Stanford's Brody Malone won the AA title at the Men's US Gymnastics Championships. Former OU star Yul Moldauer was 2nd. Former Michigan star Sam Mikulak improved on night 2 to rise to third. Click to read more.
While Simone Biles led the way, AU signee Sunisa Lee was 2nd and UCLA signee Jordan Chiles was third as the first day of competition wrapped up at the US Championships.
Former Michigan gymnast (2016-2020) and grad assistant Uche Eke qualified to the Olympics for Nigeria, by placing 3rd at the African Championships. He graduated from Michigan with a masters in May with a 4.0 GPA.
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Michigan's Paul Juda won the silver medal and earned the US another spot at this summer's Olympic Games. Stanford's Riley Loos was 4th, OU's Vitaly Guimaraes was fifth, and Michigan's Cameron Bock was 6th. Brazil won the team competition, with the US second.
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Stanford's Brody Malone, a back to back ('19, '21) NCAA champ, took the lead after Day 1 at the US Championships, in the Men's Senior Division. Stanford teammate Brandon Briones is tied for 2nd with former Sooner Yul Moldauer, a two-time NCAA champ.
The University of Alaska at Anchorage has officially met the fundraising criteria set out by their Board of Regents. The program will be reinstated starting for 2021-2022. Although they continue to raise funds, it appears that the team is on the path to permanent reinstatement.
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Dave Kuzara recently left his post at Pitt to take this opportunity. He has also coached and Michigan and other collegiate programs.
Skye Knox, a first year L10 from Roth's Crosspoint, has committed to Cornell to 2021-2022.
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Casey Brown, a L10 at East Bay, has switched her commitment to Cal for 2022-2023. She was previously committed to Washington. She recently finished 3rd AA at the L10 Dev Nationals.
LSU Assistant Bob Moore, who coached 7 NCAA champions for LSU on VT, has announced his retirement after more than 30 years in the sport.
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Washington has hired Lindenwood Head Coach Jen Llewellyn as their new Head Coach. She's spent the last 9 seasons with Division II Lindenwood, starting up the program and winning three National titles and six Conference championships. She was also twice named USA Gymnastics Coach of the Year. As a standout at Oregon State, Llewellyn (nee Kesler) won regional and Pac 12 Championships on UB and was a three-time All-American. She originally hails from east side of the Seattle area. Her husband Cody was an assistant at LU.
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Simone Biles won her fifth GK US Classic Title, as the countdown to the US Gymnastics Championships and Olympic Trials has begun. UCLA signee Jordan Chiles reaffirmed herself as a leading candidate for the team with a silver and strong 57.1 tally. Florida commit ('22-23) Kayla DiCello put herself into the front runners with a solid 3rd place finish, including 1st on UB.