After the first day of the US Championships, Florida's Skye Blakely and Utah commit Claire Pease are tied for first at 55.6. Charleigh Bullock is just behind at 55.4, and LSU commit Hezly Rivera is 4th at 55.0 (problems on UB). Former Oregon State superstar Jade Carey posted a 54.4 for 5th. LSU commit Reese Esponda is just behind in 6th at 54.1, followed by Florida commit Dulcy Caylor in 7th, OU frosh Izzy Stassi in 8th, Florida signee Simone Rose in 9th, and UCLA signee Zoey Molomo in 10th. Bullock had the top mark on UB, Rivera the top mark on BB, and Esponda the top mark on FX. Carey had the top two score average on VT, just 0.1 ahead of Pease.
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Ashlyn Tejeda, a L10 from Azarian, has committed to a scholarship offer at Cal, starting in 2027-2028. This past season, she placed 11th AA and tied for 4th on BB and 9th on UB at the 2026 Women's Development Program (WDP) L10 Nationals. She also qualified to the 2025 WDP L10 Nationals.
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Michigan superstar and reigning NCAA champ Fred Richard took the lead after Day 1 of the US Championships, posting an 84.326 to edge Danila Leykin's 84.173. He posted the top mark of the day on FX. Former Minnesota standout Shane Wiskus is 3rd, while rising Stanford star Cooper Kim is 4th, including the top mark on HB. Former Stanford star Taylor Burkhart is fifth, while former OU superstar and former NCAA champ Yul Moldauer is 6th, and posted the top mark on PB. Former PSU star Joshua Karnes is 7th, Stanford's David Shamah is 8th and Stanford grad Nicolas Kuelber is 9th. OU's Nathan Roman was 10th. AF grad Patrick Hoopes is 1st on PH while NU grad Asher Cohen posted the top mark on R. Former Ohio State standout Kameron Nelson posted the top average on VT.
The men's bonus system was in place. Three top athletes missed the championships: Donnell Wittenburg and Asher Hong are recovering from injury while Brody Malone is taking time off.
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Anna Shepard, a L10 at Cypress, has committed to an athletic scholarship offer at Cal, starting in 2027-2028. This past season, she placed 17th AA at the Region 3 L10 Regionals, after tying for 2nd AA at the 2026 Texas L10 State meet. She was also 4th on VT and 7th AA at the 2025 Region 3 L10 Regionals.
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Texas State has hired Lynnzee Brown as an assistant. She had been an assistant at Penn State for the last three seasons. The former DU superstar was National co-champ on VT in 2019 and competed at the 2024 Olympics, representing Haiti.
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Payton McClain, a L10 at Queen City, who was previously committed to Michigan State, has committed to a full scholarship offer at Nebraska, starting in 2027-2028. This past season, she won the VT, tied for 5th AA and tied for 8th on UB at the Women's Development Program L10 Nationals. She also placed 5th at the 2026 Nastia Liukin Cup.
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Daelin Diaz-Luong has committed to Minnesota, starting in 2026-2027. She was originally signed with PSU. This past season, she tied for 25th AA and placed 10th on BB at the 2026 Women's Development Program (WDP) L10 Nationals. She also tied for 6th AA, placed 3rd on UB and tied for 9th on FX at the 2025 WDP L10 Nationals.
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Italian National Team member Veronica Mandriota has committed to Kentucky, starting in 2026-2027. This past season, she has competed on up to three events in the Italian Series, placing 3rd on FX at the 3rd Italian Serie A meet. She competed for Italy at the University Games in 2025, placing 15th AA in the Final.
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Alaska will welcome five newcomers for 2026-2027: Callee Botts, Georgina Gibson, Elena Markley, Aiyana Thomas and Giorgia Wilson. The commits of Gibson, Markley and Wilson were previously covered. Botts is a L10 from Pure Gymnastics and is a three-time L10 Regional qualifier. This past season, she placed 3rd on BB and 10th AA at the Region 3 L10 Regionals. Thomas is a junior transfer from Fisk. She competed on up to three events for Fisk, with career highs of 9.775 on VT, 9.75 on BB and 9.75 on FX.
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Colby Kessler, a L10 from Sonshine, has committed to a combination full athletic/academic scholarship at Towson, starting in 2027-2028. This past season, she tied for 31st AA at the 2026 Women's Development Program (WDP) L10 Nationals. She also placed 10th AA and 5th on FX at the 2025 Region 8 L10 Regionals.
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Penn State has hired Jennifer Green as their new Head Coach. Green has been Head Coach at Air Force since 2021, and was named Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year this past season. Green spent six years as an assistant at Iowa and two at Missouri. She also has 16 years of club coaching experience at Kansas Gymnastics and Cheer as well as Elite Gymnastics Club (KS). As Jennifer Lyerly, she was an All-American on VT at LSU.
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Majken Holmgren-Zunti, who trains as a National Open athlete at the Calgary Gym Centre, has committed to a full athletic scholarship offer at Auburn, starting in 2027-2028. This past season, she placed 7th AA and 2nd on BB on day 2 of the 2026 Canadian Championships, National Open (a level between elite and Canadian L10). She also placed 3rd on UB and 13th AA at the 2025 Canadian Championships, in the National Open division.
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Penn has hired India Anderson as an assistant coach. She had been an assistant at GWU the last two seasons. Prior to that, she was at Fisk and Ursinus. She was also a student-athlete at Temple.
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Freya Reid, a New Zealand National Team member, has accepted an offer of a full athletic scholarship at Michigan State, starting in 2026-2027. Earlier this season, she won a bronze on BB at the 2026 Oceana Championships. She also represented New Zealand at the World Championships in 2025, and at several World Cup events.
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Caitlin McWilliams will use her fifth of eligibility while pursuing a master's at Iowa. She graduated from the University of Washington this spring, where she competed on up to three events, but primarily on FX.
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Bridgeport has hired Alonna Kratzer as an assistant coach. The former Mizzou athlete and elite gymnast had been coaching at SCSU.
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