Gymnastike was in Madison Square Garden for the 2012 Nastia Liukin Cup providing live updates and a behind the scenes view of the competition. To read in chronological order, begin from the bottom. 

gymnastike Nastia Liukin talks American Cup, Nastia Cup and Comeback: bit.ly/y92Vt5

gymnastike The one thing Nastia Liukin Cup runner-up Alex McMurtry may regret from tonight -bit.ly/wLzmCw

gymnastike Charity Jones wins the 2012 Nastia Liukin Cup title then gave us the inside scoop on tonight's competition - bit.ly/y6s2Z8

gymnastike We're off to get interviews. Thanks for following! Check up on what you missed from the Nastia Cup here: bit.ly/oBNjoO

gymnastike Final results: 1) Jones 38.075, 2) McMurtry 37.875, 3) Polina 37.875, 4) Williams, 5) Beers, 6) Dennis, 7) Wyrick, 8) Rowe

gymnastike That's it for the 2012 Nastia Liukin Cup! Charity Jones of Dynamo Gymnastics in OK is your 2012 Champion!

gymnastike Kluz FX: great pike full in. double pike last pass. Look for Kluz at @AUGYMNASTICS next year!

gymnastike Alex McMurtry 9.575 on BB and moves into 2nd with a 37.875. Charity Jones still leads.

gymnastike Williams only scored 9.60 on vault. Scored a 9.875 for that vault last week in Texas. She'll finish with 37.750. In 3rd for now

 

gymnastike McMurtry BB: big punch front. bhs lay stepout. side somi. great front toss. side aerial. Rndoff 2.5, stick!! Big routine

 

gymnastike Grace Williams VT: she got stick of the week last week! Can she stick it again?.. Yes! Stuck yurchenko full for Grace. Solid

 

gymnastike Future @FalconGymn gymnast Alyssa Nocella competed a cool 2ft front aerial on beam. And stuck her rndoff 1.5 twist dismount

 

gymnastike Lauren Marinez UB: went for a ray but was off tonight, took the fall. straight body double lay dismount and a hop

 

gymnastike Cappalli scored 9.25 on FX. Meredith Syvia scored 9.35 on UB

 

gymnastike Score for Polina on BB is 9.45. That puts her in 2nd for now with a 37.875. Jones still has the lead...

  

gymnastike Ah fall on beam for Briley Casanova. Didnt see the skill. Ended well front front layout full dismount

  

gymnastike Polina is just beautiful! She's finishing up on BB. Great sheep jump. And a stuck double twist dismount!

  

gymnastike Lexi Cappalli FX: love her on this event! She raelly sells it to Black Betty music. Stuck dbl pike! 1.5 punch pike. and stuck dbl tuck!

  

gymnastike Nia Dennis finished with a 37.55 AA, in 3rd at the moment. Randii Wyrick totaled 37.35 and sits in 4th

  

gymnastike Lauren Beers only scored a 9.65 for her stuck yurchenko 1.5. Really? Should've been higher! She's in 2nd for now w/ 37.70

  

gymnastike Charity Jones is still in the lead halfway through rotation 4 with her 9.30 on FX. AA score is 38.075

  

gymnastike Jones FX: tucked full in. 2.5 punch front small hop. double pike. Great routine for the leader. Will it be enough??

  

gymnastike Alicia Boren powerful FX routine. Ended with a full in!

  

gymnastike Atkinson UB: great tkatchev and nearly stuck her full in. she's had a great night

  

gymnastike Lauren Beers VT: yurchenko 1.5 stuck cold!! awesome

  

gymnastike Dennis VT: excellent yurchenko double full! Awesome night for Nia

  

gymnastike After 3: 1) Charity Jones 28.775, 2) Polina 28.425, 3) McMurtry 28.30, 4) Atkinson 28.20, 5) Williams 28.15, 6) Casanova, 7) Rowe, 8) Beers

  

gymnastike Kari Lee FX: big triple. nice combo- switch ring+switch side+shushunova. And thats it for rotation 3!

  

gymnastike Shermetaro BB: I missed the beginning but she had a great roundoff double pike dismount. Remember her from Visa Champs a few yrs ago?

  

gymnastike Score for Polina on bars is 9.55! Way to go. Bayle Rowe scored 9.30 on BB. And Charity Jones moves into the lead with 9.625 on BB!

  

gymnastike Rowe BB: cool combo- front toss to bhs lay stepout series. wobble on front aerial. switch+back tuck.

  

gymnastike Ashleigh Gnat threw a huge pike full in on FX but bounced out of bounds

  

gymnastike Polina UB: tkatchev to pak! pretty. maloney half! this is a big routine. even has some L grip work in there. Full out. Great set

  

gymnastike Charity Jones hits beam! 3 in a row for the future Sooner.

  

gymnastike That puts Atkinson just one tenth behind McMurtry who still holds the lead

  

gymnastike Caitlin Atkinson VT: amazing yurchenko 1.5, 9.725

  

gymnastike Watch Workout Wednesday with Randi Wyrick and her awesome Brown's LV team -bit.ly/yaW8bl

  

gymnastike Wyrick UB: blind full to tkatchev. overshoot to toe shoot. double lay landed a bit low

  

gymnastike Beers FX: gorgeous, stuck dbl lay! same music as McMurty, and ASac. front lay+front full clean. dbl pike. Great set!

  

gymnastike Want to get to know Nia Dennis? Here's our skype interview with her from last week. She's awesome! bit.ly/wy3R8m

  

gymnastike Rice BB: switch leap+gainer lay step out. Cool dismount - bhs lay stepout to back layout full. Small hop

  

gymnastike Dennis FX: excellent dbl arabian. 1.5 stepout thru to double tuck hop back. dbl pike. 2.5. Watch for her in the elite scene this summer!

  

gymnastike Nogaki VT: she's one of the few 1st yr level 10's here. Great yurchenko full

  

gymnastike Hano BB: pretty bhs lay step out, step back. fall on side aerial

  

gymnastike Bars is the weak event for McMurtry. Clean routine but played it safe. Only a 9.050

  

gymnastike Childers UB: blind full to tkatchev with a form break, though I think that is a new skill for her. Made it through the routine

  

gymnastike Kat Kluz fall on beam. bhs to two layout stepouts. Was just a bit off on the 2nd one

  

gymnastike Lauren Bancroft, 1st yr level 10 from Twistars put her hands down on double pike

  

gymnastike Grace Williams has hit everything tonight but not with her normal dominance. 9.30 on FX

  

gymnastike That's it for rotation 2.. for real this time! 1) McMurtry 19.25, 2) Jones 19.15, 3) Casanova 19.025, 4) Polina, 5) Grace Williams

 

gymnastike Gnat BB: future LSU gymnast, coming off a rough UB routine. front aerial. switch lp+switch side, nice. bhs lay. rndoff dbl twist

 

gymnastike Cappalli UB: hit routine with a tkatchev until the double lay dismount. landed low and looked like her knees touched the mat

 

gymnastike Ruiz BB: slight wobble on bhs lay stepout. switch leap+straddle 3/4. Roundoff double twist

 

gymnastike Charity Jones hit bars. tkatchev, overshoot, double lay. She looks happy with that

 

gymnastike Sydney McGlone FX: low landing on 2.5 twist. ended with a double tuck.

 

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gymnastike Wyrick scored 9.50 on VT. Nia Dennis went 9.350 on BB. Kennedy Edney stuck her yurchenko tucked full

 

gymnastike Caitlin Atkinson FX: pike full in. 1.5+layout+wolf jump, interesting! Double tuck last pass. She's a former elite, headed to Auburn

 

gymnastike Wyrick VT: She's a defending JO National Champion on vault. high yurchenko half. Stuck her 1st attempt. hop on the 2nd

 

gymnastike Dennis BB: missed beginning.. excellent switch leap+back pike. switch half. split+wolf. switch full, cool. bhs+bhs+near stuck double pike!

 

gymnastike Taylor Rice UB: blind to jaeger and completely misses the bar. What a bummer!

 

gymnastike Charlie Owens VT: yurchenko full

 

gymnastike Felicia Hano UB: nice pike jaeger. overshoot with slight leg separation. double tuck

 

gymnastike Sorry! We are still in rotation 2! 2nd flight of the rotation is beginning now. Wyrick stuck her vault in the warmup

 

gymnastike Off to rotation 3! 1) McMurty 19.250, 2) Casanova 19.025, 3) Polina Schennikova 18.875, 4) Williams 18.85, 5) Rowe 18.80

 

gymnastike WOW, 9.90 for Alex McMurtry's DTY vault!

 

gymnastike Kat Kluz UB: long TV delay. high tkatchev legs a tad loose. aggressive swing. double lay dismount

 

gymnastike Grace Williams went 9.475 on beam. She typically scores in the 9.5/9.6 range there.

 

gymnastike Alex McMurtry VT: excellent yurchenko double twist! makes it look easy

 

gymnastike Williams BB: usually does a bhs+2 lay stepouts but only did one tonight and wobbled. Bummer. Hit everything else

 

gymnastike Score for @BrileyCasanova on vault is 9.475. That puts her in the lead for now, 19.025 after 2

 

gymnastike Meredith Sylvia of Parkettes definitely has an elite look on FX. stuck double tuck and ended with a triple.

 

gymnastike Polina scored a 9.425 on VT. score for Lisa Burt on beam is 9.275. Bayle Rowe 9.35 on UB, Ramirez 9.150 on FX

 

gymnastike Casanova VT: great yurchenko 1.5

 

gymnastike Ramirez FX: great dbl pike opening pass. powerful 1.5 punch layout to finish

 

gymnastike Polina VT: clean yurchenko full. That's the first vault of rotation 2

 

gymnastike After rotation 1: 1) Charity Jones 9.775 VT, 2) Lauren Marinez - nice rndoff dbl back on BB! 9.625, 3) Boren VT 9.60, 4) Casanova 9.55 FX

 

gymnastike Beers UB: ray! pak. maloney to free hip. slight hesitation on blind change, gets it over, nice double front dismount

 

gymnastike Lauren Beers is getting quite the TV delay on bars. She's signed to compete for Bama next year

 

gymnastike Charlie Owens FX: high double pike. oob on 2nd pass, 2.5 punch pike, I think. love the commitment to her choreo. Ah sat down 1.5 punch lay

 

gymnastike Excellent vault for Alicia Boren of North Stars! yurchenko full just a tiny step back. 9.60. That puts her 3rd for now

 

gymnastike Nia Dennis UB: huge tkatchev! toe shoot. quick, aggressive blind full, double layout with a hop

 

gymnastike Childers FX: love her on this event. Full in. 1.5 step out thru to double twist. Excellent artistry, right on que. She does her own choreo

 

gymnastike Taylor Rice VT: stuck yurchekno full! Too bad I'm not filming, could've been stick of the week! Nice college finish too :)

 

gymnastike Kendal Moss UB: lovely gienger, overshoot. ahh fall on the toe shoot. only fingertips caught the bar

 

gymnastike McMurtry is one to watch. Definitely in the hunt for tonight's title. She's competed a DTY on vault this season too!

 

gymnastike Alex McMurtry FX: perfect, huge full in! back 2.5+front lay half great. Front full+rudi, oob. Ended with a triple! Great routine

 

gymnastike Kat Kluz VT: she sat down yurchenko 1.5 in the touch warmup... nailed it when it counts! Good vault

 

gymnastike Grace Williams UB: hop change, front giant, jaeger, blind full to overshoot hand. jump to hb. giants to full in, small hop. Good start

 

gymnastike Jessica Ling (Oakland) VT: yurchenko full piked down. She's one of the taller gymnasts here

 

gymnastike Defending champ Grace Williams of @TwistarsUSA will compete 1st up on bars in the 2nd flight. She's undefeated in the AA this year!

 

gymnastike North Stars level 10 Alicia Boren just threw a massive yurchenko full in the touch warmup

 

gymnastike @Aly_Raisman USA (Aly Raisman) - amanar! - bit.ly/xxXu5J

 

gymnastike Casanova moves into 2nd with a 9.55 for her great FX set. Charity Jones still has the high score with 9.775. Midway thru rotation 1

 

gymnastike Alyssa Shermetaro VT: clean yurchekno full. 9.525. That's the 2nd highest score thus far

 

gymnastike WOGA's @BrileyCasanova FX: great double lay. front double twist+stag jump. back 1.5+front full clean. double pike. Great start!

 

gymnastike Lauren Ramirez BB: excellent back handspring 2ft layout series. She's coaches by Amanda Borden who looked very happy w/ the routine

 

gymnastike Polina FX: double pike. I missed the 2nd pass... same music as last yr, I believe. Exquisite leaps! double twist. 2.5 to close

 

gymnastike Lisa Burt UB: nice gienger. overshoot hand. whipped around her double lay just in time but chest was low

 

gymnastike Score for Charity Jones (future @OUgymnastics) gymnast is a 9.775, highest of the comp thus far

 

gymnastike Rowe VT: yurchenko 1.5 great block off the table, legs slightly bent in the air, good landing

 

gymnastike Alexandra Ruiz of ACE on UB: sat down her double front dismount. she's the youngest competitor here.

 

gymnastike Wyrick FX: full in. whip half+front lay+front pike, nice. double pike landed slightly low, but a hit routine

 

gymnastike Here we go! Charity Jones up 1st on VT. DTY! Slight pike down but nice, big vault

 

gymnastike Girls are wearing grey warmups with pink detailing

 

gymnastike Nastia Liukin Cup girls are marching in! Alyssa Nocella of Silvia's has by far the best cheering section