Kentucky used a balanced effort to overcome an early counting fall and defeat a young Husky squad. Five different Washington gymnasts won an event. Alex Yacalis won VT only to be injured in her FX (rolled her ankle, was unable to complete). Teammate Allison Northey won the UB, while Janae Janik won the BB. Husky frosh Zoey Schaefer tied for the FX title with teammate Faith Morrison. Neither team fielded an AAer.
Link: Results
Link: Kentucky Release
The first rankings of the season have been published by Troester GymInfo. With many teams with just one meet under their belts (and a handful of ranked team with none), the rankings look a bit different this week. OU leads the way, however, with an outstanding opening weekend. LSU is second, with UF third.
SEMO's Ashley Thomas posted a 38.925 in the AA to help lead her squad to a big win over Illinois State. She also tied for the FX title with teammate Erin Brady. SEMO frosh Alexis Brawner won the vault while teammate Alyssa Tucker won the UB. For Illinois State, Sami King won the beam.
Link: Results
PSU opened up with a strong win over Army. Matthew Felleman and Alexis Torres led the way for the Nittany Lions. Felleman won HB and FX while Torres won SR and VT. Teammate Leroy Clark Jr posted a meet-high 15.3 to win the PB, while Nestor Rodriguez completed the PSU sweep with a win on PH.
Link: PSU Release
Springfield scored the road win, led by Abby Clark's meet-high 9.625 win on the FX. She also posted a 37.0 in the AA.
Link: RIC Release
Illinois defeated host CMU 195.175 to 193.475 on Sunday afternoon. The Illini were led by Giana O'Connor, who led a trio of Illini AAers with a 39.2. She also won vault with a Yurchenko Full that should good height and an opening before landing. Teammate Sarah Lyons won the UB.
For CMU, Halle Moraw won the BB and tied with teammate Kirstin Stambaugh for the FX title.
Link: CMU Release
Florida powered through injury to defeat Ball State 196.925 to 193.7. Florida's Bridget Sloan tied for the UB title with teammate Bridgette Caquatto before hitting for a 10.0 on vault. Unfortunately, after a stellar floor routine, she was injured on her final pass, a double pike. Her pass was ended well but she immediately pulled up lame. Florida later tweated that she will be examined Monday.
Caquatto went on to win the FX, while teammate Claire Boyce won the BB. Gator Kytra Hunter won the AA with a 39.475, sticking her Yurchenko 3/2 but surviving a big wobble on her series on BB.
Link: Results
Stanford's men's squad opened their season with a win over rival Cal. Stanford's Akash Modi led the way, posting an 87.8 in the AA. He also claimed the floor.
Link: Cal Release
Lindsay Mable of Minnesota won the FX and BB en route to a 39.45 AA win. Teammates Jenny Covers and Madeline Hanley won the VT and UB, respectively.
Link: ISU Release
UAA completed a sweep of Winona State, posting a 192.25 for the win. They last met Thursday night in a typical double dual meet in Alaska. Simone Penker won the AA with a career high 38.675. She also took the FX. Teammate M'rcy Matsunami won VT and placed second AA. Teammates Nicole Larkin and Morgan Cook won UB and BB, respectively.
Link: UAA Release
PSU topped the field in their opening home meet, paced by frosh Briannah Tsang. Tsang won the AA with a 39.225; she also won the vault and tied for the BB title with senior teammate Krystal Welsh. Another frosh, Lauren Li, tied for the floor title with Rutger's Charly Santagado. PSU senior Sidney Sanabria-Robles won the UB.
Link: PSU Release
TWU's Spencer Jones won the BB and FX to lead TWU. Teammate Courtney Cochefski won the UB.
Centenary was led by Allison Scates, who won the AA with a 38.125. Teammate Kellie Slated won the vault.
Link: Centenary Release
Michigan knocked off UGA at home, upsetting the Gym Dogs with a solid performance, led by their Sophomore class. Michigan's Nicole Artz won the AA, posting a 39.45. She won the FX with a 9.9 featuring a high pike full-in and a clean and high double pike dismount. She also tied on the BB with classmate Talia Chiarelli. Chiarelli dismounted with a stuck double back. Frosh Brianna Brown made an impressive debut, taking 2nd AA.
UGA literally ran out of steam on the floor, stumbling several times and counting a fall. They started strongly, with Brandie Jay winning vault and with Kiera Brown and Chelsea Davis tying for the UB title. UGA only managed to only beat Michigan on UB, held back by a relative lack of depth and small mistakes that added up, before the two falls on FX took them out of the running (on a double layout and a double tuck).
Link: Michigan Release
Bowling Green scored a big opening win, poting a strong 194.775 to start the 2015 season. BGSU's Alyssa Nocella and MSU's Lisa Burt each posted a 39.025 to tie for AA honors.
Link: MSU Release
Kimberly Robertson, Leane Blais and Krystal Walker won the vault, bars and beam respectively as UW Oshkosh defeated Hamline. Hamline's Olivia Kressler won the floor.
Link: Hamline Release
Stanford rebounded from last week's rough start, posting a 196.275 for the win over the Spartains. The Cardinal competed six gymnasts per event this time and were led by super Frosh Elizabeth Price, who won the vault and the UB. Teammate Ivana Hong won the beam, while Stanford's Pauline Hanset won the FX. SJSU's Cami Guyer took the AA with a 39.05.
Link: San Jose State Release