Recruiting Roundup: March 2022

Welcome to your monthly recruiting news. Take a look at all NCAA commits, top club meet results and training updates for the past month in college gymnastics recruiting. Additionally, check out how this month’s commits changed their teams’ class rankings.

Committed Tracker

  • Cal signee Miki Aderito talked to us last year about her struggle with mental blocks on bars, which could get so severe not to allow her to compete a full routine. She’s overcome them now and this month she scored a perfect 10.0 on this event.
  • Pitt signee Natalia Pawlak scored a 10.0 on bars and commit Gabi Ortiz scored a 10.0 on vault.
  • Alabama commit Lily Smith scored her second 10.0 of the season on bars for a stunning routine with immaculate form. So did her future teammate Chloe LaCoursiere, who already scored a 10.0 on bars last year.

Uncommitted Watcher

  • Kelsey Slade, in the class of 2024, got a 10.0 on vault for her Yurchenko full. It’s her second perfect score of the year.

Meet Results

  • Kyen Mayhew, in the class of 2023, won the Arizona state meet with a big 39.125, ahead of Kelsey Slade (39.100) and Miki Aderinto (38.925).
  • Alabama commit Chloe LaCoursiere won the SoCal state meet with a 39.000, which included a 10.0 on bars.
  • Former elite Sophie Parenti, in the class of 2024, won the NorCal state meet with a 39.025.
  • UCLA signee Selena Harris won the Nevada state meet with a 38.900, which included a 9.975 on vault for her Yurchenko 1.5.
  • Arkansas signee Morgan Price won the Texas state meet with a 39.025.
  • Avery Neff, in the class of 2024, scored a 39.225 to win the Utah state meet.
  • Alabama commit and 2022 Nastia Liukin Cup champion Jamison Sears won the Virginia State meet with a 39.075.

Elite Corner

  • LSU commit Konnor McClain won the DTB Pokal Team Challenge, ahead of Italy’s Olympians Asia D’Amato and Martina Maggio. Cal signee eMjae Frazier was fourth and Florida commit Skye Blakely was sixth. Central Michigan alumna Denelle Pedrick, who competed for Canada, was ninth. McClain also won the beam title and Pedrick the vault title.
  • Tokyo Olympian Luciana Alvarado of Costa Rica, who caught fans attention for competing a BLM-inspired floor routine at the Olympics, has committed to Central Michigan for the 2023 season.
  • Jessica Gadirova, in the class of 2023, won the British championships ahead of Cal commit Ondine Achampong, in the class of 2022, and twin sister Jennifer Gadirova.

Commits (Class of 2022)

GymnastNCAA TeamClub GymPersonal BestsVideos
Brenna MillsAir ForceVA Techniques, VAVT: 9.400
UB: 9.050
BB: 9.125
FX: 9.000
Personal YouTube Channel
Janie OttenbrietAir ForceOlympia, MIVT: 9.050
UB: 7.950
BB: 9.300
FX: 9.150
Personal YouTube Channel
McClaine DaigleArizona StateWorld Champions Centre, TXVT: 9.575
UB: 9.375
BB: 9.300
FX: 9.625
Personal YouTube Channel
Amy ForetCentenaryEmpire, TXVT: 9.425
UB: 9.375
BB: 9.475
FX: 9.475
Personal YouTube Channel
Luciana AlvaradoCentral MichiganCosta RicaYouTube Video
Ella NashGustavus AdolphusSpearfish, SDLevel 9
VT: 8.700
UB: 8.100
BB: 7.750
FX: 8.950
Personal YouTube Channel
Tali JoelsonIllinoisCascade Elite, WAVT: 9.375
UB: 8.650
BB: 9.425
FX: 9.500
Personal YouTube Channel
Mackenzie FlutmanIllinois StateFlipstar, ILVT: 9.475
UB: 9.150
BB: 9.350
FX: 9.750
Personal YouTube Channel
Maddy MatassaIowa StateDocksiders, MDVT: 9.525
UB: 8.875
BB: 8.875
FX: 9.575
Personal YouTube Channel
Kayla TonioloLIUSCATS, CAVT: 9.200
UB: 9.450
BB: 8.900
FX: 8.800
YouTube Playlist
Casey PoddigMissouriSt. Louis Gym Centre, MOVT: 9.500
UB: 9.300
BB: 9.550
FX: 9.600
Personal YouTube Channel
Annika ColeSimpsonGymnastic Academy of Rockford, ILVT: 9.175
UB: 9.375
BB: 9.500
FX: 9.475
Personal YouTube Channel
Ava KellySouthern ConnecticutRock, NJVT: 9.275
UB: 8.225
BB: 9.150
FX: 9.175
Personal YouTube Channel
Jordynn CromartieUtah StateWorld Champion Centre, TXVT: 9.450
UB: 9.275
BB: 8.950
FX: 9.950
Instagram
Brinna BalianUW-WhitewaterFlames, AZVT: 9.675
UB: 9.300
BB: 9.350
FX: 9.325
Personal YouTube Channel
Elaine CopelandUW-WhitewaterEmpire, TXVT: 9.375
UB: 8.900
BB: 7.300
FX: 9.000
Personal YouTube Channel
Gaby HinkleUW-WhitewaterCapital City Flips, MIVT: 9.150
UB: 8.350
BB: 9.050
FX: 9.075
Personal YouTube Channel

Commits (Class of 2023)

GymnastNCAA TeamClub GymPersonal BestsVideos
Halle GregoireArizona StateAmerican Gold, NDVT: 9.725
UB: 8.675
BB: 9.250
FX: 9.100
Instagram
Kelsey LeeGeorgiaLakewood Ranch Gymnastics, GAVT: 9.600
UB: 9.700
BB: 9.550
FX: 9.400
YouTube Video
Kennedy Griffin
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MissouriGymnastics World, OHVT: 9.700
UB: 9.275
BB: 9.525
FX: 9.825
Personal YouTube Channel
Rayna Light
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MissouriGolden City, FLVT: 9.800
UB: 9.800
BB: 9.700
FX: 9.850
Personal YouTube Channel
Kaia Tanskanen
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MissouriMichigan Elite, MIVT: 9.675
UB: 9.625
BB: 9.700
FX: 9.825
YouTube Video
Ashley KnightNorth CarolinaHigh Point, NCVT: 9.750
UB: 9.350
BB: 9.475
FX: 9.550
Instagram
Courtney McCannOhio StateWOGA, TXVT: 9.250
UB: 9.525
BB: 9.500
FX: 9.650
Personal YouTube Channel
Mary GreenOhio StateFLYTZ USA, OHVT: 9.225
UB: 7.900
BB: 9.225
FX: 9.300
YouTube Video
Ashley Maul
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Penn StateWorld Champions Centre, TXVT: 9.550
UB: 9.525
BB: 9.525
FX: 9.725
Instagram
Marissa AshtonSan Jose StateBIO, GAVT: 9.625
UB: 9.525
BB: 9.425
FX: 9.600
Personal YouTube Channel
Ui Soma
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StanfordAsahi Life, JapanPersonal YouTube Channel
Delaney Dehaan
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TowsonTampa Bay Turners, FLVT: 9.450
UB: 9.375
BB: 9.650
FX: 9.800
Personal YouTube Channel

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Article by Talitha Ilacqua

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