Tuesday, 26 April 2011 14:57

WVU Names Head Coach

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West Virginia has promoted current Associate Head Coach Jason Butts to be the new Head Coach at WVU.  He replaces Linda Burdette-Good, who is retiring.  He was named the Regional Assistant of the Year in 2009 and 2010.  A graduate of UGA, he will receive a master's from WVU in December. 

Link:  WVU Release

Tuesday, 19 April 2011 08:56

Kent State Sweeps National Coaching Awards

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Kent State Head Coach Brice Biggin was named Coach of the Year and assistants Sharon Sabin and Tom Ward were named Assistants of the Year by the NACGC/W.

Link:  Kent St Release

Monday, 18 April 2011 08:56

Men's National Rankings: Final 2011

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Here are the final Men's National Rankings, courtesy of Troester GymInfo:

Rank Team Name NCAA Final NCAA Qualifier
1 Stanford 363.450 366.100
2 Oklahoma 361.600 363.500
3 Illinois 360.150 356.000
4 California 358.700 361.800
5 Michigan 356.200 360.650
6 Penn State 355.700 356.000
7 Ohio State 353.750
8 Iowa 348.950
9 Minnesota 346.850
10 Nebraska 345.450

Link:  Troester.com GymInfo

Monday, 18 April 2011 08:54

Women's National Rankings: Final 2011

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Here are the final Women's National Rankings from Troester.com, based on National finish or National Qualifying Score (RQS plus Regional score):

Link:  Full List

Rank Team Name NCAA Final NCAA Prelim NQS
1 Alabama 197.650 197.050 394.395
2 UCLA 197.375 196.500 394.110
3 Oklahoma 197.250 196.775 394.045
4 Nebraska 196.725 196.850 392.825
5 Utah 196.500 196.200 393.045
6 Michigan 196.425 196.700 393.575
7 Florida 196.125 393.615
8 Oregon State 196.100 393.795
9 Georgia 195.450 393.285
10 Arkansas 195.450 392.610
11 Illinois-Champaign 195.100 391.850
12 Kent State 195.000 390.695
13 Boise State 392.395
14 Penn State 392.060
15 Stanford 391.940
16 Ohio State 391.150
17 Denver 391.060
18 Washington 391.000
19 Auburn 390.905
20 L.S.U. 390.880
21 Arizona 390.830
22 Minnesota 390.480
23 Central Michigan 390.265
24 Iowa State 390.125
25 Kentucky 390.120
Sunday, 17 April 2011 17:25

Women's Event Champions Crowned

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On Vault, Marissa King stuck her Tsukahara Layout 1 1/2 twist to secure the win.  Her second vault of a layout Tsuk full had a small hop.  OU's Madison Mooring used a Yurchenko Layout 1/2 and a Yurchenko Layout Full to take second.  Erin Davis of NU landed a Yurchenko Layout 1 1/2 but stepped to the side.  She followed that up with a big Layout Yurchenko full.  Only four event finalists attempted two 10.0 start value vaults.

On UB, Kat Ding of Georgia went early and hit her dismount for the win.  Despite what she described as perhaps not her top effort of the year, the consistent Ding nailed her set when it mattered.  Oregon State's Jen Kesler was 2nd.  A trio of athletes tied in third:  Sarah Demeo of Bama, Makayla Stambaugh of Oregon State, and Monique DeLaTorre of UCLA.  Just the smallest of hops separated the top placers, while some favorites took steps on their dismount, and only one fell.

Sam Peszek of UCLA used the event finals as a chance to throw a standing full twisting back tuck into her set.  Her set was packed with difficulty and she was rewarded accordingly.  Bama's Kayla Hoffman and UCLA's Aisha Gerber tied for 2nd.  There were no falls in the final, and just small details separated the top finalists, with exception of Peszek's finals-worthy upgrade.

Geralen Stack-Eaton, who was one bobble away from the AA title, won the individual National title on FX to cap off a great weekend for the Bama faithful.  She hit her double Arabian mount and a double pike dismount to close.  Florida's Maranda Smith tied with Michigan's Kylee Botterman and UCLA's Brittani McCullough for 2nd.  Smith and Botterman both opened with pike full-ins, while McCullough did hers in tuck.  Super high tumbling was evidenced in the finals, with only two finalists not throwing FIG E skills (but both did Ds in combination).  Landing control and dance execution separated the finalists. 

Link:  Scores

Sunday, 17 April 2011 05:03

Honda Award Nominees

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The Honda Award nominations recognize outstanding athletes for their athletic skills, academic performance, leadership skills and community service.  The Honda Award Winners in 12 NCAA sports are eligible for the Honda-Broderick Cup, which honors the collegiate female athlete of the year.  This year's nominees in gymnastics are: 

Kylee Botterman - Michigan

Kayla Hoffman - Alabama

Brittani McCullough - UCLA

Sharaya Musser - PSU

PSU Release

 

Saturday, 16 April 2011 19:13

Men's Event Winners

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Pommel Horse - T - Daniel Ribeiro, Illinois and Alex Naddour, OU

Parallel Bars -Tyler Mizoguchi, Illinois

Floor -Jacob Dalton, OU

Rings -Brandon Wynn, OSU

Vault -Jacob Dalton, OU

High Bar - Alex Buscaglia, Stanford

Full Score Sheet


Saturday, 16 April 2011 16:52

Alabama posts a huge score to win the team title

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Alabama topped the field with an impressive 197.650, edging defending national champs UCLA (197.375).  Rounding out the field:

3- OU (197.250)

4- Nebraska (196.725)

5- Utah (196.500)

6- Michigan (196.425)

Event Score Sheet

Alabama Release

Friday, 15 April 2011 19:45

Stanford wins Men's title

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Stanford scored 363.450 to hold off OU for the men's national title. OU (361.600) and Illinois (360.150) rounded out the top three spots.  Michigan's Sam Mikulak won the AA title.

Complete Scores

 


Friday, 15 April 2011 12:43

Women's field is set for Team Finals

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Advancing from the first session:  OU (196.775), Michigan (196.700) and UCLA (196.500).

Advancing from the second session:  Alabama (197.05), NU (196.85), and Utah (196.20)

Michigan's Kylee Botterman finished the day with the top AA score, 39.525.  Kayla Hoffman narrowly missed out on the AA title with her score of 39.50.

Session I scores

Session II scores

 

Thursday, 14 April 2011 19:27

Field for Men's Finals Set

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Advancing from Session 1:  OU, Illinois, PSU

Advancing from Session 2:  Stanford, Cal, Michigan

Session 1 scores

Session 2 scores

OU Release

Stanford Release

 

Thursday, 14 April 2011 19:14

Botterman Wins AAI Award as NCAA's Top Gymnast

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As the AAI Award winner, Michigan's Kylee Botterman has been named the top senior student-athlete in NCAA Division I women's gymnastics.

Michigan release

Wednesday, 13 April 2011 20:56

OU's Legendre Wins Nissen-Emery Award

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OU's Steven Legendre was named the recipient of the Nissen-Emery Award.  The award goes to the nation's outstanding men's senior. 

Link:  NCAA Release

Wednesday, 13 April 2011 15:49

It's Spring Signing Period

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Often expected spring signings are announced here as verbal commitments prior to the spring signing period.  Any official announcements issued this week will be posted here.  However, the late signing period continues through August 1, so watch for additional announcements through the summer.

Bridget Sloan - UF

Georgia Dabritz and Tory Wilson - Utah

Randi Lau to graduate early - LSU

Kaitlyn Betts - USU

Ivana Hong and Becky Wing - Stanford


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