Led by Kierstin Sokolowski VT win, LU used a balanced effort to defeat rival SEMO. Lion Valeri Ingui tied for the UB title with SEMO's Lauren Israel. SEMO frosh McKinzie Jones won the BB and FX. Teammate Ashley Thomas led a trio of AAers for the Redhawks.
Link: LU Release
Host Missouri defeated #15 Illinois on Friday night. They were led by Shauna Miller, who won VT with a 9.85. Teammate Britney Ward, a frosh tied with Illinois' Giana O'Connor for the BB title while Tiger Kennedi Harris tied with O'Connor for the FX title. O'Connor won the AA with a 39.275. Teammate Mary Jane Horth won the UB with a meet-high 9.9.
Link: Mizzou Release
Head Coach Tabitha Yim scored her first victory as the new leader of the Arizona program. The Wildcats had five different athletes share event titles: Frosh Lauryn Mattson tied with Madison Cintric for the VT title. Another frosh, Skyler Sheppard, won the BB. Wildcat Gabby Laub tied for the UB title with MSU's Lisa Burt. Arizona's Kennady Schneider tied with MSU's Kira Frederick for the FX title. MSU's Elena Lagoski posted a 38.4 in the AA.
Link: Release
UK frosh Sidney Dukes won the AA to lead the Wildcats to an opening meet win over Ball State. UK competed three frosh in the AA. Dukes also won the UB and tied for the vault title with classmate Katie Stuart. Fellow frosh Alex Hyland won the BB while UK junior Taylor Puryear won the FX.
Link: UK Release
Laura Leigh Horton, L10 from Stars Gymnastics in Texas, has committed to Arizona. Last season she finished 5th AA at her state meet and qualified through regionals to the NIT and a 5th place AA finish.
Rachel Baumann has committed to Georgia. The Junior International Elite competes for WOGA. In 2015 she competed at the American Classic (10th AA) and US Championships (24th AA).
Delaney Garin has announced her commitment to Temple. The L10 competes for Capital Gymnastics in Virginia. She placed 1st AA and 1st on bars and floor at her state meet last year. She recently competed at the COTC and placed 2nd AA.
Jordan Chiles has announced her commitment to UCLA. The elite gymnastics placed 8th AA at the 2015 Secret Classic. She won the Secret Classic in 2014 and competed internationally at the City of Jesolo Trophy.
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CMU frosh Kasey Janowicz won the AA in her debut with a 38.975 to lead the Chippewas to the win. She also tied for the FX title with teammate Taylor Bolender. CMU completed a sweep, with Karlee Teet winning vault, Bryttany Kaplan and Megan Lamphere winning UB, and Jordan Charrette taking the BB. CMU took a blow before the meet started when they lost standout Kiki Petzold to an injury.
Link: CMU Release
Michigan posted a huge 196.975 to blow away the competition at the Cancun Classic. Arkansas posted a 195.15 and Iowa 192.35. Michigan's Nicole Artz led the way, posting a 9.9 to win UB and a 9.95 to win FX. She amassed a 39.525 to win the AA. Super frosh Olivia Karas was just behind, posting 3 scores above 9.9 for a 39.475 AA. She won BB and VT in her debut.
Note: Different results sheets and press results are showing different tallies for Arkansas and Iowa. These final tallies are what is being shown on the official NCAA score sheets.
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The season begins this evening with the Cancun Classic! Arkansas, Iowa, and Michigan meet at 6pm Central.
Coverage is being handled by FloGymnastics ($ Fee) (the former Gymnastike). You can follow the Twitter streams of each teams for each update, aggregated through our Twtter Feed.
We're about to start the 2016 season, and we're here once again to release our ranking of the Top Recruiting Classes. We wait until the last possible moment to release this ranking, as the final picture never seems clear until January 1st. Once again, this season, we're seeing some of the impacts of the acceleration in early recruiting. In some cases, the gymnasts who originally committed at age 16 or younger did not end up matriculating at their original college choice. And, with scholarships opening up due to transfers or retirement, we're seeing an increase in late recruiting, early college entries (early graduation), and mid-year starts.
MSU has announced the addition of Lindsey Lemke to the 2016 squad. Lindsey transferred from UNC.
Akoray Subject, L10 at Twin City Twisters, has committed to Denver. Last season she placed 1st on bars and 3rd AA at her state meet. She place 2nd AA at regionals and 21st AA at JOs. She recently competed the Peppermint Twist meet, placing 1st AA and 1st on vault, bars and beam.
Tessa Phillips, L10 at Gymnastics World in Ohio, has committed to Illinois. Last season she finished 1st on beam and 5th AA at her state meet. She placed 8th AA at regionals at qualified to JOs.
Charlotte Reynolds, L10 at 10.0 Academy of Gymnastics. She qualified to the 2015 regionals (8th AA) and the NIT (9th AA). She recently won a preseason meet, the Myrtle Beach Cup.