Bowling Green has announced the signing of four athletes to letters of intent: Jamie Applefield, Megan Harrington, Gabriela Swanson and Lacey Swords. The commits of Applefield, Harrington and Swanson were covered in prior news items. Swords is a L10 from Integrity Gymnastics. She qualified to the 2009 Region V L10 Regionals, but competed only on VT and FX. She was also 17th AA at the 2007 Region V L10 Regionals.
Link: BGSU Release
As previously reported, Natalie Bohonsky, Katherine Grable, Shelby Salmon, Scarlett Williams and Bailee Zumwalde signed with Arkansas. Bohonsky will join the team in January.
Sidney Sanabria-Robles from Caguas, Puerto Rico; Gabby Swart from Coopersburg, Pa.; Sarie Morrison from Dallas, Texas; and Maliah Mathis from San Antonio, Texas have signed with LSU for the 2010-2011 season. The commitments of Swart, Morrison and Mathis were covered earlier. Sanabria-Robles trains at Orlando Metro, but she has represented Puerto Rico in international meets.
As expected, Pitt announced the signing of Nicole Gullazzo, Maya Ketner, Kori MacDonald, and Katie O'Rourke. The commits of all four were covered in prior news items.
Link: Pitt Release
Rebecca Clark has committed to OU according to her personal website. Clark, who is an International Elite at GAGE and a 2 year National Team member, recently finished 11th AA and 6th BB at the 09 Visa Championships.
Brittany Harris, Britney Ranzy and Amanda Schulberg signed NLIs with OSU on Wednesday. Schulberg's committment was previously covered. Harris, of Krafft Academy, finished 6th AA and 4th UB at the '09 JOs. Ranzy, of Excalibur Gymnastics, is a seasoned international elite. She competed at the '08 Olympic Trials and 5th on vault at the '09 Covergirl Classic.
Arizona has announced the signing of Jordan Williams, as expected. Her very early commit was covered as news on the earlier version of the site.
Link: Arizona Release
Illinois State, as expected, signed Jenna Bossle. Her commit was covered in a prior news item.
Link: ISU Release
California has announced the signing of Alicia Asturias and Dallas Crawford. Crawford's commit was covered in a prior news item.
Asturias is a L10 at Technique in Rancho Cordova. At the 2009 L10 Nationals, she placed 12th AA and 6th(t) on VT in the Senior A division. In 2008, she placed 10th AA at the Region I L10 Regionals.
Link: Cal Release
UCLA has announced the signing of Olivia Courtney, Mattie Larsen, Samantha Peszak, and Syndey Sawa. Peszak's commit was covered in a prior news items. The year of entry for each of the athletes was not specified.
Courtney is a senior international elite who trains at Orlando Metro. In 2009, Courtney won the Cover Girl Classic, but did not compete at the VISA Championships. She placed 10th AA at the 2008 Olympic Team Trials.
Larson is a senior international elite who trains at All Olympia. She placed 7th AA at both the 2008 VISA (US) Championships and the 2008 US Olympic Team Trials. This past season, she won the BB and FX titles at a World Cup event in Montreal.
Sawa is the 2009 Canadian National AA Champion. She is also the reigning champion on the UB and a two-time World Championships competitor. In 2008, she finished 5th AA and 3rd on FX at the Canadian Championships.
Links:
Courtney Videos on YouTube.com
As expected, Washington has signed Lara Albright and Aliza Vaccher. Their commits were covered in prior news items.
Link: UW Release
San Jose State has announced the signing of Cassandra Harrison and Allie Myers, according to a school release. Harrison's commit was covered in a prior news item.
Myers is a L10 at Desert Lights. At the 2009 Region I L10 Regionals, she placed 13th AA in the Senior A division.
Link: Release
Matt Frey has signed with Minnesota, according to the Bradenton Herald. Frey, who trains at South Florida, placed 40th AA at the 2008 Junior Olympic Nationals.
Link: Newspaper
Link: YouTube.com Channel
Florida has signed six athletes, with two ready to compete during the 2010 season. Mackenzie Caquatto, Kytra Hunter and Alaina Johnson are three senior international elites who will start in 2010-2011. They will be joined by local L10 Brittney Noble. Their commits were covered in prior news items. In addition, Liz Green and Marissa King will start in January, bolstering the Gator squad for this season. Green's commit was covered previously, and there was some uncertainty which athletes were going to join for the 2010 season.
King is an elite gymnast on the British National team. A 2008 Olympian, she was the 2009 British National champion on VT. She was also 3rd AA, UB and FX at the same competition. She also competed at the 2007 and 2009 World Championships.
Link: UF Release