Yale has hire Jason Vonk as an assistant, according to a school release. He's spent the last six years as program director and owner of Stars National Gymnastics Village in Colorado.
Link: Yale Release
Florida commit Aly Raisman won the bronze on the FX as the world championships concluded. She also placed 4th on the BB, while teammate Jordyn Wieber won the bronze on BB. For the US men, Danell Leyva won the gold medal on the PB.
The other men's event champions included Yang Hak Seon of Korea on the Men's vault and China's Zou Kai on the HB. For the women, China's Sui Lu won the BB and Russia's Ksenia Afanaseva won the FX.
McKayla Maroney of the US won the world title on the vault as the first day of event finals. Former OU Sooner Steven Legendre finished 5th on FX while current Sooner Jake Dalton was 8th. On Rings, former OU star Jonathan Horton was 7th.
The other event champions included Russia's Viktoria Komova on UB, Japan's Kohei Uchimura on FX, Hungary's Krisztian Berki on PH, and China's Chen Yibing on Rings. The finals conclude tomorrow.
Link: Men's Results and Women's Results and Universal TV Coverage
Kohei Uchimura of Japan won his third world title in a row, an unprecedented feat. His margin of victory was over three points.
Link: Results
Jordyn Wieber won her first World Championship AA title, adding to her team gold from earlier this week despite problems on UB and a step out on FX. Russia's Viktoria Komova finished just 0.033 behind. Florida commit Aly Raisman was 4th after a major break on UB. UCLA signee Christine "Peng Peng" Lee was 19th while DU grad Jessica Lopez placed 24th.
Link: Results
China won yet another Men's World Championships, winning by roughly two points over Japan after the later suffered two falls on their final event, HB. The US team, featuring four current or former OU Sooners, placed 3rd, just .01 points behind 2nd place Japan, with three hit sets on HB. Earlier in the competition, the US counted a fall on VT from Jonathan Horton and a shakey routine on Rings from John Orozco. They finished just 5th on those two events, after winning FX as a team and placing 2nd on the remaining events.
Link: Results
The young US squad, which includes Florida commit Aly Raisman and former UCLA star Anna Li (alternate), powered to the world title, routing the field by over four points. Russia finished well behind in 2nd, and China held off Romania for third.
Link: Results
The 2nd day of Men's Qualifications was held and several NCAAer (past and present) competed. The OU powered US men's team is in 2nd place, behind Japan and ahead of China (in 3rd). Olympic host Great Britain failed to earn an automatic spot at next year's Olympic Games.
Here are the NCAA-related athlete's results:
FX: Steve Legendre (former OU) qualified to the final. Current Sooner Jake Dalton is the first alternate.
PH: OU's Alex Naddour is the first alternate
R: Former OU star Jonathan Horton qualified fifth.
HB: Horton is the first alternate to the final.
Link: IG Recap and FIG Results Page
The OU laden USA Men's team is in 2nd place after the first day of qualifications at the world championships. The USA squad contains former and current Oklahoma team members Jonathan Horton, Steven Legendre, Jake Dalton and Alex Naddour. They are in 2nd after the first day of competition. Others with NCAA links also competed: Tommy Ramos (ex PSU)
Here are some NCAA-related individual placement highlights:
AA: Horton is in fifth, behind US teammates Danell Leyva (3rd) and John Orozco (2nd)
FX: Legendre is 4th, Dalton is 7th
PH: Naddour is 5th
R: Horton is 4th, Ramos is 15th
V: Dalton is in 8th in the two vault qualification standings
PB: Horton was 12th
HB: Horton was 7th
Link: Results
The Women's qualifying sessions of the World Championships have concluded and the US women hit 20 for 20 to advance to the final as the lead qualifier. Several future and present NCAAers were in action in the 2nd day.
In terms of the qualifiers, Florida commit Aly Raisman is the fourth qualifier in the AA and the top qualifier on FX. She also advanced in the BB. Michigan commit Austin Sheppard, competing for Hungary, is the third alternate on VT.
Former DU great Jessica Lopez qualified to the AA final in 18th place, while UCLA signee Christine "Peng Peng" Lee qualified in 20th.
Link: Results
OU tops the Toester.com GymInfo Men's Preseason Coaches' Poll, edging out Illinois in 2nd place. Illinois, however, received more first place votes. Michigan received two first place votes, and Stanford three.
Several NCAAers, past, present and future, competed at the World Championships. The injury-beset USA team competes on Saturday (Tokyo time). The Women's Preliminaries Day 1 competition are now complete (through Session 5), and here's an NCAA recap:
DU's Jessica Lopez (Venezuela) is in fifth AA and looks to advance to the AA final, with solid scores on UB (3rd) and FX (6th).
UCLA signee Peng Peng Lee (Canada) is in sixth after problems on BB. Her best finish was on UB (5th).
Stanford's Kristina Vaculik (Canada) was 12th, with her best event on BB.
Iowa grad Houry Gebeshian was 59th for Armenia; she competed watered down sets. WVU commit Jaida Lawrence (Jamaica) placed 77th.
Washington has announced the hiring of Olympian and former NCAA champion Elise Ray as an assistant coach. After performing with Cirque du Soleil, Ray has been coaching at Carroll in Maryland.
Link: UW Release
Named to the Women's World Championships:
Gabrielle Douglas
Anna Li
McKayla Maroney
Alexandra Raisman
Alicia Sacramone
Sabrina Vega
Jordyn Wieber
Alternate: Shawn Johnson
Named to the Women's Pan American Games: