2014 P&G Championships Event Program

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WOMEN'S ROSTER JUNIOR DIVISION

SENIOR DIVISION Name Hometown Club

Name Hometown Club

Alyssa Baumann

Plano, TX

WOGA

Ariana Agrapides

Bayville, NJ

MG Elite

Simone Biles

Spring, TX

World Champions Centre

Elena Arenas

Bishop, GA

Georgia Elite

Madison Desch

Lenexa, KS

GAGE

Aria Brusch

Cincinnati, OH

Cincinnati

Brenna Dowell

Odessa, MO

GAGE

Jordan Chiles

Vancouver, WA

Naydenov

Nia Dennis

Westerville, OH

Buckeye

Rachel Gowey

Urbandale, IA

Chow’s

Christina Desiderio

Hackettstown, NJ

Parkettes

Felicia Hano

San Gabriel, CA

Gym-Max

Bailey Ferrer

Ocoee, FL

Orlando Metro

Veronica Hults

Coppell, TX

Texas Dreams

Rachael Flam

Houston, TX

Stars-Houston

Cumming, IA

Chow’s

Amelia Hundley

Hamilton, OH

Cincinnati

Norah Flatley

Madison Kocian

Dallas, TX

WOGA

Jazmyn Foberg

Bayville, NJ

MG Elite

Ashton Locklear

Hamlet, NC

Everest

Molly Frack

Nazareth, PA

Parkettes

Maggie Nichols

Little Canada, MN

Twin City Twisters

Margzetta Frazier

Erial, NJ

Parkettes

Kyla Ross

Aliso Viejo, CA

Gym-Max

Megan Freed

Bethlehem, PA

Parkettes

Emily Gaskins

Coral Springs, FL

Cincinnati

MyKayla Skinner

Gilbert, AZ

Desert Lights

Delanie Harkness

Leslie, MI

Twistars USA

Macy Toronjo

Huntsville, TX

Texas Dreams

Morgan Hurd

Middletown, DE

First State

Sydney Johnson-Scharpf Groveland, FL

Brandy Johnson’s

Shilese Jones

Renton, WA

Auburn

Adeline Kenlin

Iowa City, IA

Iowa Gym-Nest

Taylor Lawson

Macungie, PA

Parkettes

Maggie Musselman

Crownsville, MD

Hill’s

Lauren Navarro

La Verne, CA

Gliders

Victoria Nguyen

West Des Moines, IA

Chow’s

Maile O’Keefe

Las Vegas, NV

Salcianu

Marissa Oakley

Oswego, IL

Phenom

Abby Paulson

Coon Rapids, MN

Twin City Twisters

Adriana Popp

Easton, PA

Girls Co-Op

Grace Quinn

Arlington, TX

Texas Dreams

Lexy Ramler

St. Michael, MN

KidSport

Alyona Shchennikova

Evergreen, CO

TIGAR

Megan Skaggs

Marietta, GA

Gym Acad Atlanta

Ragan Smith

Lewisville, TX

Texas Dreams

Deanne Soza

Orem, UT

Arete

Olivia Trautman

Champlin, MN

Twin City Twisters

Alexis Vasquez

West Des Moines, IA

Chow’s

MEN'S ROSTER JUNIOR DIVISION 17 - 18

SENIOR DIVISION Name Hometown Club

Name

Hometown Club

Dylan Akers

University of Oklahoma

Bobby Baker

Lemont, IL

University of Illinois

Jacob Barrus

Dallas, TX

Ridgewood Gymnastics

Dmitri Belanovski

West Allis, WI

Swiss Turners

Austin Hodges

Lincolnshire, IL

University of Iowa

Hunter Justus

Houston, TX

University of Oklahoma

Houston, TX

Donothan Bailey

Lake Forest, CA

UC Berkeley

Danny Berardini

Lake Forest, IL

University of Oklahoma

Allan Bower

Chandler, AZ

University of Oklahoma

Jack Boyle

Naperville, IL

University of Iowa

Kyle King

Mesquite, TX

Ridgewood Gymnastics

Jacob Dalton

Sparks, NV

Team Hilton HHonors

Yul Moldauer

Arvada, CO

5280 Gymnastics

Alex Diab

Glen Ellyn, IL

Premier Gymnastics

Robert Neff

Brookfield, WI

Swiss Turners

Team Hilton HHonors

Ryan Sheppard

Murphy, TX

WOGA Plano

Jonah Urlaub

Huntington Beach, CA

SCATS Gymnastics

Arinn Wade

Newark, NJ

U.S. Air Force Academy

Kiwan Watts

North Chesterfield, VA

Above The Bar

Alexander Wilson

Sugar Land, TX

Houston Gym Center

Joshua Dixon

San Jose, CA

Jesse Glenn

Porter Ranch, CA

Army Gymnastics

Jonathan Horton

Houston, TX

Team Hilton HHonors

Trevor Howard

Columbus, OH

Penn State University

Nicholas Hunter

Canfield, OH

University of Michigan

Alex Johnson

Marysville, OH

Ohio State University

Marvin Kimble

Milwaukee, WI

Swiss Turners

Steven Lacombe

Mission Viejo, CA

UC Berkeley

Name

Hometown Club

Team Hilton HHonors

Levi Anderson

Houston, TX

Steven Legendre

Port Jefferson, NY

JUNIOR DIVISION 15 - 16 Cypress Academy

Maxim Andryushchenko Arlington Heights, IL

Lake Shore Academy

Cameron Bock

Tustin, CA

SCATS Gymnastics

Grant Breckenridge

Libertyville, IL

Buffalo Grove

Tristan Burke

Royse City, TX

WOGA Frisco

Danell Leyva

Miami, FL

Team Hilton HHonors

Matthew Loochtan

Hawthorn Woods, IL

University of Iowa

CJ Maestas

Corrales, NM

University of Illinois

Ellis Mannon

Indianapolis, IN

University of Minnesota

Michael Burns

Baltimore, OH

Hocking Valley

Jake Martin

Oviedo, FL

Ohio State University

Cole Casanova

Dallas, TX

WOGA Frisco

Sean Melton

Orlando, FL

Ohio State University

Addison Chung

Medfield, MA

NESA

Team Hilton HHonors

Emyre Cole

N. Las Vegas, NV

Go For It USA

Peter Daggett

E. Longmeadow, MA

Daggett Gymnastics

Fabian DeLuna

Dallas, TX

VSSG

Cutter Fugett

Boulder, CO

5280 Gymnastics

Marcos Gatinho

Miami, FL

Universal Gymnastics

Sam Mikulak

Corona del Mar, CA

Akash Modi

Morganville, NJ

Stanford University

Drew Moling

Canal Winchester, OH

Ohio State University

Alex Naddour

Gilbert, AZ

Team Hilton HHonors

John Orozco

Bronx, NY

Team Hilton HHonors

Davis Grooms

Katy, TX

Champions Gymnastics

Manchester, CT

Daggett Gymnastics

Kanji Oyama

Huntington Beach, CA

Univ of Oklahoma

Shaun Herzog

Eddie Penev

Penfield, NY

Team Hilton HHonors

David Jessen

Providence, RI

TAG USA

Christian Kalustian

Gold River, CA

Byers Gymnastics

Vitali Kan

West Allis, WI

Swiss Turners

Jordan King

The Woodlands, TX

Cypress Academy

Paul Ruggeri III

Manlius, NY

Team Hilton HHonors

Colin Van Wicklen

Magnolia, TX

University of Oklahoma

Donnel Whittenburg

Baltimore, MD

Team Hilton HHonors

Eric Klein

W. Brookfield, MA

Daggett Gymnastics

Kevin Wolting

Laguna Hills, CA

UC Berkeley

Mario Lubian

Miami, FL

Universal Gymnastics

Brandon Wynn

Voorhees, NJ

Team Hilton HHonors

Anthony McCallum

Columbia, SC

U.S.O.T.C.

University of Oklahoma

Yaroslav Pochinka

Plano, TX

WOGA Plano

Anton Stephenson

Fishers, IN

DeVeau’s

Marty Strech

Fountain Valley, CA

Azarian USGTC

Ryan Wangler

Savage, MN

Classic Gymnastics

Matthew Wenske

Houston, TX

Cypress Academy

Shane Wiskus

Spring Park, MN

MHG

Josh Zeal

Buffalo Grove, IL

Buffalo Grove

Joshua Yee

Mililani, HI

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his week in Pittsburgh, USA Gymnastics celebrates the achievements of both the 1984 and 2004 U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Teams, in addition to inducting the Class of 2014 into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame. Thirty years ago, Team USA won a record 16 medals at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, including five gold medals: men’s team; Mary Lou Retton, all-around; Bart Conner, parallel bars; Peter Vidmar, pommel horse; and Julianne McNamara, uneven bars. This was the first time the USA had won an Olympic gold medal in gymnastics since 1932, and the first ever for the women’s all-around title.

At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, the United States won a total of nine medals, including both the men’s (Paul Hamm) and women’s (Carly Patterson) allaround golds and both team silver medals. Hamm’s win remains the only time a U.S. man has won the Olympic all-around crown.

Additionally, six individuals, representing four different gymnastics disciplines, comprise the 2014 class of inductees for the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame (pictured clockwise): Yoshi Hayasaki (men, coach), Courtney Kupets (women), Nastia Liukin (women), Lisa Wang (rhythmic), and Blaine Wilson (men). Acrobatic gymnastics judge and administrator Jola Jones is the final member of the Class of 2014, receiving a Lifetime Achievement honor.

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The P&G Gymnastics Championships returns to the Circle City in 2015 Scheduled for Aug. 13-16, the four-day competition, which serves as USA Gymnastics’ national championships, will be held at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, site of the 2005 championships. The USA Gymnastics National Congress and Trade Show will be held at the Indiana Convention Center.

This is the fourth time the prestigious event has been held in Indianapolis (1986, 1998, 2005).

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The International Gymnastics Federation’s (FIG) scoring system for men’s and women’s gymnastics was instituted in January 2006 and incorporates credit for the routine’s content, difficulty and execution, as well as artistry for the women. In the U.S., this system is used at all elite level events.

The FIG’s scoring system is governed by the Code of Points, which is revised for each quadrennium through re-valuing skills and adjusting individual apparatus requirements. Although the basic process is the same for men and women, some differences exist between the two. The men’s and women’s gymnastics scoring system is similar to those used in rhythmic gymnastics, trampoline and tumbling, and acrobatic gymnastics.

Under the current system, a gymnast’s total score includes values for both the routine’s content and his/her execution. Basically, the scoring procedure adds the Difficulty Score, which includes difficulty value for skills, connection value and element group/ compositional requirements, to the Execution Score, which encompasses execution and technique — and for women, artistry on the balance beam and floor exercise — to determine a gymnast’s total score. Scores no longer have a maximum value of 10.

DIFFICULTY SCORE: difficulty and technical content. The Difficulty Score includes credit for the specified number of skills performed in the routine, along with connection value (credit for connecting high-level skills) and element group/compositional requirements. The men use the term element group requirements, which are the basic categories of skills/elements that must be included in a routine. The women use composition instead of element group to describe this requirement. The element group/ compositional requirements vary by apparatus. This score is determined by the D (Difficulty) Panel, which is a two-person panel.

THE DIFFICULTY VALUE is determined by totaling values for the most difficult skills — eight for women and 10 for men, including the dismount. Each skill has a set difficulty value, as outlined in the Code of Points, and are divided into seven classifications.

The difficulty value of a skill or element is not recognized if it fails to meet its technical requirements. Also, credit is only given once for a skill. For the women, they must perform a minimum of three dance elements and a maximum of five acrobatic elements in their balance beam and floor exercise routines.

CONNECTION VALUE is awarded when specific skills or skill types are executed successfully in succession. The women can earn connection values for beam, uneven bars and floor, while the men can earn it for floor and horizontal bar. For men and women, each connection value is either 0.1 or 0.2 points. No connection value is awarded if the gymnast falls.

ELEMENT GROUP/COMPOSITIONAL REQUIREMENTS are the basic skills or elements that must be included in each routine and vary by apparatus. This area is similar to the special requirements in the past. If all five requirements are included, a maximum of 2.5 points is awarded.

Each judge on the D Panel independently reaches his/her Difficulty Score and then the two compare and reach a consensus.

After the score has been posted, a coach may inquire about the Difficulty Score, first verbally and then in writing. An inquiry may be resolved by using video review. The initial inquiry must be made prior to the completion of the next gymnast’s routine. The written inquiry must be submitted before the end of the rotation, and the Superior Jury reviews the inquiry. At FIG events, a fee is assessed for filing an inquiry; it is returned if the inquiry is upheld.

EXECUTION SCORE: Execution and technique (plus artistry on beam and floor for women). The Execution Score, determined by a six-person E Panel, now begins at 10 and deductions are made for errors and faults in technique, execution and artistry.

Each judge independently determines his/her score. The highest and lowest scores are dropped, and the gymnast’s Execution Score is the average of the remaining four judges’ scores.

Deductions for neutral errors are subtracted from the sum of the Difficulty and Execution Scores.

THE DEDUCTIONS for various errors range from 0.1 point for a small error to 1 point for a fall. Neutral deductions include those for stepping out of bounds or violating time requirements, as well as attire or podium violations. Inquiries are not allowed on the Execution Score.

TOTAL SCORE. The gymnast’s final score is the total of the Difficulty and Execution Scores less any deductions for neutral errors.

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