Category: Gymnastics

Balance Beam Situation explains (again, as usual) how the National Qualifying Score works. Any competition that is not one of the top 3 home scores, or top 3 road scores, is meaningless.

Here are the top 10 teams by National Qualifying Score as of Feb. 24, 2025.

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WEEK 8 RANKINGS AND NQS UPDATE

Named after Winter Cup 2025.

1. Lavi Crain 52.000
2. Vivi Crain 50.550
3. Addy VanGrinsven 50.350
4. Kylie Smith 50.100
5. Trinity Wood 49.600
6. Amia Pugh-Banks 49.150
7. Sydney Williams 49.100
8. Charleigh Bullock 49.050

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Lavi and Vivi are sisters training at GAGE. They began their careers at Avant Coeur Gymnastics in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.

Fun fact — the man competing two Triple Backs, Kameron Nelson, also started at that Gym.

1. Riley Loos (Stanford) – 160.850
2. Fred Richard (Michigan) – 159.000
3. Taylor Christopulos (Nebraska) – 158.400
4. Taylor Burkhart (Stanford) – 158.050
5. Jun Iwai (Texas Dreams) – 157.750

Apparatus winners:

• FX: Riley Loos (Stanford)
• PH: Brandon Dang (Illinois)
• SR: Riley Loos (Stanford)
• VT: Nartey Brady (Eagle Ridge)
• PB: Colt Walker (Stanford)
• HB: Crew Bold (Michigan)

1. Mackenzie Estep 38⁹⁷⁵ 
2. Jasmine Cawley 38⁹⁵⁰ 
3. Cameron Tassone 38⁸⁵⁰
4. Sophie Schriever 38⁷²⁵
5. Allison Cucci 38⁶²⁵
6. Ella Murphy 38⁴⁵⁰

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1. Ashlee Sullivan 53.550
2. Jayla Hang 53.000
3. Simone Rose 52.700
4. Tatum Drusch 52.550
5. Nola Matthews 52.400
6. Alicia Zhou 51.950

Full results.

USAG recap ➙ Sullivan wins senior women’s Winter Cup all-around title