Michigan State posted a big win in its opener, edging higher ranked and 2009 Nationals qualifier Penn State. MSU posted a 193.925 to edge Penn State at 193.9. WVU posted a 191.225 while Western Michigan marked a 189.525. Penn State's Brandi Personnett dominated, winning the VT, BB and FX en route to a 39.225 AA victory. WVU's Naja Johnson won UB.
Link: Michigan State Release
Led by Mary Burke's first AA win (39.2), Mizzou posted an impressive first meet total. Burke also posted wins on UB and FX. Teammate Sarah Shire captured both the VT and BB, but a fall on her Gienger following a wayward giant full kept her off the AA pace. Ohio State competed just six athletes, as Beth Ann Ballard went down with a reported ACL injury in warmups. In three events, just five athletes competed.
Link: Missouri Release
Bama hit five BB routines in a row to close out the meet and pull out the cross-state win. Bama's Geralan Stack Eaton won the AA with a 39.225 while teammates Morgan Dennis and frosh Ashley Sledge won VT and UB, respectively.
Bama Release: Link
Winona State defeated Wisconsin-Stout last night, 173.275 to 164.1 Winona's Heather Rummelein won the AA with a 36.75, including a victory on FX and a tie on VT with UW Stout's Naomi DeLara. DeLara also won BB.
Link: Winona Release and UW Stout Release
Some college recruits are out of the gates early with impressive finishes at a handful of November and December L10 meets. Who is grabbing the attention so far?
Krystal Welsh (PSU commit) kicked off the season with a couple of wins. She won her session of the COTC (4th v, 2nd ub, 2nd bb, and 1st fx of 21 competitors in the session) and followed up with a win at the World Class Invite (2nd v, 1st ub, 2nd bb, 1st fx of 11 competitors).
Brianna Guy (Auburn commit) is also off to a great start. She won v, ub, and bb at the COTC meet, but a mishap on fx knocked her into 2nd place (of 21 competitors) overall. She won her session at the World Class Invite (1st on v, 1st ub, 2nd bb, 1st fx of 11 competitors).
Brittany Harris (Oregon St) won the ConocoPhillips meet (1st v, 3rd ub, 1st bb, 1st fx of 6 competitors). She placed 2nd AA at the William Center meet (2nd v, 1st ub, 3rd bb, and 2nd fx of 5 competitors).
Arkansas’ Bailee Zumwalde won her Peppermint Twist meet (2nd v, 5th ub, 2nd, bb, 1st fx of 12 competitors)
Marie Case (Kent State) made a statement with a huge early season AA score of 38.125 and a sweep of her session of the COTC meet.
Geoff Corrigan has been named the new assistant for Michigan Men's squad, repacing Scott Vetere.
Link: UM Release
Penn has named former UGA star Corrinne Wright as an assistant at Penn. She has been in athletic administration for ten years, as well as a club coach.
Link: Penn Release
Dick and Lynda Filbert have announced their retirement from Towson, effective at the end of this season. Dick Filbert has been head coach at Towson since 1983, while his wife Lynda has been an assistant for 20 years. In 1990, the Filbert-led Towson Tigers placed 9th at the NCAA Championships, and Dick Filbert was named co-Head Coach of the Year. He was named Towson Coach of the Year nine times and his teams have been ECAC champions 11 times.
Link: Towson Release
Jessica Bartgis has been named an assistant at Iowa State.
Link: ISU Release
Defending Men's National Champion Stanford tops the Men's Preseason Coaches' Poll, with eight first place votes. Cross-Bay Area rival Cal is second with four votes, while the ever-strong OU men are third. Michigan, ranked fourth, earned the other first place vote.