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Relive the action from the 2012 Kellogg's Pacific Rim Championships

USA Gymnastics is excited to provide fans with exclusive coverage of the 2012 Kellogg's Pacific Rim Championships, held March 16-18 at the Comcast Arena and Comcast Community Ice Rink in Everett, Wash., on the official USA Gymnastics YouTube channel.

With over 500 videos of routines, running more than nine hours, fans can relive the championships where Team USA brought home an impressive 63 medals. Coverage includes all of the disciplines from the Kellogg's Pacific Rim Championships, men's and women's gymnastics, men's and women's trampoline and rhythmic gymnastics, including complete coverage of the event finals coverage for artistic gymnastics for both the senior and junior divisions. Click the links below to view the playlists:

• Men and Women Artistic
  
  • Women's Podium Training - March 14
  • Men's Team & All-Around - March 17
  • Junior Men's and Women's Event Finals - March 18
  • Senior Men's and Women's Event Finals - March 18
• Rhythmic Gymnastics
  
  • Junior & Senior Team & All-Around - March 16
  • Junior & Senior Event Finals - March 17

No. 1 Florida Gymnastics uses nation's second-highest total to defeat No. 7 Utah

The No. 1 Florida gymnastics team (11-1, 5-1 SEC) used the nation’s second-highest total of 2012 to finish its regular-season schedule with a win versus No. 7 Utah (7-3, 3-1 Pac 12) Friday evening in front of a Stephen C. O’Connell Center crowd of 5,762. The Gators posted a 197.90, which also stands as the fourth-highest in school history, and the Utes finished with a 196.475.

Gator Event Winners Sunday
Vault	Alaina Johnson	9.90
Uneven Bars	Ashanée Dickerson	9.95
	Alaina Johnson	9.95
Balance Beam	Alaina Johnson	9.925
	Marissa King	9.925
Floor Exercise	Kytra Hunter	9.95
	Marissa King	9.95
All-Around	Alaina Johnson	39.675

Florida’s score is second only this season to the 198.05 turned in by UCLA on Feb. 26.

The all-around performances Friday of three Gator All-Americans rank among the nation’s best of the season. Sophomore Alaina Johnson equaled her collegiate-best of 39.675 to take her second win of the season. Also turning in a collegiate-best was junior Marissa King, who was second 39.65. Fellow junior Ashanée Dickerson was third with her season-best total of 39.625.

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Lexie Priessman - VT - 2012 Kellogg's Pacific Rim Championships

USA concludes Kellogg's Pacific Rim Championships with 13 more medals

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• Event Finals: Sr. Women | Sr. Men
• Photo Gallery
• Videos of routines
• Official Kellogg's Pacific Rim Championships website

EVERETT, Wash., March 18, 2012 – Team USA completed a dominating performance at the 2012 Kellogg's Pacific Rim Championships, winning an impressive 13 medals during the senior event finals competition Sunday night in Comcast Arena at Everett. Over the three days of competition, the United States won a total of 63 medals between men's and women's gymnastics (36), rhythmic gymnastics (18), and men's and women's trampoline (9).
Jake Dalton of Reno, Nev./University of Oklahoma, came out of the gates strong for the Americans, winning the floor exercise title with a 15.375 with an Arabian double layout first pass and triple twist dismount. Japan's Tatsuki Nakashima finished second with 15.075 and China's Ran Cheng was third with a 14.575. Chris Brooks of Houston/Team Hilton HHonors (Cypress Gymnastics), finished fourth with a 14.550, opening with a stuck double front pike.
On pommel horse, China's Rongbing Liu won the gold medal with a score of 14.825. Brooks won the silver medal with a strong routine, scoring 14.700. Sam Mikulak of Ann Arbor, Mich./University of Michigan, won the bronze with a score of 14.375.
Brooks nailed a rings routine to score 15.075 with a stuck one-and-a-half twisting double back dismount to win the gold medal. Japan's Takuya Nakase (14.950) and Australia's Joshua Jefferis (14.825) completed the podium in second and third, respectively.
Hong Kong's Wai Hung Shek won the vault title with a score of 15.687. Mikulak earned the silver medal for his vaults, a Kasamatsu double and a front handspring double front, scoring an average 15.562. Canada's Scott Morgan took third with a score of 15.512. Dalton finished fourth with a score of 15.475.
On parallel bars, Jorge Giraldo of Colombia won the title with a score of 15.150. Ran Cheng of China took second with a score of 14.850. Mikulak, whose routine includes a Diamidov to Stutz to double pike dismount, took third with a score of 14.625.
In the final event of the competition, the high bar, the USA finished out the competition in style, grabbing another gold and silver medal. Brooks won the event with a 15.450, flying high on his Yamawaki to Gienger combination before sticking his layout double double dismount. Mikulak, who medaled on all four events on which he competed today, dazzled the crowd with a huge Kolman release move and a stuck double twisting double layout of his own for a 15.175 and the silver.
"Being at the Kellogg's Pacific Rim and competing for Team USA has been a lot of fun," Mikulak said. "I just wanted to come here and hit my sets – and that's exactly what I did."
China's Liu Rongbing won the bronze on high bar, scoring 14.850.
In women's vault, Japan's Wakiko Ryu, who competed a Yurchenko double full for her first vault, won the title with a score of 14.062. Hong Kong's Hiu Ying Angel Wong earned the silver with a 13.875 and Japan's Risa Konishi took bronze with a score of 13.587.
Gabrielle Douglas of Virginia Beach, Va./Chow's Gymnastics and Dance, won the uneven bars title, scoring 15.150 for her routine that included a Lin pirouette to L-grip Endo and piked and straddled Tkatchevs. Kyla Ross of Aliso Viejo, Calif./Gym-Max, won the silver medal with a toe-on Shaposhnikova half twist and a stuck double layout to earn a 15.050. China's Lou Peiru finished third (14.700).
Douglas said, "It felt great to win bars and go home with the gold. I had a rough competition on Friday, so I'm really excited and proud. It's a little bit of redemption for me."
Ross won the balance beam title with a solid routine, scoring 15.375, complete with a switch ring leap to back tuck, a front aerial to back handspring, layout step out series and a double tuck dismount.
Ross said, "I came out strong and had a good first senior meet. I didn't realize I won beam because I was last on beam and first on floor. I was happy when I learned I won beam."
Canada's Christine Lee was second on beam with a score of 15.300, and China's Sixin Tan won bronze with a score of 15.050. Jordyn Wieber of DeWitt, Mich./Gedderts' Twistars USA, who earlier won the Kellogg's Pacific Rim Championships all-around title, finished sixth with a score of 13.700.
Wieber rebounded on the floor exercise, easily executing a double twisting, double back mount to take the title with a 15.125. Canada's Lee won the silver, while Ross scored a 14.375 on floor using a double Arabian to stag jump for her mount.
Wieber said, "I'm really excited to win floor. I've been working hard to get my start value higher and also trying to get better execution. Overall, this has been a great competition. Coming out of the meet with gold in the team competition and in the all-around - it was an awesome weekend."
Held every two years, the Pacific Rim Championships were held in Honolulu in 2004 and 2006; San Jose in 2008; and Melbourne, Australia, in 2010. In 2010, the USA won both the men's and women's team titles and three of the all-around titles - John Orozco of the Bronx, N.Y./U.S. Olympic Training Center, junior men; Jordyn Wieber of DeWitt, Mich./Gedderts' Twistars USA, junior women; and Rebecca Bross of Plano, Texas/WOGA, senior women. Past all-around champions include the USA's Paul Hamm, Carly Patterson, and Nastia Liukin.

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U.S. captures six more gold medals at Pac Rim rhythmic event finals

© Diane Bidermann

• Senior Events | Junior Events
• Photo Gallery
• Official Kellogg's Pacific Rim Championships website

EVERETT, Wash., March 17, 2012 – Team USA captured six out of the eight available gold medals at today's junior and senior rhythmic event finals at the 2012 Kellogg's Pacific Rim Championships at the Comcast Community Ice Rink in Everett, Wash.
In the first half of competition, recently crowned all-around champion Julie Zetlin of Bethesda, Md./Capital Rhythmics, had a first-place finish in ball, scoring a 25.300. Polina Kozitskiy of Fountainville, Penn./Philadelphia Rhythmic Academy, also claimed a gold in hoop with an 24.775, and finished fourth in ball with 24.000.
"This was a really big competition for me," Kozitskiy said, "and I can honestly say I felt really prepared for it today. It was a great event and the crowd was so supportive."
Junior Julia Garbuz of Eden Prairie, Minn./NorthWest Rhythmic LLC, won the gold medal in both hoop and ball, scoring an impressive 24.325 and 24.350, respectively. Laura Zeng of Libertyville, Ill./North Shore Rhythmic Gymnastics Center, finished second in ball with a 24.200, and third in hoop, 23.775.
"The past two days have been an amazing experience for me," Garbuz said. "It was a great competition for the U.S. and I was so proud to see our team win the gold medal."
The competition continued with more success for Team USA as Zetlin and Zeng earned the senior and junior ribbon title, respectively, with scores of 25.250 and 24.300. Alexis Page of New York, N.Y./Aviator Sports and Recreation, also medaled in the senior ribbon event final with a score of 24.300, earning silver, as Garbuz gained the junior ribbon bronze medal with a 23.375.
"We all really pulled together at this event and showed what the U.S. is made of," Zetlin said. "It was a good step before London and a great competition all around."
In the senior clubs event final, Kozitskiy placed second with a score of 24.000, behind China's Linyi Peng, with a 24.175. Juniors Zeng and Jennifer Rokhman of Northbrook, Ill./North Shore Rhythmic Gymnastics Center, placed second and third, respectively, with scores of 23.500 and 22.950, respectively. Canada's Patricia Bezzoubenko was first with a score of 23.825.
Today concluded the rhythmic competition at the Pac Rim Championships, but competition continues tomorrow with women's and men's artistic individual event finals and trampoline competition.

USA, team champions

March 16, 2012 - Women's subdivision 2, team and all-around awards at the 2012 Kellogg's Pacific Rim Championships at Comcast Arena in Everett, Wash. Photo by John Cheng.

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U.S. captures six more gold medals at Pac Rim rhythmic event finals

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• Official Kellogg's Pacific Rim Championships website

EVERETT, Wash., March 17, 2012 – Team USA captured six out of the eight available gold medals at today's junior and senior rhythmic event finals at the 2012 Kellogg's Pacific Rim Championships at the Comcast Community Ice Rink in Everett, Wash. In the first half of competition, recently crowned all-around champion Julie Zetlin of Bethesda, Md./Capital Rhythmics, had a first-place finish in ball, scoring a 25.300. Polina Kozitskiy of Fountainville, Penn./Philadelphia Rhythmic Academy, also claimed a gold in hoop with an 24.775, and finished fourth in ball with 24.000.
"This was a really big competition for me," Kozitskiy said, "and I can honestly say I felt really prepared for it today. It was a great event and the crowd was so supportive."
Junior Julia Garbuz of Eden Prairie, Minn./NorthWest Rhythmic LLC, won the gold medal in both hoop and ball, scoring an impressive 24.325 and 24.350, respectively. Laura Zeng of Libertyville, Ill./North Shore Rhythmic Gymnastics Center, finished second in ball with a 24.200, and third in hoop, 23.775.
"The past two days have been an amazing experience for me," Garbuz said. "It was a great competition for the U.S. and I was so proud to see our team win the gold medal."
The competition continued with more success for Team USA as Zetlin and Zeng earned the senior and junior ribbon title, respectively, with scores of 25.250 and 24.300. Alexis Page of New York, N.Y./Aviator Sports and Recreation, also medaled in the senior ribbon event final with a score of 24.300, earning silver, as Garbuz gained the junior ribbon bronze medal with a 23.375.
"We all really pulled together at this event and showed what the U.S. is made of," Zetlin said. "It was a good step before London and a great competition all around."
In the senior clubs event final, Kozitskiy placed second with a score of 24.000, behind China's Linyi Peng, with a 24.175. Juniors Zeng and Jennifer Rokhman of Northbrook, Ill./North Shore Rhythmic Gymnastics Center, placed second and third, respectively, with scores of 23.500 and 22.950, respectively. Canada's Patricia Bezzoubenko was first with a score of 23.825.
Today concluded the rhythmic competition at the Pac Rim Championships, but competition continues tomorrow with women's and men's artistic individual event finals and trampoline competition.

USA, Jordyn Wieber, Katelyn Ohashi claim 2012 Kellogg's Pacific Rim Championships titles

© John Cheng

• Team Results
• Senior All-Around | Junior All-Around
• Event Qualification: SR | JR (top 8 qualify, maximum two per country)
• Photo Galleries: Subdivision 2 & Awards | Subdivision 1
• Official Kellogg's Pacific Rim Championships website

EVERETT, Wash., March 16, 2012 – Team USA, led by all-around winner Jordyn Wieber of DeWitt, Mich./Gedderts' Twistars USA, dominated the competition Friday night at the 2012 Kellogg's Pacific Rim Championships inside Comcast Arena at Everett. Team USA stormed to the lead after posting a 60.700 on vault and never looked back, topping the final standings, 239.700 to China's 220.650. Canada picked up the bronze medal with a 219.000 total. Wieber posted the night's highest total in the all-around, a 61.050, followed by Kyla Ross of Aliso Viejo, Calif./Gym-Max, (59.200), and Christine Lee of Canada, who posted a 57.800.
Competition from the 2012 Kellogg's Pacific Rim Championships continues tomorrow, starting at 1:30 p.m. PT, with the first of two subdivisions for the men's team and all-around competition. The U.S. team competes in the second subdivision, which begins at 7 p.m. PT.
"It felt great to win today," said Wieber. "First and foremost, I wanted to help the team as much as I could. To come out with a team gold and all-around gold was just amazing."
Ross added, "I'm so happy with how today went, winning the gold medal with Team USA was amazing."
In the junior competition, Katelyn Ohashi of Plano, Texas/WOGA, too the all-around title with a 60.000 total score.
"I was glad I went four-for-four," said Ohashi. "Competing with Team USA in my hometown was a dream come true."
Lexie Priessman of Cincinnati, Ohio/Cincinnati Gymnastics, 57.800, and Amelia Hundley of Cincinnati, Ohio/Cincinnati Gymnastics, 57.600, completed Team USA's 1-2-3 finish in the junior all-around standings. Hundley was not eligible for awards since there is a two per country rule in the all-around competition.
"It feels great to win the team gold medal," Priessman said. "Knowing that we're up there with everyone cheering for us was a great feeling and honor to be out there."
The U.S. team took to the floor exercise in the final rotation knowing they could not be caught – and put on a show for the more than 7,500 fans on hand. Ohashi mounted with a back one-and-a-half to front double full to start the Americans off with a 14.650. Priessman followed with an energetic routine that mounted with a double twisting, double back to score 14.000. Ross, performing to music from "Phantom of the Opera," captivated the crowd and added a 14.100. Wieber, drawing huge cheers for her stuck double double mount, earned a 14.650. Hundley closed out Team USA's efforts with a 14.450, cementing the American's more than 19-point win over second place China.
Team USA began competition on the vault with Ohashi in the leadoff position, posting a 14.850 for a double twisting Yurchenko. Then, Priessman, Ross and Wieber all performed two-and-a-half twisting Yurchenkos, earning 15.300, 14.850 and 15.700, respectively.
In rotation two, the Americans moved to the uneven bars, where they earned a 60.400 total. Gabrielle Douglas of Virginia Beach, Va./Chow's Gymnastics and Dance, posted the highest score on the event for day one, a 15.500, delighting the crowd as she flew high above the bar on her piked and straddled Tkatchevs. Ross, debuting a toe-on Shaposhnikova-half, added 15.250, and Wieber stuck her double layout dismount for a 15.000.
On the balance beam, five of the six U.S. competitors performed back flips with full twists and totaled 60.400. Hundley lead the team off, scoring 14.200. Ross earned 15.000 on the event, performing a switch ring leap and double tuck dismount. Ohashi posted the highest score of the evening on any event, posting a 15.850, with her incredible difficulty, which included a standing Arabian to a back handspring and a flawless back handspring, back handspring, layout full twist series. Wieber followed with a 15.700, after nailing a front handspring to back full to back handspring combination and nearly sticking her two-and-half twist dismount.
The U.S. women will be back in action on Sunday in the event finals. The American athletes who advanced to the finals are as follows.
Seniors
Bars: Douglas, Ross
Beam: Wieber, Ross
Floor: Wieber, Ross
Juniors
Vault: Priessman, Hundley
Bars: Ohashi, Priessman
Beam: Ohashi, Priessman
Floor: Ohashi, Hundley
The competition schedule is as follows.

Saturday, March 17 1:30 p.m. - Men's Gymnastics, Team & All-Around Finals (Sub Div. 1) 3 p.m. – Rhythmic Gymnastics, Individual Event Finals 7 p.m. - Men's Gymnastics, Team & All-Around Finals (Sub Div. 2) Sunday, March 18 9 a.m. – Trampoline, Junior Prelims, Finals and Synchronized Competition 12 p.m. - Men's & Women's Gymnastics, Junior Individual Event Finals 2 p.m. – Trampoline, Senior Prelims, Finals and Synchronized Competition 6 p.m. - Men's & Women's Gymnastics, Senior Individual Event Finals 7 p.m. - Synchronized Trampoline Competition

Held every two years, the Pacific Rim Championships were held in Honolulu in 2004 and 2006; San Jose in 2008; and Melbourne, Australia, in 2010. In 2010, the USA won both the men's and women's team titles and three of the all-around titles - John Orozco of the Bronx, N.Y./U.S. Olympic Training Center, junior men; Jordyn Wieber of DeWitt, Mich./Gedderts' Twistars USA, junior women ; and Rebecca Bross of Plano, Texas/WOGA, senior women. Past all-around champions include the USA's Paul Hamm, Carly Patterson, and Nastia Liukin.

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Jordyn Wieber is a finalist for 2011 Sullivan Award

© John Cheng

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., March 14, 2012 – 2011 World all-around champion Jordyn Wieber of DeWitt, Mich./Gedderts’ Twistars USA, is one of six finalists for the 2011 James E. Sullivan Award, the Amateur Athletic Union award that honors the nation's outstanding amateur athlete.
The winner will be named at an awards ceremony on Tuesday, March 20, at the New York Athletic Club. The ceremony will be shown live at www.livestream.com/therealaau, beginning at 7:15 p.m. ET.
Finalists for the AAU’s 2011 James E. Sullivan Award are: Jillian Camarena-Williams, track and field; Alex Jupiter, volleyball; Jason Read, rowing; Katherine Reutter, speed skating; Andrew Rodriquez, football; and Wieber, gymnastics. The Sullivan Award has been presented annually since 1930 and is based on character, leadership and sportsmanship.
Notable recipients of the AAU Sullivan Award include gymnasts Kurt Thomas (1979), Paul Hamm (2004) and Shawn Johnson (2008), as well as Mark Spitz, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Florence Joyner, Peyton Manning, Michael Phelps, J.J. Redick, and Tim Tebow. The finalists were selected from personal nominations following a review by the AAU Sullivan Award Executive Committee.
The winner has been determined through voting by select members of the media, previous winners and AAU staff. The public was also allowed input through nationwide polling on the USA Today website.
The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) is one of the largest, non-profit, volunteer, sports organizations in the United States. A multi-sport organization, the AAU is dedicated exclusively to the promotion and development of amateur sports and physical fitness programs. The AAU was founded in 1888 to establish standards and uniformity in amateur sport.

Veronica Navarro leads Rhythmic competition after subdivision 1 2012 Kellogg's Pacific Rim Championships

© Diane Bidermann

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• Official 2012 Kellogg's Pacific Rim Championships website

EVERETT, Wash., March 16, 2012 – After the first sub division, senior Veronica Navarro of Mexico and junior Zakirah Fatin of Malaysia lead today’s competition in rhythmic gymnastics at the 2012 Kellogg’s Pacific Rim Championships at the Comcast Community Ice Rink.
Earning the highest score in clubs, Navarro scored an 8.250, followed by a strong performance in hoop and ribbon with an 8.350 and 7.300, respectively. Navarro also scored a 7.150 in ball, leaving her with a final all-around score of 89.925.
Fatin leads the junior divison with an all-around score of 87.075. Placing first on ribbon (8.050) and second on both clubs and hoop (8.000, 8.150), Fatin finished her all-around competition with a beautiful ball routine, scoring a 8.350.
Competition concludes tonight at 8 p.m. PT with competitors from Australia, Canada, China, New Zealand, and the United States in Sub Division 2.

Women's podium training photos and videos from the 2012 Kellogg's Pacific Rim Championships

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USA Gymnastics names women's team for Kellogg's Pacific Rim Championships

USA Gymnastics names women's team for Kellogg's Pacific Rim Championships

03/12/2012

© John Cheng

INDIANAPOLIS, March 12, 2012 - Following a U.S. national team training camp in Huntsville, Texas, at the USA Gymnastics National Team Training Center at the Karolyi Ranch, an official U.S. Olympic Training Site, USA Gymnastics is announcing the six-woman team who will compete at the 2012 Kellogg's Pacific Rim Championships, scheduled for March 16-18 at the Comcast Arena in Everett, Wash. Team USA is lead by 2011 World all-around champion Jordyn Wieber of DeWitt, Mich./Gedderts' Twistars USA, 2011 World team gold medalist Gabrielle Douglas of Virginia Beach, Va./Chow's Gymnastics and Dance, and Kyla Ross of Aliso Viejo, Calif./Gym-Max, who will make her senior international competitive debut at the event. The trio is joined by junior national team members Katelyn Ohashi of Plano, Texas/WOGA, Lexie Priessman of Cincinnati, Ohio/Cincinnati Gymnastics, and Amelia Hundley of Hamilton, Ohio/Cincinnati Gymnastics.

USA Gymnastics announces women's team for 2012 City of Jesolo Trophy

USA Gymnastics announces women's team for 2012 City of Jesolo Trophy

03/12/2012

© John Cheng

INDIANAPOLIS, March 12, 2012 – 2011 World Championships team gold medalists McKayla Maroney of Long Beach, Calif./All Olympia AOGC, and Alexandra Raisman of Needham, Mass./Brestyan's American Gymnastics, are two of the 14 women who will represent the USA in the 2012 City of Jesolo (Italy) Trophy on March 31. The event is expected to feature gymnasts from Japan, Italy, Russia and the USA.
The U.S. Team features nine seniors and five juniors.

Seniors Rebecca Bross, Plano, Texas, WOGA Brianna Brown, West Chester, Ohio, Cincinnati Gymnastics Brenna Dowell, Odessa, Mo., GAGE Sarah Finnegan, St. Louis, Mo., GAGE McKayla Maroney, Long Beach, Calif., All Olympia Elizabeth Price, Coopersburg, Pa., Parkettes Alexandra Raisman, Needham, Mass., Brestyan's American Gymnastics Kyla Ross, Aliso Viejo, Calif., Gym-Max Mykayla Skinner, Gilbert, Ariz., Desert Lights Gymnastics Juniors Madison Desch, Lenexa, Kan., GAGE Bailie Key, Coppell, Texas, Texas Dreams Gymnastics Amelia Hundley, Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati Gymnastics Katelyn Ohashi, Plano, Texas, WOGA Lexie Priessman, Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati Gymnastics

McKayla Maroney is the defending all-around and vault champion, while Ali Raisman won the all-around bronze medal and gold medals on balance beam and floor exercise in 2011. Kyla Ross, now a senior, won the junior all-around title last season.

Brenna Dowell

Brenna Dowell

Birthdate: 3/4/1996 Program: Women's Artistic Level: Junior Current Residence: Odessa, MO Club: Great American Gymn. Express Head Coach: Al Fong Other Coaches: Armine Barutyan

Personal Information Years on the National Team: 1 Nickname: Burnie Birthplace: Kansas City, MO Hometown: Odessa, MO Year in School: Sophomore Name of High School: Odessa High School High School Graduation Year: 2014 Year you began gymnastics: 1997 Favorite Event: Bars - it has all my favorite skills How did you get involved in gymnastics: My older sisters wanted to learn a back handspring so my mom put them in flip flop class and enrolled me too. Favorite thing about gymnastics: The feeling of accomplishment when you learn a new skill or do well at a meet or just learn to do something better. What are your goals for gymnastics?: To make the National Team again this year, to keep improving my skills and to compete in more international competitions. Names of parents/guardians: Michael and Carole Names of sibling(s): Sisters Carey, Jacey and Lauren Family members in sports: Carey and Jacey were cheerleaders. Lauren is a gymnast. Interests Outside the Gym Favorite school subject: Math. I really like Algebra Hobbies or favorite activities: Swimming, reading, hanging out with my cousins. Favorite music: KLove Favorite book(s): Percy Jackson series, Gallagher Girls series Favorite movie(s): Funny movies like Cars 2 Favorite TV show(s): Lie to Me, Bones Favorite Food: Watermelon, cantelope, cherub tomatoes, chicken Charity Involvement: At Christmas our gym sponsors several families from a women's shelter. National Competition Results 2011 Visa Championships, Saint Paul, Minn. - 5th-VT(T); 6th-AA, UB; 8th-FX (Jr. Div.) 2011 CoverGirl Classic, Chicago, Ill. - 3rd-VT(T); 5th-AA, UB (Jr. Div.) 2010 Visa Championships, Hartford, Conn. - 4th-UB (Jr. Div.) 2009 Women's Junior Olympic Level 10 National Championships, Puyallup, Wash. - 1st-VT(T); 2nd-AA, FX(T) (Jr. A) International Competition Results 2010 Pan American Championships, Guadalajara, Mexico - 1st-Team