Pictured: Simone Biles, credit: Christy Ann Linder

For the second year in a row, Simone Biles was crowned the U.S. Senior National Champion after day two of the P&G Championships. She dominated the competition and finished with an incredible 122.55 combined all-around score, more than four points ahead of the rest of the field. Kyla Ross came in second despite a rough day one, finishing with a 118.3. Maggie Nichols had a solid, consistent competition and placed third with a 117.9.

 

Biles was in the lead by over three points heading into tonight’s competition. She started out her night on floor with her jaw-dropping routine that included her sky-high signature double layout half out. She scored a 15.5, a tenth and a half lower than night one. Nichols started on beam with a beautiful routine. She looked confident and solid and scored a 14.75. Ross followed on floor where she took out the whip to Arabian that she fell on on night one and instead just did a handspring to Arabian to an immediate stag jump.  She scored a 14.8. Alyssa Baumann had a beautiful beam set nearly sticking everything and earned a 15.15. Madison Kocian also had a gorgeous beam routine but stumbled back on her double pike dismount and scored a 14.55. Mykayla Skinner was next on floor with her “Bond”-themed floor routine and powerful tumbling. Her laid out double double had form issues like usual but was still very impressive.  She finished strong for a 15.1 with a 6.6 difficulty score. Felicia Hano also started on floor with a clean routine including a double layout and double pike. 
 

Pictured: Kyla Ross, credit: Christy Ann Linder

In the second rotation, Ross moved to vault and performed a clean Yurchenko double with a small hop on the landing for a 15.2. Nichols moved to floor and opened with a big double layout, followed with a piked full in, and scored a 14.45. Baumann continued her amazing competition with a clean routine on floor for a 14.45. Skinner moved to vault where she performed a Cheng for a 15.4 and a Yurchenko double for a 15.1. Biles followed on vault with her incredible Amanar, smiling as soon as she landed and scoring a 15.9. She followed with a Yuchenko half on layout half off for a 15.25.

 

Nichols kicked off the third rotation with a Yuchenko double that had great height and a nearly stuck landing for a 15.1. Ross moved to bars where she hit a gorgeous routine that earned a 9.1 execution score and a 15.0. Nica Hults had a very clean bar routine for a 14.35. Baumann had one of her best Yurchenko doubles for a 14.9. Skinner hit her bar routine but had a 7.6 execution score for a 13.2. Maddie Desch had a solid Yurchenko double for a 14.5. Biles followed with an incredible nearly perfect bar routine that included a stuck full in dismount for a 14.75.

Pictured: Maggie Nichols, credit: Christy Ann Linder

Heading into the final rotation, Biles was ahead by five whole points. Baumann started on bars but slipped off on her Shaposh and ended with a 13.2. Kocian followed on bars with an incredibly beautiful routine that had a 6.5 difficulty score and earned a 15.5. Hano finished her three event night with a solid beam routine earning a 14.2. Brenna Dowell was next on bars for her only event of the night. She had an impressive routine and after falling on the wrong side on a pirouette, she worked out of it and covered it well. She finished strong but only scored a 13.65 with a 6.6 difficulty and 7.05 execution score. Skinner finished on beam where she had a couple mistakes and scored a 14.2. Biles also finished on beam where she had some trouble, wobbling on a couple of skills and then falling on a side aerial. She finished strong with her signature full in but only scored a 14.6. Ashton Locklear started her meet with a fall on beam but finished on bars with a gorgeous routine with incredible difficulty and scored a 15.2. Macy Toronjo finished her solid competition on beam and scored a 13.7 Ross finished her competition on beam where she seemed hesitant but hit all of her skills for a 15.35. Nichols was the last competitor of the night on bars and hit an awesome routine for a 14.95. 



Pictured: Senior Pan Ams team

At the end of the competition, the Senior Pan Ams team was announced.  An alternate will be decided later from among the seven gymnasts. The girls who made the team are: Baumann, Desch, Hundley, Kocian, Locklear, Nichols, and Skinner.


Update 8/24:
Baumann has withdrawn from Pan Ams due to an elbow hyperextension injury. Felicia Hano was named to the National Team and chosed as her replacement.


USA Gymnastics also announced the senior national team members. See the entire national team list here.

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