Author: Rick Mc

Career gymnastics coach who loves the outdoors, and the internet.

Pac Rim Jr Men’s Finals

Much more competitive than the women’s competition.


Floor Exercise
1. Koji Nonomura, Japan, 14.575
2. Marvin Kimble, Milwaukee, Wis., 14.150
3. Sean Melton, Orlando, Fla., 14.100

Click PLAY or watch Koji on YouTube.

Pommel Horse
1. Kaito Imabayashi, Japan, 14.850
2. Grygorii Zyrianov, Russia, 14.000
3. Akash Modi, Morganville, N.J., 13.950

Still Rings
1. Guanhua Wu, China, 14.450
2. Sergey Stepanov, Russia, 14.150
3. Marvin Kimble, Milwaukee, Wis., 14.000

Vault
1. Sean Melton, Orlando, Fla., 15.875
2. Marvin Kimble, Milwaukee, Wis., 15.850
3. Brody-Jai Hennessy, Australia, 15.550

Parallel Bars
1. Sean Melton, Orlando, Fla., 14.400
2. Kangye Xu, China, 14.225
3. Kaito Imabayashi, Japan, 14.125
3. Akash Modi, Morganville, N.J., 14.125

Horizontal Bar
1. Kaito Imabayashi, Japan, 14.125
2. Koji Nonomura, Japan, 13.975
3. Grygorii Zyrianov, Russia, 13.650

LIVE blog on Examiner.

Pac Rim Jr Finals

Gymnastics Examiner has a terrific account of what happened.

Katelyn Ohashi won three apparatus. Congratulations.

Vault
1. Lexie Priessman, Cincinnati, Ohio, 15.325
2. Amelia Hundley, Hamilton, Ohio, 14.825
3. Maegan Chant, Canada, 13.925

Lexie Priessman

Uneven Bars
1. Katelyn Ohashi, Plano, Texas, 14.625
2. Victoria Kayen Woo, Canada, 13.100
3. Sakura Yumoto, Japan, 12.875

Balance Beam
1. Katelyn Ohashi, Plano, Texas, 15.275
2. Nina Lou, China, 14.700
3. Maria Kharenkova, Russia, 14.025

Floor Exercise
1. Katelyn Ohashi, Plano, Texas, 14.950
2. Amelia Hundley, Hamilton, Ohio, 14.300
3. Maria Kharenkova, Russia, 13.950

USA troubles on Vault

Live by the sword, die by the sword.

Certainly a line-up of Amanar vaults might win the Olympics for Team USA. But it’s risky.

… Douglas actually sat Amanar after Amanar at podium training and in warm-ups, hitting only about one-third of the time, and only then after sitting one or two. …

Vault, of all things, was an issue in general. You know it’s an issue when Ohashi has one of the better vaults of the session, performing first in the line-up with just a hop on her DTY. Priessman had a pretty crazy Amanar with steps on the landing, Douglas had her horrifying ordeal, and Ross actually looked like she OVER-rotated her Amanar …

Lauren Hopkins – Pacific Rims: The US Storylines

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Russian girls hang around after their training to check out USA training on vault

Tide 197.625 – ready to defend

The defending National Champions are looking far stronger than this time last season.

The Crimson Tide was led by senior Ashley Priess, who closed out her Coleman Coliseum tenure with a career-best 39.625 to win the all-around while senior Geralen Stack-Eaton was second with a 39.450. Prior to the meet Priess, Stack-Eaton and Rachel Terry were honored as part of the Senior Night celebration. …

… exceptional on the balance beam where it posted a 49.525, its highest score of the season and fourth highest all-time. In addition to DeMeo’s winning score of 9.95, three other UA gymnasts scored 9.9 or better. Freshman Kayla Williams, in her first beam routine in the Tide’s competitive beam lineup, scored a 9.9 …

“All week we have been practicing our mental toughness and being fierce,” Priess said. “We have such an incredible beam team but we haven’t put all six together at the same time. …

read more on Roll Tide

Click PLAY or watch Ashley’s Bars on YouTube.

Next up is the Southeastern Conference Championships, Mar. 24th in Duluth, Ga. The same venue that will be used for Championships.

For many, SEC Championships is a better competition than NCAAs.

USA / Brooks win Pacific Rim

Congratulations. Well deserved.

1. USA 352.050
2. Japan 344.700
3. China 343.250
4. Australia 334.95
5. Russia 332.0
6. Canada 330.25

Senior AA: 1. Brooks 88.700; 2. Mikulak 88.650; 3. Uematsu, JPN 87.200. Junior AA: 1. Imabayashi 84.900; 2. Nonomura 84.400; 3. Modi 84.150.

Examiner LIVE blog for the final session.