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WOMEN'S ROSTER JUNIOR DIVISION
SENIOR DIVISION Name Hometown Club
Name Hometown Club
Alyssa Baumann
Plano, TX
WOGA
Ariana Agrapides
Bayville, NJ
MG Elite
Simone Biles
Spring, TX
World Champions Centre
Elena Arenas
Bishop, GA
Georgia Elite
Madison Desch
Lenexa, KS
GAGE
Aria Brusch
Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati
Brenna Dowell
Odessa, MO
GAGE
Jordan Chiles
Vancouver, WA
Naydenov
Nia Dennis
Westerville, OH
Buckeye
Rachel Gowey
Urbandale, IA
Chow’s
Christina Desiderio
Hackettstown, NJ
Parkettes
Felicia Hano
San Gabriel, CA
Gym-Max
Bailey Ferrer
Ocoee, FL
Orlando Metro
Veronica Hults
Coppell, TX
Texas Dreams
Rachael Flam
Houston, TX
Stars-Houston
Cumming, IA
Chow’s
Amelia Hundley
Hamilton, OH
Cincinnati
Norah Flatley
Madison Kocian
Dallas, TX
WOGA
Jazmyn Foberg
Bayville, NJ
MG Elite
Ashton Locklear
Hamlet, NC
Everest
Molly Frack
Nazareth, PA
Parkettes
Maggie Nichols
Little Canada, MN
Twin City Twisters
Margzetta Frazier
Erial, NJ
Parkettes
Kyla Ross
Aliso Viejo, CA
Gym-Max
Megan Freed
Bethlehem, PA
Parkettes
Emily Gaskins
Coral Springs, FL
Cincinnati
MyKayla Skinner
Gilbert, AZ
Desert Lights
Delanie Harkness
Leslie, MI
Twistars USA
Macy Toronjo
Huntsville, TX
Texas Dreams
Morgan Hurd
Middletown, DE
First State
Sydney Johnson-Scharpf Groveland, FL
Brandy Johnson’s
Shilese Jones
Renton, WA
Auburn
Adeline Kenlin
Iowa City, IA
Iowa Gym-Nest
Taylor Lawson
Macungie, PA
Parkettes
Maggie Musselman
Crownsville, MD
Hill’s
Lauren Navarro
La Verne, CA
Gliders
Victoria Nguyen
West Des Moines, IA
Chow’s
Maile O’Keefe
Las Vegas, NV
Salcianu
Marissa Oakley
Oswego, IL
Phenom
Abby Paulson
Coon Rapids, MN
Twin City Twisters
Adriana Popp
Easton, PA
Girls Co-Op
Grace Quinn
Arlington, TX
Texas Dreams
Lexy Ramler
St. Michael, MN
KidSport
Alyona Shchennikova
Evergreen, CO
TIGAR
Megan Skaggs
Marietta, GA
Gym Acad Atlanta
Ragan Smith
Lewisville, TX
Texas Dreams
Deanne Soza
Orem, UT
Arete
Olivia Trautman
Champlin, MN
Twin City Twisters
Alexis Vasquez
West Des Moines, IA
Chow’s
MEN'S ROSTER JUNIOR DIVISION 17 - 18
SENIOR DIVISION Name Hometown Club
Name
Hometown Club
Dylan Akers
University of Oklahoma
Bobby Baker
Lemont, IL
University of Illinois
Jacob Barrus
Dallas, TX
Ridgewood Gymnastics
Dmitri Belanovski
West Allis, WI
Swiss Turners
Austin Hodges
Lincolnshire, IL
University of Iowa
Hunter Justus
Houston, TX
University of Oklahoma
Houston, TX
Donothan Bailey
Lake Forest, CA
UC Berkeley
Danny Berardini
Lake Forest, IL
University of Oklahoma
Allan Bower
Chandler, AZ
University of Oklahoma
Jack Boyle
Naperville, IL
University of Iowa
Kyle King
Mesquite, TX
Ridgewood Gymnastics
Jacob Dalton
Sparks, NV
Team Hilton HHonors
Yul Moldauer
Arvada, CO
5280 Gymnastics
Alex Diab
Glen Ellyn, IL
Premier Gymnastics
Robert Neff
Brookfield, WI
Swiss Turners
Team Hilton HHonors
Ryan Sheppard
Murphy, TX
WOGA Plano
Jonah Urlaub
Huntington Beach, CA
SCATS Gymnastics
Arinn Wade
Newark, NJ
U.S. Air Force Academy
Kiwan Watts
North Chesterfield, VA
Above The Bar
Alexander Wilson
Sugar Land, TX
Houston Gym Center
Joshua Dixon
San Jose, CA
Jesse Glenn
Porter Ranch, CA
Army Gymnastics
Jonathan Horton
Houston, TX
Team Hilton HHonors
Trevor Howard
Columbus, OH
Penn State University
Nicholas Hunter
Canfield, OH
University of Michigan
Alex Johnson
Marysville, OH
Ohio State University
Marvin Kimble
Milwaukee, WI
Swiss Turners
Steven Lacombe
Mission Viejo, CA
UC Berkeley
Name
Hometown Club
Team Hilton HHonors
Levi Anderson
Houston, TX
Steven Legendre
Port Jefferson, NY
JUNIOR DIVISION 15 - 16 Cypress Academy
Maxim Andryushchenko Arlington Heights, IL
Lake Shore Academy
Cameron Bock
Tustin, CA
SCATS Gymnastics
Grant Breckenridge
Libertyville, IL
Buffalo Grove
Tristan Burke
Royse City, TX
WOGA Frisco
Danell Leyva
Miami, FL
Team Hilton HHonors
Matthew Loochtan
Hawthorn Woods, IL
University of Iowa
CJ Maestas
Corrales, NM
University of Illinois
Ellis Mannon
Indianapolis, IN
University of Minnesota
Michael Burns
Baltimore, OH
Hocking Valley
Jake Martin
Oviedo, FL
Ohio State University
Cole Casanova
Dallas, TX
WOGA Frisco
Sean Melton
Orlando, FL
Ohio State University
Addison Chung
Medfield, MA
NESA
Team Hilton HHonors
Emyre Cole
N. Las Vegas, NV
Go For It USA
Peter Daggett
E. Longmeadow, MA
Daggett Gymnastics
Fabian DeLuna
Dallas, TX
VSSG
Cutter Fugett
Boulder, CO
5280 Gymnastics
Marcos Gatinho
Miami, FL
Universal Gymnastics
Sam Mikulak
Corona del Mar, CA
Akash Modi
Morganville, NJ
Stanford University
Drew Moling
Canal Winchester, OH
Ohio State University
Alex Naddour
Gilbert, AZ
Team Hilton HHonors
John Orozco
Bronx, NY
Team Hilton HHonors
Davis Grooms
Katy, TX
Champions Gymnastics
Manchester, CT
Daggett Gymnastics
Kanji Oyama
Huntington Beach, CA
Univ of Oklahoma
Shaun Herzog
Eddie Penev
Penfield, NY
Team Hilton HHonors
David Jessen
Providence, RI
TAG USA
Christian Kalustian
Gold River, CA
Byers Gymnastics
Vitali Kan
West Allis, WI
Swiss Turners
Jordan King
The Woodlands, TX
Cypress Academy
Paul Ruggeri III
Manlius, NY
Team Hilton HHonors
Colin Van Wicklen
Magnolia, TX
University of Oklahoma
Donnel Whittenburg
Baltimore, MD
Team Hilton HHonors
Eric Klein
W. Brookfield, MA
Daggett Gymnastics
Kevin Wolting
Laguna Hills, CA
UC Berkeley
Mario Lubian
Miami, FL
Universal Gymnastics
Brandon Wynn
Voorhees, NJ
Team Hilton HHonors
Anthony McCallum
Columbia, SC
U.S.O.T.C.
University of Oklahoma
Yaroslav Pochinka
Plano, TX
WOGA Plano
Anton Stephenson
Fishers, IN
DeVeau’s
Marty Strech
Fountain Valley, CA
Azarian USGTC
Ryan Wangler
Savage, MN
Classic Gymnastics
Matthew Wenske
Houston, TX
Cypress Academy
Shane Wiskus
Spring Park, MN
MHG
Josh Zeal
Buffalo Grove, IL
Buffalo Grove
Joshua Yee
Mililani, HI
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his week in Pittsburgh, USA Gymnastics celebrates the achievements of both the 1984 and 2004 U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Teams, in addition to inducting the Class of 2014 into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame. Thirty years ago, Team USA won a record 16 medals at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, including five gold medals: men’s team; Mary Lou Retton, all-around; Bart Conner, parallel bars; Peter Vidmar, pommel horse; and Julianne McNamara, uneven bars. This was the first time the USA had won an Olympic gold medal in gymnastics since 1932, and the first ever for the women’s all-around title. At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, the United States won a total of nine medals, including both the men’s (Paul Hamm) and women’s (Carly Patterson) allaround golds and both team silver medals. Hamm’s win remains the only time a U.S. man has won the Olympic all-around crown. Additionally, six individuals, representing four different gymnastics disciplines, comprise the 2014 class of inductees for the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame (pictured clockwise): Yoshi Hayasaki (men, coach), Courtney Kupets (women), Nastia Liukin (women), Lisa Wang (rhythmic), and Blaine Wilson (men). Acrobatic gymnastics judge and administrator Jola Jones is the final member of the Class of 2014, receiving a Lifetime Achievement honor.
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The P&G Gymnastics Championships returns to the Circle City in 2015 Scheduled for Aug. 13-16, the four-day competition, which serves as USA Gymnastics’ national championships, will be held at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, site of the 2005 championships. The USA Gymnastics National Congress and Trade Show will be held at the Indiana Convention Center. This is the fourth time the prestigious event has been held in Indianapolis (1986, 1998, 2005).
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The International Gymnastics Federation’s (FIG) scoring system for men’s and women’s gymnastics was instituted in January 2006 and incorporates credit for the routine’s content, difficulty and execution, as well as artistry for the women. In the U.S., this system is used at all elite level events. The FIG’s scoring system is governed by the Code of Points, which is revised for each quadrennium through re-valuing skills and adjusting individual apparatus requirements. Although the basic process is the same for men and women, some differences exist between the two. The men’s and women’s gymnastics scoring system is similar to those used in rhythmic gymnastics, trampoline and tumbling, and acrobatic gymnastics. Under the current system, a gymnast’s total score includes values for both the routine’s content and his/her execution. Basically, the scoring procedure adds the Difficulty Score, which includes difficulty value for skills, connection value and element group/ compositional requirements, to the Execution Score, which encompasses execution and technique — and for women, artistry on the balance beam and floor exercise — to determine a gymnast’s total score. Scores no longer have a maximum value of 10. DIFFICULTY SCORE: difficulty and technical content. The Difficulty Score includes credit for the specified number of skills performed in the routine, along with connection value (credit for connecting high-level skills) and element group/compositional requirements. The men use the term element group requirements, which are the basic categories of skills/elements that must be included in a routine. The women use composition instead of element group to describe this requirement. The element group/ compositional requirements vary by apparatus. This score is determined by the D (Difficulty) Panel, which is a two-person panel. THE DIFFICULTY VALUE is determined by totaling values for the most difficult skills — eight for women and 10 for men, including the dismount. Each skill has a set difficulty value, as outlined in the Code of Points, and are divided into seven classifications. The difficulty value of a skill or element is not recognized if it fails to meet its technical requirements. Also, credit is only given once for a skill. For the women, they must perform a minimum of three dance elements and a maximum of five acrobatic elements in their balance beam and floor exercise routines.
CONNECTION VALUE is awarded when specific skills or skill types are executed successfully in succession. The women can earn connection values for beam, uneven bars and floor, while the men can earn it for floor and horizontal bar. For men and women, each connection value is either 0.1 or 0.2 points. No connection value is awarded if the gymnast falls. ELEMENT GROUP/COMPOSITIONAL REQUIREMENTS are the basic skills or elements that must be included in each routine and vary by apparatus. This area is similar to the special requirements in the past. If all five requirements are included, a maximum of 2.5 points is awarded. Each judge on the D Panel independently reaches his/her Difficulty Score and then the two compare and reach a consensus. After the score has been posted, a coach may inquire about the Difficulty Score, first verbally and then in writing. An inquiry may be resolved by using video review. The initial inquiry must be made prior to the completion of the next gymnast’s routine. The written inquiry must be submitted before the end of the rotation, and the Superior Jury reviews the inquiry. At FIG events, a fee is assessed for filing an inquiry; it is returned if the inquiry is upheld. EXECUTION SCORE: Execution and technique (plus artistry on beam and floor for women). The Execution Score, determined by a six-person E Panel, now begins at 10 and deductions are made for errors and faults in technique, execution and artistry. Each judge independently determines his/her score. The highest and lowest scores are dropped, and the gymnast’s Execution Score is the average of the remaining four judges’ scores. Deductions for neutral errors are subtracted from the sum of the Difficulty and Execution Scores. THE DEDUCTIONS for various errors range from 0.1 point for a small error to 1 point for a fall. Neutral deductions include those for stepping out of bounds or violating time requirements, as well as attire or podium violations. Inquiries are not allowed on the Execution Score. TOTAL SCORE. The gymnast’s final score is the total of the Difficulty and Execution Scores less any deductions for neutral errors.
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