Georgia has signed JaFree Scott and transfer Josie Angeny of Kentucky for 2022-2023. Scott originally committed to Florida but did not sign in the fall. Scott is a senior international elite gymnast from GAGE and a 2018 US National Team member. Although she has been slowed by injury, last season she placed 13th AA at the American Classic.
Angeny is a three-time All SEC honoree who will start graduate studies at UGA. A BB standout and a regular for the Wildcats on UB, she has also competed in the AA.
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UCLA has hired Janelle McDonald as their new Head Coach. She has been an assistant at Cal for the last four seasons. Prior to that she coached athletes through all levels up to elite during stints at WOGA, Legacy Elite and Desert Lights.
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DU assistant Dave Kuzara has announced his retirement. He has had more than 30 years of experience coaching women's gymnastics as either a Head Coach (UMass, WMU) or assistant (Pitt, Michigan, Arkansas, WVU).
NCAA Champion Trinity Thomas of Florida won the Honda Award for Gymnastics, honoring the top women's gymnast in the NCAA this season. She won the UB, FX and AA titles at the 2022 National Championships and won every single AA title in every session in the post-season. She posted a total of 12 10s during the season, the 2nd most ever and was the first to win five First-Team All American awards in a single championship.
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Jenn Stukenberg has been named Assistant Coach, joining AC Makayla Curtis and HC Hopkins
Smith makes the move from USU to Clemson.
The USA Gymnastics Developmental Program Level 10 Regionals are this weekend (Thursday through Sunday). This is where the vast majority of the next crop of NCAA gymnasts are competing head-to-head. The 2022 grads (frosh in the 2022-2023) are mostly competing in the Senior F, E and D age groups. The 2023 grads are in the Senior A, B and C age groups (exceptions are noted) The Top 7 in each Regional automatically qualify to DP L10 Nationals as long as they hit a minimum AA score of 35.0. Here's the Top 7 results for the senior age groups (plus junior F if they include 2023 commits) for all eight Regions (qualifying scores only):
McCall McMullen has committed to UNH for 2023-2024. The L10 trains at BIO Gymnastics in Georgia.
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Shris Waller has resigned as Head Coach at UCLA, effective immediately. He's been Head Coach at the program the last three seasons and on the staff for the last twenty.
Four Gymnastics finalists for the Honda Award have been named: Oregon State's Jade Carey, Auburns Sunisa Lee, Minnesota's Lexy Ramler and Florida's Trinity Thomas. The winner will be announced later this week, after voting from over 1,000 administrators.
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Josie Angeny finished her Kentucky career and announced that she intends to take her 5th year at UGA.
Stanford continued their dominance of Men's NCAA Gymnastics with a victory in Saturday's finals. They posted a 423.628, down from the qualifying after a few mistakes but still enough to easily distance the field. OU edged Michigan for 2nd, 414.555 to 414.49. Nebraska was 4th at 406.453, Ohio State 5th at 399.326 and Illinois was 6th at 398.523.
Michigan's Paul Juda upset two-time NCAA Champ Brody Malone to win the AA title with an 85.298. Juda posted the top mark on VT. Malone won HB and tied for the PH title with PSU's Chase Clingman but could only manage a 12.8 on PB. Stanford's Bryan Perla won FX while teammate Riley Loos won Rings. Cardinal Curran Phillips won PB.
This is Stanford's eight title overall.
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Overcoming a slow start on FX with two scores at or below 9.7375 (and none above 9.9), OU roared back with a 49.625 on VT, a 49.725 on UB and a 49.625 on BB to seal the win. Their 198.2 was good enough to hold off Florida's 198.0875 and capture the Sooner's fifth championship in eight years. Florida started on VT, and a few hops/steps back on their Yurchenko 1 1/2s left them with a 49.35. A final 49.7125 on FX was not enough to catch the Sooners, after 49.525 on UB and 49.5 on BB. Utah was the early leader with 49.5125 on BB and 49.4625 on FX, but they also managed just a 49.225 on VT after a fall and steps/hops. AU ended with a 197.35 with a strong performance overall. In the end, OU's big tallies VT, UB and BB were enough, but the number of sticks on dismounts and on 10.0 SV VTs was truly decisive.
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