The full scores can be found here, but I’ll be tracking the leaderboards and major results throughout the weekend and including them as they come in along with my NCAA-based comments.
SENIOR F – Top 10 AA & Notables
Sunday, May 7 – 6:30pm ET
| Rk | Name | NCAA | VT | UB | BB | FX | Total |
| 1 | Nia Dennis |
UCLA 2018 | 9.775 (8) | 9.675 (6) | 9.675 (2) | 9.675 (4) | 38.800 |
| Obviously, it’s going to be important for UCLA to invent a time machine to go back and put Dennis into every floor lineup. She’ll be a contender for each lineup, but it’s the potential bigness on floor (as well as vault, we hope) that will be her most valuable contributions to moving UCLA closer to the title next season. | |||||||
| 2 | Lynnzee Brown | Denver 2018 | 9.850 (3) | 9.725 (2) | 9.425 (16) | 9.700 (2) | 38.700 |
| The exciting part about having another JO star coming in next season for Denver is that she doesn’t have to replace the whole world. It’s mostly building on what’s already there, though that bars total is exciting in terms of the need to replace Julia Ross’s score, along with Brown’s lineup boosting vault and floor sets. | |||||||
| 3 | Kyana George | Cal 2018 | 9.725 (10) | 9.500 (16) | 9.600 (3) | 9.825 (1) | 38.650 |
| Lots of work to do for the Cal freshmen next season to make up for all the routines lost, but it’s a big and talented group capable of the task. George made waves for her floor routine at JOs last year and followed it up with a win this year. She’s going to be a favorite there. | |||||||
| 4 | Lexi Graber | Alabama 2018 | 10.000 (1) | 9.500 (16) | 9.550 (6) | 9.575 (11) | 38.625 |
| A 10? You mean like…a 10? We kind of whined about Alabama’s vaulting this past season being OK but not quite…Alabama vaulting, losing out in the start-value race to the other SEC powers. The very clean 1.5 that Graber typically performs will be a boost. | |||||||
| 5 | Lea Mitchell | Michigan State 2018 | 9.800 (6) | 9.575 (11) | 9.475 (12) | 9.700 (2) | 38.550 |
| Nice to see an unknown interloper among the favored and recognizable names here. It was a solid little JOs for the new Michigan State class, with Maxim getting two top-10 finishes of her own in Senior E. Competitive scores. The new coach will have some fresh pieces to work with in the quest to get back to regionals. | |||||||
| 6 | Drew Watson | Auburn 2018 | 9.850 (3) | 9.675 (6) | 9.275 (27) | 9.500 (18) | 38.300 |
| It’s a big class for Auburn next year with a number of varied contributors, and it needs to be, coming off what was always going to be a lull season. The vaulting in particular dropped off to a significant degree (and won’t appreciate the loss of Rott either), so I like the look of that 9.850. | |||||||
| 7 | Lexy Ramler | Minnesota 2018 | 9.725 (10) | 9.100 (39) | 9.800 (1) | 9.650 (6) | 38.275 |
| It’s a shame about the bars. That’s the event we know her for most of all from elite because of that Comaneci. Might have won the title with her normal hit there. She’ll be the critical part of Operation Not Bars-Horrifying next season, along with becoming the team’s huge all-around star. No pressure or anything. | |||||||
| 7 | Tra’Vanni Jacobs | Kentucky 2018 | 9.550 (26) | 9.700 (4) | 9.525 (10) | 9.500 (18) | 38.275 |
| 9 | Nina Schank | Cal 2018 | 9.625 (17) | 9.750 (1) | 9.375 (17) | 9.500 (18) | 38.250 |
| Another key part of Cal’s reinvigorating mission. I like to see that bars win. Expect a new identity in the bars lineup (the team’s lowest-scoring event last season), with the likes of Schank as well as Alma Kuc’s L-grip pirouetting that the judges definitely won’t know the symbols for. | |||||||
| 10 | Sophia Carter | Arkansas 2018 | 9.700 (12) | 9.575 (11) | 9.550 (6) | 9.400 (35) | 38.225 |
| A good solid result all-around, which is the most important feature of this performance. Arkansas was, through injury, left clutching at the shredded rags of depth last season, so simply bringing events is the first mission for the new gymnasts. | |||||||
| 11 | Payton Bellows | Arizona 2018 | 9.850 (3) | 9.650 (8) | 9.025 (41) | 9.650 (5) | 38.175 |
| Another in the long line of gymnasts who would have finished exceptionally well if not for beam. Arizona is another that had a very good JOs all told. Lots of high finishes. | |||||||
| 12 | Kelley Hebert | UC Davis 2018 | 9.600 (21) | 9.500 (16) | 9.575 (5) | 9.475 (25) | 38.150 |
| 19 | Kylie Dickson | Alabama 2018 | 9.800 (6) | 9.725 (2) | 8.875 (44) | 9.275 (45) | 37.675 |
| A mixed bag of a meet for Miss Dicksonenka, but this new Alabama class is going to bring a lot of routines. That means we won’t have to retire the “Alabama depth depth depth” nugget just yet. | |||||||
| 25 | Charlotte Cooperman | Maryland 2018 | 9.675 (13) | 8.800 (47) | 9.600 (3) | 9.475 (25) | 37.550 |
| 31 | Lauren Bridgens | Penn State 2018 | 9.875 (2) | 8.550 (53) | 9.325 (22) | 9.625 (8) | 37.375 |
| 41 | Jordan Boogerd | Lindenwood 2018 | 9.475 (33) | 9.000 (43) | 8.675 (50) | 9.650 (5) | 36.800 |
SENIOR E – Top 10 AA & Notables
Sunday, May 7 – 1:45pm ET
| Rk | Name | NCAA | VT | UB | BB | FX | Total |
| 1 | Rachel Flam | Stanford 2018 | 9.900 (1) | 9.575 (11) | 9.425 (20) | 9.725 (1) | 38.625 |
| So basically, the plan for Stanford next season is going to be all the freshmen and Elizabeth Price. I MADE YOUR LINEUPS, KRISTEN! Those gigantic vault and floor scores are particular music because…you’ve seen those vault and floor rotations, I don’t have to explain. | |||||||
| 2 | Evy Schoepfer | Oklahoma 2018 | 9.775 (4) | 9.625 (7) | 9.475 (11) | 9.725 (1) | 38.600 |
| Oklahoma has lost a fairly significant chunk of routines after 2017 (about two per event), and while there will be some replacements coming from the current roster, this freshman class of L10 stars will see time and will need to bring a good two events apiece to maintain the same depth. | |||||||
| 2 | Kaitlyn Yanish | Oregon State 2018 | 9.775 (4) | 9.675 (5) | 9.450 (13) | 9.700 (4) | 38.600 |
| The sheer number and quality of routines Oregon State has lost post-2017 (15 of 24 nationals routines) cannot be replaced by this incoming class alone, but there will be pressure on a standout like Yanish not just to contribute but to bring four whole events to bolster those lineups right away. We needed to see something from the newbies, and this counts as something. | |||||||
| 4 | Alonza Klopfer | Alabama 2018 | 9.675 (13) | 9.625 (7) | 9.500 (5) | 9.575 (10) | 38.375 |
| Anyone coming in with the same class as Bailie Key is going to be overshadowed by the expectations for her, but Alabama’s quest to regain more competitiveness than just “solid third in the SEC,” which we got in 2017, will be more about the class than the Key. It’s a lot of gymnasts to replace just to get back to last year’s level (two and three 9.850+ scores per event), let alone improve on that, and Klopfer will be a necessary L10 cog with multiple events. | |||||||
| 5 | Ona Loper | Minnesota 2018 | 9.775 (4) | 9.350 (30) | 9.450 (13) | 9.725 (1) | 38.300 |
| The 2017 season was always going to be a down year for Minnesota after losing all the gymnasts and all the Lindsay Mable the year before, though I don’t think we expected it to be quite so “you almost didn’t make regionals.” The big hope has been Lexy Ramler entering for the 2018 season, but if she’s getting help from another top JO finisher, that’s even more cause for optimism, re: some manner of resurgence. (Why did your low score have to be bars, though? Haven’t we been through enough?) | |||||||
| 6 | Belle Huang | Rutgers 2018 | 9.550 (22) | 9.525 (13) | 9.600 (1) | 9.575 (10) | 38.250 |
| Rutgers! I know, right?! Rutgers has settled into the role of “the other one” in the Big Ten, but with one more year of Shank and Groden, who tend to get the team’s best scores, along with Huang, maybe there’s hope of getting a little bit closer to regionals contention. | |||||||
| 7 | Anastasia Webb | Oklahoma 2018 | 9.900 (1) | 9.150 (35) | 9.475 (11) | 9.700 (4) | 38.225 |
| Webb came in as one of the favorites in this session, didn’t get the bars score for a top, top finish, but still placed well on floor and, getting the most attention, won vault with an Omelianchik. People with NCAA-10.0 vaults are basically JO catnip now. While a couple teams came close, we didn’t see anyone field a lineup of six 10.0 starts last season. Webb could get Oklahoma there for 2018. | |||||||
| 8 | Megan Verceles Carr | Nebraska | 9.675 (13) | 9.425 (26) | 9.525 (3) | 9.550 (15) | 38.175 |
| Carr wasn’t in Nebraska’s release for the new 2017-2018 gymnasts, so…? | |||||||
| 9 | Lauren Farley | Michigan 2018 | 9.375 (27) | 9.525 (13) | 9.575 (2) | 9.625 (8) | 38.100 |
| Cool it, Michigan. Could end up being the big winner of JOs this year. | |||||||
| 10 | Mikayla Magee | Utah 2019 | 9.725 (8) | 9.200 (34) | 9.525 (3) | 9.625 (8) | 38.075 |
| Competing in the senior E session but won’t be NCAA until the season after next, so there’s still time. We’ll see this one again next year. | |||||||
| 10 | Jamie Panchak | UC Davis 2018 | 9.650 (16) | 9.475 (16) | 9.450 (13) | 9.500 (20) | 38.075 |
| Good consistent showing. Please do the AA every day. | |||||||
| 12 | Anne Maxim | Michigan State 2018 | 9.550 (22) | 9.700 (3) | 9.025 (43) | 9.650 (7) | 37.925 |
| Bars was a fairly weak piece for MSU last season, so that 9.700 stands out. | |||||||
| 13 | Kennedy Johnson | Central Michigan 2018 | 9.650 (16) | 9.725 (1) | 9.050 (41) | 9.450 (25) | 37.875 |
| 15 | Emma Hartzler | Iowa 2018 | 9.200 (40) | 9.725 (1) | 9.500 (5) | 9.375 (36) | 37.800 |
| Some serious bars specialists rolling around outside the top 10 in this session. Hartzler also wasn’t in Iowa’s 2017-2018 class announcement but is apparently walking on. | |||||||
| 17 | Haley Pitou | BYU 2018 | 9.625 (19) | 9.700 (3) | 9.400 (21) | 9.025 (48) | 37.750 |
| 20 | Geneva Thompson | Washington 2018 | 9.800 (3) | 9.075 (38) | 9.500 (5) | 9.350 (37) | 37.725 |
| To the commenter looking for vaults for Washington, Geneva Thompson has some notes. | |||||||
| 25 | Yolanda Nodarse | West Chester 2018 |
9.100 (44) | 9.375 (29) | 9.500 (5) | 9.425 (27) | 37.400 |
| 35 | McKenna Linnen | West Virginia 2018 |
9.250 (36) | 9.475 (16) | 9.500 (5) | 8.850 (52) | 37.075 |
| 39 | Samantha Durante | Georgia? 2018 | 9.325 (32) | 9.650 (6) | 9.450 (13) | 8.500 (54) | 36.925 |
| Good thing her life has been so calm and uninteresting lately. | |||||||
SENIOR D – Top 10 AA & Notables
Sunday, May 7 – 9:00am ET
| Rk | Name | NCAA | VT | UB | BB | FX | Total |
| 1 | Abby Brenner | Michigan 2019 | 9.825 (2) | 9.700 (1) | 9.425 (15) | 9.800 (1) | 38.750 |
| The Michigan 2019 crew of Brenner, Wojcik, Mariani, and Heiskell has been cleaning up in JO this year, three of the four qualifying to the Nastia and combining for nine top-5 event placements here (along with Farley’s 2nd on beam in Senior E). This was perhaps the deepest session of all at JOs this year, so winning it is no joke. Michigan has lost a ton of critical routines after 2017, but help is coming. | |||||||
| 2 | Lauren Navarro | Stanford 2018 | 9.750 (4) | 9.450 (15) | 9.675 (1) | 9.725 (2) | 38.600 |
| All eyes on this huge and talented class of Stanford freshmen because the 2018 season is a critical year for Stanford coming off a bleak 2017. It will be the last year of Price (WHAT?), plus all of these high-quality, allegedly-can-actually-compete-four-events freshmen like Navarro (and Bryant and Flam and Lawson). If you can’t succeed with this group… | |||||||
| 3 | Madison Dagen | Oregon State 2019 | 9.750 (4) | 9.500 (11) | 9.550 (5) | 9.650 (7) | 38.450 |
| When Madison Dagen committed, I joked that Oregon State’s entire recruiting strategy has become getting the younger sisters of Florida gymnasts and then luring the older sisters away.
Anyway… |
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| 4 | Rachel Lukacs | Georgia 2019 | 9.725 (7) | 9.400 (21) | 9.550 (5) | 9.675 (5) | 38.350 |
| Lukacs is one of the dominant forces in L10 right now, completing the Nastia-Nationals double in 2016 and placing fairly well at both in 2017 (though I think she was probably the favorite coming into this session). Locking Lukacs down will be one of the keys for the new head as she’s on track to be at least a three-event star. | |||||||
| 4 | Madison Mariani | Michigan 2019 | 9.650 (10) | 9.600 (5) | 9.450 (10) | 9.650 (7) | 38.350 |
| More from Michigan’s 2019 JO army. That class will be tasked with replacing the Brown, Zaziski, and Marinez routines, but should have the numbers to do it. | |||||||
| 6 | Mikaela Meyer | Utah State 2018 | 9.800 (3) | 9.500 (11) | 9.500 (7) | 9.525 (21) | 38.325 |
| Kind of overlooked in the postseason rush was what a significant season this turned out to be for Utah State, emerging as a top-25 power for the time being. With two top vault scores leaving in McIntire and Brown, that 9.800 looks juicy in the quest to keep the trajectory moving upward. | |||||||
| 7 | Natalie Wojcik | Michigan 2019 | 9.850 (1) | 9.100 (42) | 9.650 (2) | 9.700 (4) | 38.300 |
| Wojcik was running away with this one until bars, but the other members of this class all got top-5 placements on bars. Combined, they’re a solid 2.5-3 all-around gymnasts. Wojcik’s highlight is her exceptionally clean 1.5 on vault. | |||||||
| 8 | Jenna Swartzentruber | Ohio State 2018 | 9.750 (4) | 9.600 (5) | 9.350 (24) | 9.575 (12) | 38.275 |
| 9 | Abby Boden |
BYU 2018 | 9.575 (22) | 9.625 (3) | 9.450 (10) | 9.600 (10) | 38.250 |
| 10 | Taylor Lawson | Stanford 2018 | 9.625 (11) | 9.375 (23) | 9.400 (19) | 9.725 (2) | 38.125 |
| Can you be the whole floor lineup, please? Lawson, Lawson, Flam, Lawson, Lawson, Price. | |||||||
| 10 | Lex Burch | Utah 2018 | 9.625 (11) | 9.250 (35) | 9.575 (4) | 9.675 (5) | 38.125 |
| There won’t be too much pressure on next season’s Utah freshman to have a bunch of competition routines since the only sets that need replacing are from Rowe and the injury returns of Schwab and Tessen will be expected to take care of that and more. But, to truly improve on 2017, extra options will need to come from the likes of Burch. | |||||||
| 12 | Ella Warren |
Kentucky 2019 | 9.700 (8) | 9.275 (32) | 9.625 (3) | 9.475 (24) | 38.075 |
| Kentucky won’t have any new gymnasts for a bit (not losing any seniors after 2017), but I’m interested to see if this streak of JO stars over the last two classes is a thing now, where the best JO gymnasts are starting to look at Kentucky. | |||||||
| 16 | Abigail Matthews | Oklahoma 2018 | 9.350 (34) | 9.600 (5) | 9.250 (29) | 9.575 (12) | 37.775 |
| An Oklahoma gymnast who didn’t finish in the top 1 of places? OFF THE TEAM. | |||||||
| 19 | Karrie Thomas | Maryland 2018 | 9.250 (41) | 9.675 (2) | 9.150 (36) | 9.575 (21) | 37.650 |
| Maryland! That’s really all I have to say. | |||||||
| 43 | Hope Masiado | Boise State 2019 | 9.100 (48) | 9.625 (3) | 9.000 (44) | 8.775 (53) | 36.500 |
| Now THAT’s a Boise State line-score. Kidding. But, you know…BARS. | |||||||
SENIOR C – Top 10 AA & Notables
Saturday, May 6 – 6:30pm ET
| Rk | Name | NCAA | VT | UB | BB | FX | Total |
| 1 | Milan Clausi | Cal 2019 | 9.675 (11) | 9.575 (6) | 9.600 (3) | 9.575 (8) | 38.425 |
| This session didn’t really have a standout favorite, so the top positions were always going to the opportunistic few who hit on the day, and Clausi, who finished 23rd last year, fit the bill this time around. Cal’s next two classes have been cleaning up at the JO level the last couple season, which is good because every single gymnast who was ever born just left. | |||||||
| 1 | Maya Bordas |
Illinois 2019 | 9.725 (7) | 9.650 (2) | 9.400 (15) | 9.650 (3) | 38.425 |
| We have a tie! (Inappropriate use of exclamation mark.) With so many coaching changes—and possibly more on the way—a lot of these verbal commitments have been thrown into some level of disarray, but this is an excellent sign for a program that needs its other events to catch up with its beam. | |||||||
| 3 | Sarah Hargrove | Nebraska 2019 | 9.525 (26) | 9.550 (9) | 9.600 (3) | 9.600 (4) | 38.275 |
| Nebraska cleaned up during the Senior C session with five total top-5 event finishes across three incoming gymnasts. More than half of Nebraska’s current routines are coming from gymnasts who won’t be there in 2019, so the novel idea of a large class of gymnasts with multiple areas of contribution is quite appealing. | |||||||
| 4 | Derrian Gobourne | Auburn 2019 | 9.825 (3) | 9.525 (11) | 9.300 (22) | 9.575 (8) | 38.225 |
| Not being able to come up with the big totals on vault and floor anymore in the wake of the losses of Atkinson and Demers brought Auburn low too many times this season, so over the next couple seasons, eyes will be on who can bring vault and floor scores of more than a 9.825 (though there’s hope in the 2018 group as well). | |||||||
| 5 | Haley Brechwald | Pitt 2019 | 9.675 (11) | 9.650 (2) | 9.375 (17) | 9.500 (18) | 38.200 |
| Like Nebraska, Pitt was another winner in the Senior C session with a couple of high-ranking verbals like Brechwald and Chamberlain below. It has been quite a while since Pitt was even in contention for a regionals birth, so with a new coach coming in this season and a couple of top JO finishers the year after, should we start thinking about words like rebirth? | |||||||
| 6 | Adrienne Randall | Utah 2019 | 9.300 (43) | 9.500 (16) | 9.650 (1) | 9.600 (4) | 38.050 |
| A hefty crop of Utah’s expected contributors next season will be underclasswomen with multiple years of eligibility left, so there’s reason for future optimism coming off the good-not-great 2017 season. This beam victory is nice to see for a gymnast in the class tasked with replacing Maddy Stover’s set. | |||||||
| 7 | Katie Chamberlain | Pitt 2019 | 9.450 (31) | 9.525 (11) | 9.475 (7) | 9.575 (8) | 38.025 |
| 8 | Nya Reed | ??? | 9.775 (5) | 9.050 (37) | 9.500 (6) | 9.675 (2) | 38.000 |
| 9 | Eve Micco | ??? | 9.575 (22) | 9.475 (17) | 9.425 (11) | 9.475 (21) | 37.950 |
| It’s somewhat unusual to have “uncommitted” (unannounced) gymnasts in the Senior C group since this session contains only gymnasts who are 17. It’s almost like they didn’t commit during kindergarten graduation or something. | |||||||
| 10 | Abby Heiskell | Michigan 2019 | 9.850 (1) | 9.600 (4) | 8.900 (40) | 9.550 (11) | 37.900 |
| Heiskell was probably the favorite coming into this session (and would have needed just 9.450 on beam to win it) since she finished 5th at the Nastia this year. That’s what beam will do to you. She remains one of the noteworthy 2019ers in JO. | |||||||
| 10 | Kaylee Quinn | Nebraska 2019 | 9.800 (4) | 9.450 (19) | 8.950 (37) | 9.700 (1) | 37.900 |
| 16 | Abigail Johnston | Nebraska 2019 | 9.675 (11) | 8.875 (40) | 9.575 (5) | 9.550 (11) | 37.675 |
| More high finishes from Team Nebraska. Like Heiskell, Quinn would have been in this for the win with a beam hit. | |||||||
| 18 | Kaitlin Harvey | ??? | 9.150 (51) | 9.450 (19) | 9.625 (2) | 9.375 (34) | 37.600 |
| 24 | Deja Chambliss | ??? | 9.775 (5) | 9.325 (26) | 8.900 (40) | 9.350 (39) | 37.350 |
| 28 | Amara Cunningham | Temple | 9.675 (11) | 9.075 (35) | 8.850 (43) | 9.600 (4) | 37.200 |
| 29 | Samantha Smith | Boise State 2019 | 9.725 (7) | 9.050 (37) | 8.800 (44) | 9.600 (4) | 37.175 |
| 37th on bars? Are you sure you have the right school? Boise State doesn’t get out of bed for worse than 8th. | |||||||
| 30 | Allie Stern | ??? | 9.850 (1) | 9.025 (39) | 8.700 (47) | 9.550 (11) | 37.125 |
| 43 | Aleysia Kolyanova | Air Force 2019 | 9.400 (37) | 9.600 (4) | 9.425 (11) | 7.900 (57) | 36.325 |
| With that kind of Russian name, you better have finished top-5 on bars. | |||||||
| 46 | Colby Miller | Ohio State 2019 | 8.725 (57) | 9.800 (1) | 9.225 (26) | 8.350 (55) | 36.100 |
| A couple event champions with 9.800 finished rather low down the standings at this one because of a batch of 9.8s. | |||||||
SENIOR B – Top 10 AA & Notables
Saturday, May 6 – 1:45pm ET
| Rk | Name | NCAA | VT | UB | BB | FX | Total |
| 1 | Makarri Doggette | Alabama 2020 | 9.850 (1) | 9.650 (2) | 9.500 (4) | 9.750 (1) | 38.750 |
| We’re still a few years away from seeing Doggette in NCAA, but she’s shaping up to be one of the top JO recruits in her year along with the highest finishers from the senior A division. In the class she’ll come in to replace, Alabama has a lot of gymnasts but not that many lineup routines so far, so they’ll be looking toward an upgrade that year. | |||||||
| 2 | Rachel Baumann | Georgia 2020 | 9.625 (10) | 9.500 (12) | 9.725 (1) | 9.675 (6) | 38.525 |
| We’re all up in the air with regard to Georgia’s everything right now, but Baumann is presumably part of the crop of exciting recruits for the next couple seasons, as Georgia was beginning to reinvent itself as a hot-spot for ninja L10s. We’ll see. Rachel elected not to pursue senior elite like Alyssa did, but she did win beam here, meaning she’s allowed to remain part of the family. Baumanns win beam. | |||||||
| 3 | Cristal Isa | Arizona 2019 | 9.625 (10) | 9.700 (1) | 9.525 (2) | 9.625 (8) | 38.475 |
| Arizona is among the big winners from day 1, with top-3 finishes in both Senior A and Senior B. For a team that has the ability to be right up with the likes of Washington and Cal right now (but isn’t), these results are an encouraging sign. | |||||||
| 4 | Samantha Davis | Georgia 2019 | 9.750 (5) | 9.575 (6) | 9.500 (4) | 9.625 (8) | 38.450 |
| Another solid result for a Georgia gymnast. Davis is set to come in with the same class as Lukacs and Megan Roberts, one that will be tasked with replacing the Marino/Babalis routines but seems like it should be up to the challenge. Of course, everyone will still have to be locked in with the new administration. | |||||||
| 5 | Madilyn Quarles | Denver 2019 | 9.600 (13) | 9.625 (3) | 9.275 (18) | 9.700 (2) | 38.200 |
| High scores on multiple events are making day 1 look like a win for Denver as well—with four total top-5 event finishes across senior B and senior A, along with the news that Amanar-fetus and junior elite Jaymes Marshall has verbally committed for 2185. | |||||||
| 5 | Karley McClain |
S Utah 2019 | 9.575 (18) | 9.425 (17) | 9.500 (4) | 9.700 (2) | 38.200 |
| SUU’s finish at 22nd this season did not reflect the true quality of the year, which saw them challenge the perennial stalwarts in the teens, though with the potential of the 2017 freshman class and JO finishes from future gymnasts from the same gym like McClain seem to indicate that wasn’t a one-off season. | |||||||
| 7 | Sekai Wright | ??? | 9.825 (2) | 9.400 (19) | 9.350 (16) | 9.500 (20) | 38.075 |
| Anyone need a vault? | |||||||
| 8 | Alexandra Greenwald | Iowa 2019 | 9.575 (18) | 9.600 (4) | 9.275 (18) | 9.525 (17) | 37.975 |
| Bars has been a strong piece for Iowa the last few seasons, but the heavy majority of their lineup and top scores are from upperclasswomen (next season will be interesting…), so this 9.600 on bars is one to put a star next to. | |||||||
| 9 | Julie Wiest | Ball State 2019 | 9.600 (13) | 9.375 (21) | 9.450 (10) | 9.525 (17) | 37.950 |
| Nice to see a top finish from a commit to one of the lower-ranked teams. These things don’t always carry through to NCAA, but that’s a very consistent and encouraging result. | |||||||
| 10 | Makayla Maxwell | ??? | 9.700 (6) | 9.225 (32) | 9.400 (14) | 9.600 (12) | 37.925 |
| 10 | Anna Kaziska | SEMO | 9.275 (37) | 9.525 (10) | 9.425 (11) | 9.700 (2) | 37.925 |
| 14 | Kendra Combs | West Virginia |
9.400 (31) | 9.600 (4) | 9.500 (4) | 9.225 (42) | 37.725 |
| Started on bars and beam and was way out ahead of the rest of the field through two events. | |||||||
| 16 | Jacey Baldovino |
Yale | 9.500 (25) | 9.125 (38) | 9.525 (2) | 9.500 (20) | 37.650 |
| 21 | Griffin James | Alabama 2019 | 9.775 (4) | 9.450 (15) | 8.600 (52) | 9.625 (8) | 37.450 |
| Had a solid meet going there and was in it for a top-10 spot if not for beam. I feel like someone needs a “you are beautiful, you are lovely, go out there and enjoy this.” | |||||||
| 28 | Rachel DeCavitch |
??? | 9.275 (37) | 8.950 (42) | 9.225 (26) | 9.700 (2) | 37.150 |
| 29 | Amanda Elswick | Arkansas 2019 | 9.800 (3) | 8.200 (52) | 9.500 (4) | 9.600 (12) | 37.100 |
| Arkansas will be refilling the Elswick bucket in due course, so it’s all OK. Not competing bars can be like a family tradition. | |||||||
SENIOR A – Top 10 AA & Notables
Saturday, May 6 – 9:00am ET
| Rk | Name | NCAA | VT | UB | BB | FX | Total |
| 1 | Kai Rivers | LSU 2020 | 9.875 (1) | 9.700 (1) | 9.300 (11) | 9.650 (3) | 38.525 |
| Rivers won the Nastia Pink Parade earlier this year with her DTY and DLO, and like Rachel Lukacs last year, followed that up by winning senior A as well. Rivers and Edney will overlap at LSU by one season, so I feel like vault is probably going to be fine. For the foreseeable forever. | |||||||
| 2 | Chloe Widner | Arizona 2020 | 9.750 (2) | 9.550 (4) | 9.450 (4) | 9.675 (1) | 38.425 |
| Those high finishes on vault and floor in particular will be music to the ears of a team that has struggled to stay competitive on those events in recent seasons, although it’s in the extension and toe point on beam where she really excels. The last few rave-review “Arizona” verbals at JO Nationals were Kari Lee (went to Utah), Mackenzie Valentin (transferred to Alabama) and Taylor Lawson (signed with Stanford), so here’s hoping. | |||||||
| 3 | Payton Richards | Florida 2020 | 9.650 (5) | 9.650 (2) | 9.525 (1) | 9.600 (5) | 38.425 |
| Richards is slated to enter in the same class as Morgan Hurd and Riley McCusker (those no-names). Right now, both elites are at least on the “defer to the 2020-2021 season” track, which makes Richards all the more important as she could end up being the one who actually shows up. | |||||||
| 4 | Adela Stoncecipher | ??? | 9.625 (6) | 9.475 (8) | 9.400 (6) | 9.675 (1) | 38.175 |
| No clue. Awesome name though. | |||||||
| 5 | Nicoletta Koulos | UCLA 2020 | 9.400 (22) | 9.550 (4) | 9.375 (7) | 9.575 (8) | 37.900 |
| Winner of the Miss Val Greek Heritage Scholarship for Having Greek Heritage. Fortunately, she’s also successful at gymnastics. Good how that worked out. | |||||||
| 6 | Talitha Jones | Cal 2019 | 9.600 (8) | 9.400 (13) | 9.250 (12) | 9.625 (4) | 37.875 |
| Most of these Senior As are still a couple years away from NCAA, but Jones is closer, which makes her results a little more relevant for our purposes. She’ll be coming in as Ariana Robinson departs, so those higher scores on vault and floor are appealing. | |||||||
| 7 | Kylie Piringer | Nebraska 2020 | 9.525 (12) | 9.250 (20) | 9.350 (8) | 9.525 (10) | 37.650 |
| 8 | Robyn Kelley | UNH 2020 | 9.525 (12) | 9.100 (31) | 9.425 (5) | 9.450 (15) | 37.500 |
| A New Hampshire gymnast who excelled on beam? Well, I’ll be. Join your sisters. You’re supposed to be finding the new vault and floor stars! | |||||||
| 9 | Jane Poniewaz | Oregon State 2020 | 9.425 (20) | 9.200 (24) | 9.250 (12) | 9.475 (12) | 37.350 |
| 10 | Kayla Bird | Oregon State 2020 | 9.525 (12) | 8.800 (39) | 9.475 (3) | 9.475 (12) | 37.275 |
| Two Oregon States round out the top 10. I’m a little worried about Oregon State in the more immediate future because of every single routine leaving after this season, but I’ll take a high finish on beam any day. | |||||||
| 12 | Kylie Gorgenyi | UNH 2020 | 9.700 (3) | 9.475 (8) | 8.725 (39) | 9.300 (32) | 37.200 |
| There’s your vault! Gorgenyi would have finished well into the top 10 with a hit beam. | |||||||
| 19 | Chloe Lashbrooke | ??? | 9.600 (8) | 9.400 (13) | 8.200 (49) | 9.600 (5) | 36.800 |
| 26 | AK Subject |
Denver 2020 | 9.450 (18) | 9.450 (11) | 8.150 (50) | 9.600 (5) | 36.650 |
| When I first saw her name on the start list, I thought it was some kind of formatting error or Kyla Roos-style placeholder, but it turns out she’s a person. One who’s good at floor and who rounds out the “would have been finished really well if not for beam” along with her future teammate below. | |||||||
| 27 | Emma Brown | Denver 2020 | 9.250 (31) | 9.550 (4) | 8.675 (41) | 9.100 (42) | 36.575 |
| 33 | Jenna Dunn | ??? | 8.950 (49) | 8.650 (42) | 9.525 (1) | 9.275 (34) | 36.400 |
| 36 | Megan Teter | ??? | 9.350 (25) | 9.575 (3) | 8.550 (45) | 8.625 (53) | 36.100 |
| 38 | Brenna Brooks | Washington 2020 | 9.700 (3) | 8.325 (53) | 8.575 (44) | 9.350 (27) | 35.950 |
| Vault vault vault vault. | |||||||
| 39 | Ariana Agrapides | Iowa 2020 | 9.625 (6) | 7.850 (57) | 9.200 (16) | 9.250 (35) | 35.925 |
| Former MG Elite elite. The one who was always at junior nationals with Hernandez and Foberg. | |||||||
JUNIOR F – Top 10 AA
Sunday, May 7 – 6:30pm ET
| Rk | Name | Gym | VT | UB | BB | FX | Total |
| 1 | Matilyn Waligora | Olympia | 9.675 (6) | 9.650 (2) | 9.525 (5) | 9.725 (1) | 38.575 |
| 2 | Gabryel Wilson | Olympia | 9.875 (1) | 9.650 (2) | 9.275 (21) | 9.700 (2) | 38.500 |
| 3 | Bailey Ferrer |
Brandy Johnson | 9.825 (3) | 9.600 (7) | 9.400 (13) | 9.550 (6) | 38.375 |
| 4 | Raena Worley | Virginia | 9.600 (11) | 9.525 (10) | 9.575 (2) | 9.550 (6) | 38.250 |
| 5 | Helen Hu | IK | 9.375 (28) | 9.600 (7) | 9.625 (1) | 9.575 (4) | 38.175 |
| 6 | Bailey Lovett | KPAC | 9.300 (38) | 9.525 (10) | 9.575 (2) | 9.650 (3) | 38.050 |
| 7 | Mia Takekawa | Byers | 9.450 (25) | 9.650 (2) | 9.500 (6) | 9.325 (29) | 37.925 |
| 8 | Chloe Bellmore |
Geddert’s | 9.625 (8) | 9.475 (14) | 9.300 (20) | 9.400 (20) | 37.800 |
| 9 | Soraya Hawthorne | Gymstars | 9.800 (4) | 9.200 (30) | 9.200 (27) | 9.400 (20) | 37.600 |
| 9 | Adeline Sabados | Colorado Aerials | 9.325 (34) | 9.525 (10) | 9.425 (10) | 9.325 (29) | 37.600 |
JUNIOR E – Top 10 AA
Sunday, May 7 – 1:45 pm ET
| Rk | Name | Gym | VT | UB | BB | FX | Total |
| 1 | Jillian Hoffman | SCEGA | 9.575 (18) | 9.700 (1) | 9.475 (7) | 9.750 (1) | 38.500 |
| 2 | Luisa Blanco | WOGA | 9.675 (7) | 9.500 (9) | 9.650 (1) | 9.600 (3) | 38.425 |
| 3 | Sierra Brooks | Aspire | 9.775 (2) | 9.575 (7) | 9.575 (2) | 9.450 (14) | 38.375 |
| 4 | Amoree Lockhart | Empire | 9.675 (7) | 9.650 (3) | 9.425 (11) | 9.600 (3) | 38.350 |
| 5 | Aria Brusch |
Cincinnati | 9.650 (12) | 9.600 (5) | 9.500 (5) | 9.325 (29) | 38.075 |
| 6 | Amanda Cashman | Gymland | 9.650 (12) | 9.525 (8) | 9.350 (17) | 9.475 (12) | 38.000 |
| 7 | JerQuavia Henderson | Gym Corner | 9.900 (1) | 9.350 (22) | 9.275 (21) | 9.325 (29) | 37.850 |
| 8 | Sienna Schreiber | Northwind | 9.575 (18) | 9.450 (15) | 9.525 (4) | 9.250 (36) | 37.800 |
| 8 | Erin Elkabchi |
SCEGA | 9.400 (32) | 9.450 (15) | 9.475 (7) | 9.475 (12) | 37.800 |
| 10 | Emma Itoh | North Stars | 9.700 (4) | 9.150 (28) | 9.400 (14) | 9.525 (7) | 37.775 |
| 10 | Hunter Dula | All American | 9.475 (24) | 9.475 (11) | 9.425 (11) | 9.400 (21) | 37.775 |
JUNIOR D – Top 10 AA
Sunday, May 7 – 9:00am ET
| Rk | Name | Gym | VT | UB | BB | FX | Total |
| 1 | Haleigh Bryant | Everest | 9.850 (1) | 9.600 (5) | 9.425 (9) | 9.675 (1) | 38.550 |
| 2 | Carly Bauman |
Chow’s | 9.600 (18) | 9.750 (1) | 9.550 (2) | 9.550 (4) | 38.450 |
| 3 | Sydney Gonzales | Wildfire | 9.775 (3) | 9.275 (21) | 9.450 (5) | 9.575 (3) | 38.075 |
| 4 | Julianne Fehring | La Fleur’s | 9.600 (18) | 9.600 (5) | 9.300 (23) | 9.450 (7) | 37.950 |
| 5 | Kennedy Quay | SCEGA | 9.825 (2) | 9.200 (27) | 9.275 (26) | 9.625 (2) | 37.925 |
| 6 | Madison Rau | Cypress | 9.725 (5) | 9.525 (9) | 9.325 (20) | 9.325 (22) | 37.900 |
| 6 | Emma Pritchard | X-Treme | 9.650 (9) | 9.450 (14) | 9.375 (15) | 9.425 (9) | 37.900 |
| 6 | Elizabeth DeBarberie | Pancott | 9.600 (18) | 9.500 (11) | 9.475 (3) | 9.325 (22) | 37.900 |
| 9 | Teagan Torgerud | Orlando Metro | 9.750 (4) | 9,200 (27) | 9.475 (3) | 9.400 (11) | 37.825 |
| 10 | Kelly Griffin |
Conn | 9.725 (5) | 9.375 (19) | 9.400 (11) | 9.275 (29) | 37.775 |
| 10 | Gianna Gerdes | X-Treme | 9.625 (15) | 9.425 (15) | 9.350 (16) | 9.375 (14) | 37.775 |
JUNIOR C – Top 10 AA
Saturday, May 6 – 6:30pm ET
| Rk | Name | Gym | VT | UB | BB | FX | Total |
| 1 | Quinn Smith | Sunrays | 9.800 (1) | 9.425 (11) | 9.475 (4) | 9.300 (22) | 38.000 |
| 2 | Corinne Bunagan | ENA | 9.600 (9) | 9.475 (7) | 9.575 (1) | 9.225 (28) | 37.875 |
| 3 | Grace McCallum | TCT | 9.775 (2) | 8.900 (41) | 9.575 (1) | 9.600 (1) | 37.850 |
| 4 | Haley Tyson | Phenom | 9.475 (18) | 9.475 (7) | 9.425 (7) | 9.400 (9) | 37.775 |
| 5 | Olivia Queri | RGA | 9.575 (12) | 9.375 (13) | 9.450 (6) | 9.300 (22) | 37.700 |
| 6 | Alyssa Al-Ashari | Geddert’s | 9.700 (4) | 9.725 (1) | 9.100 (35) | 9.100 (38) | 37.625 |
| 7 | Mya Hooten | Rising Stars | 9.550 (13) | 9.175 (30) | 9.375 (10) | 9.500 (2) | 37.600 |
| 8 | Anna Yeates | Byers | 9.550 (13) | 9.350 (14) | 9.325 (17) | 9.325 (21) | 37.550 |
| 9 | Hannah Nam | Cincinnati | 9.275 (30) | 9.300 (19) | 9.500 (3) | 9.425 (7) | 37.500 |
| 10 | Kara Eaker | GAGE | 9.600 (9) | 9.025 (36) | 9.250 (25) | 9.375 (16) | 37.250 |
JUNIOR B – Top 10 AA
Saturday, May 6 – 1:45pm ET
| Rk | Name | Gym | VT | UB | BB | FX | Total |
| 1 | Aleah Finnegan | GAGE | 9.775 (2) | 9.450 (13) | 9.575 (2) | 9.500 (5) | 38.300 |
| 2 | Lali Dekanoidze | Southeastern | 9.725 (4) | 9.600 (3) | 9.500 (5) | 9.425 (12) | 38.250 |
| 3 | Gabbie Gallentine |
Everest | 9.625 (7) | 9.575 (6) | 9.450 (9) | 9.475 (7) | 38.125 |
| 3 | Kaytlyn Johnson | Denton | 9.775 (2) | 9.400 (19) | 9.450 (9) | 9.500 (5) | 38.125 |
| 5 | Ella Cesario | Legacy Elite | 9.650 (6) | 9.625 (1) | 9.325 (20) | 9.450 (10) | 38.050 |
| 6 | Taylor Hipolito | AIM | 9.800 (1) | 9.275 (24) | 9.275 (22) | 9.600 (1) | 37.950 |
| 7 | Jimena Gutierrez | TIGAR | 9.625 (7) | 9.375 (20) | 9.475 (6) | 9.425 (12) | 37.900 |
| 8 | Anapaula Gutierrez | TIGAR | 9.400 (32) | 9.425 (17) | 9.550 (3) | 9.475 (7) | 37.850 |
| 9 | Alexis Jeffrey |
GAGE | 9.475 (26) | 9.625 (1) | 9.425 (11) | 9.250 (28) | 37.775 |
| 10 | Chalyn Walker | AOGC | 9.575 (13) | 9.425 (17) | 9.400 (14) | 9.325 (22) | 37.725 |
JUNIOR A – Top 10 AA
Saturday, May 6 – 9:00am ET
| Rk | Name | Gym | VT | UB | BB | FX | Total |
| 1 | Leanne Wong | GAGE | 9.700 (2) | 9.600 (2) | 9.475 (2) | 9.175 (29) | 37.950 |
| 2 | Zoe Gravier | MG Elite | 9.475 (14) | 9.550 (7) | 9.450 (3) | 9.425 (8) | 37.900 |
| 3 | Selena Harris | Gymcats | 9.775 (1) | 9.475 (10) | 9.400 (10) | 9.200 (27) | 37.850 |
| 4 | Jacquelyn Moran | San Mateo |
9.525 (6) | 9.600 (2) | 9.200 (28) | 9.500 (3) | 37.825 |
| 5 | Faith Torrez |
Scamps | 9.525 (6) | 9.350 (15) | 9.325 (21) | 9.575 (1) | 37.775 |
| 6 | JaFree Scott | GAGE | 9.700 (2) | 9.600 (2) | 9.325 (21) | 9.125 (33) | 37.750 |
| 7 | Morgan Trevor | WOGA | 9.350 (22) | 9.400 (13) | 9.425 (7) | 9.450 (6) | 37.625 |
| 8 | Isabelle Schaefer | Everest | 9.325 (24) | 9.600 (2) | 9.350 (14) | 9.300 (15) | 37.575 |
| 8 | Farah Lipetz | Infiniti | 9.525 (6) | 9.325 (19) | 9.450 (3) | 9.275 (20) | 37.575 |
| 10 | Lana Navarro | Gliders | 9.575 (5) | 9.350 (15) | 9.350 (14) | 9.200 (27) | 37.475 |
| 10 | Emjae Frazier |
Parkettes | 9.400 (20) | 9.350 (15) | 9.350 (14) | 9.375 (12) | 37.475 |
Is AK Subject the new NCAA superhero name of Akory Subject, AJ Jackson style?
I know Emjae Frazier is Margz Frasier’s sister but I guess Lana Navarro similarly belongs to Lauren?
Wait is Aleah Finnegan related to Sarah Finnegan? Cause she also goes to GAGE. Also Leanne Wong: I watched her videos and omg.
Yes! USAgym twitter tweeted that when she won!
Yes, Aleah is Sarah’s younger sister. Possibly a future LSU recruit…
Wait is there a set of twins in Junior B? TOO adorable!
Gabbie Gallentine is right up there in the running for Greatest J.O. Name.
Sekai Wright: dat DTY.
Miss Val go get that!
she probably did – i bet she has a ucla walk-on verbal in her pocket if she doesn’t land with a scholarship elsewhere
Gorgenyi didn’t have a fall on beam…
Don’t forget Oregon State’s other recruiting strategy of getting every Canadian/Australian ever.
Imagine what Nya Reed could do for Washington’s vault/floor scores…and it looks like she’d be an asset on beam too…🤔
Also, the best names in the competition go to Love Birt of Delaware and Autumn Lull from Colorado. Gabby Gallentine has a great ring to it though 😊
Okay in the back of Lauren Navarro’s floor routine, before her last pass someone does a pretty good DTY. WHO IS IT?
Utah’s 18-19 & 19-20 classes looking pretty good… Randall, Magee, Dula followed by Hoffman & Cashman.
Agreed!
AJ Jackson had been Ali until she was twelve years old and a level nine gymnast. Her gym, at the time, got a new coach who brought along one of his former gymnasts named Ally.
The new coach nicknamed Ali, AJ. When she got to college, she attempted to change it, but the gym world knew her as AJ by then.
Her family and hometown friends know her as Ali.
That’s really interesting. I wonder what her perspective is on that.
I don’t think she really cares. Kind of a mellow kid.
According to her twitter Travanni Jacobs is going to Kentucky
Continuing the new Kentucky tradition of, “Can we just do beam three times and maybe bars once?”
Tra’Vanni Jacobs is committed to Kentucky! I think sometimes her name gets spelled as Travanni or Tra-vanni.
Loving Luisa Blanco’s gymnastics. Super clean, beautiful lines.
I believe Charlotte Cooperman is actually going to Yale.
http://ncaagymnews.weebly.com/whats-new/early-signing-period-for-class-of-2017-begins
Milan Clausi (Missy Marlowe’s daughter) has committed to CAL, but wondering if that could change if her stock continues to rise? Wondering if Utah didn’t show an early interest in her? Anyone know details?
Milan had a Utah offer from the cradle… Well that is an exaggeration, but not by much http://archive.sltrib.com/story.php?ref=/sltrib/utes/57743814-89/athletes-gymnastics-utah-marlowe.html.csp I am not privy to her decision to pick Cal, but I wonder if she felt it would easier to go to school away from her mom’s shadow. Plus Cal is a great school and a rising program.
Thanks so much for the info regarding Milan. I must have missed that article. And you thoughts about her Cal decision make perfect sense. 🙂
i think Nia got 3rd on floor not 4th that what I’m seeing on the legacy elite website. great addition for UCLA
I can’t wait to see Nia Dennis at UCLA! She’s such a sunshine!