Gymnast of the Week
Katie Canning, Temple University
Sophomore, Billerica, Mass.

Scores form the week:
Vault: 9.700                   Bars: 9.650
Beam: 9.750                  Floor Exercise: 9.675
All-Around: 38.775

Canning once again came out on top for the Temple Owls to win the all-around title in Anchorage, Alaska.  She had several careers bests: uneven bars (9.650), beam (9.750) and the all-around (38.775).

Rookie of the Week
Kacy Catanzaro, Towson University
Freshman, Belleville, N.J.

Scores from the week:
Vault: 9.775                   Bars: 9.775
Beam: 9.800                  Floor Exercise: ---
All-Around: ---

Catanzaro led the Tigers to a first place finish at the Shelli Calloway Memorial Invitational meet with three career high scores.  On vault, she tied for third place behind teammates Alise McDonald and Avis Hixon with a career best 9.775 score.  On bars, she was second behind teammate Jackie Schweitzer as she matched her career best with a 9.775 score.  On balance beam, she tied for first place with Melanie Standridge of Cornell as each gymnast earned a 9.80 score.

Specialist of the Week
Sarah Parsons, University of Pennsylvania
Senior, Louisville, Ky.

Scores from the week:
Vault: ---                        Bars: ---
Beam: 9.750                  Floor Exercise: 8.800
All-Around: ---

Parsons, who has been steady all season on beam, notched her season high score with a 9.750.  Anchoring the beam team for the first time this weekend, she earned herself a third place finish.  Again this weekend, she stepped up big for Penn by not only making her routine, but earned the high score for the Quakers on all events.

Coaches Choice
Sarah Hughes, Yale University
Senior, King Ferry, N.Y.

Scores from the week:
Vault: 8.100                   Bars: 8.450
Beam: 8.850                  Floor Exercise: 9.400
All-Around: 34.800

Due to depleted numbers on the Yale squad, Hughes competed on two events shed does not train for.  After training for one day she competed on beam and was and stayed on to compete on three more events doing a Yurchenko time so that Yale would not take zero.  She has been an absolute team player and had no qualms about competing for the team.