Olympic champions impressed in their return to domestic competition while rhythmic gymnasts were in action in Asia over the weekend.
Olympic champions impressed in their return to domestic competition while rhythmic gymnasts were in action in Asia over the weekend.
American Classic
Jade Carey and Gabrielle Hardie won the all-around title in the senior and junior divisions, respectively, at the 2024 American Classic in Katy, Texas.
Olympic floor exercise champion Carey won the senior all-around title with a 55.000 in her first competition since the collegiate season. She also picked up gold on floor exercise (13.750), silver on balance beam (13.650) and posted the highest score on vault (14.200). Myli Lew won all-around silver (53.900) and bars gold (13.950) and Marissa Neal (Blue Springs, Mo./Great American Gymnastics Express) took all-around bronze (53.050).
Reigning Olympic all-around champion Suni Lee won beam gold with a 14.300. Three-time Olympic champion Gabby Douglas competed in elite gymnastics for the first time in eight years at American Classic, notching the second-highest vault score of the afternoon with a 14.000.
In the junior division, Hardie claimed the all-around gold medal with a 52.300, also collecting the floor title with a 13.300. Camie Westerman was the all-around silver medalist (52.000) and also clinched vault gold (13.350; 13.600, 13.100). Isabella Anzola won all-around bronze with a 51.300. Harlow Buddendeck (Rochester, N.Y./RGA) took the beam title with a 13.400, and Ally Damelio did the same on bars with a 13.650.
Hopes Classic
Kylie Smith and Amariah Moore were all-around winners at the Hopes Classic. Smith claimed the all-around title in the 13-14 division, leading the nearest competition by over 3 points with an overall 50.800. She also won gold floor (12.900) and bars (12.050), silver on vault (12.900) and tied with Anslee McCauley for bronze on beam (12.700). Amia Pugh-Banks won all-around silver with a 48.700 and also vault gold with a 13.400. Sage Stiggers and Mavie Fitzgerald tied for all-around bronze with matching scores of 48.550. Stiggers also took the beam title with a 12.950.
Moore was the 11-12 all-around champion, outscoring the field with a combined 48.600. Moore added gold on vault (13.200) and bars (11.750) and tied with Mattie Mae Young for bronze on floor (11.850). Avery Haines won all-around silver (47.350) and Young bronze (47.100). Elsie Flores was the beam champion (12.000) and Sophia Martin Dominguez the winner on floor (12.450).
The American and Hopes Classics served as qualifiers to the 2024 Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships May 30-June 2 in Fort Worth, Texas, and the 2024 Hopes Championships May 17 in Hartford, Conn. Athletes who qualified to the championships, who were not previously qualified, are listed alphabetically by division below.
American Classic
Senior
Jade Carey — Phoenix, Ariz./Oregon State University
Chloe Cho — Canyon Country, Calif./Gymnastics Olympica USA
Nicole Desmond — Wind Gap, Pa./World Champions Centre
Gabby Douglas — Anna, Texas/WOGA Gymnastics (VT, UB, BB)
Tatum Drusch — White Bear Lake, Minn./Flips Gymnastics
Cambry Haynes — Evergreen, Colo./Adrenaline Gymnastics Academy (VT, FX)
Suni Lee — St. Paul, Minn./Midwest Gymnastics Center (VT, BB)
Myli Lew — Belmont, Calif./San Mateo Gymnastics
Malea Milton — Lee’s Summit, Mo./Great American Gymnastics Express
Brooke Pierson — Canby, Ore./World Champions Centre
Ashlee Sullivan — Richardson, Texas/Metroplex Gymnastics
Brynn Torry — Yorktown, Va./World Class Gymnastics (VT, FX)
Junior
Isabella Anzola — Statham, Ga./Georgia Elite Gymnastics
Charleigh Bullock — Spotsylvania, Va./Capital Gymnastics National Training Center
Ally Damelio — San Mateo, Calif./San Mateo Gymnastics
Gabrielle Hardie — Sioux Falls, S.D./Twin City Twisters
Maliha Tressel — Twin City Twisters/Eagan, Minn./Twin City Twisters
Camie Westerman — Frederick, Md./Hill’s Gymnastics
Hopes Classic
13-14
Iyla Adkins —Manhattan Beach, Calif./Georgia Elite Gymnastics
Ashley Andrews — Wake Forest, N.C./Bull City Gymnastics
Elisabeth Antone — Bothell, Wash./Pacific Reign Gymnastics
Tiraia Ballard — Accokeek, Md./Capital Gymnastics National Training Center
Brooke Bazan — Manassas, Va./Capital Gymnastics National Training Center
Addison Blosser — Fairfax Station, Va./Capital Gymnastics National Training Center
Lyla Brewer — Tiffin, Iowa/IGN
Emmy Cunningham — Prosper, Texas/Metroplex Gymnastics
Eva Doherty — Virginia Beach, Va./Excalibur Gymnastics
Mavie Fitzgerald — Livermore, Calif/San Mateo Gymnastics
Alessandra Gaines — San Antonio, Texas/Mavericks Gymnastics
Blake Green — Rosharon, Texas/Pearland Elite
Leah Higgins — Derry, N.H./North Stars Gymnastics Academy
Isla Lazzari — Chicago, Ill./CITY Club Gymnastics Academy
Anslee McCauley — Marietta, Ga./Georgia All-Star Gymnastics
Annabel Melnyk — Sierra Madre, Calif./West Coast Elite Gymnastics
Amia Pugh-Banks — Newport News, Va./World Class Gymnastics
Quinlyn Rollins — Maineville, Ohio/Queen City Gymnastics
Simone Seed — Bellevue, Wash./Pacific Reign Gymnastics
Ansley Stevens — Liberty Township, Ohio/Cincinnati Gymnastics
Sage Stiggers — Garland, Texas/WOGA Gymnastics
Finley Young — Burien, Wash./Metropolitan Gymnastics
11-12
Giana Carroll — Townsend, Del./First State Gymnastics
Laynie Cotton — Gretna, Neb./Omaha Gymnastics Academy
Alden Dante — Villa Park, Calif./Wildfire Gymnastics
Elsie Flores — Valley, Neb./Omaha Gymnastics Academy
Gillian Haddad — Oakwood, Ohio/Performance Gymnastics Academy
Avery Haines — Bowie, Md./First State Gymnastics
Charlotte Henk — New Braunfels, Texas/360 Elite Gymnastics
Hadassah Kahlig – New Braunfels, Texas/360 Elite Gymnastics
Sapphire Martin — Philadelphia, Pa./First State Gymnastics
Amariah Moore — Wilmington, Del./First State Gymnastics
Jazzy Saravia — Freehold, N.J./Spartan Gymnastics
Mattie Mae Young — Greenville, S.C./Georgia Elite Gymnastics
Senior All-Around Medalists
Junior All-Around Medalists
Rin Keys (Porter Ranch, Calif./Burlo Gymnastics) finished top-15 in all-around competition over the weekend at the 204 Tashkent World Cup in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Keys posted a combined 124.300 to place 12th in the all-around at the World Cup. Darja Varfolomeev of Germany won gold (135.950), Takhmina Ikromova of Uzbekistan silver (135.000) and Boryana Kaleyn of Bulgaria bronze (133.250). Alexandria Kautzman (Simi Valley, Calif./California Rhythms) scored an overall 113.250 in all-around competition. Keys was second reserve for the clubs final with a 31.200.
