2012 Visa Championships

2012 Visa Championships

Results
2012 Visa Championships - Women's Day 1
Jordyn Wieber and Lexie Priessman lead the senior and junior divisions after one day of competition at the 2012 Visa Championships.

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2012 Visa Championships - Men's Day 2
John Orozco takes home the national title at the 2012 Visa Championships.
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2012 Visa Championships - Men's Day 1
Danell Leyva leads the senior men's division after day one of the Visa Championships.
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2012 Men's National Qualifier
Fourteen men qualified to the 2012 Visa Championships after competing at the 2012 men's national qualifier.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., May 5, 2012 – Fourteen men qualified for the 2012 Visa Championships in St. Louis based on their performances at the 2012 U.S. Men's Qualifier, May 5, at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. The Men's Qualifier was the last opportunity for the country's male gymnasts to qualify for the 2012 Visa Championships, USA Gymnastics national championships, in St. Louis, June 7-10.

The 14 men who qualified for the Visa Championships at the Qualifier are listed in rank order, according to the Men's 20-point system used to determine the qualifiers:
Jake Martin, Oviedo, Fla./U.S. Olympic Training Center 
Alexander Buscaglia, Stanford, Calif./Stanford University
Joshua Dixon, San Jose, Calif./U.S. Olympic Training Center
Mackenzie Dow, Cranford, N.J./Pennsylvania State University Gymnastics
Ryan Lieberman, Lake Forest, Ill./Stanford University
Edward Mesa, Cooper City, Fla./Universal Gymnastics Inc.
Andrew Elkind, Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Olympic Training Center
Trevor Howard, Columbus, Ohio/Hocking Valley Gymnastics Center
Miguel Pineda, Galloway, Ohio/Pennsylvania State University Gymnastics
Zachary Chase, Woodinville, Wash./University of Minnesota
Craig Hernandez, Libertyville, Ill./Pennsylvania State University Gymnastics
Wyatt Baier, Denver, Colo./University Of Nebraska-Lincoln
Jesse Glenn, Northridge, Calif./SCATS Gymnastics
Matthew Felleman, Medway, Mass./Pennsylvania State University Gymnastics

Because the event is a qualifier, no awards were presented. However, John Orozco of the Bronx, N.Y./Team Hilton HHonors (U.S. Olympic Training Center), posted the day's highest all-around score at 91.750, followed by Dixon and Martin. The top scorers on each event were: Buscaglia and Dixon, floor exercise; Hernandez and Orozco, pommel horse; Scott Rosenthal of Clearfield, Pa./Pennsylvania State University Gymnastics, still rings; Buscaglia, vault; Orozco, parallel bars; and Orozco and Dixon, horizontal bar.

For more information on the U.S. Men's Qualifier and the 20-point system, go to http://usagym.org/pages/men/events/program_events.html.

The U.S. champions for men's and women's artistic gymnastics are determined at the Visa Championships. The Visa Championships will also determine which gymnasts advance to the U.S. Olympic Trials – Gymnastics, June 28-July 1, in San Jose, Calif. Tickets are currently on sale for both the Visa Championships and U.S. Olympic Trials. For complete information, go to www.usagym.org/events.

2012 Men's National Qualifier
20-Point Program Results for Qualification
May 5, 2012
Athletes in Bold Qualify to the Senior Division at the 2012 Visa Championships

First Name/Last Name/AA/Total Points
1 John Orozco, 91.75, 113
2 Jake Martin, 87.1, 79
3 Alexander Buscaglia, 86.9, 75
4 Joshua Dixon, 87.45, 71
5 Danell Leyva, 59.5, 60
6 Mackenzie Dow, 71.75, 48
7 Ryan Lieberman, 82.65, 47
8 Edward Mesa, 83.9, 42
9 Andrew Elkind, 83.6, 41
10 Trevor Howard, 82.7, 39
11 Miguel Pineda, 70.6 ,37
12 Zachary Chase, 43.65, 35
13 Brandon Wynn, 44.2, 35
14 Craig Hernandez, 43.25, 33
15 Samuel Mikulak, 29.8, 32
16 Wyatt Baier, 56.7, 28
17 Jesse Glenn, 83.55, 27
18 Matthew Felleman, 83.45, 26


Priessman holds big lead after prelims
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Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy's Lexie Priessman holds a strong lead after the first day of junior women's competition at the 2012 Visa Championships, scoring 59.2 across her four routines.

Priessman started the day with solid routines on bars (14.15) and beam (14.1), where she showed a standing full and a rare full-twisting double back dismount - nearly stuck.  Priessman didn't look back heading into her two best pieces, floor and vault, where she distanced herself from the other contenders.  

On floor, Priessman nailed her tumbling, including a tucked double-double and a full-in dismount.  Her score of 15.25 was the highest of the night by .550.  On vault, she competed an Amanar and corrected her mistake from Secret Classic.  The score of 15.7 clinched the lead after day one.

In second was Bailie Key of Texas Dreams, who hit all of her routines to finish near the top (57.55).  Key showed a powerful double-twisting Yurchenko (15.0) to lead after the first rotation, and then ended with clean exercise on floor (14.7) to edge out Secret Classic champion Simone Biles by .15.

Biles (57.4) started off slow on bars (13.75) and beam (13.8), but showed cleaner lines and execution on bars than in the past.  On floor, Biles tumbled a big double layout immediate stag jump, but small errors kept her score at 14.05.  She ended the day with an explosive Amanar on vault, scoring a meet-high 15.8.  

GAGE's Madison Desch (57.2) came in fourth, beginning the day with a save on her full-twisting layout on beam (14.3).  She showed a lovely floor routine, but absorbed a few insecure landings and an out of bounds deduction.  On vault, she showed a double-twisting Yurchenko (14.7) and closed out her day with a hit set on bars (13.85).

Priessman's Cincinnati teammate Amelia Hundley also had a successful day, scoring 56.75 for fifth place.  Hundley was solid across the board, scoring 13.95 on bars, 14.3 on beam (standing full), 14.15 on floor (stuck piked full-in) and 14.35 for her double-twisting Yurchenko vault.  

Defending champion Katelyn Ohashi had a rough day, falling to sixth in the standings (56.65).  Ohashi opened the day on floor with a piked full-in landed low (14.4) and then watered down her vault to a full-twisting Yurchenko.  On bars, Ohashi saved a crooked turn (14.35) but couldn't correct an error on her layout full series on beam, and took a fall - the same skill she missed at Classics.

The junior women's competition concludes on Sunday at 10 a.m. CST.

Watch more video of 2012 Visa Championships on gymnastike.org

All-around

1.  Lexie Priessman, Cincinnati, Ohio, 59.200

2.  Bailie Key, Coppell, Texas, 57.550

3.  Simone Biles, Spring, Texas, 57.400

4.  Madison Desch, Lenexa, Kan., 57.200

5.  Amelia Hundley, Hamilton, Ohio, 56.750

6.  Katelyn Ohashi, Plano, Texas, 56.650

7.  Peyton Ernst, Coppell, Texas, 55.400

8.  Nia Dennis, New Albany, Ohio, 54.500

9.  Polina Shchennikova, Arvada, Colo., 54.450

10.  Veronica Hults, Allen, Texas, 54.200

 

Vault

1.  Simone Biles, Spring, Texas, 15.800

2.  Lexie Priessman, Cincinnati, Ohio, 15.700

3.  Bailie Key, Coppell, Texas, 15.000

4.  Madison Desch, Lenexa, Kan., 14.700

5.  Peyton Ernst, Coppell, Texas, 14.400

Uneven bars

1.  Polina Shchennikova, Arvada, Colo., 14.650

2.  Katelyn Ohashi, Plano, Texas, 14.350

3.  Lexie Priessman, Cincinnati, Ohio, 14.150

4.  Amelia Hundley, Hamilton, Ohio, 13.950

5.  Madison Desch, Lenexa, Kan., 13.850

Balance beam

1.  Amelia Hundley, Hamilton, Ohio, 14.300

1.  Madison Desch, Lenexa, Kan., 14.300

3.  Bailie Key, Coppell, Texas, 14.250

4.  Veronica Hults, Allen, Texas, 14.200

4.  Katelyn Ohashi, Plano, Texas, 14.200

Floor exercise

1.  Lexie Priessman, Cincinnati, Ohio, 15.250

2.  Bailie Key, Coppell, Texas, 14.700

3.  Katelyn Ohashi, Plano, Texas, 14.400

4.  Madison Desch, Lenexa, Kan., 14.350

5.  Amelia Hundley, Hamilton, Ohio, 14.150


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Wieber, Douglas tied after night one
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Reigning world all-around champion Jordyn Wieber and unofficial American Cup Champion Gabby Douglas are tied after night one of the 2012 Visa Championships, each scoring a 60.65

Wieber started on the vault landing lock-legged on her Amanar. She avoided an injury and scored a 15.65. Wieber hit a strong routine on bars (15.05), but broke several connections on beam (14.7). In the final rotation Wieber needed a 15.25 to tie Douglas and she matched the score exactly hitting a double-double and a 1 1/2 to triple full immediate stag jump. 

Gabby Douglas hit all four for the first time since her American Cup victory in March. She started on bars with her usual strong set (15.45). Douglas was a little shaky on beam, but got through her routine and earned a 14.8. Douglas also hit her floor routine (15.05) and barely stood up her Amanar on vault, squatting to a 15.3 score. 

Secret Classic Champion Aly Raisman was third (60.2) due to a weak bar performance (14.1). She landed her Amanar vault, but had formality issues with her legs. Beam and floor were excellent events for her scoring a 15.2 and 15.45, which were some of the highest scores on those events.

Fourth place Kyla Ross (59.75) also had three great events, stepping out of bounds on floor earned her a low score of 14.05. Ross led after three rotations, scoring a 15.1 on vault (double twisting yurchenko) and putting up the highest bars score of the night a 15.5. Ross also was impressive on beam scoring a 15.1, the only major error was a hop forward on the dismount.

Necomers Elizabeth Price (59.6) and Sarah Finnegan (59.15) finished fifth and sixth. Price had the second highest vault score of the night a 15.8 for her Amanar. She also had top scores on bars (14.95) and floor (14.55), where she tumbled a double-double and a double layout.
Finnegan earned the highest beam score with a 15.35, for a difficult set that include a triple wolf turn and a standing arabian connected to a swingdown.
She had small errors on bars (14.0) and floor (14.8), so Finnegan has room for improvement on night two. 

World Champion McKayla Maroney (58.7) finished seventh in the all-around and dominated vault scoring a 16.1 for her Amanar and a 15.7 for her Mustafina.
Maroney debuted a new floor routine and nearly stuck her 3 1/2 twist mount, but landed short and almost out of bounds on her third tumbling pass which is a 1 1/2 twist through to double back.

Kennedy Baker (58.05) of Texas Dreams had another solid night scoring above 14.0 on every event to finish eighth. Her best performances were on bars (14.85) and floor (14.4; open piked double arabian). Her double twisting yurchenko scored a 14.65 on vault. 

2008 Olympians Nastia Liukin and Bridget Sloan had inconsistent nights. Liukin started on the uneven bars and struggled through her much anticipated routine. She broke rhythm after her Pak salto and dismounted with a front flyaway and earned a low score of 13.15. However, Liukin came back strong on beam, hitting her connections and her dismount for a 15.1.
Sloan showed great difficulty and execution on a new bar routine (15.1), but failed to break 14.0 on any other event. 

Alicia Sacramone, in her first competition since having surgery to repair a torn Achilles tendon, showed two strong routines on vault (15.45;laidout Rudi) and beam (15.2). 

Veterans Rebecca Bross (15.2) and Anna Li (15.15) both hit strong bar routines, but fell apart on beam. Bross again sat down her Patterson dismount (13.55) and Li fell on a switch ring leap and an Onodi, the first two skills in her routine (11.95). 

The Senior Women's Competition will conclude on Sunday at 3pm CST.

Hear from the athletes with our video interviews!
- Gabby Douglas
- Jordyn Wieber
- Nastia Liukin
- Alicia Sacramone
- Bridget Sloan
- McKayla Maroney
- Kyla Ross

Women's All-Around

 

1.  Jordyn Wieber, DeWitt, Mich., 60.650

1.  Gabrielle Douglas, Virginia Beach, Va., 60.650

3.  Alexandra Raisman, Needham, Mass., 60.200

4.  Kyla Ross, Aliso Viejo, Calif., 59.750

5.  Elizabeth Price, Coopersburg, Pa., 59.600

6.  Sarah Finnegan, St. Louis, Mo., 59.150

7.  McKayla Maroney, Long Beach, Calif., 58.700

8.  Kennedy Baker, Flower Mound, Texas, 58.050

9.  Sabrina Vega, Carmel, N.J., 56.500

10.  Bridget Sloan, Pittsboro, Ind., 56.250


Women's Vault

 

1.  McKayla Maroney, Long Beach, Calif., 15.925

2.  Alicia Sacramone, Winchester, Mass., 15.025

3.  Brandie Jay, Ft Collins, Colo., 14.750

4.  Mykayla Skinner, Gilbert, Ariz., 14.375

 
Women's Bars

 

1.  Kyla Ross, Aliso Viejo, Calif., 15.500

2.  Gabrielle Douglas, Virginia Beach, Va., 15.450

3.  Rebecca Bross, Plano, Texas, 15.200

4.  Anna Li, Aurora, Ill., 15.150

5.  Bridget Sloan, Pittsboro, Ind., 15.100

6.  Jordyn Wieber, DeWitt, Mich., 15.050

7.  Elizabeth Price, Coopersburg, Pa., 14.950

8.  Kennedy Baker, Flower Mound, Texas, 14.850

Women's Beam

 

1.  Sarah Finnegan, St. Louis, Mo., 15.350

2.  Alicia Sacramone, Winchester, Mass., 15.200

2.  Alexandra Raisman, Needham, Mass., 15.200

4.  Kyla Ross, Aliso Viejo, Calif., 15.100

4.  Nastia Liukin, Parker, Texas, 15.100

6.  Gabrielle Douglas, Virginia Beach, Va., 14.800

7.  Jordyn Wieber, DeWitt, Mich., 14.700

8.  McKayla Maroney, Long Beach, Calif., 14.550

Women's Floor

 

1.  Alexandra Raisman, Needham, Mass., 15.450

2.  Jordyn Wieber, DeWitt, Mich., 15.250

3.  Gabrielle Douglas, Virginia Beach, Va., 15.050

4.  Sarah Finnegan, St. Louis, Mo., 14.800

5.  McKayla Maroney, Long Beach, Calif., 14.600

6.  Elizabeth Price, Coopersburg, Pa., 14.550

7.  Kennedy Baker, Flower Mound, Texas, 14.400

8.  Grace McLaughlin, Allen, Texas, 14.150

8.  Mykayla Skinner, Gilbert, Ariz., 14.150

 


For full results from the night click here. http://live.usagym.org/index.d.html

2012 Visa Championships - Senior Women Day 2
Jordyn Wieber won another national all-around title, but this time, Gabby Douglas came in second place, just .02 behind Wieber.
Full results of the 2012 Visa Championships Senior women's all around finals in St Louis. Final results are combined from two days of competition. 
Links:
- Visa Championships video channel
- Meet Recap
- Video interview with Champion Jordyn Wieber
- usagym.org








INDIVIDUAL EVENTS TOP RESULTS 







Full event results

Leyva leads after night one; Orozco hot on trail
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Photo by Mellisa J. Perenson

Defending Visa Champion Danell Levya leads the senior men at the end of night one with a score of 91.85 barely edging out John Orozco who scored a 91.8.

In the last rotation, Leyva was on the parallel bars, which he is the world champion, and scored a 15.8.  He also performed well on pommel horse, earning the second-highest score of the night with a 14.8.

However, Orozco finished just .05 shy of Leyva's score.  Throughout the night Orozco only scored less than a 15.0 on one event, the pommel horse, where he performed a solid routine but was only awarded a 14.65. 

Clustered well behind Leyva and Orozco were Sam Mikulak (90.55), Chris Brooks (90.5), and Jonathan Horton (90.3). 

Brooks nailed a new vault tonight, a handspring piked double front, and earned the highest vault score of the night with a 16.45.

Mikulak had an overall good night, except for an uncharacteristic fall in his last pass on the floor exercise, which is usually one of his best events.

Horton also performed well on night one. He put up high scores of 15.8 on high bar, 15.5 on rings and 15.7 on vault. Horton currently performs a Roche on the vault, but is working on upgrading again to the version with a half twist, which is called a Dragulescu.  Horton placed fifth in the all-around due to a low score on his weakest apparatus, the pommel horse, where he only managed a 13.3.

Sixth-place Jake Dalton (88.95) also struggled on the pommel horse, earning a low score of 12.55, but executed well on vault (16.15) and floor (15.8), his greatest strengths.

Glen Ishino finished seventh (88.0) recording the highest score on pommel horse with a 15.45. Ishino was the only gymnast to score over a 15 on that event.

Steven Legendre (87.85) broke a 16 on his best events, vault (16.2) and floor (16.15). His floor routine featured a difficult front double full-double front combination.

Joshua Dixon (87.3) executed a beautiful vault, a half-on, double full off, which earned him a score of 16.15.

Illinois teammates Paul Ruggeri (86.95) and C.J. Maestas (86.5) finished 10th and 11th in the all-around competition and both had inconsistent nights.  Ruggeri fell on vault and struggled on pommel horse, but finished strong putting up the leading score on high bar with a 15.85 and the third-highest on floor with a 15.75.  Maestas hit most of his routines but had errors on floor and pommel horse.

2008 U.S. Champion David Sender (86.45) began his comeback well with big scores on vault (16.3) and parallel bars (15.2), but also struggled on floor and pommel horse to finish in 13th place. Sender made a strong statement on vault, competing a well executed yurchenko double pike, a skill rarely seen in competition. 

The Men's Finals will be on Saturday at 11:30am.

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Results:

All-Around
1.  Danell Leyva, Miami, Fla., 91.850
2.  John Orozco, Bronx, N.Y., 91.800
3.  Sam Mikulak, Newport Coast, Calif., 90.550
4.  Chris Brooks, Houston, Texas, 90.500
5.  Jonathan Horton, Houston, Texas, 90.300
6.  Jacob Dalton, Reno, Nev., 88.950
7.  Glen Ishino, Santa Ana, Calif., 88.000
8.  Steven Legendre, Port Jefferson, N.Y., 87.850
9.  Joshua Dixon, San Jose, Calif., 87.300
10.  Paul Ruggeri, Manlius, N.Y., 86.950


Floor exercise
1.  Steven Legendre, Port Jefferson, N.Y., 16.150
2.  Jacob Dalton, Reno, Nev., 15.800
3.  Paul Ruggeri, Manlius, N.Y., 15.750
4.  Alex Buscaglia, Cary, Ill., 15.400
4.  Eddie Penev, Penfield, N.Y., 15.400
6.  Danell Leyva, Miami, Fla., 15.250

Pommel Horse
1.  Glen Ishino, Santa Ana, Calif., 15.450
2.  Danell Leyva, Miami, Fla., 14.800
3.  Alexander Naddour, Gilbert, Ariz., 14.750
4.  Sam Mikulak, Newport Coast, Calif., 14.650
4.  John Orozco, Bronx, N.Y., 14.650
6.  Masayoshi Mori, Irvine, Calif., 14.400

Still Rings
1.  Jonathan Horton, Houston, Texas, 15.500
2.  Brandon Wynn, Voorhees, N.J., 15.350
3.  John Orozco, Bronx, N.Y., 15.050
3.  C.J. Maestas, Corrales, N.M., 15.050
3.  Scott Rosenthal, Clearfield, Pa., 15.050
6.  Chris Brooks, Houston, Texas, 14.950

Vault
1.  Chris Brooks, Houston, Texas, 16.450
2.  Eddie Penev, Penfield, N.Y., 16.350
3.  David Sender, Arlington HeIghts, Ill., 16.300
4.  Steven Legendre, Port Jefferson, N.Y., 16.200
5.  Joshua Dixon, San Jose, Calif., 16.150
5.  Jacob Dalton, Reno, Nev., 16.150

Parallel Bars
1.  Danell Leyva, Miami, Fla., 15.800
2.  Sam Mikulak, Newport Coast, Calif., 15.600
3.  John Orozco, Bronx, N.Y., 15.400
3.  Brandon Wynn, Voorhees, N.J., 15.400
5.  David Sender, Arlington HeIghts, Ill., 15.200
5.  Chris Brooks, Houston, Texas, 15.200

High bar
1.  Paul Ruggeri, Manlius, N.Y., 15.850
1.  Danell Leyva, Miami, Fla., 15.850
3.  Jonathan Horton, Houston, Texas, 15.800
4.  John Orozco, Bronx, N.Y., 15.750
5.  Joshua Dixon, San Jose, Calif., 15.350

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Event Info
Bailie is a junior international elite gymnast who trains at Texas Dreams Gymnastics under coaches Chris Burdette and Kim Zmeskal-Burdette. Key placed 3rd on vault and 4th all-around at the 2012 Junior Visa Championships and 3rd in the all-around at the 2012 City of Jeselo Trophy. Jeselo was Key's first international competition as a member of the U.S National Team.
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