We are nearing our final two weekends of competition, and the race for the 36 spots at Regionals is becoming intense. The race for the Top 18 seeds (the teams that can be placed in any Regional) is also becoming quite close, with a lot of movement this week in the Top 36.
Florida stays on top, however, followed by OU and UCLA.
PSU's Sharaya Musser won the all around with a score of 39.400. Musser also won bars and floor. PSU's Madison Merriam won vault and Pitt's Alicia Talucci won beam.
MSU's Dani Levy won the all around, scoring 38.900. MSU swept the individual events with Jackie Berg picking up wins on bars and floor. Sarena Bumbarger won the beam title and the vault win was a tie between Ashley Noll and Tiara Neal.
Illinois won the Big-10 battle at NU by a handy margin on Sunday afternoon. Paul Ruggeri led Illinois, posting an 89.8 AA tally and winning floor (15.9), vault and high bar (16.1).
Link: NU Release
Stanford had five different athletes win events as they overpowered UIC at home, winning each of the six events as a team by at least 2.4 points.
Link: UIC Release
Springfield defeated visiting W&M on Sunday afternoon, led by Daniel Potemski's win in the AA and by Ty Evans ties for the titles on PB and HB.
Link: Springfield Release
Samantha Peszek, UCLA, picked up the all around win (39.575) along with a beam win. She shared the floor win with Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs. Tauny Frattone scored a perfect 10.0 for the win on vault and Aisha Gerber won bars.
Sacramento State narrowly won the quad meet with a score of 194.400 over Davis' 194.025. CMU finished third with a 192.725 and SPU finished fourth with a 191.750.
Davis' Katie Yamamura' all around score of 39.225 was enough for the title. She also won the vault title. Other event titles went to Brittany Petzold (CMU), bars; and Kalliah McCartney (Sac State), floor. Kalliah McCartney and Katie Yamamura tie for the beam title.
Bridgeport's Monica Mesalles won the all around title. Maryland swept the individual events: Ally Krikorian, vault; Karen Tang, bars; Elizabethe Manzi, beam; and Katy Dodds, floor.
Final scores: Kentucky 196.025; Ball State 191.725; and GWU 191.650. Kentucky's Audrey Harrison won the all around and floor titles. Kentucky's Caitlyn Ciokajlo won bars and Storey Morris won beam. Ball State's Nicole Allen was the best vaulter on the day.
UGA's Kat Ding won the all around with a score of 39.500 and she picked up the vault win. UGA swept the event titles: Chelsea Davis, bars; Shayla Worley, beam; and Noel Couch, floor
Alina Weinstein, Illinois, won the all around with a score of 39.250. She also won vault. The other event titles went to Jaclyn Kantecki (Illinois), bars; Kelsey Joannides (Illinois), beam; and Taylor Zondervan (WMU), floor.
Arizona's Aubree Cristello won the all around with a score of 39.375 and placed first on vault. Arizona swept the title haul with Rebecca Cardenas picking up the bars title, Molly Quirk winning beam, and Kristin Klarenbach winning floor.
KSU's Marie Case won the All Around with a score of 39.225. KSU also won all event titles: Lauren Wozniak, vault; Lindsay Runyan, bars; Marie Case, beam; Rachel Goldenberg, floor.
Brown's Michelle Shnayder picked up the AA title with a score of 37.550. She also won FX. Teammate Julia Meyer won Bars. Cornell's Tiffany Chen and Melanie Standridge won vault and beam respectively.
Paced by Moriah Martin's wins on the vault and in the AA (39.4), DU upset visiting Oregon State by hitting 24 for 24 for the first time this season. Teammate Jorie Hall added a win on beam while Louise Mercer tied with OSU's Mel Jones for the floor title. Beaver Olivia Vivan won bars.
Link: DU Release