With regional competitions happening recently, this was one of the most exciting recruiting meet weekends of the year. So buckle up, and enjoy this jam-packed roundup!
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In the elite world, Lia-Monica Fontaine (‘28) and Natalia Jacoby (Georgia, ‘26) competed at the Osijek World Cup. Fontaine had a very strong qualifying round, advancing to vault finals in third place with a 13.583 and floor finals in first place with a 13.400. While she did not qualify for bars or beam finals, she put up strong routines on both events. A 12.733 secured her 14th on bars, and a 12.833 earned her 11th on beam. In finals, she increased her vault score to a 13.983, while on floor she scored a 13.100, both of which also resulted in silver. Jacoby competed on bars and floor, putting up a strong 12.100 on bars for 28th and an 11.233 on floor for 34th.
Meet Results
Region One
Breaking the 39 mark for the first time, four-star Isabelle David (Michigan, ‘26) scored the highest of the entire regional with a 39.225. This included new personal bests on vault, beam, and floor, with her standout Yurchenko one-and-a-half earning a 9.925. Five-star Galilee Vestnys (Utah, ‘27) made a triumphant return from injury to take the second-highest score of the seniors with a 38.925. Four-star Aaliyah Coleman (Ohio State, ‘27) set a new personal best for the third-highest senior score with a 38.900. Four-star Adelia May Occhipinti (Georgia, ‘27) set a new personal best with a perfect 10.0 on her Yurchenko one-and-a-half. Ava NovoGradac (Washington, ‘26) had the highest bars score of the seniors with a 9.875, a career high for her as well. Five-star Morgan Reihl (Clemson, ‘26) took the beam title with a 9.825. Five-star Jada Kim (Georgia, ‘26) earned the highest floor score with a 9.875. Notably, uncommitted three-star Carsyn Coleman (‘26) set a personal best on vault with a 9.900.
Region Two
This region was headlined by two LSU tigers who came out in fighting form. The five-star Nastia Liukin Cup champion Josie Lynch (LSU, ‘27) was champion of the region with a 39.100. She also had the highest score on vault (9.800) and on floor (9.850). Taking second in the region and exceeding her previous personal best by a substantial 0.250, four-star Kiari Sparks (LSU, ‘27) scored a tremendous 39.000, including a new career-high 9.825 on floor. For the third-highest all-around score of the meet, four-star Olivia Choi (Washington, ‘27) eclipsed her previous career high of 38.450 with a 38.625. She also set a new personal best on beam with a 9.825, the highest score of anyone on that event. Sloane Mateo (‘28) scored a 9.750 on bars to be the champion of the event.
Region Three
This meet had a lot of personal bests from fantastic recruits. The highest score of the meet was four-star Emerson Gaa’s (Denver, ‘26) 39.400, which beat her previous best of 39.100 and included career-highs of 9.900 vault and a title-winning 9.950 on beam. Four-star Kendall Torrens (Oklahoma, ‘26) and five-star Shea Orlando (Michigan, ‘26) tied for the second-highest score with 39.225s. Neither of them had broken 39 before. With the fourth-highest score, four-star Sage Bradford (LSU, ‘27) increased her personal best from 38.600 to 39.200, bolstered by career-highs of 9.950 on vault and 9.825 on floor. Auburn commits five-star Elizaveta Grebenkova (Auburn, ‘27) and four-star Brooke Reingold (Auburn, ‘27) tied for 5th with 39.175s, a personal best for Reingold. In a fantastic meet for Denver recruits, the last gymnast to reach 39 was Paityn Adams (Denver, ‘27) with a 39.025, a personal best by more than half a point.
No less than three gymnasts scored a perfect 10.0 on vault. Three-star Mary Ellie Flack (UCLA, ‘27), four-star Finley Scott (Arkansas, ‘26), and Isabella Cox (‘28) all achieved this accomplishment. This was a new personal best for both Cox and Flack, who had previous career highs of 9.925. Marin Bronski (Denver, ‘27) also set a personal best on vault with a 9.900. Torrens, Grebenkova, and Nia Thomas (California, ‘26) all shared the top bars score with a 9.950, a personal best for all of them. Reingold set her own personal best on the event with a 9.925. Adams, Scott, and three-star Adilenne Holt (California, ‘26) achieved career highs of 9.900 on that event as well. Uncommitted Kambry Tucker (‘26) had the highest floor of the meet with a career-high 9.950.
Region Four
Four-star Ayla Miller (Utah, ‘26) earned the highest score of the meet with a 38.775. She was closely followed by four-star Ariana Frechette (Kentucky, ‘26) with a 38.700. Annie Cole (‘28) took third with a 38.325. This was a career high for Cole, exceeding her previous best of 38.250, which earned her third in the junior competition of the Nastia Liukin Cup. Miller and Cole tied for the highest vault score with 9.825s. Miller had the highest bars score with a 9.725. Kate Seaman (‘28) earned the highest beam score with a 9.800. On floor, Kylie Flannigan (New Hampshire, ‘27) tied her personal best to take the top score of the meet with another 9.800.
Region Five
Four-star Payton McClain (Michigan State, ‘27) was the all-around champion here with a 38.900, tying her career high. Just behind her was five-star Cameron Tassone (UCLA, ‘26) with a 38.850. Four-star Reagan Nowak (Alabama, ‘27) rounded out the top three with a 38.625. Tassone took the vault title with a 9.950, while Nowak scored a career-high 9.850. On bars, McClain tied with three-star Morgan Braun (Iowa, ‘27) to take that title. Tassone also took the beam title with a 9.725, and scored a 9.775 on floor to tie for the title with Raegan McCarty (Missouri, ‘26).
Region Six
A strong region for the Razorbacks, four-star Tori Hess (Arkansas, ‘26) took the all-around title with a 38.800, as well as the beam title with a 9.750 and the floor title with a 9.825. Four-star Mylee Grant (Kentucky, ‘26) scored just behind with a 38.725. Uncommitted Giselle Reda (‘27) tied with four-star Julia Cotter (Kentucky, ‘26) to earn the third-highest score of 38.425, a personal best for Reda. Three-star Sabrina Visconti (Arkansas, ‘26) won the vault title, and Reda also earned the bars title with a 9.800.
Region Seven
Continuing her spectacular senior season, five-star Raeya Linton (Stanford, ‘26) had the highest all-around score by a significant margin with her 39.300. She also tied with Ava Trezza (‘28) for the highest vault score of a 9.800, had the highest beam score with a 9.850, and the highest senior floor score. On floor, she tied with Sophia Salvatore (‘28) with a 9.800. Five-star Paige Alexander (Ohio State, ‘26) had the second-highest all-around score with a 38.950, with four-star Leigh Anne Elliott (Alabama, ‘26) taking third with a 38.750. Four-star Lindsay Pseja (Minnesota, ‘26) was bars champion with a 9.900, while uncommitted Wylie Pappas (‘27) set a new personal best on the same event with a 9.750. Alexander matched her personal best on beam with a 9.750, while uncommitted Eliot Buteux (‘27) exceeded hers with a 9.725. Uncommitted Stella Fischer (‘27) also set a new career high with a 9.775 on floor.
Region Eight
Last, but certainly never least, region eight had a spectacular meet. Five-star Sofia Estrada (Oklahoma, ‘26) tied her career high of 39.475 from states to win the all-around here by more than three tenths. Five-star Ella Fine (‘26) took second of the seniors with a 39.125, while also getting the highest bars score of the meet with a 9.875. Three-star Erin Davis (Florida, ‘27) took third with a 39.075, while also exceeding her beam personal best by more than two tenths to score a 9.900 that tied for the title with five-star Imani White (Missouri, ‘26). Bianca Jackson (Rutgers, ‘26) scored her first perfect 10.0 on vault to take that title, while five-star Madyson Boyd (Alabama, ‘26) set a new personal best with 9.900 on the same event. On floor, five-star Jada Oliver (LSU, ‘27) tied her personal best of 9.900 to take that title, and in her first season as a level 10, Sierra Davis (‘28) set a new career high of 9.825 to take fourth in the entire meet.
New Commitments
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Class of 2026
Madyson Boyd, a five-star recruit in the class of 2027 has announced that she will graduate early and join the Crimson Tide in the class of 2026.
- Audrie Serratos will continue her athletic and academic career at Simpson
- Five-star recruit Audrey Snyder has switched her commitment from Auburn and will join her twin sister in the class of 2026 at Clemson.
- Cece Park has committed to Bowling Green. She is a two-time nationals qualifier and has a high event score on beam of 9.675.
- Three-star Camdyn Foster, who had previously committed to the now-discontinued program at Iowa State, has committed to San Jose State. The Spartans are also getting a sixth commit to their 2026 class following the commitment of Vanessa Stubblefield.
- Madison Stewart, a four-star recruit, has committed to UCLA on a full ride. Stewart is a six-time national qualifier, a 2024 national vault champion, and has a high score of 10.0 on the event. She was previously committed to Stanford.
- Maddie Danz has committed to Brockport to continue her academic and athletic career.
- Hamline picked up two commitments for next year’s freshman class as both Samantha Andrews, a current level nine, and Fiona McCloskey announced their commitments to the program this week.
- Piper Mullin is headed to George Washington for her collegiate career following her commitment to continue her athletic and academic career in the capital.
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Article by Gemma Selby and KT Couldrey
