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
Team Scores: OU 423.5, NU 418.9, Air Force 405.5, ASU (club) 392.3. OU's ALec Robin won the AA with an 80.95.
Link: NU Release
Illinois dominated, led by frosh Joey Peters, who won the AA and PB.
Link: Illinois Release
PSU won five individual events titles and all six events as a team. Army's Jesse Glenn, a frosh, was 1st AA at 82.55.
Link: Army Release
Stanford won the quad meet, led by wins on vault by Nicole Dayton and UB by Kristina Vaculik. For Arizona, Aubree Cristello won the AA with a 39.475. She also won the beam and tied for the FX title with teammate Kristin Klarenbach.
Link: Release
Minnesota rolled in their home opener, led by Kayla Slectha and Janell Campbell. Slecta won the vault and tied for the floor title with Campbell. Campbell also tied for the bars title with frosh teammate Lindsay Mable. Gopher frosh Hannah Nordquist won the beam. UW's Aliza Vaccher won the AA with a 38.85.
Link: UW Release
PSU defeated host UIC, lead by frosh Sammie Musto's 39.025 AA win. She also took the floor. Teammate Sharaya Musser won vault and tied for the beam title with UIC's Catherine Dion. PSU's Madison Merriam won the bars.
Link: UIC Release
Western Michigan defeated host MSU, 193.5 to 192.725. WMU's Kayla Weber led the way, winning the AA with a 39.15. She also tied for the FX title with MSU frosh Lisa Burt. Teammate Caroline O'Brien won bars while Bronco Kelsey Turnquist won beam. For MSU, Alina Cartwright won vault.
Link: MSU Release
Samantha Lutz won the bars and Katie Sassa added a win on floor to help Towson to the win. For W&M, Brandy Stover won Vault and Beam.
Link: W&M Release
TWU's Spencer Jones posted a 38.225 to win the AA.
Link: TWU Release