Wednesday, 18 May 2016 10:50

Bowers Steps Down at Washington

Washington Head Coach Joanne Bowers has stepped down after 10 seasons to spend more time with her family.  She intends to move across the country to Virginia to her husband John, who is now an assistant football coach at JMU.  Her son is battling for the starting QB spot at…
Sunday, 15 May 2016 10:42

American Classic: Results

Minnesota commmit Lexy Ramler tied with Lauren Navarro at 55.95 to take the senior title and qualify to the P&G Championships.  Utah commit Abby Paulson was close behind in third (55.9)  LSU commit Christina Desiderio, OU commit Kaitlin DeGuzman, Maggie Musselman and OU commit Olivia Trautman also qualified.  Morgan Hurd…
Sunday, 08 May 2016 12:33

Men's JO Nationals Results

The Men's JO Nationals concluded their second day of competition, and future NCAA stars were in action, some battling to advance to the P&G Championships (Junior Elite) while others concluded their seasons.
Saturday, 07 May 2016 06:24

Senior JO Results: Recruits Summary

Written by
The athletes competing in the senior divisions will be entering college over the next few years and most of them have made their college choices.  The table below recognizes the top ten finishers in each division and individual event winners who finished outside the top 10 AA.  For further information,…
Friday, 06 May 2016 13:40

Men's JO Nationals: Prelim Results

Written by
The Men's JO Nationals are underway in Battle Creek, Michigan, with the Level 10 and Junior Elite preliminaries completed.  A number of commmits and signees competed. 
Thursday, 28 April 2016 20:48

2016-2017: Washington Welcomes Roberson

As expected, Washington has added Evanni Roberson for 2016-2017.  Her commit was covered in a prior news item.  She recently won UB, BB and FX at the Region 2 L10 Regionals. Link:  Release
Friday, 22 April 2016 22:13

2016-2017: Chong to Yale

Rebecca Chong, a L10 at GMS, has committed to Yale for 2016-2017.  She recently placed 10th AA at the Region VII L10 Regionals.  She also finished 9th on VT and 41st (t) AA at the 2015 L10 JO Nationals. Link:  Videos
Sunday, 17 April 2016 19:55

Rio 2016 Test Event: NCAA Results

Several gymnasts with ties to the NCAA competed in Rio this weekend at the Rio 2016 Test Event.  At stake were team and individual spots at the Olympics.  Even if a gymnast received a qualification spot, a country's federation may choose not to send that gymnast.  Thus, all qualification are…
Saturday, 16 April 2016 21:24

OU Wins 2016 Team Title

Written by
The OU women completed a Sooner sweep of the Gymnastics Team title by claiming the Women's crown in a near-perfect Super Six competition.  With all teams hitting, the Sooners came out on top with a 197.675, edging LSU's 197.45 and Bama's 197.4375.  Florida was just a step back at 197.35. …
Saturday, 16 April 2016 21:16

Men's: Oklahoma Claims Tenth National Title

Written by
Led by frosh AA Champion Yul Moldauer, OU finished its second consecutive undefeated season and won its 10th title overall.  They posted a 443.4 for an easy win.  Stannford was 2nd at 434.05, a point ahead of Ohio State.  Illinois was just back in 4th at 432.75.  PSU was fifth…
Florida's Bridget Sloan posted a 39.7 to win the AA at the 2016 NCAA Championships.  Her score in Session I held throughout the day.  OU's Chayse Capps was 2nd at 39.6125 and LSU's Myia Hambrick was third at 39.5625.
At the Men's NCAA Prelims, OU posted the top score of the day, a 441.2, to lead all qualifiers into Saturday's finals.  Minnesota was 2nd in Session I at 426.4, with PSU third at 423.95.  NU was fourth at 423.55, Cal fifth at 421.35 and Navy 6th at 410.1. In…
OU posted the high score of the day, a 197.7875, to win the evening session at the NCAA Semi-Finals and advance to the NCAAs.  Bama kept things close with a 197.3875 for third.  UCLA posted a 196.7 to easily take the third spot.
It was an SEC sweep as Florida, LSU and UGA advanced to the Super Six Finals from today's Session 1 Preliminary round.  UF tallied a 197.475 to edge LSU's 197.3375.  UGA was safely in third at 196.725.  Stanford was well back at 195.575, ahead of AU at 195.1 and Minnesota…
NCAA athletes had a good day at the Pacific Rim Championships, where event finals were decided.  UGA's Brittany Rogers (Canada) took a silver on VT and bronze on UB.  OU's Breanna Dowell won a silver on FX and took fifth on UB.  OU commit Ragan Smith won the BB.  Boise…
Page 236 of 436