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Signing Day

tmkwv2
Mon, 31 Oct 2016 14:08:01 GMT

Signing day is around corner. Post updates, press releases and any other info here.

tmkwv2
Mon, 14 Nov 2016 21:24:16 GMT

That is true, but I feel she's had top tier level 10's in the past. I am a big fan of her philosophy of using top level 10's/mid level former elites as the core of her team. It's been a recipe for success. Speaking of OU, I've noticed Ragan Smith has no mention of her commitment to them on twitter and doesn't follow the program or many of the current Sooners. Her IG still says OU, but he twitter was created circa Olympics and I figured it would be more up to date.

gymroller
Mon, 14 Nov 2016 21:50:08 GMT

Ragan isn't on social media much so I wouldn't read to much into it. Also this class is very interesting to say the least as far as their resumes goes.

gymroller
Mon, 14 Nov 2016 21:51:19 GMT

I also wonder what the delay in the announcement was?

allflippedout
Tue, 15 Nov 2016 17:41:11 GMT

Yeah I was wondering about the delay too. Especially because the lede of the release says "signed Wednesday" yet wasn't announced until Monday.

Sohalia
Tue, 15 Nov 2016 18:30:21 GMT

Maybe it took the media team longer than expected to put that video together with the girls' interviews?!

gymroller
Tue, 15 Nov 2016 18:52:31 GMT

I missed or looked over the videos. Going now to watch them.

gymmie
Tue, 15 Nov 2016 19:39:34 GMT

Maybe Oklahoma preferred to delay their release so that they created some anticipation and not be 1 of the 20 or so releases on the first signing day. This way they are the last top school to release their signings and create a little more attention for their program and be the stand alone release (marketing 101). It's worked because we are talking about them and not the signings at Florida, UCLA, Utah, LSU, Alabama, Georgia etc..

allflippedout
Wed, 16 Nov 2016 18:56:52 GMT

Could be true! Anything to help an "average" class haha Maybe since it's a class of "just" level 10s, they didn't want to get overshadowed by big name elites like you were saying.

tmkwv2
Wed, 16 Nov 2016 21:51:33 GMT

My top five classes: (pure opinion, no math involved) 1. Bama 2. Stanford 3. UGA 4. Cal 5. UCLA

gymroller
Wed, 16 Nov 2016 21:55:42 GMT

My top Five Classes 1. Bama 2. UGA 3.LSU 4.Stanford 5.UCLA

gymlancer
Wed, 16 Nov 2016 22:58:18 GMT

My top 5 classes 1. Alabama 2. UGA 3. Stanford 4. UCLA 5. Florida

allflippedout
Thu, 17 Nov 2016 01:22:42 GMT

That's interesting how many of you picked Alabama as No. 1! Here's NCAA Gym News' for additional opinions: http://bit.ly/2fWwbNc

gatorgym_pics
Sat, 19 Nov 2016 19:08:32 GMT

I think if you count Alyssa Baumann, Florida's class is strong. Her mom is a physical therapist and is really doing a good job with her PT from what I understand (which I believe is why she deferred). However, with just 2 athletes (and one who hasn't really competed but once in three years), it's not as strong. Vanasia seems to finally be recovered from her knee injuries so hopefully she can have a great college career. Megan made a smart decision dropping down to level 10 so hopefully she can stay healthy!

tmkwv2
Sat, 19 Nov 2016 19:22:41 GMT

Yes, on paper UF's class has the potential to be fantastic. I think that because all three athletes have just recovered or are still recovering from injuries keeps them lower on the list.

allflippedout
Sat, 19 Nov 2016 20:16:53 GMT

Yeah, for NCAA Gym News, we put them "lower" (third is still high depending on how you look at it) because of the doubt factor in two of the three. Since we don't know Bradley and Baumann's statuses and they haven't actually competed since their injuries (we tend to look at actual competitions rather than only training since + Bradley competed a tad in 2016 but the scores were meh), that's why we didn't have them higher.

gatorgym_pics
Sun, 20 Nov 2016 15:22:02 GMT

Yup, I completely agree. I was just giving additional info for people about the status of these people.

nlewis214
Mon, 21 Nov 2016 01:26:24 GMT

Still no news on Nica Hults?

Sohalia
Mon, 21 Nov 2016 17:06:09 GMT

I haven't read or seen anything about Nica. I did see that Grace Quinn was at UCLA this past weekend, along with recent signee Nia Dennis.

allflippedout
Mon, 21 Nov 2016 19:04:17 GMT

It's rumored she won't be done with school in time for next season. But obviously just a rumor. As for Grace Quinn, people have been conjecturing she might be holding out for Stanford, but I can totally see her at UCLA too! I don't know if there are any spots off the top of my head.

ncaafan
Wed, 04 Jan 2017 02:02:35 GMT

According to Lauren at the Gymternet - Nica retired completely due to injuries and said on Instagram she's not going to UCLA anymore.

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