Bama posted its highest score of the year to upend LSU at home. Bama was led by event wins from Ashley Priess on beam and bars (tied with LSU's Rheagan Courville, Randii Wyrick and Sarie Morrison). Teammate Kayla Williams was near perfect on vault (9.975) for another win. LSU's Lloimincia Hall was awarded a 10 on floor once again.
Link: Bama Release
Rutger's Luisa Leal broke the school record in the AA with a 39.5 to lead Rutgers to its highest road score ever in a win over Towson. Leal also won the bars, the floor and tied for the beam title with teammate Alexis Gunzelman and the vault title with Towson's Britney Russell.
Link: Rutgers Release
Michigan State rolled to a big road score at Pitt, breaking 196. The Spartans were led by wins from Taira Neal on vault and Nicola Deans on beam. For Pitt, Alyssa Adrian won the AA with a 39.15 and tied for the floor title with teammate Alyssa Adrian and MSU's Dani Levy. Pitt teammate Brittney Harris won bars.
Link: MSU Release
Illinois broke the 196 barrier in a meet at Missouri, led by Alina Weinstein's 39.425 AA win. Weinstein also won bars. Teammates Sunny Kato and Amber See added wins on beam and bars, respectively. For Missouri, Rachel Updike won vault.
Link: Mizzou Release
CMU defeated the visiting Seawolves in a Thursday night meet. Brittany Petzold led the way for CMU, winning the bars and tying for the floor title with teammate Halle Moraw. She won the AA with a 39.125. Teammates Kirsten Petzold and Taylor Noonan won vault and beam, respectively.
Link: Chippewa Release
Angie Kern, L10 from Show Me Gymnastics in Missouri, has accepted a scholarship offer from Missouri. Angie qualified to JOs in 2011 and 2012. This season she has placed in the top five AA at the Eagles Holiday Invite, the Meet Me in St. Louis meet, the Tampa Bay Turners Invitational and the World Class Gateway Challenge. She has picked up at least one individual event title in each of those meets.
Emma McLean has committed to Michigan for 2015-2016, according toa site submission. A L10, she trains at Stars & Stripes Gymnastics. In 2012, she placed 12th AA and 10th on BB at the L10 Junior Olympic Nationals, Jr B.
Link: FX
Katie Zurales (Michigan), Marissa King (Florida), Sharaya Musser (Penn State), Ashley Priess (Alabama), Brie Olson (Oklahoma) and Vanessa Zamarripa (UCLA) have been named as finalists for the AAI Award.
BYU's Haylee Rollins won bars and tied for the floor title with teammate Megan Bain and USU's Paige Jones as the Cougars downed the Aggies. Bain also won the beam, while teammate Eliane Kulczyk won vault. USU's Sarah Landes posted a 39.175 to win the AA.
Link: USU Release
Nebraska posted a big 197.675 on a Monday night Senior Night meet. Senior Janelle Giblin posted a 10 on bars to help spark the Huskers to a season high. She also tied for the beam title with teammate Jessie DeZiel. DeZiel and fellow Husker Emily Wong tied for AA honors at 39.675. The pair also tied for the vault and the floor title.
Link: NU Release
PSU tops the Men's National Rankings for the Week of March 4th, as compiled by Troester.com GymInfo. Michigan is 2nd and OU is third.
Michigan's Adrian de los Angeles continues to lead the AA standings. The other event leaders are:
FX: Eddie Penev, Stanford
PH: Michael Newburger, Ohio State
R: Mike Wilner, Illinois
VT: Sean Senters, Stanford
PB: Sam Mikulak, Michigan
HB: Wasef Burbar, PSU
Auburn has announced that Jenny Rowland has been promoted. Read the official announcement here.
The Troester GymInfo National Rankings have been released for the Week of March 4th, and Florida takes over the number one spot from OU. Michigan remains in third.
Individually, UCLA's Vanessa Zamarripa remains the top AAer. On vault, bars and beam, the leaders remain familiar. Tory Wilson of Utah leads on vault, while UGA's Chelsea Davis is tops on bars. On beam, Sooner Taylro Spears is the top ranked athlete. However, on floor, we have a change in the leaderboard. Michigan's Joanna Sampson now takes over the top spot.
Ohio State picked up a strong road score in a win over Illiniois State. Aly Marohn led the way, posting a 39.35 in the AA. She also tied for the bars title with Illinois State's Sami King and the beam title with teammate Sarah Miller. Miller also tied with teammate Melanie Shaffer for the vault title. For Illinois State, King also won the floor.
Link: Illinois State Release
Temple posted a 394.15 in an easy win. Frosh Jon Rydzefski won PB and HB while senior Brett Stratman won floor and vault.
SEMO was led by Emma Garrett's 9.925 floor win. Teammates Taryn Vanderpool and Taylor Westrick won bars and beam, respectively. SEMO's Megan Fosnow tied with EMU's Anna Willette for the vault title. Also for EMU, Khadijah Hudson won the AA with a 39.175.
Link: SEMO Release