retains its lead at the top of the GymInfo Women's National Rankings for the week of January 20th. LSU is 2nd and Florida is third and is the top team on BB. UGA is the leader on UB and Utah is the top team on vault. UCLA leads the FX.
UCLA held off Oregon State, overcoming problems on BB to post a 49.45 on FX and take the meet. Sydney Sawa won VT and FX (9.975) to lead the Bruins. Teammates Sophina DeJesus and Danusia Francis won UB and BB, respectively.
Link: Results
Stanford scored a tri-meet win on Sunday, led by Kristina Vaculik's 39.425 AA win. Vaculik also won the UB and shared the FX title with teammate Pauline Hanset. Teammate Amanda Spinner won the BB. Arizona's Shelby Edwards and Kristin Klarenbach tied for the vault title with Stanford's Nicolette McNair.
Link: Arizona Release
Ursinus scored an easy win at home, led by wins from Kristina Steffenhagen and Kristin Aichele on floor and vault, respectively. For Ithaca, Shilanna Gallo won UB and Lara Haberle won BB.
Link: Release
Wisconsin Whitewater rolled to the win, led by a 1 go 6 sweep of the UB, led by Cici Talcott. That was enough to offset Hamline, who was powered by Courtney Benson. Benson won the AA (37.925), BB and FX. Teammate Kambria Blakely won the VT.
Link: UW Whitewater Release