UCLA Senior Alyssa Pritchett reveals she has been training a huge new tumbling pass for the 2013 NCAA season, a double twisting double back. This tumbling pass is rarely seen at the elite level and should she compete this pass in NCAA competition, Pritchett will make history.
The future of Cincinnati is in safe hands with many talented juniors working up the elite ranks including 2012 Junior National Champion, Lexie Preissman.
Lexie will be turning senior in 2013 and is a very eagerly anticipated competitor. She’s strong on all four events and will fit right in with any USA team and will likely pick up a few all around titles while she’s at it! Lexie is the 2012 Jesolo All around Champion, 2010 Super girl Cup Champion and 2011 Junior International Champion. …
You have many talented Junior and Senior Gymnasts in your gym; do you ever find it difficult to split your time with them?
No! I have an incredible coaching staff! I just added Courtney McCool in September to Amy Wert and then my level ten staff are also very strong and helpful!
How do you motivate your girls?
I keep them focused on their goals number one then we do a lot of games and challenges when the periods of training get a little boring or long.
The team competition was dominated by the Chinese team, who won with a near-ten point margin. …
In the all around competition, young favorite Zheng Siqi won the meet with a combined score of 57.400. She also took the top score into the beam final, earning a 15.3, helped along by a D score of 6.5.
In second place was Korea’s Sung Jihye, who earned 56.900. She finished with one of the highest bars scores (14.300) and beam scores (14.650), cementing her second place finish.
The exciting Shang Chunsong finished in third place, with solid fourteen across three events (except vault). …