Victoria Moors, Ryuzo Sejima join 2012 AT&T American Cup field

Moors, Sejima join 2012 AT&T American Cup field

02/21/2012

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INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 21, 2012 – Victoria Moors of Canada and Ryuzo Sejima of Japan will compete in the AT&T American Cup, replacing Germany's Nadine Jarosch and Philipp Boy, respectively. Scheduled for March 3 at New York City's Madison Square Garden, the AT&T American Cup boasts an impressive field including four Americans: 2011 World all-around champion Jordyn Wieber of DeWitt, Mich./Gedderts' Twistars USA; 2011 World team champion Alexandra Raisman of Needham, Mass./Brestyan's American Gymnastics; 2011 World parallel bars champion Danell Leyva of Miami/Team Hilton HHonors (Universal Gymnastics); and John Orozco of the Bronx, N.Y./U.S. Olympic Training Center, who finished fifth in the all-around at the 2011 World Championships.
Moors, the 2011 Canadian junior national champion, was a member of Canada's team that finished second at the 2012 Visa International Gymnastics competition and secured a team berth to the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Sejima competed at the 2011 World University Games, helping the Japanese to the team gold medal and winning the individual silver medal on the floor exercise.
The complete 2012 AT&T American Cup field is as follows.
Men

• USA: Danell Leyva, Miami/Team Hilton HHonors (Universal Gymnastics)
• USA: John Orozco, Bronx, N.Y./U.S. Olympic Training Center
• France: Cyril Tommasone
• Germany: Marcel Nguyen
• Great Britain: Daniel Purvis
• Japan: Ryuzo Sejima
• Ukraine: Mykola Kuksenkov
• Ukraine: Oleg Verniaiev

Women

• USA: Alexandra Raisman, Needham, Mass./Brestyan's Gymnastics
• USA: Jordyn Wieber, DeWitt, Mich./Gedderts' Twistars USA
• Australia: Georgia Simpson
• Canada: Victoria Moors
• Germany: Lisa Hill
• Great Britain: Rebecca Tunney
• Romania: Diana Chelaru
• Romania: Larisa Iordache

Gymnastics greats Nadia Comaneci, Bart Conner, Tracee Talavera, Mary Lou Retton, Peter Vidmar, Carly Patterson, Jason Gatson, Nastia Liukin and Paul Hamm won American Cup titles in Madison Square Garden months before earning a combined 30 Olympic medals, including 13 gold.