USAG Announces Loaded Team For 2015 City Of Jesolo Trophy

Mar 21, 2015 by Becca Reed

USAG has officially announced the team they will send to the 2015 City of Jesolo Trophy. This meet will be USA’s first team competition since winning the 2014 World Championships. USA will be sending an exciting 16 member squad made up of six juniors and 10 seniors.

The Jesolo Trophy will serve as their first meet back in nearly three years for 2012 Olympic gold-medalists Gabby Douglas and Aly Raisman. Fierce Five team member Kyla Ross will also be competing at the Jesolo Trophy. Also headlining the field is back-to-back World all-around Champion Simone Biles. Reigning junior national champion Jazmyn Foberg leads the juniors field.

The team also features three new additions to the U.S. National Team who were selected based on their performances in training camps. Emily Schild and Megan Skaggs were added to the senior national team while Olivia Trautman was added to the junior national team.

Gymnastike will be in Jesolo providing exclusive coverage of the podium training and competition. Gymnastike Gold subscribers will have access to the only podium training videos from Jesolo as Team USA debuts their new routines for the 2015 season. The Italian Federation will stream the competition live on YouTube, but will not post routines after. Competition routines will be available immediately following the competition only on Gymnastike with complete coverage of Team USA plus the international stars. This year's field includes Australia, Canada, France, USA, and Italy. Coverage from Jesolo begins Tuesday, March 24.

The complete roster is below via USAG:

Juniors:

Norah Flatley, Chow's

Jazmyn Foberg, MG Elite

Lauren Hernandez, MG Elite

Victoria Nguyen, Chow's

Ragan Smith, Texas Dreams

Olivia Trautman, Twin City Twisters

Seniors:

Alyssa Baumann, WOGA

Simone Biles, World Champions Centre

Madison Desch, GAGE