Gymmin' Miel!

The competition at the Sears Centre Arena got underway this evening with the 2014 U.S. Challenge. The U.S. Challenge is held in conjunction every year with gymnasts from the Hopes Division of Elite Gymnastics having the opportunity to compete. In the 10-11 Division, Sunisa Lee of Midwest Gymnastics Center top scored on the Uneven Bars on the way to earning the All Around title. Tori Tatum of Twin City Twisters and Abigail Scanlon of Capital Gymnastics rounded out the top three All Around placings. Baleigh Garcia of American Twisters was the high scorer on the Vault with Eliana Lazzari of GymNasti recording the high score on both the Balance Beam and Floor Exercise. WOGA's Deanna West won the 12-13 All Around title and also top scored on the Vault and Floor Exercise (tied with Zenith Elite's Tienna Nguyen). American Twisters' Mikayla Hotaling and Empire's Amoree Lockhart finished second and third in the All Around respectively. Hotaling top scored on the Balance Beam whilst on the Floor Exercise Cienna Samiley of Gold Medal Gymnastics earned the top marks. 

HOPES 10-11:

HOPES 12-13:

1. Deanna West (WOGA) (13.450, 13.200, 13.500, 13.450) 53.600
2. Mikayla Hotaling (American Twisters) (12.250, 12.950, 13.650, 12.850) 51.700
3. Amoree Lockhart (Empire) (12.100, 12.450, 13.600, 13.250) 51.400
4. Jaylene Gilstrap (Metroplex) (13.050, 12.950, 12.150, 12.900) 51.050
5. Tienna Nguyen (Zenith Elite) (12.550, 11.900, 13.000, 13.450) 50.900
6. Emily Lee (West Valley) (13.300, 11.650, 12.850, 13.000) 50.800
7. Nevaeh DeSouza (Dream Xtreme) (13.350, 12.600, 12.400, 12.200) 50.550
8. Lilly Hudson (VEGA) (12.500, 12.250, 12.250, 13.200) 50.200
9. Alexa Brinker (Parkettes) (12.650, 12.950, 11.500, 13.000) 50.100
10. Ruby Hernandez (SCEGA) (12.200, 12.150, 12.600, 12.950) 49.900
11. Adeline Sabados (Colorado Aerials) (13.000, 12.600, 12.350, 11.850) 49.800
12. Jasmine Harris (SCEGA) (12.500, 11.600, 12.350, 12.950) 49.400
13. Madelynn LaCoe (Girls Co-Op) (12.200, 12.100, 12.450, 12.500) 49.250
14. Mickayla Stuckey (Perfection) (12.250, 13.100, 12.650, 11.050) 49.050
15. Brooke Butler (American Twisters) (12.750, 10.950, 12.450, 12.850) 49.000
16. Cienna Samiley (Gold Medal) (11.650, 13.250, 12.250, 11.650) 48.800
17. Amelia Cassaday (Parkettes) (12.300, 11.600, 11.900, 12.950) 48.750
18. Kalyany Steele (Colorado Aerials) (12.000, 12.200, 12.850, 11.650) 48.700
19. Sophia McClelland (Paramount Elite) (12.250, 11.800, 12.800, 11.500) 48.350
20. Mackenzie Barile (Desert Lights) (12.350, 12.700, 10.600, 12.350) 48.000
21. Erin Elkabchi (SCEGA) (12.550, 10.800, 12.850, 11.700) 47.900
22. Anna McGee (Georgia Elite) (12.350, 10.650, 12.600, 12.150) 47.750
23. Eliza Greco (Georgia Elite) (13.100, 11.300, 10.750, 12.050) 47.200
24. Kristen Quick (Waller's GymJam) (12.150, 12.000, 11.250, 11.650) 47.050
25. Courtney Tsunoda (Azarian) (12.700, 9.800, 11.400, 12.900); Katelyn Searle (Paramount Elite) (12.950, 10.400, 11.450, 12.000) 46.800
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27. Jillian Hoffman (SCEGA) (12.900, 9.650, 11.100, 13.100) 46.750
28. Meleah Bell (Girls Co-Op) (12.700, 11.700, 9.450, 11.700) 45.550

Find below the updated Start Lists for the 2014 Secret U.S. Classic which is being held at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. From the original post on the 16th of July the following gymnasts were listed as scratched: Junior Bailie Key (Montgomery, Texas/Texas Dreams Gymnastics) who was scheduled to compete in the Seniors division; Senior Peyton Ernst (Coppell, Texas/Texas Dreams Gymnastics); and Juniors Grace Waguespack (Longwood, Florida/ACE Gymnastics) and Kaitlin DeGuzman (Rowlett, Texas/Metroplex Gymnastics). Other gymnasts who had been originally listed as competing but who are not on the start lists are Juniors Ariana Agrapides (Bayville, New Jersey/MG Elite), Vanasia Bradley (Lincoln Park, Michigan/Splitz Gymnastics) and  Emily Muhlenhaupt (Castle Rock, Colorado/Colorado Aerials Gymnastics Center) and Senior Emily Schild (Huntersville, North Carolina/Everest Gymnastics). 

START LISTS:

SENIORS SESSION:

STARTING ON VAULT - JUNIORS COMPETING IN SENIOR SESSION:

• Norah Flatley (Cumming, Iowa/Chow's Gymnastics and Dance Institute) 
• Lauren Navarro (La Verne, California/Charter Oak Gymnastics)
• Olivia Trautman (Champlin, Minnesota/Twin City Twisters) 
• Jazmyn Foberg (Bayville, New Jersey/MG Elite)
• Abby Paulson (Coon Rapids, Minnesota/Twin City Twisters) 
• Emily Gaskins (Coral Springs, Florida/Texas Dreams Gymnastics) 

• Samantha Ogden (Allen, Texas/WOGA Gymnastics)
• Madison Kocian (Dallas, Texas/WOGA Gymnastics)
• Lexie Priessman (Fairfield, Ohio/Perfection Gymnastics)
• Brenna Dowell (Odessa, Missouri/Great American Gymnastics Express)
• Alyssa Baumann (Plano, Texas/WOGA Gymnastics)
• Maggie Nichols (Little Canada, Minnesota/Twin City Twisters)
• Madison Desch (Lenexa, Kansas/Great American Gymnastics Express)

• Melissa Reinstadtler (Brick, New Jersey/Rebound Gymnastics Inc.)
• Rachel Gowey (Urbandale, Iowa/Chow's Gymnastics and Dance Institute)
• Veronica Hults (Coppell, Texas/Texas Dreams Gymnastics)
• Nia Dennis (Westerville, Ohio/Buckeye Gymnastics) - JUNIOR
• Macy Toronjo (Huntsville, Texas/Texas Dreams Gymnastics)
• Ragan Smith (Lewisville, Texas/Texas Dreams Gymnastics) - JUNIOR

• Amelia Hundley (Hamilton, Ohio/Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy)
• Ashton Locklear (Hamlet, North Carolina/Everest Gymnastics)
• Kyla Ross (Aliso Viejo, California/Gym-Max Gymnastics)
• Felicia Hano (San Gabriel, California/Gym-Max Gymnastics)
• Simone Biles (Spring, Texas/World Champions Centre) 
• Mykayla Skinner (Gilbert, Arizona/Desert Lights Gymnastics)

The Secret U.S. Classic was held today (27th of July) at the Sears Center Arena in Chicago, Illinois. The Junior Women's session got underway at 1.00pm (C.T.) and will sawt forty gymnasts compete. Missing from the original participants list are: Simone Banen (North Stars Gymnastics Academy); Jordan Chiles (Naydenov Gymnastics); Bridget Dean (Orlando Metro Gymnastics); Asia DeWalt (WOGA Gymnastics); Bailey Ferrer (Orlando Metro Gymnastics) and Taylor Lawson (Parkettes National Gymnastics Training Center).

Texas Dream gymnast Bailie Key won the All Around title over Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy's Amelia Hundley with fellow Texas Dream gymnast Veronica Hults finishing in third. Nia Dennis of Buckeye Gymnastics top scored on the Vault over Monmouth Gymnastics - MG Elite's Ariana Agrapides. Veronica Hults won the Uneven Bars title, with Hundley and Polina Shchennikova (The International Gymnastics Academy of The Rockies/TIGAR) finishing second and third respectively. Norah Flatley of Chow's Gymnastics and Dance Institute was the top on the Balance Beam, with Key in second and Hults third. Lauren Hernandez of Monmouth Gymnastics/MG Elite was the Floor Exercise Champion with Nia Dennis in second and Hundley third.

Following the Junior competition, U.S. Gymnastics announced that Vanasia Bradley (Splitz Gymnastics); Nadia Cho (WOGA Gymnastics); Christina Desiderio (Parkettes National Gymnastics Training Center) and Sydney Johnson-Scharpf (Brandy Johnson's Global Gymnastics) had successfully qualified to the P&G Championships based on their scores today. Well done to all. 

Firstly, there are some beautiful leotards in this field! At the halfway point, Texas Dreams' Peyton Ernst leads over Madison Kocian of WOGA. McKayla Maroney on Vault - Just a step on the landing of the Amanar but a great Vault anyways! And what looks like a huge step forward on the Mustafina (Scores 15.250). Rough time on Beam for Kocian, a few bobbles. Rock solid routine from Ernst on the Balance Beam just a small hop on the dismount. Love Kyla's leotard and a solid effort on the Vault. Can I just say that I love the GAGE leotards. Headed into the final rotation, Ernst is still in the lead over Kyla Ross (Gym-Max) and Abigail Milliet (Denton). And it's official, Kyla Ross' amazing Uneven Bars routine puts her over the top of Peyton Ernst and GAGE gymnast Brenna Dowell. Mykayla Skinner's Cheng Vault was incredible, but McKayla Maroney's higher vault average saw her top Skinner for the top on the apparatus. Ross was the high scorer on the Uneven Bars whilst Peyton Ernst's 14.700 on the Balance Beam was the high mark on that apparatus. Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy's Lexie Priessman was top scorer on the Floor Exercise. 

The University of Nebraska took out their second consecutive Big Ten team title over the University of Michigan and the University of Minnesota. Nebraska's win was a conference championship school record. Junior Emily Wong (Nebraska) took out her second consecutive All Around title and also earned the Floor and Uneven Bars title. Wong also tied for the Balance Beam honors with team mate Jennifer Lauer, Minnesota's Lindsay Mable, and Ohio State's Alyssa Marohn and Sarah Miller. Nebraska's Janelle Giblin, Hollie Blanske, Brittany Skinner, Jessie DeZiel and Michigan's Katie Zurales tied for the Vault title.

 

TEAM RESULTS:

ALL AROUND:

VAULT:

UNEVEN BARS: