The 2011 Visa National Championships have concluded in St. Paul. Here's a recap of the top 3 finishers on each event for the senior men, and the video of the gold medal routine provided by Universal Sports. 

All Around 

1.  Danell Leyva, Miami, Fla., 183.800

2.  Jonathan Horton, Houston, Texas, 181.050

3.  John Orozco, Bronx, N.Y., 180.500

4.  Chris Brooks, Houston, Texas, 178.600

5.  Jacob Dalton, Reno, Nev., 177.800

6.  Steven Legendre, Port Jefferson, N.Y., 177.600

 

 

Floor exercise

1.  Jacob Dalton, Reno, Nev., 32.450

2.  Steven Legendre, Port Jefferson, N.Y., 32.000

3.  Jonathan Horton, Houston, Texas, 30.650

Dalton competed a routine with a 7.00 D score, the same as Legendre. Dalton earned a 9.350 execution on night 1 for a 16.350 total, and a 9.10 on night 2. 
Universal Sports did not post a video of Dalton on floor, however, there is a youtube video here. 


 

Men's Pommel

1.  Alexander Naddour, Gilbert, Ariz., 31.100

2.  Ty Echard, Carroll, Ohio, 30.350

3.  John Orozco, Bronx, N.Y., 29.100

Naddour competed a 6.50 start value routine with clean execution. On night 1 he earned a huge 15.70, and came back with a 15.40 on night 2 for the routine shown below. 

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Still Rings

1.  Brandon Wynn, Vorhees, N.J., 31.300

2.  C.J. Maestas, Corrales, N.M., 30.850

3.  Jonathan Horton, Houston, Texas, 30.500

C.J. Maestas didn't have his best rings routine on night 2 but he earned the highest score of the competition, 16.00 on night 1 (7.40/8.60). Brandon Wynn was consistent on the 2 days of competition with a 15.550 and a 15.75 (7.20/8.55) on night 2. 

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Vault

1.  Jacob Dalton, Reno, Nev., 33.650

2.  Steven Legendre, Port Jefferson, N.Y., 32.900

3.  Jonathan Horton, Houston, Texas, 32.750

The top 3 guys all had 7.0 start value vaults (with a little extra added for domestic competition bonus). Dalton performed his difficult vault with ease, earning execution scores of 9.50 and 9.45. Legendre and Horton earned matching scores of 16.70 (7.30/9.40) for their Dragulescu vaults. Here is Dalton's vault on night 1 which scored 16.850:

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Parallel Bars

1.  Danell Leyva, Miami, Fla., 32.150

2.  John Orozco, Bronx, N.Y., 31.450 - video night 2 pbars

3.  Chris Brooks, Houston, Texas, 31.200

Danell Leyva competed cleanly on parallel bars on both days. On night 1 he earned a 15.950 (6.60/9.35), and a 16.20 (6.80/9.40) with a stuck dismount on night 2.
Universal Sports did not post a parallel bars video of Leyva, however there is a youtube video here. 

 

Horizontal Bar

1.  Danell Leyva, Miami, Fla., 33.150

2.  Chris Brooks, Houston, Texas, 31.300

3.  John Orozco, Bronx, N.Y., 30.500

Danell Leyva was most impressive on high bar. He scored a massive 16.90 (7.70/9.30) on night one for a routine that included some domestic bonuses as explained here. On night 2, he finished on high bar, hit a great set, and secured the 2011 all around title.

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