UGA defeated host Michigan, using a few changes in the lineup. For Michigan, Katie Zurales won the AA with a 39.45 and tied for first on vault and beam. Zurales tied with teammate Joanna Sampson the vault. Sampson won the floor. For UGA, Kat Ding won bars and Laura Moffat tied for the beam title.
Link: Michigan Release
Katie Brown, L10 at Bart Conner in Oklahoma, has committed to Utah State. Katie finished 18th AA at the 2011 JO nationals. This season she picked up first place all around finishes at the Alamo Classic (1st V/BB) and the Nadia Comaneci Invite (1st FX). She placed 5th AA (1st FX) at the WOGA meet and 12th AA at the Tim Rand meet.
Jessica Peszek, L10 from DeVeau's School of Gymnastics in Fishers, Ind., has committed to Western Michigan University. Last season she won bars at State and Regional Championships. She also took third on beam and fifth in the all-around at Regionals. At 2011 JO Nationals she took ninth on bars. She started out this season with an all around win at the Sun and Surf Spectacular, Wright's For Love or Money, and Circle of Stars and was 3rd-AA at Jazz Invitational.
BYU defeated host USU in a Monday night matchup. BYU's Raquel Willman led her squad, winning beam and tying for the bars title with USU's Paige Jones. Teammates Krysten Koval and Jennifer Lezeu tied for the floor title. Jones won the AA (39.2) and vault as well to lead the Aggies.
Link: USU Release
OU leads the Men's National Rankings from Troester.com GymInfo for the Week of March 5th. PSU is 2nd and Illinois is third.
Individually, Jake Dalton of OU is the top AAer and leads on floor and p-bars. Cal's Glen Ishino and PSU's Scott Rosenthal remain on top of the PH and Rings standings, respectively. Stanford's Eddie Penev is first on vault, while Illinois' Paul Ruggeri still leads the high bar standings.
| Rank | Team |
Average of Three Meets |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 355.483 |
| 2 | Penn State | 352.667 |
| 3 | Illinois | 352.400 |
| 4 | Stanford | 350.283 |
| 5 | Ohio State | 346.483 |
| 6 | Minnesota | 346.133 |
Link: Troester GymInfo
Lauren Feely, L10 at Ultimate Gymnastics in Illinois, has committed to BGSU. Lauren was the 2011 Illinois L10 State Vault Champion and also placed 3rd on beam and 3rd all-around. At L10 Regionals she placed 5th on vault. In 2009, Lauren was L9 Regional Champion on floor exercise and a L9 Eastern National Qualifier where she placed 3rd on uneven bars.
Lauren is also a two time Illinois High School Association State Beam Champion (2011 and 2012) and is a two-time member of the IHSA State champion team from Carmel Catholic High School. At a high school competition in January 2012, Lauren scored a perfect 10.0 on vault, sticking her Yurchenko Full.
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Aja-Monet Sims, L10 at Brandy Johnson's in Florida, has committed to Alabama. Sims finished 4th AA at JOs last year and launched into a string of strong finishes this season, winning the Tampa Bay Turners Invite (1st AA; 1st V/BB/FX) , the Kurt Thomas Invite (1st AA; 1st V/UB/FX) and the Tim Rand meet (1st AA; 1st V/UB/BB). She finished 2nd AA and 1st FX at the Presidential Classic.
Florida holds onto the top spot in the Troester.com GymInfo National Rankings for the Week of March 5th. OU follows closely behind in 2nd. Florida is the top team on bars and beam, while OU is the top team on FX. UCLA is third overall and the top team on vault.
Nicole Meiller and Kailey Hansen won two events each to lead the Hornets to the win over UAA. Meiller won bars and tied for the vault title with Alaska's Shakea Sanders. Hansen won beam and floor. Sac State frosh Kalliah McCartney won the AA.
Link: Sac State Release
Stanford celebrated Senior Day with a big win over Cal and Airzona. They posted a season best team total, led by senior Nicole Pechanec's win in the AA and on UB. Teammate Ashley Morgan won floor, while frosh teammate Amanda Spinner won beam. Another frosh, Ivana Hong, tied with Arizona's Aubree Cristello for the vault title.
Link: Stanford Release
Brockport celebrated Senior Night with a school record team score.
Link: Brockport Release
NIU defeated host Illinois State's season high score to capture the win. NIU's Megan Melendez won beam and tied for the bars title to lead NIU. She tied with teamamte Shonda Clore and Illinois State's Samantha King and Apollonia Barrientos. NIU's Kim Gotlund and Natalie Sutter tied for the floor title with Illinios State's Kim Genereux. Genereux posted a 39.1 in the AA to lead Illinois State. Elise Gray and Tori Sarantakis tied for the vault title for the Redbirds.
Link: Illinios State Release
Springfield celebrated Senior Day, but the visiting Golden Rams took the dual meet. Stephanie Schuler won bars, Amber Miller won beam and Melissa Voskian tied for the vault title to lead West Chester.
Link: Springfield Release
Air Force won the 2nd of two meetings this weekend with UIC.
Link: UIC Gymnastics
NU defeated the ASU men's club team. Grant Perdue captured the floor and vault.
Link: NU Release