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                        2013 AT&T American Cup Champion Katelyn Ohashi of WOGA underwent shoulder surgery on Friday, April 5.  According to a statement on the USAG website, Ohashi's surgeon is "optimistic for a quick recovery." Following her American Cup victory, Ohashi missed Team USA's recent International Exchange competitions reportedly due to a sore back.  Ohashi is known for her difficulty, particularly on balance beam. With a strong showing at the American Cup, her fi...

A University of Oklahoma sophomore was surprised to be named team caption of the men’s gymnastics team, especially after recovering from shoulder surgery last summer. Dylan Akers is an OU sophomore on the men’s gymnastics team.  He is energetic and driven according to Junior Captain Presten Ellsworth. “We feed off of energy and Dylan is what brings that to the table,” Ellsworth says. These are a few reasons why the team selected Akers to be their captain.  Mark Williams, head coach of the team, says Akers has ...

Alex Tighe posts the meet's top score on parallel bars to lead his team to a repeat victory at the ECAC Championships! Watch more video of ECAC Men's Team and All Around Championships on Gymnastike RECAP: The Owls keep the title. On Friday evening at the 2013 Men's Gymnastics Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship, the No. 13 Temple Owls earned a meet-high score of 411.650 to repeat as the league champions and earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships. Senior Alex Tighe won the ECAC title on parallel bars with his score...

(c) Erin Long The NCAA released the schedule for the NCAA Championships semifinals held on Friday, April 19th at UCLA.  Seeding is determined by National Qualifying Score (NQS) calculated by taking a teams regional score and adding it to the teams Regional Qualifying Score (RQS).  SESSION I (12pm PST) #1 Florida #4 Georgia  #5 LSU #8 Minnesota #9 Stanford   #12 Illinois  Individual Competitors Aubree Cristello (Arizona) Sharaya Musser (Penn State) Emily Wong (Nebraska) Jessie DeZiel (...

(c)Oklahoma Gymnastics The No. 2 University of Oklahoma men's gymnastics team captured its 20th conference title and 12th in the past 15 years Saturday night with its second-consecutive Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) Conference Championship Saturday night in Colorado Springs, Colo. The Sooners posted a 435.350 to finish ahead of No. 4 Stanford's 425.950. No. 9 California finished third with a 419.550, while No. 11 Air Force scored a 416.400. Oklahoma became the only team in the country in conference championship meets to score a 70....

Women's NCAA 2013 Team Rankings by National Qualifying Score (c) Erin Long Florida, Oklahoma and Alabama remain as the top 3 in the rankings following their regionals this weekend. #5 LSU was victorious at the Columbus Regional and #7 Michigan won the Morgantown Regional.  National Qualifying Scores are  (NQS) calculated by adding the each of the team's regional championship score to their Regional Qualifying Score (RQS). The top 2 teams from each regional qualifed to the NCAA Championships.  Rank Team Name NQS Regional Team RQS...

(c) Oklahoma gymnastics On Sunday, the NCAA announced the teams and individuals that have advanced to compete for the 2013 National Collegiate Women’s Gymnastics Championships. The championships, hosted by UCLA, will be held at Pauley Pavilion April 19-21. The women’s gymnastics championships consist of 12 teams and 12 all-around competitors (who are not on a qualifying team) and individual event specialists. The top two teams and the top two all-around competitors from each of the six regionals have advanced to the national champi...

April 7, 2013 INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- Following its first-place finish at the NCAA Morgantown Regional yesterday, the No. 5-ranked University of Michigan women's gymnastics team was picked to compete in the evening session (6 p.m. PDT) of the semifinals at the NCAA Championships on Friday, April 19, the NCAA announced Sunday (April 7). The Wolverines will square off with Oklahoma, Alabama, UCLA, Utah and Arkansas in their session, while Florida, Georgia, LSU, Stanford, Minnesota and Illinois will compete in the first session at noon PDT in ...

 Peyton Ernst of Coppell, Texas/Texas Dreams Gymnastics, won the all-around silver medal with a combined score of 56.550 at the 2013 Tokyo World Cup, held today at the Metropolitan Komazawa Olympic Park General Sports Ground in Tokyo. Japan’s Asuka Teramoto, 56.825, won theall-around title, while Elsabeth Black of Canada, 55.900, finished third. The Tokyo World Cup is an International Gymnastics Federation all-around World Cup competition and is the final event in the 2012-13 series. Today, Ernst posted scores of 13.375, balanc...

(C) Christopher Mitchell   The dream season continues for Head Coach Meg Stephenson and her No. 8 Minnesota Gophers. The magic started back in January when the Gophers defeated #1 Michigan in a huge upset that shook up the NCAA rankings. The magic continued this past weekend at the Gainesville regional where the Gophers placed second behind the #1 Florida Gators to qualify to the NCAA Championships for the first time since 2002.  The team was under tremendous pressure during the final rotation sitting in third place.  ...