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TWU Signs Cashmore
TWU has announced the signing of Jenna Cashmore, as expected.
Link: Release
List of Women's Qualifiers
All of the Top 2 seeds advanced with no upsets this season, although some #2s knocked off the #1 seed in their Regional. Here's the full list of qualifiers (based on tentative results from live stats).
Ursinus Wins NCGA East Championships
Ursinus scored a school record 193.55 to win the East Regional and qualify to the NCGA Championships in two weeks. They also set new team records on the VT, UB, and BB.
| 1 | Ursinus College | 193.550 |
| 2 | Brockport State | 193.075 |
| 3 | Cortland State | 191.450 |
| 4 | Springfield College | 189.075 |
| 5 | Ithaca College | 188.075 |
| 6 | Rhode Island College | 180.100 |
Ursinus was led by Kaelin Ruoss' win in the AA, a 38.675 school record. Teamamte Kristina Steffenhagen won the FX with a new recoard, and was named NCGA East Gymnast of the year. Ruoss was frosh of the year. Teammate Jillian Casarella won the BB.
Cortland State's Amanda Scanlon won the VT. Brockport State's Stephanie Schuler won the UB.
Link: Ursinus Release
Utah 197.275 at Georgia 197..4
Host UGA edged undefeated Utah by just 0.175 points. A pair of UGA frosh tied for individual titles: Natalie Vaculik tied for the BB title with Utah's Baely Rowe. Meanwhile on FX, Gigi Marino tied with Utah's Becky Tutka. Utah split the remaining hardware. Kari Lee won VT while Georgia Dabritz won the UB. Ute Tory Wilson also won the AA with a 39.275.
Link: Release
Men's Winter Cup Preliminary Results
In a close preliminary session at the 2015 Men's Winter Cup, former Illinois star Paul Ruggeri (87.7) edged former OU standout Steven Legendre (87.6) and former Cal star Donothan Bailey (87.5) for first. Cal's Kevin Wolting was the top active NCAAer in 8th, with OU's Allan Bower and Hunter Justus in 9th and 10th. Stanford's Akash Modi was 11th but first in the first preliminary session. Competition continues on Saturday.
Link: Results
Weekly Recap: Heading to the Mid-Point
We're almost halfway through the season, and we're going to see a switch to the Regional Qualifying Score (RQS) in a few weeks. Now that the jitters and novelty of the new season is wearing off, we're starting to see some clear trends emerge. "Slow Starters" are making big improvements while "Early Leaders" are finding new teams nipping at their heels. As we head into the "mid-point shakeup", here are some observations.
Men's Nationals Ranking for the Week of February 9th
OU still holds the top spot in the Men's Poll, but there has been activity in the poll this week. PSU is now in 2nd and Illinois in 3rd. Both received a first place vote in this week's poll.
Bridgeport 194.125, Ursinus 190.325, RIC 173.4 at West Chester 191.825
Bridgeport won the quad meet with another season high. Sasha Tsikhanovich won the floor for the Purple Knights, while Amber Hill won UB and Rachel Dicarlo won BB. For West Chester, Majesta Valentine won the AA with a 38.775. Urisinus' Kristina Steffenhagen won the vault.
Link: Bridgeport Release
Weekly Recap: Scoring "201"
We're a full month into the season and we're going to take a break from our regular weekly recap to take a look at how judges score routines. But rather than explaining the basics, we are offering a course in "Scoring 201": an intermediate look at some of the deductions beyond the obvious and clear deductions taken by the judges. We are hoping to shed light on where the judges in more strictly judged meets are taking their deductions, for fans that may be unfamiliar with the more subtle points of scoring. We're not experts, but this will hopefully serve as an intermediate lesson on some of the key things that you can usually watch for.
Weekly Recap: The Field Bunches Up
Another weekend has passed, and we've see more questions open up about the season as the rankings have shuffled once again. Team that started strong have since wobbled a bit, while others with some early stumbles have steadily climbed. And we've seen some others that have been steady and consistent in the meets thus far, and have solid Top 25 positions to show for it. As 197 becomes the new 196, let's see how the week has gone....