The 2014 Winter Cup Challenge will be held from February 20th to 22nd at The Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. This is the first year that the competition has moved to a new venue. Thursday the 20th sees two Preliminary Sessions take place. From these two sessions the top 42 Gymnasts based on the Men's Program Committee's point ranking system will advance to the Final competition, along with the top three gymnasts on each apparatus. The All Around and Event Champions will be determined based on the two-day combined totals. The roster for this competition is incredible. I could go through all the ones to watch but it would take a seriously massive post.
PARTICIPANTS (LISTED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER BY SURNAME):
- Wyatt Aycock (Orlando, Florida/University of Nebraska)
- Donothan Bailey (Lake Forest, California/University of California-Berkeley Men's Gymnastics)
- Bobby Baker (Lemont, Illinois/Aerial's)
- Jacob Barrus (Dallas, Texas/Ridgewood Gymnastics)
- Dmitri Belanovski (West Allis, Wisconsin/Swiss Turners Gymnastics Academy)
- Danny Berardini (Lake Forest, Illinois/University of Oklahoma)
- Cameron Bock (Tustin, California/SCATS Gymnastics)
- Andrew Botto (Redwood City, California/University of Iowa)
- Allan Bower (Mesa, Arizona/University of Oklahoma)
- Grant Breckenridge (Libertyville, Illinois/Buffalo Grove)
- Christopher Brooks (Houston, Texas/Cypress Academy of Gymnastics/Team Hilton HHonors)
- Tristan Burke (Royse City, Texas/WOGA Frisco)
- Antonio Castro (Miami, Florida/University of Nebraska)
- Samuel Chamberlain (Franklin, Ohio/University of Nebraska)
- Emrye Cole (Las Vegas, Nevada/Go For It USA)
- Neal Courter (Baton Rouge, Louisiana/College of William and Mary)
- Jacob Dalton (Reno, Nevada/Team Hilton HHonors/University of Oklahoma)
- Jacob Dastrup (Lindon, Utah/Ohio State University)
- Jordan DeClerk (Bloomingdale, Illinois/Stanford University)
- Adrian de Los Angeles (Long Beach, California/University of Michigan)
- Fabian DeLuna (Frisco, Texas/WOGA Frisco)
- Alex Diab (Glen Ellyn, Illinois/Premier Gymnastics)
- Joshua Dixon (San Jose, California/U.S. Olympic Training Center)
- Dylan Ellsworth (Farmington, Utah/USA Gymnastics World)
- Chandler Eggleston (Jamestown, North Carolina/University of Illinois-Champaign)
- Stacey Ervin (Taylor, Michigan/University of Michigan)
- Matthew Felleman (Medway, Massachusetts/Pennsylvania State University)
- Matt Foster (Addison, Illinois/University of Illinois-Champaign)
- Landon Funiciello (Baldwinsville, New York/College of William and Mary)
- Nicholas Gaudlip (Colorado Springs, Colorado/Swiss Turners Gymnastics Academy)
- Davis Grooms (Katy, Texas/Champions Gymnastics)
- Fred Hartville (Ellenwood, Georgia/University of Illinois-Champaign)
- Quest Hayden (Evans, Georgia/Hayden's Gymnastics)
- Craig Hernandez (Libertyville, Illinois/Pennsylvania State University)
- Paul Hichwa (Iowa City, Iowa/Stanford University)
- Joseph Hodges (Webster, New York/University of Illinois-Chicago)
- Trevor Howard (Columbus, Ohio/Pennsylvania State University)
- Steven Jaciuk (New Berlin, Wisconsin/University of Minnesota)
- Johnny Jacobson (Syracuse, Utah/USA Gymnastics World)
- David Jessen (East Greenwich, Rhode Island/RISE Gymnastics)
- Hunter Justus (Cypress, Texas/Cypress Academy of Gymnastics)
- Marvin Kimble (Milwaukee, Wisconsin/Swiss Turners Gymnastics Academy)
- Brian Knott (New York, New York/Stanford University)
- Steven Lacombe (Mission Viejo, California/University of California-Berkeley Men's Gymnastics)
- Jeffrey Langenstein (San Carlos, California/University of California-Berkeley Men's Gymnastics)
- Steven Legendre (Port Jefferson, New York/Team Hilton HHonors/University of Oklahoma)
- Danell Leyva (Miami, Florida/Team Hilton HHonors/Universal Gymnastics Inc.)
- Matthew Loochtan (Hawthorn Woods, Illinois/University of Iowa)
- CJ Maestas (Corrales, New Mexico/University of Illinois-Champaign)
- Ellis Mannon (Indianapolis, Indiana/University of Minnesota)
- Jake Martin (Oviedo, Florida/Ohio State University)
- Andrew McCabe (Oak Park, Illinois/Stanford University)
- Anthony McCallum (Columbia, South Carolina/Hayden's Gymnastics)
- Matthew McGrath (Wheaton, Illinois/University of Iowa)
- Sean Melton (Orlando, Florida/Ohio State University)
- Edward Mesa (Cooper City, Florida/Universal Gymnastics Inc.)
- Samuel Mikulak (Newport Coast, California/University of Michigan)
- Akash Modi (Morganville, New Jersey/Stanford University)
- Yul Moldauer (Arvada, Colorado/5280 Gymnastics)
- Alexander Naddour (Gilbert, Arizona/Team Hilton HHonors/USA Youth Fitness)
- Robert Neff (Brookfield, Wisconsin/Swiss Turners Gymnastics Academy)
- Michael Newburger (Austin, Texas/Ohio State University)
- John Orozco (Bronx, New York/Team Hilton HHonors/U.S. Olympic Training Center)
- Kanji Oyama (Huntington Beach, California/University of Oklahoma)
- Eddie Penev (Rochester, New York/Stanford University)
- Joseph Peters (Allentown, Pennsylvania/University of Illinois-Champaign)
- Alex Powarzynski (Menifee, California/University of Oklahoma)
- Grant Perdue (Houston, Texas/University of Nebraska)
- Yaroslav Pochinka (Plano, Texas/WOGA Plano)
- Daniel Potemski (Round Rock, Texas/College of William and Mary)
- Andrew Rickly (Lewis Center, Ohio/Ohio State University)
- Alec Robin (Calabasas, California/University of Oklahoma)
- Paul Ruggeri III (Manlius, New York/U.S. Olympic Training Center)
- Eric Schryver (Richardson, Texas/University of Nebraska)
- Taylor Seaton (Dallas, Texas/Stanford University)
- Sean Senters (Center Valley, Pennsylvania/Stanford University)
- Ryan Sheppard (Murphy, Texas/WOGA Plano)
- Michael Squires (Edmond, Oklahoma/University of Oklahoma)
- Daniel Steiner (Mesa, Arizona/Ohio State University)
- Christopher Stephenson (Fishers, Indiana/U.S. Air Force Academy)
- Marty Strech (Fountain Valley, California/Azarian U.S. Gymnastics Training Center)
- Chris Turner (Fremont, California/Stanford University)
- Colin Van Wicklen (Magnolia, Texas/University of Oklahoma)
- Timothy Wang (Riverside, California/U.S. Air Force Academy)
- Kiwan Watts (Richmond, Virginia/Above the Bar)
- Tanner West (Cypress, Texas/Cypress Academy of Gymnastics)
- Donnell Whittenburg (Baltimore, Maryland/U.S. Olympic Training Center)
- Michael Wilner (Buffalo Grove, Illinois/University of Illinois-Champaign)
- Kevin Wolting (Laguna Hills, California/University of California-Berkeley Men's Gymnastics)
- Brandon Wynn (Voorhees, New Jersey/Team Hilton HHonors/U.S. Olympic Training Center)
- Alec Yoder (Indianapolis, Indiana/Interactive Academy)