PSU has added Kera (Bolen) Molinaro as a volunteer assistant. The former Oregon State standout has been as assistant at Rutgers.
Link: PSU Release
Lauren Bridgens, L10 at Hill's, has committed to Penn State. In 2014 she finished 1st AA; 1st vault and floor at the Maryland state meet. Her 2nd place AA regional finish (1st on bars) qualified her to JOs, where she finished 9th AA.
Brooke Kelley, L10 at Mountain Brook Gymnastics in Alabama, has committed to Missouri. She won her state meet in 2014 in a near sweep (1st AA; bars, beam, floor). Her 5th place finish at regionals qualified her to JOs, where she finished 10th AA and 1st on bars.
Sarah Patterson has stepped down from the Head Coach position at Bama. Read her open letter.
Dana Duckworth steps into the head coach position: Announcement
Air Force welcome four new freshman to the start of Cadet Basic Training: Casey Bell, Chelsea Grimison, Jamie Lewis and Julia Sebben. The commits of Grimison, Lewis and Sebben were covered in prior news items.
Bell is a L10 from Stars Houston. She qualified to L10 Regionals in 2011.
Link: Air Force Release
Sydney Finke, L10 at Wright's in Indiana, has informed us that she has committed to Ball State. We previously announced her commitment to EMU. Sydney qualified to the 2014 NIT and finished 1st on beam and 2nd AA.
Sofie and Sylvie Seilnacht, L10s at California Gymnastics Academy, have committed to Cal Berkeley. Sofie won beam titles at her 2013 state and regional meets, and she placed 3rd AA and 1st on beam at the 2013 NIT.
Sylvie placed 1st AA and 1st on bars at her 2012 NorCal meet. Last season she placed 5th AA at the NorCal state meet and 13th AA at regionals.
Kailey Gillings, L10 from Stars in Texas, has committed to Arkansas. Last season she placed 1st on floor and 4th AA at her state meet. She placed 1st on beam and 5th AA at regionals and 11th AA at JOs.
Wildfire Gymnastics in California has announced Grace Kramer's commitment to ASU. Last season Grace placed 3rd AA and 1st on vault at the SoCal state meet. She qualified to the NIT where she placed 1st on vault and floor and 4th AA.
Samantha Durante commits to Georgia. She is the daughter of head coach Danna Duante and she competes at Level 10 for George Elite Gymnastics. Last season she finished 1st AA and 1st on bars, beam and floor at her state meet. She placed 3rd AA at regionals and 13th AA at JOs.
Nina Schank, Level 10 at Head Over Heels in Emeryville, California, has committed to the University of California, Berkeley. In 2014 Nina placed 1st on Vault at the Nor Cal State Championship and qualified to JO Nationals. In 2013 Nina placed 1st AA at the Level 9 Western, Region 1 and Nor Cal State Championships.
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Megan Tripp, L10 at WOGA, has committed to Pitt. She is a past JO qualifier. In the 2014 season, she finished 7th AA at her state meet and 18th AA at Regionals.
Brittini Chappell, a L10 from AGA, has changed her commit from ASU to MSU. This past season, she placed 9th AA at the 2014 Level 10 Junior Olympic Nationals.
Link: Video Channel
Canadian elite Natalie Vaculik will enroll at UGA and compete for the Gym Dogs in 2015, according to a school release. She signed in April and was attempting to qualify to represent UGA at some major international competitions this fall. She finished 6th AA and 6th on UB at the 2014 Canadian Championships.
Link: Release
Georgia Elite Gymnastics has announced Madison Mcpherson's commitment to TWU for the 2017-18 season. Madison is a two time L10 regional qualifier.
Megan Ruzicka is headed to Iowa for 2014-2015. The IGI L10 was 5th AA at the Illinois State meet this past spring. She was also 25th AA at the Region V L10 Regionals.
Link: YouTube.com Channel