Rachel Cutler, L10 at Geddert's in Michigan, has committed to Minnesota per a tweet by her coach. Rachel is a two-time JO qualifier. This season she has won the Twisters Invite, the Daytona Beach Open and the Brestyan's Las Vegas meet and she has picked up numerous individual titles over the course of the season. She recently finished 2nd AA at her state meet.
Erin McCane, L10 at World Class in New York, will join the Temple team this fall. Erin qualified to L9 Eastern Championships last year, finishing 5th AA and 1st on FX. In her first season competing at level 10, she placed 5th AA at the Atlantis Crown and the PKI (1st BB).
The NCAA, in a live show, released the fields for the six Women's Regionals. Although the Top 18 seeding went much as predicted based on the criteria, there are a few surprises in places 4 to 6 in each Region. The Committee has seemingly scrambled a few teams to account for geographic proximity and to adjust the strength of each Regional. With increasing parity and noticeable scoring discrepancies skewing the RQS rankings, the #4 and #5 teams are increasingly "in play" for the last slot at Nationals.
Megan Gilliam, L10 at Deveau's in Indiana, will join the NIU team this fall. Megan qualified to the NIT last season. This season she has finished finished in the top ten all around in all of her meets.
Here are the top 36 Women's Regional Qualifiers, as published by Troester GymInfo. The Top 18 teams will be seeded into each of the six regions in trios of teams ranked 1-12-13, 2-11-14, 3-10-15, 4-9-16, 5-8-17, 6-7-18. Where the trios contain two or more host teams, the trios will be exchanged with the next nearest trio. In breaking the trios, the higher ranked team is given preference.
Schyler Jones, L10 from Achievers in Texas, has committed to joining her older sister on the TWU team in the fall of 2014. Schyler is a two time L9 Western Championship qualifier and she qualifed to L10 regionals last season. This season she finished 2nd AA at the Friends of Achievers Invite and the Heart of Texas Invitational. She recently competed at her state meet, finishing 14th AA
Jaquie Tun, L10 at Gymnastics Center of Chattanooga, has committed to West Virginia. She is a three time L10 regional qualifier. This season she placed 1st AA at the Ozone Invitational, the Kennesaw Classic and the Nashville Nights meets and picked up various individual event wins. This weekend she placed 1st AA and swept the events at her state meet.
The majority of state meets take place this weekend. As results become available, we will post them. Below is a summary of the '13 and '14 commits who finished in the top ten AA or who won an individual event. Follow the results links to see how everyone else faired.
It can be a real treasure hunt to find some of the results, so please email us and point us to results if you find them before we do. Results links will also be posted under the results tab on the front page.
Alabama (results)
Arizona (results)
California -NorCal (results)
California - SoCal (results)
Florida (results)
Georgia (results)
Nevada (results)
New Jersey (results)
No. Carolina (results)
Sr B
Utah (results)
Sr. B
1 - Shireen Khamedoost, OSU '14; 1st V/UB/BB/FX
Sr. C
1 - Sydney Townsend, SUU '13;1st V/BB/FX
Virginia (results)
Wisconsin (results)
UC Davis easily won the MPSF title, posting a 194.95 to best SPU's 193.2, Air Force's 191.925 and Alaska's 191.85.
Aggie Katie Yamamura won the AA for UCD, posting a 39.05. Teammate Michelle Ho led the way, winning bars, floor and tying for the beam title with SPU leadoff Corrine Wise. Air Force's Jessica Wallander won vault.
Link: SPU Release
Boise State edged DU to win the final WAC gymnastics championships. DU finished with a 196.125, just behind Boise State's 196.225. Sac State was not far behind at 195.5, and was closely followed by USU (195.1), SUU (194.925) and San Jose State (194.7).
Caitlin Mann led the Broncos, winning a share of the beam title and the AA with a career-best 39.475. Mann shared the beam title with Sac State's Cayla Beutler and San Jose State's Cami Guyer. DU's Kaitlin Moorhead won vault, while teammate Nina McGee won bars and floor.
Link: Boise St Release
Oregon State won the Pac 12 Championships on Saturday night, defeating runnerup UCLA, 197.85 to 197.375. Utah was third at 197.075, Stanford fourth at 196.625, Washington fifth at 195.875, Arizona sixth at 195.525, Cal 7th at 195.075 and ASU last at 193.425.
UCLA's Vanessa Zamarripa won the AA with a 39.75, including a 10.0 on vault. She also tied for the beam title with Stanford's Amanda Spinner. Oregon State's Makayla Stambaugh won the bars, while teammate Melanie Jones tied for the floor title with Stanford's Ashley Morgan and UCLA's Olivia Courtney.
Link: Utah Utes
UIC posted a 195.6 to edge Illinois State's 195.425 for the MIC title. In third was SEMO at 195.05, with TWU 4th at 194.775. Newcomer Lindenwood hit a 193.025 to edge host Centenary at 192.6.
Illinois State's Sami King won the AA with a 39.325. She also won beam. UIC's Chantel Turk and Tamara Moten tied for the floor title with Centenary's Meg Crowley. SEMO's Megan Fosnow won vault. On bars, SEMO's Taryn Vanderpool tied with TWU's Courtney Cochefski for the title.
Link: SEMO Release
Junior Matt Freeman won rings while classmate Sam Mikulak won vault and high bar as Michigan blasted past UIC and SUNY Brockport on Senior Night. Adrian de los Angeles posted an 89.7 to win the AA.
Link: UM Release
OU blasted to a 441.25 on Senior Night, sweeping all six individual titles. They also outpoined the Buckeyes on all but vault.
Link: OU Release
NU upset Illinois at home. Louis Klein posted a 15.6 to win floor while teammate Grant Perdue added a 15.3 vault win. Teammate Sam Chamberlain won PB, also breaking 15.
Link: NU Release
PSU capped an undefeated regular season to win at Minnesota. PSU won five of six events vs. the Gophers, covering a gap on HB with a gap on Rings and VT.
Link: PSU Release