Sabrina Vega has committed to Georgia via her Instagram, presumably for the upcoming season, although the date of entry has not been confirmed. Sabrina competed as a high level elite in 2011, finishing 5th AA at nationals. In 2012 she competed at the Olympica Trials. She resumed training in 2014. She competed two events at the 2015 Secret Classic
Madilyn Probst, L10 from Gold Medal in Arizona, has committed to San Jose. She qualified to regionals last season, placing 13thAA.
Ashley Breanna Smith, a L10 at Brandy Johnson's, has accepted a scholarship offer from Iowa for 2017-2018. The 2015 L10 State champ on UB, she tied for 27th AA at the 2015 Region VIII L10 Regionals. She also qualified to Regionals in 2014 and was the state champ on FX.
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BYU is off to a fresh start with an entirely new coaching staff. Guard Young left his position at OU to take the helm as Head Coach. The staff roster now indicates that Natalie (Emig) Broekman, former BYU gymnast and long time coach in Arizona, and Brogan (Jacobsen) Evanson, former BYU gymnast and former SEMO assistant coach, have been named as assistant coaches.
Gina Leal, L10 from John's Academy of Gymnastics in Connecticut, has committed to Iowa. This past season she placed 6th AA at her state meet and 18th AA at regionals.
Anna Worhol, L10 from Youngstown Gymnastics in Ohio, has committed to George Washington. Last season she placed 4th AA at her state meet and concluded her season at regionals.
Amanda Cashman, L10 at Arena Gymnastics in N.J., has committed to Utah. Last season she placed 1st on vault, bars and the all around at the N.J. state meet. She placed 1st on bars and 2nd AA at her regionals meet and 9th AA at JOs.
Julia Merwin, L10 at Frederick Gymnastics, has committed to West Virginia. She missed the 2015 season, but finished 4th AA at her2014 state meet and 17th AA at regionals.
Lily Dean, L10 from Brestyan's, has committed to North Carolina. Last season she won the fx title at both her state and regional meets. She finished 10th AA at regionals.
The NCAA teams have started official practice, and the process of polishing routines and assessing lineups has begun. Each of the Top 25 teams have some scores to replace from last year's lineups, but some are better off than others. Here's a quick look at the vacancies as we start official workouts.
Morgan Alfaro, a L10 from Gym Max, has committed to Southern Utah. At the 2015 L10 JO Nationals, she tied for 26th AA. She also finished 2nd AA at the 2014 JO NIT meet.
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Karley McClain, L10 at All American Gymnastics, has committed to Southern Utah. At her 2015 state meet, she finished 1st on bars, floor and the all around. She finished 1st AA at regionals and 17th AA at JOs.
Brisa Aguilera, L10 at SCEGA, has committed to Utah State. She finished 16th AA at last season's SoCal meet and 15th AA at regionals.
Tess Abbott, L10 at High Point Gymnastics, has committed to Iowa State. She placed 1st on beam and 3rd AA at the N.C. state meet and qualified to regionals.
Sydney Freidin, L10 from All Olympia, has committed to Arizona. Last season she placed 3rd AA at the SoCal meet. She won beam and bars and finished 4th AA at regionals. She concluded her season with a 15th place AA finish at JOs.
The FIG has released the complete list of nominative rosters for the 2015 World Championships. The meet is set for October in Scotland.
Many countries have named 7 athletes, with the reserve to be named later.
The US women's squad includes Simone Biles, Gabby Douglas, Brenna Dowell (OU), Madison Kocian (UCLA signee), Maggie Nichols (OU Commit), Aly Raisman, Mykayla Skinner (Utah signee). However, because the US has not completed their selection camp, this is not yet final. The selection camp is in two weeks.
The US men's squad includes Sam Mikulak (ex Mich), Alex Naddour (ex OU), Paul Ruggeri (ex IL), Dannell Leyva, Donnell Whittenburg, and Brandon Wynn (ex Ohio State). Chris Brooks (former OU) is the alternate.
Also nominated were UCLA's Danusia Francis (Jamaica), UGA's Brittany Rogers (Canada), and Cal's Toni Ann Williams (Jamaica). In addition, signee Victoria Woo (Canada, Ohio State) and commits Madison Copiak (Canada, Washington), Rubu Harrold (UK, LSU), Courtney McGregor (New Zealand, Boise State) and Charlotte Sullivan (New Zealand, Iowa) are on the list. Former DU stars Jessica Lopez Arocha will represent Venezuela while Simona Castro will represent Colombia. Armenia's roster includes former Iowa standout Houry Gebashian. (Note: Canada has confirmed their team but not named which is the alternate)
Current PSU senior Alexis Torres (Puerto Rico) will represent the PSU men. He'll be joined by former PSU standouts Tommy Ramos, Tristian Perez Rivera, and Nestor Rodriguez. Current Cal athlete Ryan Patterson will represent South Africa, while Bear teammate Yordan Aleksandrov will represent Bulgaria. Former Ohio State Buckeye Mikhail Koudinov will represent New Zealand, while former Iowa standout Javier Balboa will compete for Mexico.
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