Six teams are set to rumble for the 2026 NCGA national championship this afternoon at Cortland.
Oshkosh and Whitewater earned their spots through Western Regionals, while Brockport and Cortland qualified from the East. La Crosse and Eau Claire punched their tickets with the next-highest season averages nationally.
Reigning champion La Crosse returns to the big stage in a challenging spot against the dominant Oshkosh Titans. Though the Eagles have steadily improved this season, they trail Oshkosh in both NQS and season high. The Titans have had a standout year, making history with the first-ever 195.0 score by a Division III team. While Oshkosh aims to reclaim its national championship dynasty, La Crosse and Whitewater aren’t likely to make it easy. Brockport and Cortland also remain in contention, both strong fixtures at nationals in recent years.
A talented roster of individual competitors will also vie for event titles, each one as deserving as the next. For an in-depth preview of all the teams and individual contenders, check out our breakdown.
Video feed of vault and floor is here and bars and beam here. Scores can be found on Virtius.
Rotation 1: Cortland VT, La Crosse UB, Oshkosh BB, Eau Claire FX
Bye: Whitewater, Brockport
First event warmups are complete and we are ready to go!
Cortland – VT
Bootman: Yurchenko tuck full, low on the landing.
Sutton: Y layout full, good height and distance, step back.
Brown: Yfull, step back.
Mirigliano: Y layout half, controlled for a small hop.
Graham: Chest up well on the Yfull, small hop.
Chapman: Y1.5, underrotated and falls. Props to her for going for the 10.0 SV vault!
La Crosse – UB
Barker: Big arch and over on her first handstand. Gienger to bail. Step on the dismount.
Best: Maloney to bail hs is good, hitting her handstands! Double lay and a step forward.
Hawkins: Nice maloney bail, small step on the dismount.
Main: Pike jaeger, small step back on the blind to double tuck.
Robbins: Step back on the double tuck, kept good swing form from what I could see.
McCormick: Good form on the straddle jaeger to bail, scary fall on her dismount. — Update: she is up and walking.
Oshkosh – BB
Warkentien: Nice bhs loso to open things up. Step out of her RO 1.5
Dorrity: Wobble on on the bhs loso, nice leaps, great height on the gainer full and a stick!
Hayden: Hits her series, front toss is slightly low. Little step on the dismount.
Ellis: Front aerial to bhs is solid. Gets the stuck landing!
Hughes: No problems on her bhs loso,
Jakubiak: Hits the series, maybe some knees, cat leap to front toss flows. 180 on her switch leap, sticks her gainer full. Oshkosh is loving these sticks!
Eau Claire – FX
Preussner: 1.5 to front lay, slightly rushed but controls it on the lunge.
Leese: Lots of momentum on her RO 1.5 lay and dances out well.
Skipper: Double full to a big stag jump, good landing on her second pass.
Andrade: Double pike, bit of an chest forward landing and emphasizes the lunge. Leg form in the 1.5 lay.
Rhia: Rudi to straddle is well done,
Zampella: Bit out of whack on the 2.5, jumps out, tight form in the front lay front full, sizable lunge out.
Individuals
Kearny (Winona) VT: 9.025
Murray (Ithaca) VT: FHS pike half, good height, low chest and a small hop. 9.775
Beatty (Stout) UB: Hits hs, flighty straddle jaeger to bail, blind full to high and STUCK double tuck. 9.825
Lutz (Stout) UB: Nice straddle jaeger to bail, hit hs, no hands double tuck to another stick! Well done for these bars individuals going after a tense moment and a long wait. 9.775
Greene (RIC) BB: Comes off on her triple series, misses both feet on her layout. Step on her piked gainer. 7.375
Krause (RIC) BB: Small wobble on her bhs loso, cat leap to switch half is good, punch tucked front full, sticks it! 9.550
Tally (Simpson) FX: Switch side to straddle half, front layout front full is good 9.650
Marra (Utica) FX: Really nice double pike to start, balance check out of her switch half split full, but otherwise strong leap positions. Floats her 1.5 to front lay. Good height on her double tuck. Oh what a treat to get a three pass routine! 9.825
AFTER ONE: Eau Claire 48.550, Oshkosh 48.525, Cortland 48.250, La Crosse 47.925,
Scores are coming in slowly on Virtius so bear with me. Notable from the first rotation include La Crosse counting a fall on bars and Oshkosh having a full hit event and sticky feet on beam. Cortland had all twisting vaults and even went for the 10.0 SV at the back.
Rotation 2: Eau Claire VT, Whitewater UB, La Crosse BB, Brockport FX
Bye: Cortland, Oshkosh
Eau Claire – VT
Zampella: Nice open Yurchenko layout, essentially a stick?
Obermoller: Y layout full, bit of knee form and a step.
Gerster: Yfull tucked, didn’t get much of a block and sent it quite backwards. Step off the mat.
Cordova: Yfull tucked, steps back.
Berens: Tsuk tuck full, step.
Leese: Yfull, slightly crunchy on the table but a good landing.
Whitewater – UB
Balian: Shaposh to bail hs, small step on the double tuck.
Saenz: Ray a little close right to bail, step forward DLO
Goodwin: Maloney, blind, front giant and releases to catch the low bar in a really impressive handstand, step back on the double tuck.
Heffernan: Small step on the dismount. Notably good toe point she kept throughout.
Copeland: Nice release and handstands, step out of her double tuck.
Magel: Piked jaeger, bail, good hs on high, pretty giant positions, DLO, hop back and a bit of whiplash?
La Crosse – BB
Warren: A stuck RO 1.5 to open for the Eagles.
Vogt: Hits her bhs loso, switch switch is good, solid on the front toss, good pop and a stuck Ro 1.5
Savage: Nails the side aerial two foot. Big wobble out of the bhs loso, cartwheel to 1.5 is stuck.
Main: Wolf turn, bhs bhs loso and hits, stuck gainer full.
Christenson: Bhs bhs loso is good, step on the dismount.
Robbins: Hits her series, small hop out of her RO 1.5
Brockport – FX
Czarcinski: Good front lay front full. Great landing on the second pass, “chooses” to lunge.
Brookins: Lean back out of her first pass. Punch Rudi looked nice.
Wood: High double tuck, front lay to front full, dances out to cover a bit of an off-balance landing.
Gleason: FHS 2/1, bouncy out of it, good leaps, interesting back full to loso to finish.
Saravia: Punch double full, lots of power out.
Hockman: Very clean in the punch full to front lay, tuck full to wolf 1.5
Individuals
Barton (Simpson) VT: Clean form on her yfull, small step back. 9.700
Tally (Simpson) VT: FHS pike half, good block and a step. 9.775
Wong (Gustavus) UB: Straddle jaeger, bail, leg sep on the blind full, double tuck and sticks it!!! 9.350
Nelson (Greenville) UB: Pirouette into gienger, bail hs, blind full to double tuck with a micro hop. 9.625
Beatty (Stout) BB: Bhs bhs loso, clean hit, switch to split 1/4, maybe slightly short of 180. She’s working the dance. And gets the stick on her punch tuck full!
Dorman (Utica) BB: Piked front toss to back tuck series, nails it. Split to 3/4 has a little dip on the landing, sticks her standing gainer full!
Roe (Ursinus) FX: Big double pike, slightly underrotated and hops the lunge. Quick RO 1.5 to layout. High and stumbles and falls back out of her double tuck. 9.175
Schreiber (Ursinus) FX: Clean FHS 2/1, 180 leaps, FHS Rudi loso, good airtime on the loso. 9.800
AFTER TWO: La Crosse 96.600, Eau Claire 96.025, Brockport 48.950, Whitewater 48.625, Oshkosh 48.525, Cortland 48.250
Each team has now had the chance to compete at least once. Brockport threw a party on floor to post the highest event total of the meet so far.
Rotation 3: Brockport VT, Cortland UB, Whitewater BB, Oshkosh FX
Bye: Eau Claire, La Crosse
Brockport – VT
Gibbs: Sticks her tsuk tuck full!
Saravia: FHS front tuck not a ton of distance, step fwd.
Kay: Yfull tuck, hop back.
Pell: FHS front tuck, good bloc and high but opens early. Couple steps back almost to the table.
Langdon: Yfull, excellent height and chest is up. Hop in place.
Hockman: I missed the vault but she had a clean landing.
Cortland – UB
Wong: Big gienger, to bail, form break, small step
Roberts: Fast turnover on the gienger, bail has leg sep, a HUGE double layout and almost sticks but has to step back.
Chapman: Early on the clear hip, has to come off the bar. Recovers with a nice Shaposh to bail, FTDT with a lot of distance, step fwd.
Baradic: Misses her tkatchev, gets it on the second try, fast giants, DLO but buckles on the landing, hand touches down. That’s a counted fall for Cortland.
McSweeney: Good gienger to bail, cold stick on the double tuck.
Adkins: Little low on the gienger to bail, lean giants to a nice DLO, step.
Whitewater – BB
Spadafora: Bhs loso floats, strong leap position. Nails the front aerial, stuck standing gainer full. A strong routine to start off for UWW.
Heffernan: Sideways and comes off on the side aerial bhs. Good leaps. Punch tuck full and a stick or close to it.
Haberstock: Falls on her jump combo. Hits the side aerial, stuck RO 1.5. Whitewater will count a fall on beam.
Gupta: Hit bhs loso, nails the punch front tuck. Small step on the RO 1.5.
Swiebocki: Bhs loso is good, check on the jump combo, gainer pike with a step back.
Magel:
Oshkosh – FX
Gallegos: Nice double tuck opener.
Leaman: Nails her double pike. Leaps are short of 180. Far on the Rudi loso
Radojevich: Potentially OOB on the first pass. Double tuck
Ellis: Clean front through to double tuck goes far, great leaps, good landing on the final pass.
Ratkowski: Switch half to wolf is good. Final pass is a front thru to double tuck, great height on the double.
McGibboney: Front lay to Rudi, lunges out. Double tuck to end, nice landing.
Individuals
Roe (Ursinus) VT: High and clean Yfull, chest up and a bouncy landing. 9.750
Schreiber (Ursinus) VT: Nice laid out Yfull and very much hop in place. 9.750
John (Ithaca) UB: Patient first his, Maloney to bail horizontal, legs together, blind full to double tuck, smallest step. 9.700
Babineaux (Ithaca) UB: Pike jaeger with excellent distance, short of hs on bail, small hop fwd on her double tuck. 9.800
Wong (Gustavus) BB: Wobble on the bhs loso but good form in the air. Nails her cat leap to side aerial, 180 splits, Ro 1.5 is STUCK! 8.800
Nelson (Greenville) BB: Switch leap mount is short of 180, sticks her gainer full! 9.850
Greene (RIC) FX: Punch Rudi to back tuck, clean 1.5 to front lay 9.750
Krause (RIC) FX: Stumbles and falls back out of the front through to double. Leaps are nice, punch lay to front full, lunges back. 8.900
AFTER THREE: Brockport 97.200, Oshkosh 97.175, La Crosse 96.600, Cortland 96.025, Eau Claire 96.025, Whitewater 95.900
Brockport and Oshkosh are jockeying for the lead, meanwhile Cortland and Eau Claire are currently tied. Three rotations down, three to go. Let’s do this.
Rotation 4: Oshkosh VT, Eau Claire UB, Cortland BB, La Crosse FX
Bye: Brockport, Whitewater
Oshkosh – VT
McConkay: And a stick to open for Oshkosh on her tucked yfull!
Muraski: Step out of the yfull
Evans: Yfull laid out with a small hop and lean.
Phillips:
Hughes: Yfull, some form breaks and a step back.
McGibboney: Step back on the yfull, otherwise a good block and clean in the air
Eau Claire – UB
Obermoller: Close tkatchev, medium hop forward on the double tuck.
Montgomery: Tkatchev is good, bail, stuck dismount.
Cordova: Pretty Maloney to Pak, hs in pirouette, gets the stick on the double tuck, clean routine overall.
Hettiararchchy: Pike jaeger to a close catch bail. Low landing on the double tuck.
Rose: Good straddle jaeger to bail. Fast giants to DLO and STICKS!
Vasali: Releases so early on her jaeger and essentially face plants. Gets up but looks shaken.
Cortland – BB
Mirigliano: Super solid on the bhs loso. Split to tuck 3/4 is good, Step on the dismount.
Dobson: Hits the bhs loso, step on the dismount.
Bootman: Nails the front aerial, hip break on the bhs loso.
Graham: Pretty front aerial to bhs loso, lands well. I believe that was a stick on the gainer full.
Sutton: Bhs loso and saves a bigger check, nice front aerial
Meadows: Solid bhs loso, 180 leaps, wobble on the side aerial, suck dismount!
La Crosse – FX
Barker: Front lay to rudi, bit short.
Matulka: Back twisting to front tuck, slight underrotation,
Edwards: Starts with a good double back, front lay full is solid.
Lots of celebrations on floor, the Eagles must be happy with their scores.
Best: Good double tuck first pass, it’s a far view but could have slid back in the lunge.
Robbins: Gets lots of airtime in the front lay out of the back 1.5.
Breckwoldt: Big slide out of the front through to double tuck, front full to a floaty front lay.
Individuals
Greene (RIC) VT: Front entry vault, good landing. 9.550
Krause (RIC) VT: Yfull tucked, underrotated and a medium step forward. 9.300
Sisler (Simpson) UB: High straddle jaeger and a controlled bail, far double tuck, small step back. 9.775
Langston (Utica) UB: Good first hs, muscles the pirouette, pike jaeger to bail is good, DLO to a stick! 9.850
Desjardins (Ithaca) BB: Candlestick mount! Hits her series, RO 1.5 tucked has a slight hop to the side.
Kobusky (Ithaca) BB: Oh she vogues! RO to loso for her series, controlled full turn ends on releve, split to sheep jump has good dynamics. Small hop on her gainer pike. Short and sweet.
Beatty (Stout) FX: First twisting pass lands well. Ro 1.5 to front lay no issues, nice leap extension.
MacAskill (Winona) FX: Long double tuck, slightly low chest, RO 1.5 to full to front pike and just stays in bounds, wow that was jam-packed.
AFTER FOUR: Oshkosh 145.725, La Crosse 145.625, Eau Claire 144.600, Cortland 143.850, Brockport 97.200, Whitewater 95.900
La Crosse goes over 49 on floor and brought the energy to match. Oshkosh leads La Crosse by a tenth, but Brockport could deliver a response on its upcoming third rotation.
Rotation 5: La Crosse VT, Brockport UB, Eau Claire BB, Whitewater FX
Bye: Oshkosh, Cortland
La Crosse – VT
Dalton: A strong yurchenko full that *should’ve* been stuck but she taps one foot forward for balance. That was really impressive.
Powell: Yfull, side step.
Pastore: Yurchenko lay half, step fwd.
Kaspryzcki: Yfull tucked not the most block on that, step forward.
Kehr: Yfull tucked, backwards momentum
Breckwoldt:
Brockport – UB
Schulman: Good gienger, short bail hs, controlled step out of the double.
Klucinec: Short hs, nice tkatchev, leg sep on the bail, step on the double tuck
Saravia: Falls on the jaeger. Bail loses form, toe pike half is stuck.
Satter: Gienger is close and so is the bail, though has a nice double tuck with a minimal step.
Kay: Tucked jaeger to bail, hop back on the DLO, kept great form.
Brookins: Missed her release, Pak is really well done, holds hs on high, stuck double tuck!
Eau Claire – BB
Gerster: Hits the bhs loso. Falls on the jump combo, step on her dismount.
Armos: Hit her series, excellent leaps to 180, sticks the RO 1.5!
Vasali: Nice leap position, cartwheel 1.5 is stuck!
Gehlon: Good bhs loso, bhs 1.5 tucked, hop fwd.
Guynn: Pretty front aerial to split, good toe point and straight legs. Bhs loso is clean, punch front full tucked and sticks.
Dahlin: Nails her series, switch half stays solid. Step on the gainer pike.
Whitewater – FX
Dudziak: Front thru to double, to the corner. Nice landing on the final pass.
Magel: Good double, maybe a tad squatty in the landing. Front lay front full, jumps out of it, FHS rudi is low.
Heffernan:
Copeland: Rudi and a big lunge, almost too big. RO 1.5 to layout, the twist was really high.
Vavala: Snaps into a lunge after the double pike. Great straddle leaps. Falls on her final pass.
Rider: Nice double pike, pretty twisting. RO double tuck to close with a good lunge out.
Individuals
Beatty (Stout) VT: Yurchenko layout, hop back.
Qualich (Stout) VT: Clean. REALLY clean FHS pike, stuck.
Roe (Ursinus) UB: Nice first HS, clean gienger, bail to hs, DLO and a step. Overall great technique.
Bunch (RIC) UB: Far catch on the Shaposh and comes off safely. Goes again, good on the second straight to bail, blind full double.
Kraft (Winona) BB: Comes off on her triple series. Snappy leaps. RO double full with a step.
Hamilton (Winona) BB: Front walkover to walkover 1/4 series, forward gainer full, a step.
Wong (Gustavus) FX: Drills the double pike, big leaps. Falls on her second pass.
Nelson (Greenville) FX: Powerful double tuck, switch side Popa gets nice extension, showcases flexibility in her dance, punch layout to front full is clean. RO 1.5 to layout to wrap.
AFTER FIVE: La Crosse 194.100, Eau Claire 192.800, Oshkosh 145.725, Brockport 145.325, Cortland 143.850, Whitewater 142.975
Eau Claire and La Crosse have finished the competition and their scores are locked in. Oshkosh needs a 48.400 to overtake La Crosse, and Brockport a 48.800. The Titans’ season high on bars is a 48.700, so it’s well within reason. Brockport will need to go lights out on beam to get the edge. There’s a certain magic in the room. Welcome to the final event.
Rotation 6: Whitewater VT, Oshkosh UB, Brockport BB, Cortland FX
Bye: La Crosse, Eau Claire
Whitewater – VT
Balian: Yfull layout with a hop back.
Copeland: Yfull and a step to the side.
Magel: FHS pike, small hop.
Vavala: Yfull, pike down and a hop.
Spadafora: FHS FHS pike. Wait, what!!
Rider:
Oshkosh – UB
Hughes: Nice first hs, straddle jaeger to bail, leg sep. Step on the double.
Bretschneider: Great hs, far on the jaeger and falls. Remounts, Pak, DLO with a step.
McGibboney: Tkatchev, bail, hits hs, stuck double tuck!
Hayden: Clear hit to hs, gienger to bail, blind full on top of the bar to double tuck and sticks it cold!
McConkay: Gienger flows, bail RIGHT to handstand, that was satisfying. Blind full and sticks the double tuck!
Evans: Great piked jaeger to bail, and another huge stick for Oshkosh.
Brockport – BB
Kay: Nails the bhs bhs loso, wobbles on the turn, small hop on the dismount.
Schulman: Bhs loso, shoulders off but holds on. Leg up after the front toss. Step on dismount
Brookins: Only saw her dismount– punch front full tucked, big hop forward.
Strain: Front aerial to loso is solid. Quick and 180 leaps,
Gleason: Long front aerial to bhs loso, super solid. Great leap extension. Punch full dismount, stickyyy
Hockman: Bhs bhs loso, arm circle but stays on. Over 180 leaps. Nails the front aerial, punch layout full and sticks it!
Cortland – FX
Mirigliano: Low chest and rebounds out of the double tuck. Aaaand a death drop!
Fishkin: 180 extension on her switch full to split full, RO 1.5 is overrotated but gets the layout around.
Bootman: Punch full to layout and gets a rebound out of it before the lunge. Exellent leaps.
Adkins: Jumpy out of her first pass. Front full to front lay and lunges out well.
Roberts: RO double pike rotates well.
Sutton: Double pike, chest down. Turns into her RO 1.5 to lay, squats in the landing but stays on her feet.
Individuals
Wong (Gustavus) VT: FHS pike half, hop. 9.550
Nelson (Greenville) VT: Yfull, lots of distance, a hop. 9.600
Greene (RIC) UB: Blind to bail hs, toe up, hits the dismount with a hop. 9.525
Krause (RIC) UB: Bail to hs, great toe up , several circles on high, blind and dismounts with a very unique salto out of a handstand. 9.575
Roe (Ursinus) BB: Clean leaps, bhs bhs loso, leg lift and an arm circle but holds it. Chest down on her split 3/4, punch tuck full, small step. 9.400
Resnick (Simpson) BB: Hits her series. Bhs gainer layout full and sticks!
Freyman (Ithaca) FX: Punch double full to front tuck, misses the punch and falls. Punch Rudi to stag jump is nice.
Murray (Ithaca) FX: All eyes are on Murray to bring this meet home! Punch front full to layout is clean, leaps are extended and snap well, a high double pike to close!
FINAL: Oshkosh 194.750, La Crosse 194.100, Brockport 193.875, Eau Claire 192.800, Whitewater 192.450, Cortland 192.225
VT: Brekwoldt (La Crosse), McGibboney (Oshkosh), Hockman (Brockport), Qualich (Stout) – 9.800
UB: Evans (Oshkosh) – 9.900
BB: Nelson (Greenville) – 9.850
FX: McGibboney (Oshkosh), Gleason (Brockport), Hockman (Brockport), Murray (Ithaca), Beatty (Stout), Nelson (Greenville) – 9.850
AA: Nelson (Greenville) – 38.925
And that’s a wrap on the 2026 NCGA Nationals! The Oshkosh Titans claim the win after a 49-plus in the final rotation to give more than a few Division I schools a run for their money on bars. La Crosse put up a good fight, posting its own 49-plus on floor after persevering through a difficult start. Brockport kept in step with the leading WIAC rivals until the very end. Amara Nelson of Greenville took the all-around title as an individual, picking up the beam title and a share of the floor title in the process. Nelson beat her career records in the all-around, bars, and beam, showcasing her prowess and the sheer power of individual competitors.
Each participating school had wild moments, big cheers, and brought unmatched positive energy throughout the entire competition and the season as a whole. Cheers to another amazing year for the NCGA!
Outstanding Senior Gymnast: Kaeyln Tally (Simpson)
NCGA National Coach of the Year: Jessie DeZiel (Eau Claire)
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