Results
World Champion Jordyn Wieber won three gold medals at the 2012 Pacific Rim Championships.
EVERETT, Wash., March 18, 2012 – Team USA completed a dominating performance at the 2012 Kellogg's Pacific Rim Championships, winning an impressive 13 medals during the senior event finals competition Sunday night in Comcast Arena at Everett. Over the three days of competition, the United States won a total of 63 medals between men's and women's gymnastics (36), rhythmic gymnastics (18), and men's and women's trampoline (9).
Jake Dalton won floor on Sunday.
Jake Dalton of Reno, Nev./University of Oklahoma, came out of the gates strong for the Americans, winning the floor exercise title with a 15.375 with an Arabian double layout first pass and triple twist dismount. Japan's Tatsuki Nakashima finished second with 15.075 and China's Ran Cheng was third with a 14.575. Chris Brooks of Houston/Team Hilton HHonors (Cypress Gymnastics), finished fourth with a 14.550, opening with a stuck double front pike.
On pommel horse, China's Rongbing Liu won the gold medal with a score of 14.825. Brooks won the silver medal with a strong routine, scoring 14.700. Sam Mikulak of Ann Arbor, Mich./University of Michigan, won the bronze with a score of 14.375.
Brooks nailed a rings routine to score 15.075 with a stuck one-and-a-half twisting double back dismount to win the gold medal. Japan's Takuya Nakase (14.950) and Australia's Joshua Jefferis (14.825) completed the podium in second and third, respectively.
Hong Kong's Wai Hung Shek won the vault title with a score of 15.687. Mikulak earned the silver medal for his vaults, a Kasamatsu double and a front handspring double front, scoring an average 15.562. Canada's Scott Morgan took third with a score of 15.512. Dalton finished fourth with a score of 15.475.
On parallel bars, Jorge Giraldo of Colombia won the title with a score of 15.150. Ran Cheng of China took second with a score of 14.850. Mikulak, whose routine includes a Diamidov to Stutz to double pike dismount, took third with a score of 14.625.
In the final event of the competition, the high bar, the USA finished out the competition in style, grabbing another gold and silver medal. Brooks won the event with a 15.450, flying high on his Yamawaki to Gienger combination before sticking his layout double double dismount. Mikulak, who medaled on all four events on which he competed today, dazzled the crowd with a huge Kolman release move and a stuck double twisting double layout of his own for a 15.175 and the silver.
"Being at the Kellogg's Pacific Rim and competing for Team USA has been a lot of fun," Mikulak said. "I just wanted to come here and hit my sets – and that's exactly what I did."
China's Liu Rongbing won the bronze on high bar, scoring 14.850.
In women's vault, Japan's Wakiko Ryu, who competed a Yurchenko double full for her first vault, won the title with a score of 14.062. Hong Kong's Hiu Ying Angel Wong earned the silver with a 13.875 and Japan's Risa Konishi took bronze with a score of 13.587.
Gabrielle Douglas of Virginia Beach, Va./Chow's Gymnastics and Dance, won the uneven bars title, scoring 15.150 for her routine that included a Lin pirouette to L-grip Endo and piked and straddled Tkatchevs. Kyla Ross of Aliso Viejo, Calif./Gym-Max, won the silver medal with a toe-on Shaposhnikova half twist and a stuck double layout to earn a 15.050. China's Lou Peiru finished third (14.700).
Douglas said, "It felt great to win bars and go home with the gold. I had a rough competition on Friday, so I'm really excited and proud. It's a little bit of redemption for me."
Ross won the balance beam title with a solid routine, scoring 15.375, complete with a switch ring leap to back tuck, a front aerial to back handspring, layout step out series and a double tuck dismount.
Ross said, "I came out strong and had a good first senior meet. I didn't realize I won beam because I was last on beam and first on floor. I was happy when I learned I won beam."
Canada's Christine Lee was second on beam with a score of 15.300, and China's Sixin Tan won bronze with a score of 15.050. Jordyn Wieber of DeWitt, Mich./Gedderts' Twistars USA, who earlier won the Kellogg's Pacific Rim Championships all-around title, finished sixth with a score of 13.700.
Wieber rebounded on the floor exercise, easily executing a double twisting, double back mount to take the title with a 15.125. Canada's Lee won the silver, while Ross scored a 14.375 on floor using a double Arabian to stag jump for her mount.
Wieber said, "I'm really excited to win floor. I've been working hard to get my start value higher and also trying to get better execution. Overall, this has been a great competition. Coming out of the meet with gold in the team competition and in the all-around - it was an awesome weekend."
Held every two years, the Pacific Rim Championships were held in Honolulu in 2004 and 2006; San Jose in 2008; and Melbourne, Australia, in 2010. In 2010, the USA won both the men's and women's team titles and three of the all-around titles - John Orozco of the Bronx, N.Y./U.S. Olympic Training Center, junior men; Jordyn Wieber of DeWitt, Mich./Gedderts' Twistars USA, junior women; and Rebecca Bross of Plano, Texas/WOGA, senior women. Past all-around champions include the USA's Paul Hamm, Carly Patterson, and Nastia Liukin.
Here are the full results:2012 Kellogg’s Pacific Rim Championships – Senior Event Finals
Comcast Arena
Everett, Wash.
March 18, 2012
Men
Floor Exercise
1. Jake Dalton, Reno, Nev., 15.375 - video
2. Tatsuki Nakashima, Japan, 15.075
3. Ran Cheng, China, 14.575
4. Chris Brooks, Houston, Texas, 14.550
5. Anderson Loran, Canada, 14.525
6. Rongbing Liu, China, 14.350
7. Joshua Jefferis, Australia, 14.325
8. Robert Watson, Canada, 13.700
Pommel Horse
1. Rongbing Liu, China, 14.825
2. Chris Brooks, Houston, Texas, 14.700
3. Sam Mikulak, Ann Arbor, Mich., 14.375
4. Peng Wang, China, 13.000
5. Anderson Loran, Canada, 12.775
6. I-Hsiang Chen, Chinese Taipei, 12.600
7. Thomas Pichler, Australia, 12.400
8. Wai Hung Shek, Hong Kong, China, 12.200
Chris Brooks won four gold medals in Everett
Still Rings
1. Chris Brooks, Houston, Texas, 15.075 - video
2. Takuya Nakase, Japan, 14.950
3. Joshua Jefferis, Australia, 14.825
4. Scott Morgan, Canada, 14.675
5. Daniil Kazachkov, Russia, 14.625
6. Mikhail Bodnar, Russia, 14.300
7. Samuel Offord, Australia, 14.225
8. Jake Dalton, Reno, Nev., 14.125
Vault
1. Wai Hung Shek, Hong Kong, China, 15.687
2. Sam Mikulak, Ann Arbor, Mich., 15.562
3. Scott Morgan, Canada, 15.512
4. Jake Dalton, Reno, Nev., 15.475
5. Santos Martinez, Mexico, 14.750
6. Mikhail Bodnar, Russia, 14.712
7. Kam Wah Liu, Hong Kong, China, 14.675
Parallel Bars
1. Jorge Giraldo, Colombia, 15.150
2. Ran Cheng, China, 14.850
3. Sam Mikulak, Ann Arbor, Mich., 14.625
4. Joshua Jefferis, Australia, 14.575
5. Chris Brooks, Houston, Texas, 14.400
6. Rodolfo Bonilla, Mexico, 12.425
7. Peng Wang, China, 12.275
8. Tatsuki Nakashima, Japan, 11.575
Horizontal Bar
1. Chris Brooks, Houston, Texas, 15.450
2. Sam Mikulak, Ann Arbor, Mich., 15.175
3. Rongbing Liu, China, 14.850
4. Wai Hung Shek, Hong Kong, China, 14.725
5. Takuya Nakase, Japan, 13.275
6. Thomas Pichler, Australia, 12.950
7. Joshua Jefferis, Australia, 12.550
8. Rodolfo Bonilla, Mexico, 11.950
Women
Vault
1. Wakiko Ryu, Japan, 14.062
2. Hiu Ying Angel Wong, Hong Kong, China, 13.875
3. Risa Konishi, Japan, 13.587
4. Yu-Chun Chen, Chinese Taipei, 12.725
5. Ka Man Leung, Hong Kong, China, 12.687
6. Chia-Jung Tsai, Chinese Taipei, 12.137
Uneven Bars
1. Gabrielle Douglas, Virginia Beach, Va., 15.150
2. Kyla Ross, Aliso Viejo, Calif., 15.050
3. Peiru Luo, China, 14.700
4. Christine Lee, Canada, 14.600
4. Chunsong Shang, China, 14.600
6. Emily Little, Australia, 13.600
6. Kristina Vaculik, Canada, 13.600
8. Wakiko Ryu, Japan, 12.700
Balance Beam
1. Kyla Ross, Aliso Viejo, Calif., 15.375
2. Christine Lee, Canada, 15.300
3. Sixin Tan, China, 15.050
4. Chunsong Shang, China, 13.875
5. Lauren Mitchell, Australia, 13.750
6. Jordyn Wieber, DeWitt, Mich., 13.700
7. Kristina Vaculik, Canada, 12.825
8. Risa Konishi, Japan, 12.600
Floor Exercise
1. Jordyn Wieber, DeWitt, Mich., 15.125
2. Christine Lee, Canada, 14.575
3. Kyla Ross, Aliso Viejo, Calif., 14.375
4. Peiru Luo, China, 14.025
5. Lauren Mitchell, Australia, 13.450
6. Victoria Moors, Canada, 13.250
7. Sixin Tan, China, 13.200
8. Emily Little, Australia, 13.100
Link to Event Finals Results: Sr. Women | Sr. Men
Photo courtesy of www.gymnasticscoaching.comTeam USA Dominates Pac Rims
Team USA won the gold in the team competition, and Jordyn Wieber and Katelyn Ohashi won the all-around gold in senior and junior competitions, respectively, at the Kellogg's Pacific Rim Championships on Friday, March 16, 2012. This is the second Pac Rim title for Wieber; she won the junior competition in 2010. The men compete on Saturday, March 17, and both women and men will compete in event finals on Sunday, March 18.
Here are the final medal results for the women's team and individual all-around competition:
Team
1. USA 239.700
2. China 226.500
3. Canada 219.500
Senior AA
1. Jordyn Wieber (USA) 61.050
2. Kyla Ross (USA) 59.200
3. Peng Peng Lee (Canada) 57.800
Junior AA
1. Katelyn Ohashi (USA) 60.000
2. Lexie Priessman (USA) 57.800
3. Amelia Hundley (USA) 57.600
Press release Courtesy of USA Gymnastics:
- Team Results
- Senior All-Around | Junior All-Around
- Official Kellogg's Pacific Rim Championships website
EVERETT, Wash., March 16, 2012 – Team USA, led by all-around winner Jordyn Wieber of DeWitt, Mich./Gedderts' Twistars USA, dominated the competition Friday night at the 2012 Kellogg's Pacific Rim Championships inside Comcast Arena at Everett. Team USA stormed to the lead after posting a 60.700 on vault and never looked back, topping the final standings, 239.700 to China's 220.650. Canada picked up the bronze medal with a 219.000 total. Wieber posted the night's highest total in the all-around, a 61.050, followed by Kyla Ross of Aliso Viejo, Calif./Gym-Max, (59.200), and Christine Lee of Canada, who posted a 57.800.
Competition from the 2012 Kellogg's Pacific Rim Championships continues tomorrow, starting at 1:30 p.m. PT, with the first of two subdivisions for the men's team and all-around competition. The U.S. team competes in the second subdivision, which begins at 7 p.m. PT.
"It felt great to win today," said Wieber. "First and foremost, I wanted to help the team as much as I could. To come out with a team gold and all-around gold was just amazing."
Ross added, "I'm so happy with how today went, winning the gold medal with Team USA was amazing."
In the junior competition, Katelyn Ohashi of Plano, Texas/WOGA, too the all-around title with a 60.000 total score.
"I was glad I went four-for-four," said Ohashi. "Competing with Team USA in my hometown was a dream come true."
Lexie Priessman of Cincinnati, Ohio/Cincinnati Gymnastics, 57.800, and Amelia Hundley of Cincinnati, Ohio/Cincinnati Gymnastics, 57.600, completed Team USA's 1-2-3 finish in the junior all-around standings. Hundley was not eligible for awards since there is a two per country rule in the all-around competition.
"It feels great to win the team gold medal," Priessman said. "Knowing that we're up there with everyone cheering for us was a great feeling and honor to be out there."
The U.S. team took to the floor exercise in the final rotation knowing they could not be caught – and put on a show for the more than 7,500 fans on hand. Ohashi mounted with a back one-and-a-half to front double full to start the Americans off with a 14.650. Priessman followed with an energetic routine that mounted with a double twisting, double back to score 14.000. Ross, performing to music from "Phantom of the Opera," captivated the crowd and added a 14.100. Wieber, drawing huge cheers for her stuck double double mount, earned a 14.650. Hundley closed out Team USA's efforts with a 14.450, cementing the American's more than 19-point win over second place China.
Team USA began competition on the vault with Ohashi in the leadoff position, posting a 14.850 for a double twisting Yurchenko. Then, Priessman, Ross and Wieber all performed two-and-a-half twisting Yurchenkos, earning 15.300, 14.850 and 15.700, respectively.
In rotation two, the Americans moved to the uneven bars, where they earned a 60.400 total. Gabrielle Douglas of Virginia Beach, Va./Chow's Gymnastics and Dance, posted the highest score on the event for day one, a 15.500, delighting the crowd as she flew high above the bar on her piked and straddled Tkatchevs. Ross, debuting a toe-on Shaposhnikova-half, added 15.250, and Wieber stuck her double layout dismount for a 15.000.
On the balance beam, five of the six U.S. competitors performed back flips with full twists and totaled 60.400. Hundley lead the team off, scoring 14.200. Ross earned 15.000 on the event, performing a switch ring leap and double tuck dismount. Ohashi posted the highest score of the evening on any event, posting a 15.850, with her incredible difficulty, which included a standing Arabian to a back handspring and a flawless back handspring, back handspring, layout full twist series. Wieber followed with a 15.700, after nailing a front handspring to back full to back handspring combination and nearly sticking her two-and-half twist dismount.
The U.S. women will be back in action on Sunday in the event finals. The American athletes who advanced to the finals are as follows.
Seniors
Bars: Douglas, Ross
Beam: Wieber, Ross
Floor: Wieber, Ross
Juniors
Vault: Priessman, Hundley
Bars: Ohashi, Priessman
Beam: Ohashi, Priessman
Floor: Ohashi, Hundley
The competition schedule is as follows.
Sunday, March 18
9 a.m. – Trampoline, Junior Prelims, Finals and Synchronized Competition
12 p.m. - Men's & Women's Gymnastics, Junior Individual Event Finals
2 p.m. – Trampoline, Senior Prelims, Finals and Synchronized Competition
6 p.m. - Men's & Women's Gymnastics, Senior Individual Event Finals
7 p.m. - Synchronized Trampoline Competition
Saturday, March 17
1:30 p.m. - Men's Gymnastics, Team & All-Around Finals (Sub Div. 1)
3 p.m. – Rhythmic Gymnastics, Individual Event Finals
7 p.m. - Men's Gymnastics, Team & All-Around Finals (Sub Div. 2)
Held every two years, the Pacific Rim Championships were held in Honolulu in 2004 and 2006; San Jose in 2008; and Melbourne, Australia, in 2010. In 2010, the USA won both the men's and women's team titles and three of the all-around titles - John Orozco of the Bronx, N.Y./U.S. Olympic Training Center, junior men; Jordyn Wieber of DeWitt, Mich./Gedderts' Twistars USA, junior women ; and Rebecca Bross of Plano, Texas/WOGA, senior women. Past all-around champions include the USA's Paul Hamm, Carly Patterson, and Nastia Liukin.
All six members of Team USA will compete in event finals on Sunday, March 18, with two US gymnasts on nearly every event.
The men's victory follows the women's sweep of the team and senior and junior all-around titles on Saturday, March 16. For more on the women's performance, click here and here.
Courtesy of USA Gymnastics:
- Team Results
- Senior All-Around | Junior All-Around
- Event Finals Start Lists: SR | JR
- Official Kellogg's Pacific Rim Championships website
EVERETT, Wash., March 17, 2012 – The U.S. men's gymnastics team won the team gold medal at the 2012 Kellogg's Pacific Rim Championships at the Comcast Arena in Everett, Wash., after posting a 352.050 total score to Japan's 344.700 total. China finished in third, winning the bronze medal with a 343.250. Chris Brooks of Houston/Team Hilton HHonors (Cypress Gymnastics), and Sam Mikulak of Ann Arbor, Mich./University of Michigan, claimed the gold and silver medals in the all-around, posting 88.700 and 88.650, respectively. Koji Uematsu of Japan took home the all-around bronze medal with a score of 87.200.
"It's just an honor to be here. First and foremost, winning the team was the best part," Brooks said. "I was trying to hit my sets for the team, so winning the all-around was a bonus."
"Winning team gold was amazing – that was our number one goal coming out here. We're all so proud," Mikulak said. "I started to fall into a groove after rings, it was a pretty good meet."
The Americans took to the floor exercise in the final rotation. The team needed to average better than 12.9375 to pass Japanese, who competed in the first of two subdivisions. Akash Modi of Morganville, N.J./ Monmouth Gymnastic Academy, who won the junior all-around bronze medal with a 84.150, behind Japan's Kaito Imabayashi (84.900) and Koji Nonomura (84.400), started Team USA off with a 14.000.
"I didn't expect to win a medal," Modi said after the competition. "This is my first time competing internationally, and to win a bronze, is unreal."
Next, Sean Melton of Orlando, Fla./U.S. Olympic Training Center, scored 14.100. Then, Mikulak and Brooks posted scores of 14.550 and 14.850, respectively, to ensure the team gold medal and the top two places in the all-around. Jake Dalton of Reno, Nev./University of Oklahoma, anchored the U.S. squad, sticking an Arabian double layout mount for a 15.600 to further distance the USA from Japan.
"Our future looks bright. I'm very pleased with how our team looked tonight," said Kevin Mazeika, U.S. men's national team coordinator.
Team USA started their night on the pommel horse, posting a 53.950 total. Melton led the Americans off with a 12.900. Brooks had the team's highest score with a 13.850, followed closely by Mikulak with a 13.700.
In rotation two, the U.S. moved to the still rings where Dalton posted the team's highest score, a 15.150, dismounting with a tucked, double twisting double back. Brooks added a 14.650, performing an Azarian to cross and back uprise to Maltese, while Mikulak posted a 14.250.
The Americans exploded in the third rotation on the vault, posting a 64.150 team total on the event to take control of the competition. Dalton performed a Kasamatsu double twist for a 16.100. Mikulak's Kasamatsu one-and-a-half earned a 16.050, complementing Melton's nearly stuck, handspring double front leadoff effort (16.200).
On the parallel bars in rotation four, Melton started the team off strong, scoring 14.350 for a routine that included a peach half to peach. Second up, Modi performed a rare and difficult full twisting double back dismount to score 14.050. Mikulak and Brooks, who nearly stuck his double front dismount, added a pair of 14.850 scores, while Dalton posted a 14.650.
Again, Brooks and Mikulak provided the United States with a 1-2 punch on the horizontal bar in rotation five. Mikulak went first, soaring through the air on his Kolman release move and sticking his double twisting double layout dismount to post a 15.250. Brooks followed with a half Takamoto to layout Tkatchev and a layout Tkatchev with a half turn for a 15.650.
Competition at the 2012 Kellogg's Pacific Rim Championships conclude tomorrow with individual event finals for men's and women's gymnastics and trampoline competition.
The U.S. men will be back in action on tomorrow in the individual event finals, beginning at noon with the junior competition. The American athletes who advanced to the finals are as follows, in ranked order.
Juniors
Floor exercise: Melton, Kimble
Pommel horse: Modi, Kimble
Still rings: Kimble, Modi
Vault: Melton, Kimble
Parallel bars: Melton, Modi
High bar: Kimble, Modi
Seniors
Floor exercise: Dalton, Brooks
Pommel horse: Brooks, Mikulak
Still rings: Dalton, Brooks
Vault: Dalton
Parallel bars: Mikulak, Brooks
High bar: Brooks, Mikulak
The competition schedule is as follows.
Sunday, March 189 a.m. – Trampoline, Junior Prelims, Finals and Synchronized Competition 12 p.m. – Men's & Women's Gymnastics, Junior Individual Event Finals2 p.m. – Trampoline, Senior Prelims, Finals and Synchronized Competition6 p.m. – Men's & Women's Gymnastics, Senior Individual Event Finals7 p.m. – Synchronized Trampoline CompetitionHeld every two years, the Pacific Rim Championships were held in Honolulu in 2004 and 2006; San Jose in 2008; and Melbourne, Australia, in 2010. In 2010, the USA won both the men's and women's team titles and three of the all-around titles - John Orozco of the Bronx, N.Y./U.S. Olympic Training Center, junior men; Jordyn Wieber of DeWitt, Mich./Gedderts' Twistars USA, junior women; and Rebecca Bross of Plano, Texas/WOGA, senior women. Past all-around champions include the USA's Paul Hamm, Carly Patterson, and Nastia Liukin.