UCLA has made it official and has elevated Associate Head Coach Chris Waller to Head Coach. He's been on the coaching staff for 17 years. The former Bruin athlete was an NCAA champion, US Champion and Olympian.
Link: UCLA Release.
The Men's JO Nationals were held this past weekend in Reno and champions were crowned in the Junior Olympic and Junior Elite levels. Here are some of the NCAA related results:
2019 NCAA team, vault and AA champ Maggie Nichols was named the 2019 Honda Award winner for gymnastics. In total, she is a six time champion, including the back-to-back AA champ.
Link: Release
Utah has announced the hiring of Garrett Griffeth as an assistant coach. His wife, Courtney McCool Griffeth, will be a volunteer assistant and choreographer. They join the Utes from Arkansas, where they spent the last year. Prior to that they were at TWU.
The couple replaces Robert Ladanyi, the former assistant, and BJ Das, the former volunteer choreographer, who left to pursue other opportunities. Previously, Carly Dockendorf was named the other assistant.
Link: Release
Jeff Robinson is leaving his coaching post and joining a Cirque du Soleil project.
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Michigan has signed Sierra Brooks for 2019-2020. The L10 from Aspire will graduate high school one year early and join the Wolverines for next season.
Link: Release
Gail Goodspeed has coached UNH for 40 years.
Maryland has added Auistynn Lacasse, Sophia LeBlance and Emma Silberman as walkons for 2019-2020, according to a school release. The commits of all three were covered previously.
Link: Release
Mykayla Skinner has announced her decision to resume elite training and test the waters for an Olympic run. The Utes are holding her spot in the event that she returns in the fall.
With the retirement of Megan Marsden, Utah quickly moved to hire Carly Dockendorf as Assistant Coach. Dockendorf, a former gymnast with UW, coached gymnastics and track and field at SPU. She joined Utah's staff two years ago as Volunteer Coach. This season she has been the director of recruiting and development for Utah's gymnastics team.
Utah co-Head Coach Megan Marsden has announced her retirement after 35 years in coaching. The former Ute standout and National Champion had been co-Head Coach since 2010. Her husband Greg Marsden retired in 2015. Current co-Head Coach Tom Farden will take over as the sole Head Coach for the Utes.
Link: Release
Battling through the last event trailing the heavaily favored OU, Stanford rocked their Rings sets to pull out the win, 415.222 to 414.556. OU was the four time defending champions but suffered too many more serious mistakes. Nebraska was third at 407.489 and Michigan 4th at 406.354. Host Illinois was close behind with a 405.358 for fifth, while PSU rounded out the field with a 399.725.
Oklahoma is your 2019 Women's Team Champion! They posted a big score of 198.3375 for the win. LSU was 2nd at 197.825, Defending champ UCLA was 3rd at 197.5375. DU placed a historic 4th at 197.0.