The Nebraska men have signed Travis Gollott and Antonio Castro to Letters of Intent.
Gollott trains at the West Coast Olympic Gymnastics Academy in California. At the 2012 VISA Championships, he tied for 8th on the FX. He also finished 5th on floor in 2011.
Castro trains at FGTC in Florida and qualified to the JO Nationals from 2010 to 2012.
Link: NU Release
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Jenna Bresette, L10 at GAGE, has announced her commitment to Bama. Last season she won the state beam title, placed 4th AA at regionals and 15th AA at JOs.
Catelyn Orel, L10 at GAGE, has announced her commitment to Nebraska via Twitter. Last season she competed in the late season and secured a spot at JOs.
Ohio State (M) have signed Jacob Dastrup, Sean Melton, and Andrew Rickly, according to a release.
Melton is a three time VISA Championships qualifier from the USOTC who won the high bar and placed 3rd AA at the 2012 Championships. He was also the Men' Junior 14-15 AA champ at the VISA Championships in 2011.
Dastrup also trains at the USOTC and qualified to the VISA US Championships in 2009, 2010, and 2011.
Rickly trains at Hocking Valley. He placed 3rd on PB at the 2012 VISA Championships. In 2011, he was 9th AA, 2nd on PH, and 3rd on HB at the VISA Championships.
Link: Ohio St Release
As expected, Nebraska has signed Ashley Lambert and Jennie Laeng.
Link: NU Release
Florida announced the signing of Claire Boyce, Silvia Colussi-Pelaez and Morgan Frazier. The commits of all three were covered in prior news items.
Link: UF Release
UCLA has announced the signing of Angela Cipra and Hallie Mossett, as expected.
Link: UCLA Release
As expected, West Virginia announced the signing of Brooklyn Doggette, Alexa Goldberg, Rachel Sine, and Nicolette Swoboda.
Yonni Michovska has signed with UC Davis for 2013-2014, according to a site submission. At the 2012 Level 10 Junior Olympic Nationals, she placed 41st AA. She also placed 9th AA at the 2011 Region I L10 Regionals.
Minnesota announced the signing of Mitchell Soukup and Zachery Liebler for their Men's squad.
Soukup trains at Alamoo Gymnastics. He tied for 107th AA in the prelims at the 2012 Men's JO Nationals.
Liebler trains at Great Northern. He tied for 83rd AA at the 2012 Men's JO Nationals.
Link: UMinn Release
Michigan State has signed four gymnasts to Letters of Intent: Kira Frederick, Elena Lagoski, Jessica Shostak, and Jane Winstead. The commits of Frederick, Lagoski, and Winstead were covered in prior news items.
Shostak is a L10 from the Balance Institute of Gymnastics. She has committed to attend and compete for the Spartans next season. She placed 20th AA at the 2012 Region V L10 Regionals.
Link: MSU Release
Pitt has signed Tracey Pearson to a Letter of Intent, as expected. Her commit was covered in a prior news item.
Link: Pitt Release
BGSU has announced the signing of Lauren Feely, Simone Freidman, and Rachel Reis. The commits of all three were covered in prior news items.
Link: BGSU Release
EMU signed a pair of Canadians, Sydney McEachern and Bianca Jordaan. The commits of both were covered in prior news items.
Link: EMU Release
As expected, SUU has signed Danielle Ramirez, Memory Shettles and Sydney Townsend.
Link: SUU Release