Arizona won an unexpected quad meet at MSU on Friday night. The meet was originally set to be a tri-meet but weather rescheduling meant that BGSU joined the meet. MSU swept the individual event titles, but problems on BB held them back from the pack. Arizona overcome a fall on their first event to post the win. They were led by Allison Flores, who won the AA with a 39.225.
Four Spartans split the individual events: Alina Cartwright won VT, Lisa Burt took the UB, Hailee Westney won BB and Elena Lagoski won the FX.
Link: Arizona Release
In front of a crowd of 13,179, LSU celebrated Senior Night with a series of 10s and a school record score. 10s were awarded to Rheagan Courville and Jessie Jordan on VT, and Lloimincia Hall on FX. Courville also won the UB but sat out BB and FX. Teammate Ashleigh Gnat won the BB and took the AA with a 39.725, including 9.975s on VT and FX.
Link: LSU Release
Bama posted a solid 197.35 to win at Missouri. Bama's Lauren Beers won the FX and tied for the BB title en route to a 39.55 AA win. Teammate Kaitlyn Clark tied for the BB title and took the UB. The Tide's Carley Sims won VT.
Link: Mizzou Release
Host SEMO defeated Centenary on Friday night. with the Redhawks posting a season high on UB. Alexandra Stokes won the BB and the AA with a 38.35 to lead SEMO. Teammate Ashley Thomas won FX while Redhawk Taylor Penzien won the UB. Centenary's Noel Stubbs won the VT.
Link: SEMO Release
Kentucky upset #9 Auburn, taking advantage of AU's counting fall on the BB in the last round. UK's Shannon Mitchell won the BB to lead the Wildcats. For AU, Caitlin Atkinson won the AA with a 39.575, including a win on UB, FX and a tie for the VT title with teammates Lexus Demers.
Link: AU Release
Winona State's Jade Donaldson won VT and the AA, but it wasn't enough as the visiting squad from UW La Crosse took the win.
Link: Winona State Release
Melissa Temkov, National Open from Burlington Gymnastics Club, Canada, has committed to Towson. She recently competed in the US at the Lady Luck Invitational and placed 2nd on
vault and floor. Earlier this season she competed at the Canada Winter Games, placing 5th on vault and 8th on floor
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Lillie Minor, L10 at Naydenov Gymnastics in Washington, has committed to Southern Utah. She qualified to JOs last season. This season she won bam at the Rock and Roll Classic and she won bars at the Brestyan's Las Vegas meet. She recently placed 4th AA at the Battle in Seattle.
Stanford celebrated Senior Night with a big 197.525 win over Washington. They were led by Elizabeth Price, who won the vault and the floor, the latter with a near-perfect 9.975. Senior Becky Wing took the BB. On UB, Stanford's Nicolette McNair, Kristina Vaculik, and Ivana Hong tied with Washington's Allie Northey for the title. Northey won the AA with a 39.375.
Link: UW Release
Illinois State junior Amanda Mohler won UB and BB to lead her squad, but it wasn't enough as Ball State took the road win. Ball State was led by Denasiha Christian, who tied teammate Kayla Beckler for the VT title and Illinois State's Sarah Fisher for the FX title.
Link: Illinois State Release
Trudy Schoepfer, L10 at Triad Gymnastics in Iowa, has committed to Missouri. Trudy is a long time L10 with two trip to JOs on her resume. This season she won bars at the Alamo Classic and Pikes Peak Cup. She was 3rd AA at the Pikes Peak and Midwest Open.
This week's ranking from Troester.com GymInfo show a bit of a shakeup, as teams improve with their Regional Qualifying Score (RQS) by dropping low scoring early season meets. Weather played a role for some teams, causing some squads to lose an opportunity to improve thier score. OU takes the top spot in this week's rankings, followed by LSU and then Florida. Florida narrowed the gap on LSU with a high score this past weekend.
UAA was led by M'rcy Matsunami's 39.025 AA win, the second highest in school history. She also won the UB. Teammate Kendra Daniels won BB and the entire squad set a new school record. The Seawolves Kallie Randolph tied for the FX title with Centenary's Kellie Slater. Slater also won the vault.
Link: Seawolves Release
Air Force defeated host UIC, led by Tim Wang's wins on PH and VT. Teammates Fletcher Braunton, Arinn Wade, and Chase Cannon won R, PB and HB, respectively. UIC's Jacob Thurber won the FX.
Link: UIC Release
Nebraska won their 19th Masters Classic in a row as they defeated Illinois and San Jose State. Jessie DeZiel led the Huskers, winning VT and tying for the UB title with Illini Giana O'Connor. Teammate Jennifer Lauer tied with O'Connor for the vault title, while NU's Hollie Blanske won the FX. O'Connor continued her high level on all four events to win the AA title, posting a 39.625.
Link: NU Release
Maryland traveled to TWU and came away with a season high 195.525 and a tri-meet win. Karen Tang won UB and Stephanie Giameo won the BB to lead the Terrapins to the win. The pair also shared the floor title with TWU's Spencer Jones and Brown's Caroline Morant. Teammate Abigail Epperson tied with TWU's Madison Nettles for the VT title. TWU's Stephanie Repp won the AA with a 38.95.
Link: TWU Release