Michigan defeated the host Buckeyes, led by senior Katie Zurales' 39.375 AA win. Zurales bagged a win on vault, while teammate Joanna Sampson won the floor and tied for the bars title with teammate Natalie Beilstein and Ohio State's Alyssa Marohn. Wolverine frosh Briley Casanova tied for the beam title with Ohio State's Sarah Miller.
Link: Michigan Release
Florida broke 198 for the first time, powered by Bridget Sloan's 39.675 AA win. Sloan tied for the bars title with teammate Mackenzie Caquatto. Caquatto alson won beam. Teammate Ashanee Dickerson won the FX. For Bama, Marissa Gutierrez won the vault.
Link: Bama Release
Kent State defeated visiting Rutgers, led by Marie Case's 39.2 AA win. Case tied for the beam title with teammate Lindsay Runyun and for the floor title with teammate Kaitlin Isaacs. Teammates Whitnee Johnson and Rachel Guida completed the sweep by winning vault and bars, respectively.
Link: Kent State Release
Kristyn Hoffa, L10 at SCEGA in California, has committed to Washington. Last season Kristyn qualified to the NIT, where she finished 2nd on floor and 4th in the all around. She recently earned the vault title at the Lady Luck Invitational and placed 2nd on beam and 3rd on floor.
After two preliminary sessions, Adrian de los Angeles of Michigan leads the field at the USA Gymnastics Men's Winter Cup. In 2nd and 3rd are Oympians Danell Leyva and Jake Dalton. Stanford's Eddie Penev is fourth, with teammate Sean Senters in 7th. Cal grad Glen Ishino is 8th, while current PSU star Matt Felleman is 9th. Cal's Kevin Wolting, a frosh, rounds out the top 10.
Link: USA Gymnastics
Victoria Martin, L9 at Chow's in Iowa, has committed to Nebraska per Gym-style.com, her webmaster.
Victoria won state and regional floor titles last year. She has been a consistent fx winner over her career, and she recently won the L9 fx and beam titles at the Chow's Winter Classic.
Natalie Gervais a National Open Gymnast from Springers Gymnastics in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada has verbally committed to Eastern Michigan University. Last year Natalie finished 5th AA at the Canadian National Championships and took the bronze medal on beam. She finished 2nd AA at the Western Canadian Championships. She will sign in April and join the team next fall.
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PSU tops the Men's National Rankings for the Week of February 4th. Individually, Jake Martin of Ohio State takes over the top spot in the AA standings.
Florida rises to the top of this week's rankings, followed by OU in 2nd place. Michigan is 3rd.
Individually, Florida's Kytra Hunter remains the top AAer. UCLA's Vanessa Zamarripa holds the top spot on beam and floor. Utah's Tory Wilson is the top vaulter. On bars, UGA's Chelsea Davis takes over the top spot.