Stanford Open 2023: Levels and Divisions

The Compulsory LevelsoftheUSAGymnastics(USAG)AgeGroupCompetition Program is made up of Levels 3, 4, 5, and 6. Each Compulsory Level has been dividedintotwodivisions,DivisionIandDivisionII.

Division I gymnasts are expected to compete the compulsory routines with one to all of the listed bonus skills in each routine. Each bonus skill successfully completed will add 0.5 to the gymnasts' start value, or potentialperfectscore.The maximum start value for Division I gymnasts in Level 3–6 is 11.5, except for Vault,whichis100 TherearethreebonusskillsinLevel3,4,5,and6

Division II gymnasts will be competing the base routines on the six events They are allowed to compete the bonus skills, but it will not add anypointsto the gymnasts'startvalue.ThemaximumstartvalueforallDivisionIIgymnasts in Levels3–6is10.0,exceptforVault,whichis9.5.

While Division I and II gymnasts may compete in the same session, they will onlybecompetingdirectlyagainstothergymnastsintheirlevelanddivision.

The remaining levels in the optional program are Levels 7, 8, 9, and 10. These levels are also divided into twogroups,JuniorNational(JN)andJuniorElite(JE). Both JN and JE athletes will compete routines that must include event-specific requirements for their respective level, but routine composition and difficulty can vary drastically. JE athletes will compete technical sequences, which are essentially higher-level compulsory routines with a maximum score of 10.0 on each event, attheState,Regional,andNationalChampionshipsinadditiontotheir optional routines. JN athletes only compete the optional routines. Scores of14.0+ onanyoftheeventsisconsideredverycompetitive.