Good morning from Fake Chicago, gym fans! We’re here live at warm-ups at the Secret U.S. Classic junior session where the first rotation is getting underway. We’ll be updating you live with everything going on. Refresh the page every few minutes to see what’s new! The most recent items will be on top.

3:48 pm. Final results for now…

1. Laurie Hernandez, MG Elite, 58.45
2. Ragan Smith, Texas Dreams, 57.7
3. Jazmyn Foberg, MG Elite, 57.4
4. Gabby Perea, Legacy Elite, 55.5
5. Deanne Soza, Arete, 55.5
6. Shilese Jones, Buckeye, 55.2
7. Sydney Johnson-Scharpf, Brandy Johnson’s, 55.15
8. Jordan Chiles, Naydenov, 55.05
9. Morgan Hurd, First State, 55.0
10. Christina Desiderio, Parkettes, 54.95
11. Abby Paulson, Twin City Twisters, 54.6
12. Emma Malabuyo, Texas Dreams, 54.0
13. Maile O’Keefe, Salcianu, 53.95
14. Maggie Musselman, Hill’s, 53.9
15. Abigail Walker, Texas Dreams, 53.65
16. Trinity Thomas, Prestige, 53.15
17. Emily Gaskins, Palm Beach, 53.0
18. Tori Tatum, Twin City Twisters, 52.9
19. Elena Arenas, Georgia Elite, 52.85
20. Alyona Shchennikova, TIGAR, 52.75
21. Shania Adams, Buckeye, 52.7
22. Aria Brusch, Cincinnati, 52.15
23. Chae Campbell, Metroplex, 51.95
24. Olivia Dunne, ENA Paramus, 51.85
25. Alyssa Al-Ashari, Twistars, 51.8
26t. Grace Quinn, Texas Dreams, 51.65
26t. Kaitlin DeGuzman, Metroplex, 51.65
28. Colbi Flory, Texas Dreams, 51.3
29. Adeline Kenlin, Iowa Gym-Nest, 50.65
30. Anna Huber, Rochester, 50.25
31. Adriana Popp, Girls Co-Op, 49.75
32. Tienna Nguyen, Zenith, 49.35
33. Madison Rau, World Champions, 49.1
34. Caitlin Smith, Paramount Elite, 49.05
35. Jaylene Gilstrap, Metroplex, 48.95
36. Hannah Joyner, World Champions, 48.6
37. Megan Freed, Parkettes, 38.85

3:45 pm. Award ceremony is about to begin! I’m going to try to Periscope interviews after so follow me on Twitter for the link. If I can’t live stream, I’ll live tweet quotes! See you in a bit!

3:40 pm. Chiles FX- She has the arena to herself for this! 1.5 to 2.5, went for a punch out of it and ended up somersaulting out-of-bounds. Oy. Sky high double arabian. Front double full to punch front tuck. Double tuck to finish. 12.75

Chiles finishes with a 55.05 for 8th place.

Sydney Johnson-Scharpf 55.15 to finish, what a big improvement for her and she didn’t even have her best meet today!

3:37 pm. Perea now in 4th place with 55.55! Morgan Hurd 55.0, Abby Paulson 54.6, Maile O’Keefe 53.95, Maggie Musselman 53.9

Nguyen UB- Toe full to toe shoot, stalder, hops off, high and clean double tuck to finish 11.0

Shchennikova BB- Front aerial to sissone lovely, wobble on a skill I missed, Onodi, and I missed the rest 12.9

Johnson-Scharpf FX- Hit opening double arabian, tucked full-in, 2.5 stumbled back a tad but she holds it up, nice open double tuck to finish 13.75

3:34 pm. Perea VT- Lovely FTY! Crowd is so happy. 13.95

Thomas UB- Toe full a bit messy, Maloney, big Tkatchev, crashes dismount 12.2

Huber BB- Bhs bhs layout (leg up), bobble on front aerial, switch side, stumbles back double pike to her back 11.8

Walker FX- Double arabian to start, 1.5 to double full, double pike stumbled forward 13.7

3:31 pm. DeGuzman VT- Yurchenko layout, clean, just a step back 12.9

Al-Ashari UB- Toe shoot, Jaeger, bail, toe shoot, hit routine! 13.45

Paulson BB- Falls, didn’t see where, hit 2.5 to finish 13.55, holy lawd, she has a 6.3 SV!

Hurd FX- Ugh, stumbles out on front double full, double pike, beautiful choreo throughout especially in the middle section, 2.5 with a step 13.3

Musselman VT- Clean FTY 13.8

3:29 pm. Campbell VT- DTY, very nice, just a bit low with bent knees on the landing 14.7

Joyner UB- Weiler kip! Falls out of toe full and hits knees on mat though. Maloney, Hindorff, messy bail, toe on to toe shoot, fell but I didn’t even see on what…maybe just lost momentum and dropped off? Double layout with a step back to finish. 9.55

Tatum BB- Solid switch to back tuck, hit routine! Low difficulty but nice. 12.35.

C. Smith FX- Crashed double pike right at the end after an otherwise solid effort. 😦 12.2

O’Keefe VT- Clean FTY. 13.7

3:23 pm. R. Smith FX- So excited. LOVE this West Side Story routine. Big and beautiful double layout to start. 1.5 to triple full is great, just a tiny bounce back. Nails double arabian. YAS RAGAN. Stuck double pike to finish. EXCELLENT! 15.0! She moves into second with a 57.7!

Emma Malabuyo finishes with a 54.0.

3:20 pm. Malabuyo FX- I only saw the latter half, a nice double pike and double tuck. She definitely hit the first two, so hooray for a hit routine! 13.95

3:19 pm. Laurie finishes her day with a 58.45! Will be pretty tough to beat…don’t think it’ll happen! Foberg behind her with 57.4 right now, Deanne Soza finishes with 55.5, Shilese Jones with 55.2, Christina Desiderio with 54.95, Emily Gaskins with 53.0, Elena Arenas with 52.85, Shania Adams with 52.7

3:16 pm. Brusch VT- FTY, not bad! 13.7

Freed UB- Maloney, toe full muscles the same as Desiderio but hits it, falls on her Ray, caught bail with bent elbows, hit full-in 12.25

Kenlin BB- Believe she did a side aerial to loso but it was hard to see, bhs bhs layout was a bit piked, double tuck hit with chest down 13.4

Arenas FX- Piked full-in to open, OOB on third pass, love her double L turn to full pirouette, nice 2.5 to finish. 13.15

3:13 pm. Hernandez VT- DTY, much better than she trained, great landing. 14.9

Popp UB- Falls on Jaeger but hits the rest including double layout dismount. 11.0

Adams BB- Bhs loso with a step back, front tuck to sissone to split jump, beautifully twisted 2.5! 12.9

Dunne FX- Brand new piked full-in is great! Double tuck, I LOVE this choreo so much, finishes very well! Great routine for her. 13.65

3:10 pm. Desiderio UB- Maloney, toe half muscles and has to take an extra swing, then hops off. Hits toe full and Tkatchev, toe on, and full-in with no major problems. 12.3

Jones BB- Side aerial, ugh, all I saw…too much going on in front of me. 13.25

Flory FX- Double arabian out of bounds and a bit low, skids OOB on second pass, last pass is super low, double tuck I think 12.4

Foberg VT- DTY a bit low and form-y but hit! 14.8

3:06 pm. Gilstrap VT- FTY, clean, hop back 13.6

Rau UB- Fell possibly? I thought I saw it happen but missed it. 11.45 (yeah she fell)

Gaskins BB- Punch front tuck wobble, double pike step back 12.85

Quinn FX- 1.5 to front double full I believe, sat, and finished with 2.5 with a step. 13.1

Soza VT- DTY, a little under-rotated but hit nicely! 14.6

3:04 pm. The final rotation begins with Gilstrap, Soza, Foberg, Hernandez, and Brusch on vault, Rau, Desiderio, Popp, and Freed on bars, Gaskins, Jones, Adams, and Kenlin on beam, and Quinn, Flory, Dunne, Arenas, Malabuyo, and Smith on floor.

3:02 pm. After three rotations, Laurie Hernandez leads with a 43.55 followed by Ragan Smith with a 42.7 and Christina Desiderio with a 42.65! Jazzy Foberg is 4th with 42.6, Jordan Chiles 5th with 42.3, Shilese Jones 6th with 41.95, Morgan Hurd 7th with 41.7, and Gabby Perea 8th with 41.6.

2:59 pm. Walker BB- Side aerial, wobble on front aerial and on a leap, wobble on bhs loso, just looks a bit nervous, switch to back tuck with a step back, double tuck a tad short with a hop forward 12.8

DeGuzman FX- Double pike with a slightly wild landing, 1.5 to front lay is nice! It sounded like she maybe fell on her last pass. 12.15

2:57 pm.Hurd BB- Full turn, front aerial leg up, split to wolf, excellent bhs loso loso, side aerial, standing back pike, hits 2.5 dismount 13.6

O’Keefe FX- Triple full a little under-rotated but she gets it around and controls it after the fact, 1.5 to front double full I think, nails double pike, double tuck a tiny bit low but hit 13.65

2:54 pm. Tatum UB- Hit routine 13.85! Sad I missed it

Smith BB- Punch front, clean sissone to split jump, solid bhs loso, looked like she put her hands down on something, 2.5 with a hop forward 12.35

Campbell FX- Tucked full-in not bad, 1.5 to front full skidded slightly but hit 12.95

Paulson UB- Toe full to some sort of shaposh I believe to pak, toe on, Maloney, arabian dismount 14.0

2:49 pm. Joyner VT- Clean FTY with some nice power, 13.7

Kenlin UB- Some form issues on pak, Ray hit, rest of routine hit. Form-wise it’s not the greatest and there’s not much difficulty, but again, at least it was a hit. 12.0

Smith BB- Wolf turn, great pike full, just steps back, wobble on sheep jump but she holds on, double pike with a step forward. I missed her flight series! 14.1

Brusch FX- Piked full-in, I missed second pass, 2.5 lands on one knee weirdly which will be a fall, double pike gets great power. 12.65

Al-Ashari VT- FTY a bit short, chest down and a step. 13.2

2:47 pm. Popp VT- FTY very clean! Good job. 13.4

Adams UB- Jaeger, ooh, misses Ricna by quite a bit and hits the mat HARD. Gets back up, though, and nails full-in. 11.9

Malabuyo BB- Sheep jump, 2.5 stumbled back but she stood it up 13.75

Hernandez FX- Double arabian to stag, nice 2.5 to punch front tuck, double tuck bounced forward slightly. Double pike stepped back several times, OOB. 14.35

Freed VT- DTY, looked stuck from here! Not very big and there was some form stuff going on, but nice hit. 14.4

2:44 pm. The second half of rotation three will see Popp, Freed, Joyner, and Al-Ashari on vault, Adams, Kenlin, Tatum, and Paulson on bars, Malabuyo, Smith, Smith, Hurd, and Walker on beam, and Hernandez, Brusch, Campbell, O’Keefe, and DeGuzman on floor.

2:41 pm. Arenas BB- Full turn, bhs bhs layout falls on the beam and straddles it, spins around underneath, and somehow manages to stay on. A fall is a fall but that was awesome to see her fight. She’s the only one going in the arena right now…nervewracking! Front aerial with a pause before the sheep jump, side aerial, switch to switch half (latter at 90 degrees or so), 2.5 with a step forward. Gets a ton of applause for that crazy fall “save.”

2:39 pm. Dunne BB- Wows with her tour jete half, front aerial to sissone to split jump, clean full turn, side aerial, solid bhs loso, switch ring, sticks double tuck!! She’s gotta be happy with that after her bars disappointment! 13.4

2:35 pm. Flory BB- Bhs loso, side aerial, nails punch front tuck, sissone to split leap, sheep jump, couldn’t see if the dismount was double or triple full from here but guessing double. 13.65

Foberg FX- Full double layout OOB, double double second pass is good! Just a step on the landing. Tucked full-in is under-rotated and falls a bit short. Double pike to finish is good. 13.85

2:31 pm. Gilstrap FX- Stuck double pike to start! 1.5 to stag, double full, double tuck a bit low. 13.2

Gaskins UB- Toe shoot, stalder half to Jaeger nice straddle, Ray caught close and she bent her legs, pak form isn’t great, Maloney, double layout is clean with a hop forward 12.55

Quinn BB- Bhs loso hands down and a fall, double pike is a bit low 11.75

Soza FX- Couldn’t really see but looked like a tucked full-in stumbled back, all 700 Buckeye coaches are on the podium and blocking e, 1.5 through to double tuck low but hit, double pike great! 14.35

Jones UB- Very nice straddle Jaeger, bail, Maloney, full-in with a step. 13.3

2:26 pm. Nguyen VT- Yurchenko layout, bless her heart, she’s tiny. 12.8

Shchennikova UB- Inbar full to Komova II HUGE piked JAeger to pak hit, Chow, inbar half to stalder half, maybe hit feet on swing, big floaty double layout. SO much promise here. 6.4 start value!!! Don’t add another thing. JUST CLEAN IT UP. 13.8

Chiles BB- Off on switch to switch half to back tuck. NOOOOO. I missed most of this just because I had STEVE NUNNO BLOCKING ME. He’s in front of the bars with Emily…what I could see looked pretty solid. Either way, Jordan fell. 13.6

Perea FX- Triple full stumbled a bit, double pike, great routine! 13.7

Rau VT- FTY, very clean and got some good distance, just a step back.

Desiderio VT- DTY, as rough as it looked in warmups. 14.45

2:24 pm. Thomas VT- FTY, looked super clean to me! Tiny hop back. 14.0

Huber UB- Toe on to Ray excellent! Inbar to pak with slight leg separation, toe shoot, double layout looked like she pinged off weirdly but she hit it. Could use some work, but keep an eye on this one! 12.25

Johnson-Scharpf BB- Front aerial, side aerial, switch ring, 2.5 not a lot of distance but hit! 14.0

Musselman FX- BEAUTIFUL triple full as her second pass. I think I saw her open with a tucked full-in? 2.5 step forward, super high double tuck. 13.15

2:21 pm. Rotation three will begin with Thomas, Nguyen, Rau, and Desiderio on vault, Huber, Shchennikova, Gaskins, and Jones on bars, Johnson-Scharpf, Chiles, Quinn, Flory, Dunne, and Arenas on beam, and Musselman, Perea, Gilstrap, Soza, and Foberg on floor.

2:15 pm. C. Smith UB- Maloney to pak, stalder half to Ray, toe half, Jaeger, ugh, double layout looked like it would be hit but she stumbled back and sat it. Sad after an otherwise solid routine! Love the Texas Dreams girls all cheering for her throughout. 11.0

Campbell BB- Wolf 1.5 loses it at the end and kind of wobbles in place, hit jumps, bhs loso is great, taking her sweet time, punch front tuck with a tiny stumble, double tuck with a step. 12.35

Freed FX- I either blanked it out or she scratched! No score so I guess a scratch.

2:13 pm. R. Smith UB- Jaeger, Ricna excelelnt, pak with slight leg separation and she muscles the kip, gaint full, full-in near-stuck. Not as clean as warm-ups but still one of her best bar routines! Holy lawd she has done some fine work there. 13.9

Brusch BB- Hit leap series, stumble on switch half, huge double pike. This girl is all power! 13.0

2:09 pm. Malabuyo UB- She missed something at the start of her routine but I didn’t see what…didn’t fall, just maybe swung weird? Tkatchev is good, pak, Ray to high, stalder half blind half, full-in stuck. 12.6

Hernandez BB- Check on full turn, sheep with a step, punch front, side aerial check, double tuck with a step back…ugh, I missed her flight series! Damn these bars for blocking me. 14.2

Popp FX- Big double layout to open, double full, crashed last pass 12.5

2:07 pm. Jones VT- DTY hit, 14.6

Arenas UB- Nice Tkatchev, MAYBE hit feet on low bar on swing before pak (I saw the bar bounce a bit but didn’t see her foot hit), hit dismount! 13.35

Foberg BB- Solid bhs loso, switch to sheep (wobble), front aerial, double tuck near-stuck 14.65…was that really an 8.95 e-score?! I’ll need to re-watch.

Desiderio FX- I missed her first pass, 1.5 to double tuck, wow, stuck double layout in her third pass! Stuck double pike. 14.85!

Adams VT- Clean FTY 13.8

Kenlin VT- FTY, also clean but veeeery lacking in power, she’s so tiny! 13.0

2:03 pm. Gaskins VT- DTY came really high onto the table but she got it around even though she was a little rushed to land it and it was super low/crunched. 14.25

Dunne UB- Giant full, Tkatchev, pak with leg separation and flexed feet but caught it well, toe half, double pike landed a bit low but she did really well to stay on. Aww, she’s in tears! 😦 11.7

Soza BB- Bhs loso has a wobble but she holds onto it. Double tuck with a step. 14.5

Rau FX- I missed her first two passes…and basically everything else, haha. I TRIED. The last pass was REALLY low if not fully sat. 11.65

1:59 pm. Second half of rotation two will see Gaskins, Jones, Adams, and Kenlin on vault, Dunne, Arenas, Malabuyo, Smith, and Smith on bars, Soza, Foberg, Hernandez, Brusch, and Campbell on beam, and Rau, Desiderio, Popp, and Freed on floor.

1:56 pm. Gilstrap BB- Sheep jump, punch front tuck, bhs layout though the layout looked very piked, falls though I missed the skill, double full but she gets no punch and lands it super low. Fall. 11.0

Flory UB- Jaeger but legs don’t look straddled enough, bail to stalder to toe full to toe on over arches and has to take a couple extra swings and hits her feet on the floor and then finally jumps off. Good decision…she was getting too wild there. Big clean near-stuck double layout.

1:52 pm. Chiles UB- Toe on to toe half to Jaeger nice, big Tkatchev to bail YAS, toe shoot, giant full to Gienger, beautiful form. Full-in near stuck! Excellent. 14.1

Perea BB- Standing full! Big applause. Hits bhs bhs layout. Switch to switch half, switch ring (leg up), stumbles on her side somi but keeps it on the beam, 2.5 with a step. 13.95…jam-packed but she needs to calm down on some skills to get a better e-score!

Nguyen FX- Double full, 2.5 right out of a back handspring! No roundoff for her. 12.95

Quinn BB- Muscles up Endo, stalder to stalder full, misses Tkatchev. Clean pak, toe shoot, stuck full-in. 12.1

1:49 pm. Johnson-Scharpf UB- Jaeger, Tkatchev with knees slightly bent, very clean pak, stalder to toe on to Ray very nice, giant full, hit dismount! LOVE her improvement here. 13.0

Musselman BB- Lovely flight series, switch to back tuck, side aerial (leg up), 2.5 dismount 13.3

Thomas FX- Double pike a bit short but holds it up, front lay to front double full it looked like? I missed her last pass but think she hit it. 13.4

1:46 pm. Huber VT- FTY, clean, just a step back 13.4

Walker UB- Toe on to Tkatchev (knees bent a tiny bit), big pak looked like she might fly over the low bar! Hit dismount. 13.4

DeGuzman BB- Stumbles on a leap it looked like. 2.5 with a step forward. 13.4

Al-Ashari FX- Double pike, hit 2.5, 12.85

Shchennikova VT- Ooh, a DTY for this one! But she doesn’t have the height or rotation needed and she does it to her knees. 13.45

1:44 pm. Tatum VT- FTY, fine! 13.55

Hurd UB- Inbar full to Tkatchev is lovely, toe on to pak, toe on to Ray, stalder full right on top of the bar into a full-in! Beautiful. Actually looked like she might go over on the stalder full but she held it right over the bar like a pro. 14.55 with an 8.75 execution!

O’Keefe BB- Side aerial to loso is beautiful but then she makes a miscalculation on the landing and starts wobbling everywhere and finally falls. Awesome fight though. Switch ring. Hit double tuck dismount. 13.3

Joyner FX- Didn’t see the routine…looked hit from what I could see, though. 12.8

Paulson VT- FTY, very nice. 13.5

1:41 pm. Tatum, Paulson, Huber, and Shchennikova start on vault, Hurd, Walker, Johnson-Scharpf, Chiles, Quinn, and Flory start on bars, O’Keefe, DeGuzman, Musselman, Perea, and Gilstrap start on beam, and Joyner, Al-Ashari, Thomas, and Nguyen start on floor!

1:35 pm. Hernandez UB- Has the arena to herself as other events are done! Stalder full to big Tkatchev, Downie is excellent and huge, Ricna to pak with legs in straddle, Endo half to Ray is good, full-in near-stuck. The routine of the day so far! PAK ASIDE. 15!!!!

1:32 pm. Foberg UB- van Leeuwen, Jaeger, Church, pak with some leg issues, Maloney to Gienger is great, tosses huge full-in dismount with a great landing. 14.1

Desiderio BB- Big wobble and messy leg form on wolf 1.5. Hit bhs bhs layout series, leg up on punch front tuck. 2.5 stumbled forward and off the mat. 13.35

Jones FX- 1.5 double tuck hit, double pike chest down and rebounded back a bit, big double tuck nearly stuck! Huge applause. 14.05

1:29 pm. Malabuyo VT- Clean FTY, near stuck. 13.7

Soza UB- Tkatchev, huge Ray, toe half to Ezhova hit feet on floor, UGH. It was excellent all morning. Toe on to inbar shoot, full-twisting double layout, hands down. NOOOO. She always warms up really well and then makes these sad mistakes in competition…it was the same at nationals last year. GUTTED. 12.05

Rau BB- I only saw the back tuck but it was a hit routine! 12.2

Gaskins FX- Double arabian stumbled forward a bit, hit middle passes, got applause on her Y turn, double pike a little under-rotate. 13.35

1:26 pm. Gilstrap UB- Missed Jaeger. Bail to toe on, toe shoot, double layout hop. 11.15

Nguyen BB- Only saw little pieces of this but she looked like she hit! 12.6

Shchennikova FX- Fell back immediately, but I missed what it was. Triple full a little under-rotated. Lovely pirouettes. 1.5 to front full stuck. 2.5 to stag. 12.6

Dunne VT- FTY, very nice though not a ton of power. Little hop looked like in place. 13.1

Arenas VT- FTY, clean, big hop back.

1:23 pm. Quinn VT- DTY, a little short with a hop forward but MUCH better than training! 14.7

Perea UB- Gets HUGE applause before from the home crowd. Van Leeuwen, Inbar half, Jaeger, giant full to pak, Maloney, double layout with a hop back to more crazy applause! VERY nice routine. 13.95

Thomas BB- Side aerial and double full dismount were all I saw but she didn’t fall! 13.55

Huber FX- Double arabian! This little one is powerful. Double tuck. 12.8

Flory VT- FTY, stuck!

1:19 pm. That’s the end of the first half of the first rotation! In the second half we’ll see Grace Quinn, Colbi Flory, Olivia Dunne, Elena Arenas, and Emma Malabuyo on vault, Gabby Perea, Jaylene Gilstrap, Deanne Soza, Jazmyn Foberg, and Laurie Hernandez on bars, Trinity Thomas, Tienna Nguyen, Madison Rau, and Christina Desiderio on beam, and Anna Huber, Alyona Shchennikova, Emily Gaskins, and Shilese Jones on floor.

1:16 pm. Musselman UB- lovely Maloney to pak, toe on to van Leeuwen is very beautiful, piked Jaeger, full-in with a step back. 13.65

Al-Ashari BB- fell on an aerial, like fell onto the beam and then bounced to the floor. Switch to sissone, hit 2.5 dismount with a hop. 12.2

Paulson FX- hit opening pass, 1.5 to 2.5 good! Double tuck a little short. 13.45

1:14 pm. Joyner BB- full turn, punch front tuck, wolf jump, hit flight series, standing back, switch half, double tuck 12.55

Tatum FX- hit opening pass, 1.5 to double full, good effort and lots of support from the crowd! 13.5

Chiles VT- Amanar, too far back on the landing and she puts her hand down behind her though doesn’t sit it. DTY would’ve scored higher! 14.6

DeGuzman UB- bail to toe shoot, giant full, double pike dismount with a step back. Very clean! 13.2

1:12 pm. Johnson-Scharpf VT- DTY hit! Step out. 14.4

O’Keefe UB- toe on to Maloney, very low Tkatchev, bail to toe shoot, double arabian dismount. Nice job! 13.3

1:08 pm. C. Smith VT- clean FTY, lacking in power but not bad. 13.6

Campbell UB- High toe shoot caught close, Tkatchev with slightly bent legs, hit dismount. 11.95

Freed BB- Switch side, solid bhs bhs layout, side aerial, front aerial, fell but I missed the skill. Hit dismount. 12.2

Kenlin FX- Tucked full-in to open, and then a triple full! 1.5 to front lay. Stumbled back final pass OOB. 12.2

Hurd VT- FTY, very clean, just a tiny hop back. 13.65

Walker VT- FTY clean with a step back. 13.85

1:06 pm. Here we GO!

Smith VT- DTY very nice! Just a tiny hop forward. One of her better attempts! 14.7

Brusch UB- Maloney, huge Tkatchev, toe full, bail to toe shoot, and she stumbles the full-twisting double layout forward, putting her hands down. Better than it looked in warm-ups all morning though! 12.8

Popp BB- Believe it was a hit routine…only saw the double pike dismount which looked good. Didn’t see any falls. 12.75

Adams FX- 2.5 to punch front tuck, nice. Stuck double pike! Nails double tuck to finish. 14.1

1:03 pm. The first rotation is about to begin! On vault, we’ll see Ragan Smith, Caitlin Smith, Morgan Hurd, Abi Walker, Sydney Johnson-Scharpf, and Jordan Chiles in the first half. On bars, Aria Brusch, Chae Campbell, Maile O’Keefe, Kaitlin DeGuzman, and Maggie Musselman. On beam, Adriana Popp, Megan Freed, Hannah Joyner, and Alyssa Al-Ashari. On floor, Shania Adams, Adeline Kenlin, Tori Tatum, and Abby Paulson.

12:44 pm. All right! Looks like we’re about to break before introductions and the national anthem and all that jazz. I’ll be back for the competition in 15 minutes!!

12:38 pm. Jazzy’s van Leeuwen has very nice form, she catches her Jaeger, but then misses her Church. Eats mat hard. Hernandez up now looks good, I LOVE HER DOWNIE. Ricna to pak has form issues and then on the low bar her hands slip and she falls to her butt. Super high toe shoot for Brusch, and she finally hits her full-twisting double layout with just a step.

12:36 pm. It’s Soza time! Toe full on the bar to Tkatchev, big Ray, excellent handstands, toe half to Ezhova is no problem, toe on to inbar Ray, YAS. Love this routine.

12:34 pm. Musselman’s lines on bars kill me. Nice piked Tkatchev too. Ooooooh, JORDANMANAR!!!! Yes, an Amanar from Jordan Chiles. It’s…it could use some work but she just hit it with a step over. Crashed it on her first attempt. Could be the difference between gold and off the podium, though! These juniors are all so close at the top, and that should definitely set her apart.

12:31 pm. Big Ricna and Downie from Laurie Hernandez! Lovely. Sydney Johnson-Scharpf just crashed a vault. More Brusch airtime including on her toe shoot but she misses a hand and dangles from one arm for a bit then does her full-twisting double layout to her knees.

12:24 pm. Solid DTY for Ragan and then a big one for Jordan Chiles a little while later. Yaaaaaas, Soza’s Ezhova! Beautiful. Nails her full-twisting double layout with a small hop back. Jazzy on bars now, struggling a bit with extra swings. One of the taller Texas Dreams girls – either Grace or Colbi, I can’t see from here – has been having issues with her DTY, doing it to her knees twice so far.

12:21 pm. The vault starting rotation is basically the tiny rotation. Everyone is so wee! Laurie Hernandez has a lovely Ray, now working stalders on the high bar. Brusch hits her Maloney and an INSANELY huge Ray but she misses it by quite a bit and falls. Gets more air on her toe shoot…she just explodes from the bar on every skill, but then comes off a little too early for her full-twisting double layout.

12:17 pm. So weird having Aria Brusch here and no MLT! She probably needs a break after Pan Ams. Oooh, REALLY pretty pak to van Leeuwen from Maggie Musselman! YES! SO clean. Some FTYs from the Texas Dreams crew, though Abi Walker just does a layout and gets about an inch from the table, she’s so tiny! Inbar work from Gabby Perea on bars.

12:01 pm. Yay, a nailed DTY for Deanne Soza! Clean FTY from Gabby Perea. Desiderio on bars catches but then slips on her huge Tkatchev. Gets back on after a few deep breaths for a toe shoot and full-in with a step. Tienna Nguyen sat her double tuck, getting great height out of it but then just falling back and down.

11:54 am. Hannah Joyner just missed a big Hindorff. Trinity Thomas just peeled off on a Maloney…and Chae Campbell just crashed her DTY at a crazy angle but didn’t look hurt at all. Looks like she crashed it at like 1.75 rotations. Then Kaitlin DeGuzman did her FTY to her knees. Megan Freed on bars has a huge Ray but misses and looks super frustrated.

11:45 am. Geddert sighting! How much would you pay for a Geddert/Nunno gladiator-esque battle? I’d pay a lot probably. Rotation three beginning! Chiles just tried out a great 1.5 to 2.5 on floor, some nice stalder work from Tienna Nguyen I believe, Weiler kip from Trinity Thomas! Yaaaas. Also does a Maloney, HUGE Tkatchev, pak with split legs, toe shoot…not bad!

11:41 am. Pretty much just bars going now, aside from a tiny Texas Dreamer working on beam. Ragan, judging by the choreo. Front aerial to pike jump, sheep jump, stuck double pike. Nice!

11:38 am. Little Miss Huber fighting through bars again, catching the toe-on to Ray with no problems and holding a handstand before an inbar to pak (where she had some leg separation and guidance from her coach). Not bad! Gaskins looks aggressive on her Maloney with some coaching on the sidelines from Sir Nunno. Unrelated, but Trinity Thomas is ADORABLE.

11:33 am. Emily Gaskins’ double layout looks super clean off bars. Some more bent legs for Desiderio’s DTY, and Megan Freed just crashed hers for a second time. Abby Paulson has some nice bars work. Anna Huber just missed a HUGE Ray. She’s super tiny but her bars skills are SO big. Alyona Shchennikova up now with in binar full to Komova II to whatever the inbar version of the endo is! Is that a thing yet? I think Norah Flatley was also training one earlier this year.

11:32 am. “Have a good one! Be aggressive!” – Martha Karolyi to Sydney Johnson-Scharpf just now.

11:27 am. Huge Jaeger from Shania just now but she over arches on a handstand and starts swinging wildly around before hopping off. Some solid vaults from the WCC ladies…and Adeline Kenlin just did a Gabby Douglas circa 2010 muscle up out of her Endo! Piked Jaeger from Chae Campbell, who hits her full-in with a step. Anna Huber has a Ray and some inbar work, Christina Desiderio landed her DTY but her knees were a bit bent…someone just busted out a pretty sweet triple full on floor…she’s in purple and white. Maybe Gabby Perea?

11:21 am. The next rotation is starting now. Mostly just timers on vault, though I just saw Aria Brusch nail a double pike on floor. Shania Adams just whacked her feet on the floor on bars…2.5 from Brusch right now, looks great. Elena Arenas fell on a punch front tuck on beam.

11:18 am. Ragan Smith’s bars look so much better than ever?! WOW. I didn’t even believe that was her?! Form is tight, with legs glued on her stuck full-in. Her changes there are MAJOR!!! Can’t wait to see if she can hit it in the competition.

11:15 am. Jordan Chiles just had a fall on her release but got back up and hit it the second time. Morgan Hurd had an excellent stalder full right on top of the bar that got a little clap from a coach. One of the Texas Dreams gals just looked like she caught her Tkatchev with her wrists but stayed in flow with her routine and hit her double layout dismount…I think it was Colbi Flory. Yes it was.

Article by Lauren Hopkins