Julia Konner, L10 at Apollo in Pa., has committed to Sacremento and will join the team next season. Julie finished in the top 10 AA at her meets this year, including a 4th place finish at her state meet.
Michigan's Sam Mikulak won PB and HB as action wrapped up at the Men's NCAAs. His 16.1 on the pipe was a meet-high. On Floor, Trevor Howard of PSU won with a 15.8. On PH, Ohio State's Michael Newburger was the only finalist above 15 (15.45) to win. Sooner Michael Squires hit for 15.775 to win rings, while on vault, Illini Fred Hartville won with a 15.425.
Link: Results
Michigan, led by AA Champ Sam Mikulak, won the 2013 Men's NCAA National Team title. Their 443.2 was good enough to best OU's 440.1. Stanford was third at 436.15, edging host PSU's 436.1. Iowa was 5th at 426.45, with Illinois 6th at 422.55.
Olympian Mikulak ran away with the AA title, posting an impressive 91.15 to defeat teammate Adrian de los Angeles. Stanford's Eddie Penev was third.
Link: Michigan Release and Full Results
Florida overcame a counting fall in their first event, the Balance Beam, to power back with near-perfect routines on the remaining events to overtake the leaders and secure their first ever National Title. The Gators become just the fifth team in NCAA history to win the title. They were paced by NCAA champion Bridget Sloan, who posted a 39.75 AA during the final.
UCLA's Vanessa Zamarripa was named the winner of the 2013 AAI Award. The award goes to the top senior.
Link: UCLA Release
Kimberly Kunert, L9 from Poway Gymnastics in California, will join the Bridgeport team this fall. She qualified to regionals this year and finished 12th AA.
Florida's Bridget Sloan, competing in the first session, won the 2013 Women's NCAA AA title. The former World Champion, just a frosh, posted a 39.6 for the win. LSU's Rheagan Courville was the runnerup.
Link: UF Release
Host PSU held off Stanford for the top spot in the evening session at the Men's NCAA Championships. Iowa nipped Cal for the third spot by just 0.1 points. These three teams will be chasing first session leader Michigan for the title. OU and Illinois will also be in the hunt for the title on Saturday.
Link: Session 2 Results
It all came down to the last rotation, but in the end, Alabama, OU and UCLA will advance to the Super Six. As the final round approached, OU was in the "dugout" with a 197.2, highlighted by a 49.5 UB rotation. In the final round, Bama was on vault, UCLA on UB, and Utah on beam.
Bama hit their vaults well enough to post a 49.35 and win the session. They were led by Kim Jacob's 39.425 AA win. UCLA survived a few scares on UB (low landing by Zamarripa, improvisation by De La Torre) to tie OU. Utah had a shaky leadoff and then suffered two more falls to drop out of the running.
Early wobbles on beam took Michigan out of the running. However, their two AAers, Joanna Sampson and Katie Zurales, posted the highest scores of the session. Arkansas placed sixth, after some problems on UB and a slow start on vault.
Link: Results