Hannah Finnegan, L10 at GAGE, joins Missouri's team this season. She placed 1st on V at her 2013 state meet. She competed on vault at regionals and finished 1st.
Michigan's Sam Mikulak won the AA title by three points at the P&G (US) Championships on Sunday. Former OU Sooner Alex Naddour was 2nd, while former OU star Jake Dalton was third. Olympian John Orozco rose to 4th after a rough Day 1.
Link: USA Gymnastics
In the Junior Division, Dmitri Belanovski won the Junior 17-18 division. Incoming Ohio State Andrew Rickly was 2nd, with Illini frosh Matt Foster in 3rd. Hunter Justus won the 15-16 Age Group. Seven juniors competed in the Men's senior division.
Link: USA Gymnastics
Simon Biles won the senior women's title at the P&G (US) Championships. Olympian Kyla Ross was 2nd. OU commit Brenna Dowell was 3rd, with UF commit Peyton Ernst in fourth. Maggie Nichols was fifth and Utah commit Mckayla Skinner was 6th.
Link: USA Gymnastics
Bailie Key won the junior women's title at the P&G (US) Championships. Lauren Hernandez was second and Amelia Hundley was third.
Link: USA Gymnastics
Day 2 is underway at the (US) P&G Championships, with the Men's Preliminaries.
In the Senior Men's category, Michigan's Sam Mikulak posted a big score to lead the field by nearly three points. Former OU star Jake Dalton was 2nd, with another former Sooner, Alex Naddour, in 3rd.
Link: USA Gymnastics Senior Men
In the Junior 15-16 category, rising star Marvin Kimble leads the AA.
In the Junior 17-18 category, Ohio State recruit Jakub Dastrup holds first, with Dmitri Belanovski in 2nd. Datrup's future teammate Andrew Rickly is third.
Link: USA Gymnastics Juniors
Simon Biles leads the women's senior division of the (US) P&G Championships. with Olympian Kyla Ross in second. OU commit Brenna Dowell is third and UF commit Peyton Ernst is fourth.
For the juniors, Bailie Key is in first. Lauren Hernandez is 2nd and Nia Dennis is 3rd.
Links: Senior Day 1 and Juniors Day 1
Ashley Fischer, L10 at Team Central in Missouri, has accepted a scholarship offer from Iowa. She placed 3rd AA at her 2013 state meet, 4th AA at regionals and qualified to JOs. She qualified to the NIT in 2012.
Kirah Koshinski, L10 at Northeast in Pa., has accepted a scholarship offer from West Virginia. She is a two-time JO qualifier. Last season she finished 1st AA and 1st on vault and floor at her state meet. She won vault with a score of 10.0 at regionals. She placed 13th AA and 1st on vault at nationals.
GWU welcomes four incoming frosh this fall: Chelsea Raineri, Alex DeMoura, Kaila Soloman and Kaitlin Cowles. The commits of DeMoura and Cowles were covered in prior news items.
Raineri, who at one time announced an intent to go to Iowa State, is a L10 who trains at Silvia's. A three-time Level 10 JO National qualifier, she tied for 2nd on VT and 20th AA at the 2013 Level 10 JO Nationals. She was also 20th AA and 6th on FX in 2012.
Soloman is a L10 from ENA Paramus in NJ. She qualified to the Region VII L10 Regionals in 2012 and 2013.
Link: GWU Release
Olivia Karas, L10 at IK Gymnastics in Illinois, has committed to Michigan. She competed at the 2011 JOs, finishing 5th AA. She competed two events at her 2013 state meet, finishing 1st on beam and floor.
Hollie Vise, former World Champion, joins ASU's coaching staff. She replaces Kari Ward, who is taking maternity leave.
Amanda Bowman, L10 from Revolution Gymnastics in West Virgina, has committed to WVU. Amanda qualified to the 2012 JO Championships. In 2013 she qualified to regionals, finishing 17th AA.
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We previously announced the commitments of Kaylor Kelley and Meghan Pflieger. Joining Kaylor and Meghan in this year's class is Jessica Garcia and Jennifer King.
Jessica Garcia is a level 10 from North Carolina. Last season she won the Hilton Head Invitational in a near sweep. She also won beam at the Metroplex Challenge.
Jennifer King is a level 10 from New Jersey. She competed at the 2012 JOs, placing 18th AA. This season she placed 5th AA at her state meet and qualified to regionals.
Jennifer Brenner, L10 at Ace Gymnastics in Florida, has committed to Sacramento State. Last season she finished 5th AA at both her state and regional meets, qualifying to JOs for the second consecutive year.
Josh Nilson returns to Utah State's coaching staff after spending two years with Texas Women's staff.
JaNay Honest, L10 from CCGI in California has announced her commitment to UCLA on Twitter. JaNay finished 4th AA at her 2013 state meet and qualified through regionals to the NIT, finishing 1st on vault and 2nd on floor.