From World champions and multiple medal winners to the new up-and-comers, U.S. athletes will be alongside talent from 16 other countries next week in Everett, Wash. The 2012 Kellogg’s Pacific Rim Championships will feature more than 200 athletes in artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, and trampoline, March 16-18, at the Comcast Arena and Comcast Community Ice Rink in Everett, Wash.

 

Headlining the international field for the women is 2008 Olympian Lauren Mitchell of Australia, who won the 2010 World title on floor, along with 2010 World teammate Emily Little, and alternate Georgia Simpson. Mitchell, the first Australian woman gymnast to win gold at Worlds, also claimed the World silver medal on balance beam in 2009.

 

Canadians Christine "Peng Peng" Lee and Kristina Vaculik, both competed at 2008 Pacific Rim Championships and the 2011 World Championships, while teammate Victoria Moors recently finished fourth at the AT&T American Cup. From China, 2011 World bronze-medal team member Tan Sixin is also set to contend for a medal.

 

For the men, Takuya Nakase of Japan, who finished fifth on the horizontal bar at the 2008 Olympic Games, will be a star feature beside his teammates Koji Uematsu and Tatsuki Nakashima, who both competed at the 2010 World Championships. Nakase also competed at the 2006, 2007, and 2009 World Championships.

 

The international field for the 2012 Pacific Rim Championships is as follows.

 

Senior women

Australia: Lauren Mitchell, Emily Little, Georgia Simpson

Canada: Christine Lee, Victoria Moors, Kristina Vaculik

China: Tan Sixin, Luo Peiru, Shang Chunsong

Chinese Taipei: Yu-Chun Chen, Chia-Jung Tsai

Colombia: Jessica Gil

Costa Rica: Karina Regidor

Hong Kong: Hiu Ying Angel Wong, Nim Yan Choi, Ka Man Leung

Japan: Risa Konishi, Wakiko Ryu, Yuri Ishii

Mexico: Sandra Paola Garcia Victoriano, Karla Adriana Martinez Lozano

Russia: Kristina Sidorova, Anastasiya Marchuk, Diana Elkina

United States: To be determined.

 

Junior women

Australia: Alexandra Eade, Madelaine Leydin, Jazminne Casis

Canada: Maegan Chant, Jordyn Pedersen, Victoria Kayen Woo

China: Mei Jie, Wang Wei, Lou Nina

Chinese Taipei: Wan-Yin Chen, Yu-Chun Lai

Costa Rica: Angela Arce

Japan: Yuki Uchiyama, Sakura Yumoto

Mexico: Federica Scheiman Hernandez, Andrea Fernanda Mora Ramirez, Shaden Michelle Cortes Herrera

New Zealand: Hanna Malloch, Courtney Mcgregor, Rebecca Morrison, Brittany Robertson, Charlotte Sullivan, Millie Williamson

Panama: Ana Victoria De Leon, Valentina Brostella

Russia: Ekaterina Baturina, Maria Kharenkova, Anastasia Belova

United States: To be determined.

 

Senior men

Australia: Joshua Jefferis, Thomas Pichler, Samuel Offord

Canada: Anderson Loran, Scott Morgan, Robert Watson

China: Liu Rongbing, Cheng Ran, Wang Peng

Chinese Taipei: Szu-Chieh Chen, Sheng-Meng Huang, I-Hsiang Chen

Colombia: Jorge Giraldo

Hong Kong: Kam Wah Liu, Kiu Chung Ng, Wai Hung Shek

Japan: Takuya Nakase, Koji Uematsu, Tatsuki Nakashima

Mexico: Santos Martinez Reyes, Rodolfo Heron Bonilla Ruiz, Axel German Elias Jimenez

New Zealand: Mikhail Koudinov

Philippines: Jean Nathan Monteclaro

Russia: Mikhail Bodnar, Daniil Kazachkov, Pavel Pavlov

Thailand: Bobby Kriangkum

United States: Chris Brooks, Jake Dalton, Sam Mikulak

 

Junior men

Australia: Brody-Jai Hennessy, Lachlan Savill, Kent Pieterse

Canada: Cory Paterson, Zachary Clay, Joshua Stuart

China: Wu Guanhua, Xu Kangye, Xiao Ruoteng

Chinese Taipei: Fu-Li Liu, Yu-Chin Chao, Jia-En Lin

Costa Rica: Tarik Soto

Hong Kong: Chun Kit Poon, Tzn Tak Seto

Japan: Kaito Imabayashi, Koji Nonomura, Kenzo Seryu

Mexico: Rodolfo Gomez Grosso, Andres Esteban Resendiz Sanchez, Sergio Elias Borquez

New Zealand: Reegan Edwards, Leo Golder

Russia: Grigorii Zyrianov, Nikolay Kovinov, Sergey Stepanov

United States: Marvin Kimble, Sean Melton, Akash Modi

Courtesy of USA Gymnastics
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