2018 Nastia Liukin Cup Series Schedule Announced
2018 Nastia Liukin Cup Series Schedule Announced
USA Gymnastics announced today the schedule for the 2018 Nastia Liukin Cup Series, which kicks off January 5, 2018. The invitational meets in the Series will determine the gymnasts who will compete in the Nastia Liukin Cup at Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman
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USA Gymnastics announced today the schedule for the 2018 Nastia Liukin Cup Series, which kicks off January 5, 2018. The invitational meets in the Series will determine the gymnasts who will compete in the Nastia Liukin Cup at Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, on March 2, 2018. The 2018 event, started in 2010 by 2008 Olympic all-around gold-medalist Nastia Liukin, is the ninth annual edition.
Sears Centre Arena will host both the Nastia Liukin Cup and, on the following day, the 2018 American Cup, the USA's most prestigious international invitational and part of the International Gymnastics Federation's all-around World Cup series.
The 36 participants in the Nastia Liukin Cup are selected through the Nastia Liukin Cup Series, which features 18 of the country's top gymnastics invitationals held throughout the United States. The Nastia Liukin Cup Series kicks off on Jan. 5, with two invitationals, and the final Nastia Liukin Cup qualifiers will be determined at two invitationals held just two weeks before the Nastia Liukin Cup.
Gymnasts who compete in the Nastia Liukin Cup will receive a Nastia Liukin-designed leotard and a warm-up from GK Elite; two tickets to the Nastia Liukin Cup; and the opportunity to meet Liukin and participate in a team photo.
Tickets for the Nastia Liukin Cup will go on sale this fall through gymnastics clubs participating in the American Cup discount ticket program, and will go on sale to the general public after the first of the year.
A portion of the proceeds from the Nastia Liukin Cup benefits the Nastia Liukin Fund, a charitable fund in partnership with the National Gymnastics Foundation (www.usagym.org/foundation).
USA Gymnastics announced today the schedule for the 2018 Nastia Liukin Cup Series, which kicks off January 5, 2018. The invitational meets in the Series will determine the gymnasts who will compete in the Nastia Liukin Cup at Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, on March 2, 2018. The 2018 event, started in 2010 by 2008 Olympic all-around gold-medalist Nastia Liukin, is the ninth annual edition.
Sears Centre Arena will host both the Nastia Liukin Cup and, on the following day, the 2018 American Cup, the USA's most prestigious international invitational and part of the International Gymnastics Federation's all-around World Cup series.
The 36 participants in the Nastia Liukin Cup are selected through the Nastia Liukin Cup Series, which features 18 of the country's top gymnastics invitationals held throughout the United States. The Nastia Liukin Cup Series kicks off on Jan. 5, with two invitationals, and the final Nastia Liukin Cup qualifiers will be determined at two invitationals held just two weeks before the Nastia Liukin Cup.
The invitationals participating in the Cup Series are listed below:
- Alamo Classic, San Antonio, Texas, January 5-7
- Atlanta Crown Invitational, Duluth, Georgia, January 5-7
- Tampa Bay Turners Invitational, Bradenton, Florida, January 12-14
- CGA Coaches' Spectacular, Covington, Kentucky, January 12-14
- California Grand Invitational, Anaheim, California, January 12-14
- Kim Zmeskal's Texas Prime Meet, Irving, Texas, January 19-21
- Sand Dollar/Whitlow Invitational, Kissimmee, Florida, January 19-21
- Atlanta Centennial Classic, Atlanta, Georgia, January 26-28
- Metroplex Challenge, Fort Worth, Texas, January 26-28
- Classic Spectacular, Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 27-28
- Chris Waller's Heart of a Champion, Pasadena, California, February 2-4
- Pikes Peak Cup, Colorado Springs, Colorado, February 2-4
- Salcianu and Brestyan's Invitational, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 8-11
- Arizona Sunrays Classic Rock Invitational, Phoenix, Arizona, February 9-11
- Denver Winterfest Classic, Denver, Colorado, February 9-11
- Greensboro Gymnastics Invitational, Greensboro, North Carolina, February 9-11
- Magical Classic, Orlando, Florida, February 16-17
- WOGA Classic, Frisco, Texas, February 16-19
Gymnasts who compete in the Nastia Liukin Cup will receive a Nastia Liukin-designed leotard and a warm-up from GK Elite; two tickets to the Nastia Liukin Cup; and the opportunity to meet Liukin and participate in a team photo.
Tickets for the Nastia Liukin Cup will go on sale this fall through gymnastics clubs participating in the American Cup discount ticket program, and will go on sale to the general public after the first of the year.
A portion of the proceeds from the Nastia Liukin Cup benefits the Nastia Liukin Fund, a charitable fund in partnership with the National Gymnastics Foundation (www.usagym.org/foundation).