Emily Rickman, L10 at Texas East Gymnastics, has committed to Utah State. Last season she placed 10th at her state meet, 4th at Regionals and qualified to JO Nationals. In two meets so far this season, she won the Ricky Deci (1st AA; 1st FX) and the Alamo Classic (1st AA; 1st V/BB/FX).
Early commits Charlie Owens (Cal), Baely Rowe (Utah) and Randii Wyrick (LSU) secured spots at the Liukin Cup through their competition performances this past weekend.
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OU holds onto the top spot in the Treoster.com GymInfo National Rankings, as the rankings switch to an average of three scores. They hold a narrow lead over PSU.
OU's Jake Dalton holds the top spot on floor, PB and the AA. Cal's Glen Ishino is the top PH worker, while PSU's Scott Rosenthal is the top ring man. Eddie Penev of Stanford is the leading vaulter, while Illini Paul Ruggeri is tops on HB.
Sarah Faller, a L10 from Sonshine Gymnastics in Holly Springs, NC has committed to the University of Maryland. Sarah finished 6th AA in the 2011 State Championship, 5th AA in the regional competition and 28th AA in the JO Nationals in Long Beach CA. She also took 1st AA in the 2010 L9 JO Eastern Nationals. Recently she finished 1st AA in the Jim Gault Invitational in 2012.
Utah staved off Florida to take #1 again this week in the Troester GymInfo National Rankings. Oklahoma rises to #3, just ahead of Georgia. Utah remains #1 on beam and floor. UCLA is tops on vault, while Florida holds the top bars spot.
Individually, UGA's Kat Ding joins Bama's Ashley Priess at the top of the AA standings. UCLA's Vanessa Zamarripa holds the top spot on vault. NU's Janelle Giblin and Oregon State's Leslie Mak hold the top spot on bars. PSU's Sharaya Musser is the top beam worker, while Jaime Pisani of Arkansas holds onto the top spot in the floor standings.
Katie Hawthorne and Linnaea Hance led Air Force to the win. The pair shared the bars title and Hawthorne added the AA title while Hance won the beam. UAA's Melissa Doucette won vault and floor.
Link: Alaska Release
Stanford used individual event wins from six different athletes to overcome Cal's best mark since 2007. For the Cardinal, Nicole Dayton won the floor. Then, teammate Nicole Pechanec won the bars. Frosh Ivana Hong shared the beam title with teammate Shona Morgan. Finally, frosh Pauline Hanset won the floor. To complete the sweep, Ashley Morgan won the AA.
Link: Cal Release
Felix Aronovich led PSU, winning PB and HB. Scott Rosenthal tied his own PSU and NCAA record on the rings. Parker Raque won floor, frosh Tristan Duverglas won vault, and Preston Gall won PH to complete the PSU sweep.
Link: PSU Release
#1 OU defeated host Cal and Stanford on Sunday afternoon. OU was led by Jake Dalton, who took the floor. For Cal, Donothan Bailey won PB and the AA. Glen Ishino took the PH while Jacob Jizrawi won HB. Stanford's Jordan Nolff won Rings while teammate Eddie Penev won vault.
Link: Cal Release
UW Whitewater won the tri meet, led by Katie Thompson's wins on vault, bars and in the AA.
Link: UW Stout Release
Utah stumbled on Floor, but still managed to win by a large margin. Utah was led by Corrie Lotrop, who won beam, floor and the AA. Teammate Stephanie McAllister won bars while Georgia Dabritz won the vault.
Link: ASU Release
Ohio State prevailed in the quad meet hosted by WVU. Ohio State was led by Colleen Dean and Sarah Miller, who tied with WVU's Hope Sloanhoffer for the beam title. Sloanhoffer won the AA. WVU's Tina Maloney won the vault. For Auburn, Petrina Yokay won the bars while Bri Guy won the floor.
Link: Ohio State Release
Kacy Catanzaro won the vault and beam en route to an AA win for Towson. Teammate Allison Antenucci won the UB while teamate Avis Hixon won the floor.
Link: Ursinus Release
TWU posted a season high, led by Bethany Larimer's wins on bars and beam. Teammate Kayla Jones added a win on vault. TWU's Marcella Fallon and Chaynade Knowles tied for the floor title.
Link: TWU Release
Illinois switched around its lineup this week and defeated UIC. Jordan Valdez and Yoshi Mori led Illinois, with the former winning PB/HB and the latter, FX/AA.
Link: Illinois Release
UIC rolled to a big win over SPU, breaking the 195 mark. UIC's Chantel Turk won vault and floor to lead UIC to the win. Teammate Andrea Skala posted a 9.9 to win bars. A pair of UIC athletes from Canada, Cynthia LeMieux-Guillemette and Catherine Dion tied for the beam title. UIC's Rachel Montoya won the AA with a 38.875.
Link: UIC Release