Oregon State announced the signing of Madeline Gardiner, an elite from Canada. She was an alternate to their 2012 Olympic Team and was the 2011 National AA Champion.
Link: Oregon State Release
Wisconsin-Whitewater will add the following to its incoming class:
Katie Firoilli, L10 from Gymnastics World in Ohio, is a four-time regional qualifier. She finished 11th AA at this year's regional meet.
Grayson Esslinger, L10 from Oshkosh Gymnastics in Wisconsin, qualified to the 2012 NIT and finished 13th AA. She placed 6th AA at this year's regional meet.
Savanah Kaufmann, L10 from Oshkosh Gymnastics in Wisconsin, is a four-time regional qualifier. She placed 14th AA at this year's regional meet.
Courtney Pickett, L10 from Let It Shine Gymnastics in Tennessee, is a two-time regional qualifier. She placed 15th AA at her 2013 regional meet.
Caitlyn Cramer, L10 from Bannon's in Texas, qualified to her state meet in 2011 and 2012.
Ashleigh Edlin, L10 at Clarksville Gymnastics in Tennessee, will join the Iowa team this fall. She qualified to the 2012 NIT. This season she placed 1st on beam at her state meet and again qualified to the NIT from her regional meet.
Kelly Huseman, L10 at Lafleur's in Tampa, has committed to Wisconsin-Stout. Kelly competed in the 2012 NIT and finished 3rd on beam. This season she placed 7th AA (4th beam) at her state meet and she competed three events at regionals (5th BB) despite an injury.
Caroline McCrady, L10 at TAGS South in Minnesota, has committed to Iowa. Caroline placed in the top 10AA at most of her meets this season, including a 10th place AA finish at regionals (5th on vault and floor).
Kelsey Paz, L10 at Siouxland Gymnastics in Iowa, has committed to Iowa State. She qualified to 2012 JOs and earned a spot again this year after finishing 2nd AA at her regional meet.
Alex Stokes, L10 at Flyaways Gold Gymnastics in Minnesota, has committed to SEMO. Alex qualified to JOs in 2011 and to the 2012 NIT where she placed 11th AA. She competed at regionals this weekend and placed 6th on beam.
Bridgeport amassed a big 196.5 to run away with the 2013 USA Gymnastics Collegiate National title, its fifth straight. TWU was 2nd, Centenary third and Brown fourth.
Link: USA Gymnastics Release
Emily Liddle, L10 from Airborne in California, has committed to UW. She qualified to the NIT last season. This season she won the Spirit of the Flame and she placed 1st AA/BB/FX at her state meet. She competed at regionals this weekend and placed 9th on vault and floor.
TWU and Brown advanced from Session I of the USA Gymnastics Collegiate Nationals on Friday. Brown edged Air Force for the 2nd slot. Cornell was 4th. They will be joined by Bridgeport and host Centenary. Centenary edged SPU and held off Penn in a close evening session.
Bridgeport's Sasha Tsikhanovich won the AA title with 39.375 points.
Link: Session II Results