Sydney Waltz, L10 at Gold Medal Gymnastics in Ohio, has committed to Kentucky. During the 2012 season Sydney placed no lower than 2nd AA at her regular season meets. She finished 1st AA at the TOPS Super Challenge, the Chicago Style, and the Girl Power meets and picked up wins on all events over the season. She placed 2nd AA and 1st on vault and bars at her state meet.
Ariana Guerra, an Elite at Texas Dreams, has announced her commitment to Alabama. This season she competed at the American Classic (8th AA, 3rd V); the US Classic (7thAA, 3rd UB); and Nationals (12th AA).
Courtney Leighton, L10 at Southeastern in North Carolina, has committed to North Carolina State. Courtney moved up to Level 10 for the 2011 season and placed in the top 5 at most of her meets. She went on to qualify for regionals that year.
Former Missouri standout Sarah Shire has been named Assistant Coach at SEMO.
Casey Dreyer, L10 at Elite Champions in Texas, has accepted an offer from San Jose State. This season she finished in the top four in the all around at her regular season meets and placed 4th AA at her state meet. She finished ur her season at regionals, placing 14th AA.
Stefanie Merkle, a senior high performance gymnast from Revolution Gymnastics in Ontario, has committed to Ohio State for 2014-2015. At the 2012 Canadian Championships, she placed 8th AA and 4th on the FX. As a junior high performance athlete in 2011, she was 4th AA.
Link: YouTube.com FX in 2011
Kyra Trowbridge, L10 at Paragon Gymnastics in Virginia, will graduate from high school early and join Iowa's team next season according to Gym-style.com, her webmaster. This season Kyra placed 6th AA at her state meet and 7th AA at regionals, qualifying for her fourth annual trip to JOs where she finished 34th AA.
Ball State has hired Chris Bogantes as the first full time assistant in the program's history. Bogantes has been an assistant at TWU and a club coach at Legacy Elite.
Link: Ball State Release
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Talia Chiarelli announced via twitter that she committed to Michigan. Talia trains at Brestyan's in Massachusetts, but competes as an elite in Canada. This season she competed 3 events at Elite Canada and she won floor in an international meet in Brazil. In 2011, she was named to the Canadian World team.
Mykayla Skinner, a Senior International Elite from Desert Lights in Arizona, has committed to Utah. Mykayla started her 2012 season at the Fiesta Bowl, picking up the all around title and wins on vault, beam and floor. She competed internationally at the City of Jesolo Trophy in Italy, placing 10th AA, 5th on vault and 4th on floor. At the Visa Championships, she finished 15th AA.
Samantha Partyka, L10 from Champions in Texas, committed to Utah. In the 2012 season, she finished 1st AA (1st V/BB/FX) at the Ricki Deci meet, and 1st AA (1st V/FX) at the HNI. She rounded out her season by winning the vault title at her state meet, then winning the all around and bars titles at regionals. She placed 2nd AA at JOs and won the national vault title.
Elena Lagoski, L10 at Northeast Gymnastics in Pennsylvania, has committed to Michigan State. During her 2012 season, she won floor titles at the Parkettes Invitational and the Katie Baldwin Invite. She placed 9th AA at regionals and earned a spot in the NIT where she finished 2nd on floor.
Rachel Sine has committed to WVU, according to her club. The L10 from the Girls Co-Op was a L10 National qualifier out of Region VII in 2011.
Link: Recruiting Video
Alexandra DeMoura, L10 at New Image Gymnastics in New York, has accepted a scholarship offer from George Washington. This past season she won her sessions of the Big Apple Holiday Classic, the Sand Dollar and the Chicago Style, picking up various event titles as well. She made her third appearance at JOs, placing 25th AA.
Ariel Martin is off to Nebraska this summer to compete for NU in 2012-2013, according to her club. The L10 from IGI originally committed to Ohio State, but then tore her Achilles. After a lengthy rehab period, she competed one event at the state meet this season. In 2011, she won the Region V L10 Regional AA title before her injury. In 2010, she finished 2nd on VT, 4th (t) on FX, 8th on BB and 3rd AA at the L10 Junior Olympic Nationals.
Link: YouTube.com Channel and Regional Videos