Author: Rick Mc

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

USAG Development Program Nationals Results

USA Gymnastics Women’s Development Program National Championships for Level 10 athletes, previously known as the Junior Olympic National Championships, concluded Sunday …

All-around and individual event champions were crowned across 12 age divisions spanning junior and senior classifications. …

Region 8 claims Super Team title as 2021 USA Gymnastics Women’s Development Program National Championships wrap in Daytona Beach

Champions:

Junior A

  • All-around: 1. Emerson Fisk, Valrico, Fla./Golden City Gymnastics, 38.125

Junior B

  • All-around: 1. Alana Walker, West Orange, N.J./North Stars Gymnastics Academy, 38.425

Junior C

  • All-around: 1. Avery Neff, South Jordan, Utah/Olympus Gymnastics, 39.000

Junior D

  • All-around: 1. Hannah Scheible, Kimball, Mich./All American Flames Gymnastix, 38.800

Junior E

  • All-around: 1. Madison Ulrich, Fort Mill, S.C./Southeaster Gymnastics Center, 38.700

Junior F

  • All-around: 1. Kylie Coen, Fort Worth, Texas/Empire Gymnastics Academy, 38.925

Senior A

  • All-around: 1. Sarah Moraw, Holland, Mich./Champion Gymnastics USA, 38.375

Senior B

  • All-around: 1. Anna Roberts, Seattle, Wash./Metropolitan Gymnastics, 38.425

Senior C

  • All-around: 1. Selena Harris, Henderson, Nev./Gymcats Gymnastics, 38.950

Senior D

  • All-around: 1. Lali Dekanoidze, Matthews, N.C./Southeastern Gymnastic Center, 38.900

Senior E

  • All-around: 1. Skyla Schulte, Bolingbrook, Ill./Phenom Gymnastics, 38.950

Senior F

  • All-around: 1. Sloane Blakely, Frisco, Texas/WOGA Gymnastics, 39.200

USAG Men’s Age Group Nationals

… Men’s all-around and individual event titles were awarded in Junior Elite and Junior National divisions for Levels 8, 9 and 10.

Regional team champions were also named for each division, while Junior National club team championships were awarded by level.

Levels are determined by age and skill level. Level 8 is comprised of athletes who are 11 or 12 years old. Level 9 consists of 13 and 14-year-olds, and Level 10 is split between two age divisions: 15-16 year olds and 17-18 year olds. …

2021 Men’s Development Program National Championships conclude in Daytona Beach

Junior Elite Level 8 11-year-old champions: All-around – 1. Hayden Brown, Corona Del Mar, Calif./SCATS Gymnastics, 130.100

Junior Elite Level 8 12-year-old champions: All-around – 1. Rahul Mandava, Cypress, Texas/Cypress Academy of Gymnastics, 125.900

Junior Elite Level 9 13-year-old champions: All-around – 1. Danila Leykin, Frisco, Texas/WOGA Gymnastics, 131.300

Junior Elite Level 9 14-year-old champions: All-around – 1. Sasha Bogonosiuk, Buffalo Grove, Ill./Gymkhana Gymnastics Club and Dance Studio, 132.650 (not eligible for U.S. National Team)

Junior Elite Level 10 15-year-old champions: All-around – 1. Vahe Petrosyan, Van Nuys, Calif./Gymnastics Olympica USA, 134.100

Junior Elite Level 10 16-year-old champions: All-around – 1. Caden Clinton, Cypress, Texas/Cypress Academy of Gymnastics, 132.150

Junior Elite Level 10 17-year-old champions: All-around – 1. Landen Blixt, Fowlerville, Mich./Infinity Gymnastics Academy, 132.450

Junior Elite Level 10 18-year-old champions: All-around – 1. Nicolas Kuebler, Seattle, Wash./Metropolitan Gymnastics, 137.100

Junior National Level 8 champions: All-around – 1. Giorgio Alarcon, Winter Garden, Fla./Gymnastics USA, 72.850

Junior National Level 9 13-year-old champions: All-around – 1. Kai Prater, Franklin, Tenn./Harpeth School of Gymnastics, 69.500

Junior National Level 9 14-year-old champions: All-around – 1. Junnosuke Iwai, Lewisville, Texas/Texas Dreams, 73.900

Junior National Level 10 15-year-old champions: All-around – 1. Tyler Tran, Orlando, Fla./Gymnastics USA, 150.400

Junior National Level 10 16-year-old champions: All-around – 1. Luke Esparo, North Haven, Conn./New Era Gymnastics, 153.950

Junior National Level 10 17-year-old champions: All-around – 1. Jack Critz, Huntington Beach, Calif./SCATS Gymnastics, 155.350

Junior National Level 10 18-year-old champions: All-around – 1. Lais Najjar, Oak Brook, Ill./Lakeshore Academy of Art Gymnastics, 159.000

Lais Najjar has an FIG licence with Syria. In fact he competed for Syria at the 2019 Jr World Championships.

Stanford will not cut sports

Great news.

Stanford University has reversed the decision to cut 11 of its varsity sports programs. In an announcement on Tuesday, the school said the school backtracked in part because of “an improved financial picture with increased fundraising potential.”

At the time of the original decision in July of 2020, the university received heavy backlash after it announced the following sports would be discontinued:

  • Men’s and women’s fencing
  • Field hockey
  • Lightweight rowing
  • Men’s rowing
  • Co-ed and women’s sailing
  • Squash
  • Synchronized swimming
  • Men’s volleyball
  • Wrestling

Also factoring into the decision are federal lawsuits from the athletes affected, as well as on-field protests.

Click PLAY or watch wrestler Shane Griffith on Twitter.

could Tokyo still be cancelled?

I don’t think so.

They will go forward in one form or another.

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related – Tokyo Olympics: more than 80% of Japanese oppose hosting Games – poll

Uchimura – H Bar

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At NHK he did what is becoming his usual thing on HB, scoring 15.333. This gives him another 40 points towards selection for Japan’s +1 spot. 

Yonekura Hidenobu scored a vault average of 15.050, lower than his scores from All Japan but enough to earn him 30 points.

This means that provisionally, both Kohei and Hidenobu have 110 points, so Event Championships will be key to deciding who gets the spot.

Unfortunately Minami Kazuki withdrew from NHK with a calf injury, which I think takes him out of Olympic contention, though hopefully he will return for Event Championships. …

MAGnastics – NHK Trophy & What Happens Next?

Tanigawa Wataru – Vault

Piked double front half. STICK.

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Arizona State wins Collegiate GymACT

Arizona State rolled to their 14th straight team championship at the 2021 USA Gymnastics Collegiate GymACT Championships Saturday at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Fla.

ASU (314.350) finished a full 13 points ahead of runner up Washington (301.050). The University of Illinois-Chicago (284.600), SC United (281.350) and Temple (280.550) rounded out the top five. …

GymACT members include Arizona State University, Georgia United, Kansas City United, New York Alliance, NorCal United, Northern Illinois University, Rocky Mountain Pride, Southern California United, Temple University, the University of Illinois-Chicago and the University of Washington. …

USAG

Kiwan Watts won the AA and all apparatus — aside from Luka Sisauri who won Pommels.

JOSH LEVIN from NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY was named Coach of the Year.

Olympians Hashimoto Daiki & Kaya Kazuma

Unlike the host nation WAG team, only 2 Olympians have been named (so far) for the men.

No doubt they will look closely at who best complements the two selected.

… The top 5 is crucial because the selection policies state that the 3rd Olympic team spot must be someone who placed top 5 AA at NHK. Therefore one of Wataru, Teppei or Kazuyuki will definitely be on the Olympic team.

The 4th spot must be someone who placed top 10 at NHK. …

MAGnastics – NHK Trophy & What Happens Next?