Ohio State posted a 417.35 to defeat host Illinois' 415.25. The Buckeyes were paced with wins from Sean Melton on R and PB and Jake Martin's 80.9 AA tally.
Link: Release
Air Force captured its 8th straight team title at the USA Gymnastics Collegiate Nationals, held in Everett, Washington. They posted a 396.95 to claim first. W&M was 2nd at 388.4, Navy 3rd at 379.7 and Springfield 4th at 373.85.
ASU won the club division with a 383.65, with host Washington just behind at 381.25. Temple popsted a 364.75 and SC United a 341.5.
Air Force's Tim Wang defended his AA title with an 82.9. Washington's Nathan Tsuji was 2nd at 78.2 while Navy's Noah Beeman was 3rd.
Link: Release
Skills of Note in the 2017 Season (W)
The following is a listing of high level skills performed by women in the 2017 Season. To make this list, the skill had to be successfully competed in a meet sometime during the season. The skill competed must have an FIG rating of "E" or "F" or "G", or an FIG Vault Difficult Value of 5.0 or higher. Due to it's high usage in a number of routines, the Pike Jaeger on UB, a 2017 FIG upgrade to an E, has been excluded to keep the list manageable.
The issue of escalating difficult leading to higher injury rates and more wear and tear on the athlete is important. The purpose of this list is not to encourage or foster unreasonable risk or other threats to the safety of the athletes. In fact, many of the skills on this list were only competed in special circumstances. This list simply serves as an archive and collection of skills actually performed by the athletes.
EMU will welcome Megan Benzie, Cortney Bezold, Cali Harden, Brianna Price and Jada Rondeau for 2017-2018. The commits of all but Bezold and Rondeau were covered in prior news items.
Bezold is a L10 from Gym-Nation. At the 2017 Ohio State L10 State meet, she finished 5th AA. In 2015, she tied for 18th AA at the JO NIT meet.
Rondeau is a L10 from Legacy Gymnastics. At the 2016 L10 JO Nationals, she finished tied for 10th on VT and 38th AA. She also tied for 8th on VT and 37th AA in 2015.
Link: Release
Bennet Huang has committed to Iowa for 2017-2018. He trains at West Coast Olympic Academy. At the 2016 P&G Championships, he placed 2nd AA, 1st on PH, 2nd(t) on FX and 5th on VT in the 15-16 year old division.
Jr. Elite Eliana Lazzari has committed to UF. She trains at GymNasti Gymnastics in Illinois. In the 2016 season she competed at the American Classic and the Secret Classic. This season she competed three events at the Chicago Style.
Host College at Brockport won the NCGA East Regional on Sunday, posting a 191.85. Ursinus was second at 189.45 and Springfield was third at 188.825. They advance to Nationals. In fourth was Cortland State at 186.975, following by Ithaca (185.525) and RIC (179.1). Jen Sklenar led Brockport with a win the AA (38.575). Teammate Stephanie Mager won VT while teammate Brittany Vasile won FX. For Ursinus, Kaelin Ruoss won BB. SUNY Cortland's Sidney McConnell won the UB.
Link: Release
Most states have held their state meets. Not all of them have posted scores, so this list may be incomplete, but here's a little salute to the incoming freshies who won their state meets.
Arizona: Payton Bellows 37.7
Auburn: Ashley Smith 38.125 and Drew Watson 38.35
BYU: Haley Pitou 38.1
Cal: Nina Schank 38.575
UCLA: Nia Dennis 38.75 and Savannh Kooyman 37.9
CMU: Kennedy Rae Johnson 38.225
Denver: Lynnzee Brown 38.175
Illinois: Nicole Biondi 37.75 and Kasey Meeks 36.55
Maryland Audrey Barber 37.775
MSU: Anne Maxim 38.125
Minnesota: Ona Loper 37.75
Ohio State: Brooke Chesney 37.45 and Jenna Swartzentruber 37.875
Oregon State: Kaitlin Yanish 38.475
PSU: Kourtney Chinnery 37.725 and Lauren Bridgens 38.325 and Alissa Bonsall 38.25
Stanford: Rachael Flam 38.7 and Lauren Navarro 39.025
Utah State: Leighton Varnadore 37.525
Host San Jose State posted a 195.925 to win the MPSF Championship. UC Davis was a close second at 195.725 while Sac State was third at 195.175. Air Force posted a 194.075, SPU a 192.775 and UAA a 191.75 to round out the field.
UC Davis' Alexis Brown took the AA with a 39.375 and tied for the FX title with San Jose State's Taylor Chan. San Jose State's Haleigh Shepard won the VT while Sac State's Caitlin Soliwoda won UB. On BB, UC Davis' Katie Nogaki and Alaska-Anchorage's Sophia Hyderally tied for the title.
UC Davis' Brown was named Gymnast of the Year while Coach John Lavallee was named Coach of the Year. San Jose State's Taylor Chan won Freshman of the Year while Assistant Coach Shella Martinez won Assistant Coach of the Year.
Link: Results
Link: UC Davis Release
Utah posted a big 197.925 to win the 2017 Pac 12 Championship. Oregon State was 2nd at 197.4 while UCLA and Washington tied for 3rd at 197.1. Stanford was fifth at 196.625, Cal sixth at 196.3, Arizona 7th at 196.275 and ASU 8th at 195.6.
Utah's MyKayla Skinner posted a 10 on FX to win there and won the AA with a 39.725. She also tied for the VT title with teammate Tiffani Lewis and Oregon State's Dani Dessaints. UCLA's Kyla Ross won the BB with a 10.0 while Oregon State's Erika Aufiero won the UB.
Oregon State's Kaytianna McMillan was named Gymnast of the Year, UCLA's Peng-Peng Lee was the Specialist of the Year, UCLA's Kyla Ross was named Freshman of the Year, and Washington's Elise Ray was named Coach of the Year.
Link: Results Session 1
Link: Results Session 2
Link: Utah Release