CMU posted a solid 195.275 as their rolled to a home win over Illinois State. CMU's Gianna Plaska won the AA (39.05), UB and tied for the FX title with teammate Nora Fettinger. The Chippewa's Skyler Memmel won the BB. For Illinois State, Meredith LaRoche won VT.
Link: CMU Release
The Gators opened their season with a slow start but held off the Tigers, 197.3 to 196.45. Florida's Alicia Boren won the AA with a 39.575 and tied for 1st on VT, BB and FX. Gator frosh Nya Reed shared the FX title, teammate Rachel Gowey shared the BB title and Mizzou frosh Hannah McCrary shared the VT title. UF frosh Trinity Thomas won the UB.
UW La Crosse defeated host UW Eau Claire, paced by wins from Megan Hawkins on VT, Dani Barmore on UB and Jessica Ahrens on BB. For Eau Claire, Kiya Bjorge won the FX.
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Illinois has signed Alexandria (Lexi) Powe for 2019-2020. The L10 trains at Colorado Gymnastics Institute and is strongest on VT (Yurchenko 1 1/2) and FX. In 2018, she finished 11th AA at the Region III L10 Regionals. She qualified to Level 10 JO Nationals in 2017.
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Katy Koopman from Kokokahi Gymnastics has committed to Bridgeport. Last season she won the regional beam title.
Connie Hsu from Let It Shine Gymnastics has committed to Penn. She is the 2018 Tennessee beam champ. She qualified through regionals to JOs. She started this season at the Music City Invitational and finished 2nd AA.
Alyssa Coutu from Metroplex has committed to TWU. Last season she was the regional bars champ and she qualified to JOs.
Brockport State defeated host Cortland State 186.575 to 182.95 on Tuesday night. Brockport swept the individual events, with Stephanie Mager winning Vault and Candis Kowalik winning UB. Taylor Keough won FX whil Alexis Frankowski and Dorothy Wernick tied for the BB title.
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We've got two full weekends of competition in the bag, and we're seeing some signs of an exciting NCAA season.
SUU held off the visitors from UNH, led by wins from Hannah Nipp on BB and Karen Gonzalez and Molly Jozwiakowski on FX. For UNH, senior Danielle Mulligan won the UB and the AA (38.975). Calssmate Erin Carroll won VT.
OU posted the top score of the weekend and leads the Women's National Rankings for the week of January 7th, 2019, as compiled with RoadtoNationals.com.
Host Hamline triumped over UW Oshkosh on Sunday afternoon. They were paced by Lydia Ingram's win on UB and Darby Slater's meet-high 9.675 win on FX. For Oshkosh, Emily Gilot won VT and the AA (36.8). Teammate Olivia Keller won BB. .
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Stanford took the NorCal Classic at the Hornet gym on a stormy Sunday. Stanford's Kyla Bryant won the AA with a 39.475, stepping into the lead scorer role for the Cardinal by earning at least a tie for every event. She also won UB and BB, and tied for titles on VT (with UC Davis' Cammie Johnson) and FX (with SJSU's Taylor Chan)
CMU used a 49.125 FX in the final rotation to hold off Arizona and win the quad meet. CMU's Denelle Pedrick won the BB and tied for the FX title with UB's Maya Reimers to lead the Chippewas to the win. Arizona's Maddie Leydin won VT and the AA (39.05). Gymcat teammate Christina Berg won the UB.
Link: CMU Release
Utahb posted a 197.175 to defeat the visitors from Penn State (194.45). Utah's McKayla Skinner won VT, BB and FX with matching scores of 9.95s en route to a 39.7 AA win. Skinner stuck her double twisting Yurchenko, debuted a new Ray on UB and hit both her double-double and full-in dismount on FX. Teammate MaKenna Merrell-Giles won BB and took 2nd AA (39.575)
Link: Utah Release
UK's Alex Hyland won the VT and tied for the UB with teammate Mollie Korth and BB with teammate Sydney Dukes. She won the AA with a 39.375. TWU's Bria Northrup won the FX.