All photos by Christy Ann Linder

Simone Biles leads the all-around competition after day one of the 2015 P&G Championships. She had a rocky meet but still finished on top with a 61.1. Maggie Nichols is in second with a 59.7 followed by Gabby Douglas in third with a 58.7, Aly Raisman in fourth with a 58.65, and Bailie Key in fifth with a 58.6. 

.post-content img { padding: 10px; } Biles started on bars with an incredibly clean routine including a piked Tkatchev connected to a Pak and topped off with a stuck full in dismount for a 15.15. Douglas began her meet on vault where she performed a powerful double Twisting Yurchenko for a 15.1. Nichols competed her second Amanar ever and scored a well-deserved 15.8. Skinner performed a Cheng as well as a Yurchenko double full, both with great landings. 

Brenna Dowell started off strong with an impressive bar routine and scored a 15.15 with a 6.7 difficulty score. Key followed with a beautiful routine and awesome form for a 15.2. Alyssa Baumann was on beam where she displayed her signature elegance with a standing Arabian to score a 15.15. 

Kyla Ross started on floor but had an uncharacteristic mistake and put her right hand down on her last pass of a double tuck. Aly Raisman also had an unusual fall on her series in her usually solid beam and scored a 13.75. 

Nichols lead after the first rotation and moved to bars to perform a clean set with a stuck double layout dismount to score a 14.95. Douglas displayed her signature high flying bar routine with a huge piked Tkatchev to a Pak and earned a 15.3. Biles moved to beam where she ran into a bit of trouble with some wobbles but still rocked her routine for a 14.8. Raisman got back on track as she moved to her best event of floor and nailed her routine for an impressive 15.55. Ross and Emily Schild both performed powerful and clean Yurchenko double fulls and earned matching 15.05s. Key had a mistake on beam when she put her hand down after her layout to two feet series and only posted a 13.7. 

Halfway through, Nichols maintained her lead with a 30.75. Douglas was in second with a 30.4, Biles in third with a 29.95, and Raisman was in fourth with a 29.3.

Nichols continued her momentum to beam where she rocked her routine with a new tuck full in dismount for a 14.4. Douglas hit her beam set with some minor wobbles but finished strong for a 14.45. Raisman performed her Amanar on vault but landed off to the side and stepped off the mats to score a 15.2. 

Biles moved to floor where she displayed her sky high tumbling including the Biles but had a very uncharacteristic mistake on her final tumbling pass when she landed her full in short and fell forward. However, she still earned a 14.9 with that fall. 

Other highlights of rotation three included Amelia Hundley's beautiful bar routine with a toe circle full to tuck full in dismount for a 14.75. Schild also hit a great bar set for a 14.75 and jumped into a hug from her coach. 

With one rotation left, Nichols had the lead with a 45.15. Douglas and Biles were tied in second with 44.85s and Raisman in fourth with a 44.5. Hundley moved up to fifth with a 43.8, Schild was sixth with a 43.4, and Key was in seventh with a 43.35. 

Nichols finished on a high note with a solid floor routine including a tuck double double, tuck full in, and piked full in for a 14.55. Biles finished on vault with an incredible stuck Amanar for a 16.25 with a 9.85 execution. Biles continued with a Lopez for her second vault and finished strong after a rough day. Key also finished on vault with a very solid Yurchenko double full for a 15.25. Douglas finished on floor with a hit routine including a beautiful tuck Arabian double front for a 13.85. Raisman hit her bar set with small form breaks for a 14.15.

Madison Kocian finished her all-around competition on her best event of bars. She performed a beautiful routine with intricated connections for the high on bars for the day of a 15.5. Dowell finished her competition hitting all four event and an impressive showing in her first all-around competition of her elite return.

Day two of competition will be held this Saturday, August 15 with the senior session at 7pm.

Full results below via USAG:


Top 10 on Each Event 
Vault
1. Simone Biles, Spring, Texas, 15.725 -  vault 1 video | vault 2 video 
2. MyKayla Skinner, Gilbert, Ariz., 14.975 

Uneven Bars
1. Madison Kocian, Dallas, Texas, 15.500
2. Ashton Locklear, Hamlet, N.C., 15.400
3. Rachel Gowey, Urbandale, Iowa, 15.350
4. Gabrielle Douglas, Tarzana, Calif., 15.300
5. Bailie Key, Montgomery, Texas, 15.200
6. Simone Biles, Spring, Texas, 15.150
6. Brenna Dowell, Odessa, Mo., 15.150
8. Maggie Nichols, Little Canada, Minn., 14.950
9. Amelia Hundley, Hamilton, Ohio, 14.750
9. Emily Schild, Huntersville, N.C., 14.750

Balance Beam
1. Alyssa Baumann, Plano, Texas, 15.150
2. Simone Biles, Spring, Texas, 14.800
3. Nia Dennis, Westerville, Ohio, 14.650
4. Gabrielle Douglas, Tarzana, Calif., 14.450
5. Rachel Gowey, Urbandale, Iowa, 14.400
5. Maggie Nichols, Little Canada, Minn., 14.400
7. MyKayla Skinner, Gilbert, Ariz., 14.350
8. Megan Skaggs, Marietta, Ga., 14.300
9. Kyla Ross, Aliso Viejo, Calif., 14.250
10. Madison Desch, Lenexa, Kan., 13.850

Floor Exercise
1. Alexandra Raisman, Needham, Mass., 15.550
2. Simone Biles, Spring, Texas, 14.900
3. Maggie Nichols, Little Canada, Minn., 14.550
4. Bailie Key, Montgomery, Texas, 14.450
5. MyKayla Skinner, Gilbert, Ariz., 14.350
6. Brenna Dowell, Odessa, Mo., 14.300
7. Amelia Hundley, Hamilton, Ohio, 14.200
8. Alyssa Baumann, Plano, Texas, 13.900
9. Gabrielle Douglas, Tarzana, Calif., 13.850
9. Nia Dennis, Westerville, Ohio, 13.850


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