Gymmin' Miel!: Conference Championships

Oklahoma Sweeps Big 12 Titles

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The University of Oklahoma dominated at the Big 12 Conference Championships, earning the team title over Iowa State University and West Virginia University. Oklahoma Junior Taylor Spears had a fabulous meet, earning the All Around, Uneven Bars (tied with team mate Brie Olson), and Balance Beam (tied with team mate Rebecca Clark) titles and was also named the Big 12 Gymnast of the Year. Freshman Maile'ana Kanewa won the Vault title. Fellow OU Gymnast Haley Scaman (Freshman) who the Floor Exercise and was also named the Big 12 Newcomer of the Year. Oklahoma head coach K.J. Kindler was named the Big 12 Coach of the Year with Sophomore Lauren Alexander being named the Specialist of the Year. Iowa State's Senior Elizabeth Stranahan was named Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

TEAM RESULTS:

University of Oklahoma (49.325, 49.550, 48.825, 49.500) 197.200
Iowa State University (49.050, 49.025, 49.050, 49.050) 196.175
West Virginia University (49.100, 47.875, 48.975, 48.725) 194.675

ALL AROUND:

Taylor Spears (Oklahoma) 39.600
Kaylyn Millick (West Virginia) 39.200
Elizabeth Stranahan (Iowa State) 39.175
Hope Sloanhoffer (West Virginia) 39.075
Brie Olson (Oklahoma) 39.025
Erica Brewer (Oklahoma) 38.775

VAULT:

Maile'ana Kanewa (Oklahoma) 9.925
Brie Olson (Oklahoma) 9.900
Milan Ivory (Iowa State) 9.875
Elizabeth Stranahan (Iowa State); Taylor Spears (Oklahoma); Haley Scaman (Oklahoma); Kaylyn Millick (West Virginia); Alaska Richardson (West Virginia); Jaida Lawrence (West Virginia) 9.850
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Caitlin Brown (Iowa State); Madison Mooring (Oklahoma); Hope Sloanhoffer (West Virginia) 9.800
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Hailey Johnson (Iowa State) 9.775
Alex Marasco (Iowa State); Chelsea Goldschrafe (West Virginia) 9.750
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Megan McDonald (Iowa State); Erica Brewer (Oklahoma) 9.725
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Dayah Haley (West Virginia) 9.600

UNEVEN BARS:

Taylor Spears (Oklahoma); Brie Olson (Oklahoma) 9.950
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Camille Santerre-Gervais (Iowa State); Rebecca Clark (Oklahoma); Erica Brewer (Oklahoma) 9.900
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Hayden Ward (Oklahoma); Haley Scaman (Oklahoma) 9.850
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Elizabeth Stranahan (Iowa State); Henrietta Green (Iowa State) 9.800
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Michelle Shealy (Iowa State); Hope Sloanhoffer (West Virginia) 9.775
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Megan McDonald (Iowa State); Kaylyn Millick (West Virginia) 9.750
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Chelsea Goldschrafe (West Virginia) 9.725
Amanda Carpenter (West Virginia) 9.675
Jaida Lawrence (West Virginia) 8.950
Erica Smith (West Virginia) 8.600
Kristen DeCosta (Iowa State) 8.250

BALANCE BEAM:

Taylor Spears (Oklahoma); Rebecca Clark (Oklahoma) 9.900
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Caitlin Brown (Iowa State); Lauren Alexander (Oklahoma) 9.875
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Sammie Pearsall (Iowa State); Michelle Shealy (Iowa State); Madison Mooring (Oklahoma) 9.850
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Kaylyn Millick (West Virginia) 9.825
Erica Smith (West Virginia); Hope Sloanhoffer (West Virginia); Beth Deal (West Virginia) 9.800
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Henrietta Green (Iowa State); Lia Salzano (West Virginia) 9.750
Hailey Johnson (Iowa State) 9.725
Elizabeth Stranahan (Iowa State); Amanda Carpenter (West Virginia) 9.700
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Erica Brewer (Oklahoma) 9.300
Brie Olson (Oklahoma) 9.275

FLOOR EXERCISE:

Haley Scaman (Oklahoma) 9.950
Taylor Spears (Oklahoma); Madison Mooring (Oklahoma); Brie Olson (Oklahoma) 9.900
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Milan Ivory (Iowa State) 9.875
Lara Albright (Oklahoma); Erica Brewer (Oklahoma); Alaska Richardson (West Virginia) 9.850
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Elizabeth Stranahan (Iowa State); Henrietta Green (Iowa State) 9.825
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Caitlin Brown (Iowa State); Kaylyn Millick (West Virginia) 9.775
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Sammie Pearsall (Iowa State); Chelsea Goldschrafe (West Virginia) 9.750
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Hope Sloanhoffer (West Virginia) 9.700
Makenzie Bristol (West Virginia) 9.650
Dayah Haley (West Virginia) 9.575
Michelle Shealy (Iowa State) 9.100

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2013

Women's NCAA Gymnastics Conference Championships

BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIPS:
The Big 12 Championships will be held on the 23rd of March at the Hilton Coliseum on the Iowa State University campus. Competition will get underway at 2.00pm (local time). The University of Oklahoma team will be looking to retain the title they earned last year.
ROTATION SCHEDULE:

Iowa State University - Starting on Vault
University of Oklahoma - Starting on Uneven Bars
West Virginia University - Starting on Floor Exercise

BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS:

The Big 10 Championships will take place on the 23rd of March at the Jenison Field House in East Lansing, Michigan. Nebraska will hope to win a consecutive team title with Emily Wong and Jessie DeZiel as well as Michigan's Sachi Sugiyama hoping to retain the titles that they earned last season. The competition is divided into two sessions - the first beginning at 1.00pm E.T. and the second starting at 6.00pm E.T.

ROTATION SCHEDULE:

SESSION I:

Ohio State University - Starting on Vault
University of Illinois - Starting on Uneven Bars
University of Iowa - Starting on Balance Beam
Michigan State University - Starting on Floor Exercise

SESSION II:

Penn State University - Starting on Vault
University of Nebraska - Starting on Uneven Bars
University of Minnesota - Starting on Balance Beam
University of Michigan - Starting on Floor Exercise

EAST ATLANTIC GYMNASTICS LEAGUE (EAGL) CHAMPIONSHIPS:
The EAGL Championships are set for 2.00pm (E.T.) on the 23rd of March at the Carmichael Arena on the University of North Carolina campus. Reigning champions West Virginia are no longer a part of the EAGL conference and as such the team title could be anyone's!
ROTATION SCHEDULE:

North Carolina State University - Starting with a Bye
Rutgers University - Starting on Vault
George Washington University - Starting with a Bye
University of North Carolina - Starting on Uneven Bars
Towson University - Starting with a Bye
University of Maryland - Starting on Balance Beam
University of New Hampshire - Starting with a Bye
University of Pittsburgh - Starting on Floor Exercise

EAST COLLEGE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (ECAC) CHAMPIONSHIPS:

The 2013 ECAC Championships will be held on the 23rd of March at the Newman Arena on the Cornell University Campus. Competition will get underway at 12.00pm in Ithaca, New York and will see teams from Cornell University, College at William & Mary, Brown University, University of Pennsylvania, Temple University and Yale. UPenn took out the team title last year and Penn's Kirsten Strausbaugh will be hoping to recapture the Uneven Bars and Floor Exercise titles she won last year, whilst William & Mary's Brandy Stover will be hoping to defend her Balance Beam title.

ECAC DIVISION II CHAMPIONSHIPS:
The ECAC Division II Championships will be held on the 23rd of March at the Wheeler Recreation Center with competition beginning at 1.00pm (local time). Teams from the University of Brideport, West Chester University and Southern Connecticut State University will be taking part.

MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE (MAC) CHAMPIONSHIPS:

The 2013 MAC Championships will take place from 2.05pm (local time) on the 23rd of March at the University Arena on the Western Michigan University campus in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Central Michigan will be aiming for a forth consecutive team title.

ROTATION ORDER:

Eastern Michigan University - Starting on a Bye
Bowling Green State University - Starting on Vault
Northern Illinois University - Starting on a Bye
Central Michigan University - Starting on Uneven Bars
Western Michigan University - Starting on a Bye
Ball State University - Starting on Balance Beam
Kent State University - Starting on Floor Exercise

MIDWEST INDEPENDENT CONFERENCE (MIC) CHAMPIONSHIPS:

The MIC Championship will be held on the 23rd of March in the Gold Dome on the Centenary College campus in Shreveport, Louisiana. Competition is set to go underway at 5.00pm (Local Time) with Illinois State University hoping to win their second-consecutive team title. The other teams in action in Louisiana will be Centenary College, University of Illinois-Chicago, Southeastern Missouri State University, Texas Women's University and newcomers Lindenwood University.

MOUNTAIN PACIFIC SPORTS FEDERATION (MPSF) CHAMPIONSHIPS:

The MPSF Championships will be taking place on the 23rd March at the Brougham Pavilion in Seattle, Washington with competition beginning at 6.00pm Pacific Time. University of California-Davis will be aiming to capture their fourth consecutive team title, after winning the title in 2010, 2011 and 2012. Other teams competing in the MPSF Championships are the University of Alaska-Anchorage, the U.S. Air Force Academy and Seattle Pacific University.

PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS:

The PAC-12 Championships will be held on the 23rd of March at the Gill Coliseum in Corvallis, Oregon. The competition will see the teams compete in one of two sessions - the first beginning at 1.30pm (PT) and the second commencing at 7.00pm (PT). UCLA will be hoping to defend the title they won last year whilst Stanford's Ivana Hong and UCLA's Vanessa Zamarippa and Olivia Courtney hope to succeed on the Vault with Georgia Dabritz (Utah) and Ashley Morgan (Stanford) hoping to defend the titles they won on the Uneven Bars and Floor Exercise respectively.

SESSION I:

SEED 8: University of California-Berkeley - Starting on Vault
SEED 6: University of Washington - Starting on Uneven Bars
SEED 7: Arizona State University - Starting on Balance Beam
SEED 5: University of Arizona - Starting on Floor Exercise

SESSION II:

SEED 4: Stanford University - Starting on Vault
SEED 2: University of California-Los Angeles - Starting on Uneven Bars
SEED 3: Oregon State University - Starting on Balance Beam
SEED 1: University of Utah - Starting on Floor Exercise

SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE (SEC) CHAMPIONSHIPS:

The SEC Championships will take place on the 23rd of March at the Verizon Arena in Little Rock, Arkansas. The competition will be divided into two sessions, with seeds 5 to 8 competing in the first beginning at 2.00pm (CT) and seeds 1 to 4 competing in the second which starts at 6pm (CT). Florida will be hoping to defend the Team title they won last year. 2013 SEC Award Winners were announced yesterday: LSU's Rheagan Courville has been named the SEC Gymnast of the Year; Florida's Bridget Sloan has been named the Freshman of the Year, with Rhonda Faehn earning her sixth Coach of the Year award with Alabama's Kim Jacob being named the Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

SESSION I:

SEED 5: Auburn University - Starting on Vault
SEED 6: University of Arkansas - Starting on Uneven Bars
SEED 7: University of Kentucky - Starting on Balance Beam
SEED 8: University of Missouri - Starting on Floor Exercise

SESSION II:

SEED 1: University of Florida - Starting on Vault
SEED 2: University of Alabama - Starting on Uneven Bars
SEED 3: University of Georgia - Starting on Balance Beam
SEED 4: Louisiana State University - Starting on Floor Exercise

WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (WAC) CHAMPIONSHIPS:

Competition will take place on the 23rd of March, commencing at 6.00pm MT at the Centrum Arena on the Southern Utah University campus. Denver University won the regular season WAC title going a perfect 4-0 in conference meets this season and will be hoping to retain the WAC Championship Team title they won last year. This will be the final WAC Championships for Gymnastics. Hoping to defend their titles from last year will be: Denver's Moriah Martin (JR) and Melodie Pulgarin Linero (JR) who tied for the Vault honors; Sacramento State's Junior Kailey Hansen who won the Balance Beam and Floor Exercise title. Alyssa Click (Sacramento State) will not be defending the Uneven Bars title she won in 2011 and 2012 after suffering a season ending knee injury during training in January.

ROTATIONAL ORDER:

California State University-Sacramento - Starting on Vault
Denver University - Starting with a Bye
Southern Utah University - Starting on Uneven Bars
Boise State University - Starting on Balance Beam
Utah State University - Starting with a Bye
San Jose State University - Starting on Floor Exercise

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