UNH's Austyn Fobes tied for the bars title with NC State's Rachel Fincham to lead the Wildcats to the win. For NC State, Stephanie Ouellette won the AA with a 38.875. Teammate Diahanna Ham won the vault while frosh Brittni Watkins won the floor. Teammates Lane Jarred and Hannah Fallanca tied for the beam title, where the squad went 49.15.
Link: NC State Release
Kentucky powered to the home win over a young Arkansas squad. Kentucky was led by Audrey Harrison, who won the AA with a 39.275, the floor, and the bars with a 9.9. Teammate Holly Cunningham tied for the vault title with Arkansas frosh Heather Elswick. UK's Shannon Mitchell and Marissa Beucler tied with Arkansas frosh Sydnie Dillard for the beam title.
Link: UK Release
Ball State defeated visiting CMU, led by wins by Danaisha Christian on vault and Brittney Emmons on floor. For CMU, Kylie Fagan won bars and Taylor Noonan won beam.
Link: Ball State Release
Lindenwood marked its first home meet with a season-high score, but SEMO prevailed with a 192.2. SEMO was led by Megan Fosnow and Taryn Vanderpool, who tied for the vault title. Fosnow also tied for the vault title while Vanderpool won the bars. Teammate Taylor Westrick won the beam. For Lindenwood, Rachel Zabawa won the floor.
Link: Lindenwood Release
AU's season high was not enough to upset UGA at home. For UGA, Lindsey Cheek won vault while teammate Chelsea Davis won bars. Gym Dog Sarah Persinger tied with AU's Bri Guy for the FX title. AU's Megan Walker won the beam, while frosh teammate Caitlin Atkinson won the AA with a 39.25.
Link: AU Release
Florida's Mackenzie Caquatto scored the first 10.0 of the season as the Gators defeated Mizzou in SEC action. Teammate Ashanee Dickerson added a 9.975 win on vault, en route to posting a 39.575 AA win. She also won FX with a 9.9. Frosh teammate Bridget Sloan added a 9.9 win on BB.
Link: Mizzou Release
Macey Roberts, a level 10 gymnast from the Gymnastics Center of Chattanooga, verbally committed to the
University of Maryland for 2015-2016. Macey is a 4 time Tennessee state champion, 6 time regional qualifier,
and was a national qualifier in 2009 to level 9 eastern nationals.
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Mackenzie Douglas, L10 from Team Dynamics in Arizona, has committed to San Jose State. In 2012, she placed 5th AA at her state meet and qualified to regionals.
Lacey Rubin, L10 at New Image Gymnastics in N.Y., has committed to EMU. Last season she finished 4th AA at regionals and qualified to JOs. She recently finished 1st AA at the Big Apple Holiday Classic.
Mollie Drenth, L10 at Golden City Gymnastics in Florida, has committed to Arkansas. She intends to graduate early and join the team in January 2014. Mollie qualified to L9 Eastern Championships in 2011, where she finished 5th AA. As a first year Level 10, she qualified to the NIT last season. She recently won bars at the Tampa Bay Classic.
Brianna Quinn and Lindsey Panza, L10s from New Image Gymnastics in New York have committed to Bridgeport. Quinn qualified to L10 Regionals in 2011 and 2012. She recently finished 4thAA at the Big Apple Holiday Classic. Panza qualified to 2012 JOs and started this season with a 6th place finishat the Big Apple Holiday Classic.
UCLA tops the women's rankings in the very first week of the rankings from Troester.com GymInfo, followed by Michigan. Kytra Hunter of UF is the top AAer, and is one of five gymnast tied for the top average on bars (WMU's Caroline O'Brien, UCLA's Lichelle Wong, AU's Petrina Yokay, and Bama's Sarah Demeo). Maryland's Katy Dodds holds the top vault score and NU's Jennifer Lauer holds the top beam score. UCLA's Vanessa Zamarripa holds the top floor score. Rankings this week are based on single meet or average scores and are likely to shift quite a bit.
| Rank | Team |
Average |
| 1 | UCLA | 196.788 |
| 2 | Michigan | 196.738 |
| 3 | Oklahoma | 196.575 |
| - | Florida | 196.575 |
| 5 | L.S.U. | 196.475 |
| 6 | Alabama | 196.450 |
| 7 | Nebraska | 196.300 |
| 8 | Georgia | 195.813 |
| 9 | Arkansas | 195.775 |
| 10 | Denver | 195.650 |
| 11 | Minnesota | 195.550 |
| 12 | Stanford | 195.425 |
| 13 | Arizona | 195.338 |
| 14 | Kentucky | 195.325 |
| 15 | Utah | 195.300 |
| 16 | Central Michigan | 195.013 |
| 17 | Maryland-College Park | 195.000 |
| - | California | 195.000 |
| 19 | North Carolina State | 194.988 |
| 20 | Southern Utah | 194.875 |
| 21 | Ohio State | 194.800 |
| 22 | West Virginia | 194.675 |
| 23 | Oregon State | 194.488 |
| 24 | Auburn | 194.438 |
| 25 | BYU | 194.275 |
Link: Troester.com
NIU narrowly prevailed over ISU 192.175-192.05 in its home opener. ISU's Samantha King won the all around with a score of 39.05.
Cortland competed at home against Wilson College. Wilson scored a 29.05 for the meet
GWU placed first with a score of 193.425. UNC placed second with a score of 192.950. Other finishes: Cornell at 190.300; Penn at 189.575 and Temple at 187.500.
UCLA blasted to the first 197 score of the season, defeating the Utes, who struggled on UB. Bruin Vanessa Zamarripa was outstanding, posting a 39.675 AA win. She also won bars and tied with teammates Danusia Francis and Olivia Courtney for the Beam and FX titles, respectively. Courtney tied with Ute Tory Wilson for the Vault title.
Link: Utah Release