ORIGINAL PHOTOS BY GRACE CHIU
At the 2011 Pan American Games in Guada and trampoline competition, won a total of 1 medal streaks!
women’s competition
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he U.S. women won the team gold medal, which means they have won 12 of the 14 women’s team titles in Pan Am Games history. The U.S. team scored a 219.750 to win the gold medal over Canada and Brazil. Bridgette Caquatto continued the winning streak and became the seventh consecutive U.S. woman to win the all-around title and the 11th overall. Caquatto scored a 55.875. She also collected the uneven bars gold medal with her 14.525, followed by Shawn Johnson, who captured the silver at 14.500.
Brandie Jay, a newcomer to international competition, earned her second gold of the competition on vault after executing a Yurchenko double full and a layout Podkopayeva for a two-vault average of 14.337. She also was fifth in the all-around. Also representing the USA for the first time, Jessie DeZiel advanced to the floor exercise finals, where she was sixth.
shawn johnson
bridgette caquatto
u.s. women’s gold team L to R: Jessie DeZiel, Bridget Sloan, Brandie Jay, Bridgette Caquato, Grace McLaughlin, and Shawn Johnson
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USA GYMNASTICS JANUARY • FEBRUARY 2012