Danell Leyva – 92.50*

it ain’t bragging if you do it

CONGRATULATIONS Danell.

1. Danell Leyva, 92.5; 2. Jonathan Horton 90.4; 3. Steven Legendre 89.4; 4. John Orozco, 89.2; 5. Chris Brooks, 89.15; 6. Jake Dalton, 87.85; 7. Alex Naddour, 87.55; 8. CJ Maestas, 87.35.

Examiner – Quick hits: Senior men’s prelims at the 2011 U.S. Championships COMPETITION

* Note that USAG rules have a few bonus tenths. For example, 0.1+ for a stuck landing of elements D or more difficult. (Leyva’s HBar had +0.5 bonus this night.)

… “I need some more to reach [Kohei] Uchimura, but that’s what I’m working on,” he said.

Alvarez was not surprised by Leyva’s effort on day one. He says he always hits his routines at their Miami gym, where they do extra on pommel horse, a weakness of the U.S. team. He also wrote down his potential score on paper and showed it to Danell a while ago, but Danell thought the lofty number was crazy.

It was 92.50. …

Dwight Normile’s take on the meet on IG – Leyva Impressive on Day 1: Horton Trails by 2.10