Gymmin' Miel!: Valeri Liukin

2012

Elite at the Valeri Liukin Invitational

Japan's Naota Hayasaka won the 2012 Valeri Liukin Invitational Elite All Around title. The competition took place from the 7th to the 9th at WOGA's Frisco gym. Full results from all divisions can be seen at: http://woga.net/2012-valeri-liukin-results/. Ukraine's Oleg Stepko and Japan's Daisuke Suzuki rounded out the top three in the All Around. Highest placing All Arounder from the United States of America was Paul Ruggeri (US Gymnastics Development Center). Hayasaka was top on the Floor Exercise over Stepko and Rikii Hoshino (Sakae). Japan's Genichiro Kohzu was the highest scorer on the Pommel Horse with Hayasaka and Stepko rounding out the top three. Houston Gymnastic's Academy's Regulo Carmona won the Still Rings over Jesse Silverstein (US Gymnastics Development Center) and Suzuki. Suzuki topped the Vault over Ruggeri and WOGA's Fabian DeLuna. Oleg Stepko triumphed on the Parallel Bars with USOTC's Sean Melton and Hayasaka rounding out the top three. Whilst on the Horizontal Bar, Hayasaka and Suzuki tied for the top score with fellow Japanese competitor Hidetaka Miyachi in third.

ALL AROUND RESULTS:

Naoto Hayasaka (Japan) (15.950, 14.750, 14.350, 14.450, 14.950, 15.200) 89.650
Oleg Stepko (Ukraine) (15.300, 14.700, 14.750, 14.900, 15.400, 14.100) 89.150
Daisuke Suzuki (Japan) (13.800, 14.450, 14.950, 14.650, 14.650, 15.200) 87.700
Paul Ruggeri (US Gymnastics Development Center) (15.050, 13.500, 14.600, 14.850, 14.700, 14.400) 87.100
Genichiro Kozhu (Japan) (14.800, 14.800, 14.600, 14.300, 13.900, 14.150) 86.550
Sean Melton (USOTC) (14.600, 13.150, 14.800, 14.000, 15.000, 14.350) 85.900
Jesse Silverstein (US Gymnastics Development Center) (14.200, 13.700, 15.200, 13.600, 14.800, 12.950) 84.450
Hidetaka Miyashi (Japan) (14.150, 14.100, 14.600, 13.600, 12.800, 14.650) 83.900
Rafael Morales Casado (Puerto Rico) (14.900, 14.500, 14.000, 14.600, 12.850, 13.000) 83.850
Petro Pakhnyuk (Ukraine) (14.750, 12.800, 14.800, 14.500, 14.700, 11.800) 83.350
Haruki Hino (Sakae) (13.650, 13.450, 14.000, 13.350, 13.800, 14.000) 82.250
Rikii Hoshino (Sakae) (15.150, 11.650, 14.800, 13.000, 14.600, 12.800) 82.000
Luis Rivera (Puerto Rico) (13.950, 13.550, 14.900, 13.200, 12.400, 13.950) 81.950
Jacob Dastrup (USOTC) (11.900, 14.500, 13.550, 13.650, 14.000, 13.350) 80.950
Fabian DeLuna (WOGA) (13.600, 12.400, 13.800, 14.600, 13.300, 12.850) 80.550
Masashi Nakatani (Sakae) (14.800, 11.400, 14.100, 13.750, 13.450, 12.800) 80.300
Angel Ramos Rivera (Puerto Rico) (14.000, 12.500, 11.800, 13.400, 14.700, 13.450) 79.850
Tenta Wakasa (Sakae) (14.150, 13.600, 13.300, 14.300, 12.000, 12.450) 79.800
James Brochero Gary (Houston Gymnastics Academy) (13.450, 12.150, 13.300, 14.600, 14.500, 11.600) 79.600
Tristan Burke (WOGA) (13.400, 11.750, 14.200, 14.350, 12.750, 13.000) 79.450
Emanuel Gomez Velez (Puerto Rico) (12.950, 12.500, 14.000, 14.000, 11.100, 13.550) 78.100
Andrew Botto (Stanford Boys Gymnastics) (11.200, 11.000, 14.300, 14.400, 12.000, 11.750) 74.650
Jamie Da Silva Lugo (Puerto Rico) (12.650, 8.850, 13.350, 13.950, 13.150, 12.550) 74.500
Sergio Ramos Rivera (Puerto Rico) (13.550, 10.100, 12.700, 13.700, 11.750, 11.600) 73.400
Ilan Rosario (Puero Rico) (13.500, 9.000, 12.500, 14.000, 12.350, 11.300) 72.650
Carlos Rivera De Jesus (Puerto Rico) (12.200, 11.500, 12.900, 13.000, 12.550, 9.000) 71.150
Colton Howard (WOGA) (12.450, 8.800, 13.050, 12.900, 12.550, 10.100) 69.850
Santiago Tamez (Team Mexico) (11.350, 6.000, 11.200, 12.150, 11.800, 10.100) 62.600
Alexander Rodriguez (Puerto Rico) (14.650, 11.650, 0.000, 13.950, 0.000, 13.150) 53.400
Ashton Hohit (Houston Gymnastics Academy) (12.350, 9.950, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000) 22.300
Regulo Carmona (Houston Gymnastics Academy) (0.000, 0.000, 16.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000) 16.000
Logan Doughty (Texas Champion) (0.000, 11.600, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000) 11.600

VAULT RESULTS:

Daisuke Suzuki (JPN) (14.650, 13.700) 14.175
Paul Ruggeri (US Gymnastics Development Center) (14.850, 13.400) 14.125
Fabian DeLuna (WOGA) (14.600, 13.200) 13.900
Hidetaka Miyachi (Japan) (13.600, 12.550) 13.075

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2012

2012 Valeri Liukin Invitational

The 2012 Valeri Liukin Invititational will be held from the 7th to the 9th of December at WOGA's Frisco Gym in Texas, and will see Men's Artistic Gymnasts from Level 4 to Elite compete. The annual competition was first held in 1996. See the Schedule below as well as the Preliminary roster of the Elite Competitors for this year.

SCHEDULE:

FRIDAY, 7TH DECEMBER:

SESSION 1:

LEVEL 7:

8.00am: Open Stretch
8.20am: Line Up
8.30am: Competition Begins
Awards Follow Competition

SESSION 2:

LEVEL 6 (7-8 YR OLDS); LEVEL 6 (9-10 YR OLDS)

12.30pm: Open Stretch
12.50pm: Line Up
1.00pm: Competition Begins
Awards Follow Competition

SESSION 3:

LEVEL 6 ( 11 YRS AND UP); LEVEL 8 (11-12 YR OLDS & 15-18 YR OLDS)

5.00pm: Open Stretch
5.20pm: Line Up
5.30pm: Competition Begins
Awards to Follow

SATURDAY, 8TH DECEMBER:

SESSION 4:

LEVEL 8 (13-14 YR OLDS); LEVEL 9:

8.00am: Open Stretch
8.20am: Line Up
8.30am: Competition Begins
Awards follow

SESSION 5:

LEVEL 10:

1.00pm: Open Stretch
1.20pm: Line Up
1.30pm: Competition Begins
Awards to Follow

SESSION 6:

INTERNATIONAL ELITE:

5.00pm - 6.00pm: Open Warm Up
5.45pm: Doors Open
6.00pm: Line Up
6.15pm: Competition Begins
Awards to Follow

SUNDAY, 9TH DECEMBER:

SESSION 7:

LEVEL 4:

9.00am: Open Stretch
9.20am: Warm Up
10.15am: Line Up/Competition Begins
Awards to Follow

SESSION 8:

LEVEL 5:

1.00pm: Open Stretch
1.20pm: Line Up
1.30pm: Competition Begins
Awards to Follow

PARTICIPANTS:

ELITE:

Jeff Becker (Cypress Academy of Gymnastics)
Mauro Martinez (Cypress Academy of Gymnastics/Argentina)
James Brochero Gary (Houston Gymnastics Academy/Colombia)
Regulo Carmona (Houston Gymnastics Academy/Venezuela)
Ashton Hohit (Houston Gymnastics Center)
Naoto Hayasaka (Japan)
Genichiro Kohzu (Japan)
Hidetaka Miyachi (Japan)
Daisuke Suzuki (Japan)
Jamie Da Silva Lugo (Puerto Rico)
Emanuel Gomez Velez (Puerto Rico)
Rafael Morales Casado (Puerto Rico)
Angel Ramos Rivera (Puerto Rico)
Sergio Ramos Rivera (Puerto Rico)
Luis Rivera (Puerto Rico)
Carlos Rivera De Jesus (Puerto Rico)
Alexander Rodriguez (Puerto Rico)
Ilan Rosario (Puerto Rico)
Haruki Hino (Sakae)
Rikii Hoshino (Sakae)
Masaashi Nakatani (Sakae)
Tenta Wakasa (Sakae)
Santiago Tamez (Team Mexico)
Logan Doughty (Texas Champion)
Paul Ruggeri (US Gymnastics Development Center)
Jesse Silverstein (US Gymnastics Development Center)
Jacob Dastrup (USOTC)
Sean Melton (USOTC)
Petro Pakhnyuk (Ukraine)
Oleg Stepko (Ukraine)
Tristan Burke (WOGA)
Fabian DeLuna (WOGA)
Colton Howard (WOGA)

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2011

Valeri Liukin Invitational Results

Japanese Junior National team member Jumpei Oka took out the Elite Men's All Around title at the 2011 Valeri Liukin Invitational, as well as winning both the Floor Exercise and Horizontal Bar honours. United States Gymnastics Development Center's Jesse Silverstein came second in the All Around tying with USOTC's John Orozco (who has excitingly announced he is going Pro!!!). Orozco also scored the highest mark on the Still Rings whilst Ryan Lieberman of Team Ryan rocked the Parallel Bars. Universal Gymnastics (home to World Champ Danell Leyva) had an awesome day with Edward Mesa taking 4th in the All Around and the title on Pommel Horse and Charles Tamayo winning the Vault title!! Well done to all gymnasts and coaches!! For full results check here.

ELITE (JR/SR) AA:

Jumpei Oka (Japan) (15.350, 13.650, 14.300, 15.600, 14.100, 15.600) 88.600
Jesse Silverstein (US Gym Dev Center) (14.400, 12.750, 15.500, 15.800, 15.000, 14.050); John Orozco (USOTC) (15.050, 12.300, 15.550, 14.800, 15.100, 14.700) 87.500
Edward Mesa (Universal Gymnastics - FL) (14.300, 14.250, 14.400, 15.450, 14.500, 14.100) 87.000
Yu Suzuki (Japan) (15.150, 11.600, 14.350, 15.750, 14.900, 14.100); Yoshiaki Furutani (Japan) (14.350, 12.400, 14.100, 15.100, 14.550, 15.350) 85.850
Petro Pakhnyuk (Ukraine) (14.800, 13.300, 14.500, 14.700, 14.100, 14.150) 85.550
Oleg Vernaiev (Ukraine) (14.600, 14.000, 13.900, 14.600, 14.200, 14.000) 85.300
Anderson Loran (Taiso/Canada) (14.900, 12.550, 14.300, 14.250, 14.000, 14.500) 84.500
Sean Melton (USOTC) (14.700, 13.500, 12.600, 14.650, 14.600, 12.350) 82.400
Andrew Elkind (USOTC) (13.500, 11.700, 14.700, 14.300, 14.100, 12.950) 81.250
Fabian DeLuna (WOGA) (13.500, 11.800, 14.000, 14.250, 13.900, 12.600) 80.050
Jacob Dastrup (USOTC) (14.800, 10.250, 13.100, 14.250, 14.100, 13.000) 79.500
Curtis Graves (Taiso/Canada) (13.300, 11.000, 13.800, 13.950, 12.300, 13.450) 77.800
Emmanuel Monroy (WOGA) (14.200, 9.750, 12.700, 14.400, 13.300, 12.800) 77.150
Matt Hicks (Artemov Gymnastics) (0.000, 11.850, 13.800, 0.000, 13.300, 12.900) 51.850
Chris Brooks (Cypress) (12.750, 10.350, 0.000, 0.000, 15.450, 12.450) 51.000
Tyler Schaal (Universal Gymnastics - FL) (10.600, 10.700, 13.600, 13.350, 0.000, 0.000) 48.250
Charlie Tamayo (Universal Gymnastics - FL) (0.000, 10.650, 14.450, 15.450, 0.000, 0.000) 40.550
Ryan Lieberman (Team Ryan) (0.000, 12.100, 0.000, 0.000, 15.500, 12.650) 40.250
Spencer Johnson (Cypress) (13.500, 11.800, 0.000, 14.450, 0.000, 0.000) 39.750
Marcos Gatinho (Universal Gymnastics - FL) (0.000, 12.000, 0.000, 0.000, 8.400, 13.550) 33.950
RJ Heflin (Cypress) (14.200, 13.700, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000, 0.000) 27.900
Fabian Meza (HGA) (0.000, 13.850, 0.000, 0.000, 13.800, 0.000) 27.650
Cameron Deer (Cypress) (0.000, 11.600, 0.000, 0.000, 12.400, 0.000) 24.000

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2011

2011 Valeri Liukin Invitational

The 2011 Valeri Liukin Invitational will be held this weekend from December 9th to the 11th inclusive. The competition sees Men's Artistic Gymnasts of Level 4 through to International Elites, take to the floor at WOGA's Frisco gym. World Championship team member John Orozco is set to compete as too is Chris Brooks who was the alternate at this year's World Championships. Jesse Silverstein, was 11th in the All Around at this year's VISA Championships, whilst Canadian Loran Anderson, the Japanese men and the Ukrainians should be strong contenders for the elite title. And who I am looking forward to seeing?? Well I cannot wait to see how Universal Gymnastics team members Charles Tamayo and Edward Mesa are going. Who is everyone going to be cheering on?

SCHEDULE:

FRIDAY, 9TH DECEMBER:

SESSION 1: LEVEL 7

8am - Open Stretch
8.20am - Line Up
8.30am - Competition
Awards to Follow

SESSION 2: LEVEL 6 (10 and 11 Year Olds)

12pm - Open Stretch
12.20pm - Line Up
12.30pm - Competition
Awards to Follow

SESSION 3: LEVEL 6 (8 and 9 Year Olds) & LEVEL 8

4pm - Open Stretch
4.20pm - Line Up
4.30pm - Competition
Awards to Follow

SATURDAY, 10TH DECEMBER:

SESSION 4: LEVEL 9

8am - Open Stretch
8.20am - Line Up
8.30am - Competition
Awards to Follow

SESSION 5: LEVEL 10

12.30pm - Open Stretch
12.50pm - Line Up
1pm - Competition
Awards to Follow

SESSION 6: INTERNATIONAL ELITE

5.15pm - Open Stretch
5.15pm - 6.15pm - Open Warm Up
6pm - DOORS OPEN
6.15pm - Line Up
6.30pm - Competition
Awards to Follow

SUNDAY, 11TH DECEMBER:

SESSION 7: LEVEL 4 (6 and 7 Year Olds)

8am - Open Stretch
8.15am - Warm Up
8.45am - Line Up/Competition
Awards to Follow

SESSION 8: LEVEL 4 (8 and 9 Year Olds)

10.30am - Open Stretch
10.45am - Warm Up
11.30am - Line Up/Competition
Awards to Follow

SESSION 9: LEVEL 5 (9 y.o & 10+)

1.30pm - Open Stretch
1.50pm - Line Up
2pm - Competition
Awards to Follow

SESSION 10: LEVEL 5 (7-8 Year Olds)

4.30pm - Open Stretch
4.50pm - Line Up
5pm - Competition
Awards to Follow

PARTICIPANTS:

ELITES:

Petro Pakhnyuk (Ukraine)
Oleg Verniaev (Ukraine)
Vitalii Nakonechnyi (Ukraine) - RESERVE
Chris Brooks (Cypress Gymnastics)
RJ Heflin (Cypress Gymnastics)
Spencer Johnson (Cypress Gymnastics)
Cameron Deer (Cypress Gymnastics)
Ryan Turney (Empire Gymnastics)
Ryan Lieberman (Team Ryan)
Jesse Silverstein (US Gymnastics Center II)
John Orozco (USOTC)
Jacob Dastrup (USOTC)
Andrew Elkind (USOTC)
Sean Melton (USOTC)
Tyler Schaal (Universal Gymnastics)
Charles Tamayo (Universal Gymnastics)
Edward Mesa (Universal Gymnastics)
Alexander Barrera (Universal Gymnastics)
Emmanuel Monroy (WOGA)
Fabian DeLuna (WOGA)
Daniel Bronnenberg (Houston Gymnastics Academy)
Fabian Meza (Houston Gymnastics Academy)
Kaito Imabayashi (Japan Junior National Team)
Jumpei Oka (Japan Junior National Team)
Yu Suzuki (Japan Junior National Team)
Yoshiaki Furutani (Japan Junior National Team)
Loran Anderson (Canada - Taiso Gymnastics Club)
Curtis Graves (Canada - Taiso Gymnastics Club)
Matt Hicks (Artemov Gymnastics)

LEVEL 10 (16-18 Year Olds):

Casey Polizzotto (5280 Gymnastics)
Marcos Ripoll-Bunn (5280 Gymnastics)
Tyler Trammell (5280 Gymnastics)
Corey Murray (Artemov Gymnastics)
Andrew Graham (Champions Gymnastics Center)
Lee Grogan (Champions Gymnastics Center)
Nicholas McPherson (Champions Gymnastics Center)
Robert Grogan (Champions Gymnastics Center)
Jacob Davies (Cypress Academy)
Reese Rickett (Cypress Academy)
Josh Vaughn Pyne (Desert Gymcats)
Piercen Davis (Desert Gymcats)
Christopher Stephenson (DeVeau's)
John Buschbacher (DeVeau's)
Steven Davis (DeVeau's)
Jakob Welsh (Docksiders Gymnastics)
Zachary Pietsch (Docksiders Gymnastics)
Aria Sabbagh (Emerald)
Ben Oppenheimer (Emerald)
Jonathan Hargett (Emerald)
Ross Thompson (Emerald)
Taylor Swanson (Emerald)
Zachary Tucker (Emerald)
Zachary Wendland (Emerald)
Ashton Hohit (HGA)
Beau Sperry (HGC)
Jacob Jarrett (Jill's Gymnastics)
Leonard Moncivais (Jurgen's)
Aaron Brooks (OK Gold)
Dalton Frazier (OK Gold)
Connor Iannelli (Olympic Hills Gymnastics)
Paul Herskind (TAGS South)
Jantzen Smith (TGTC)
Benjamin Elek (Universal Gymnastics)
Brandon Valdes (US Gymnastics Development Center II)
Daniel Khomenko (US Gymnastics Development Center II)
David Frankl (US Gymnastics Development Center II)
Mark Vaccaro (US Gymnastics Development Center II)
Scott Branigan (US Gymnastics Development Center II)
Mitchell Larios (WOGA)
Taylor Seaton (WOGA)
Dylan Schuetz (Xtreme Altitude Gymnastics)
Eric Morrison (Xtreme Altitude Gymnastics)
Jeffrey Andony (Xtreme Altitude Gymnastics)
Todd Dowdy (Xtreme Altitude Gymnastics)

LEVEL 10 (14-15 Year Olds):

Yul Moldauer (5280 Gymnastics)
Zakary Johnson (5280 Gymnastics)
Brandon Keel (AWTC)
Connor Gibson (Bart Connor Gymnastics)
Zachary Treadway (Bart Connor Gymnastics)
Clay Schechter (Champions Gymnastics Center)
Riley Adams (Champions Gymnastics Center)
Daniel Wuthnow (Crenshaw Athletic Club)
Grant Kell (Crenshaw Athletic Club)
James Hudson (Crenshaw Athletic Club)
Mitchell Campbell (Crenshaw Athletic Club)
Cameron Wright (Cypress Academy)
Colin VanWicklen (Cypress Academy)
Elijah Lemmons (Cypress Academy)
Hunter Justus (Cypress Academy)
Jordan King (Cypress Academy)
Levi Anderson (Cypress Academy)
Tanner West (Cypress Academy)
Anton Stephenson (DeVeau's)
Dalton Byerly (DeVeau's)
Kevin Strasser (Docksiders Gymnastics)
Sam DeWitt (Docksiders Gymnastics)
Collin Krabbe (Emerald)
Randy Scharnhorst (Emerald)
Brison (Alex) Chu (Gym Quest)
Stewart Mancano (Gym Quest)
Triston Marez (HGA)
David Szarvas (Jill's Gymnastics)
Jalon Stephens (Jill's Gymnastics)
Luis Acosta (Jurgen's)
Andrew Squires (OK Gold)
Reid Reding (OK Gold)
Seth Cannon (OK Gold)
Trent Kimberlin (OK Gold)
Will Clayton (Olympic Hills Gymnastics)
Will Rieger (Sky High)
David Watkins (St Louis Gymnastics Center)
Daniel Redfield (TAGS South)
Dylan Darst (TAGS South)
Ryan Bergman (TAGS South)
Shashank Yallamraju (TAGS South)
Kyle King (TGTC)
Marcos Gatinho (Universal Gymnastics)
Tristan Duran (US Gymnastics Development Center II)
Austin Webster (Victory Gymnastics)
Cole Casanova (WOGA)
Hayden Lewis (WOGA)
John-Charles Arion (WOGA)
Ryan Sheppard (WOGA)
Tristan Burke (WOGA)
Yaroslav Pochinka (WOGA)

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