2023 U.S. Classic Men’s Results

Lauren / August 8, 2023

The 2023 U.S. Classic was held from August 4 through August 6 in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.

Senior All-Around Results

Rank	Athlete	FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB	AA
1	Asher Hong Stanford	14.749 (+0.349)	12.352 (+0.052)	14.749 (+0.349)	15.705 (+0.705)	14.300	13.450	85.305 (+1.923)
2	Khoi Young Stanford	14.550	14.872 (+0.522)	13.200	15.202 (+0.202)	12.800	12.800	83.424 (+0.724)
3	Paul Juda Michigan	13.950	12.852 (+0.052)	13.500	15.102 (+0.202)	13.950	14.000	83.354 (+0.254)
4	Cameron Bock Michigan	13.850	13.400	13.650	14.200	14.550	13.450	83.100
5	Riley Loos Stanford	14.314 (+0.114)	11.650	14.103 (+0.053)	14.252 (+0.202)	14.150	13.550	82.019 (+0.369)
6	Jeremy Bischoff Stanford	14.250	12.900	12.950	13.800	12.950	13.300	80.150
7	Donnell Whittenburg Salto	14.033 (+0.183)	9.650	14.661 (+0.261)	14.300	14.050	13.250	79.944 (+0.444)
8	Colt Walker Stanford	13.400	13.550	13.700	13.050	13.150	12.500	79.350
9	Toby Liang Nebraska	13.750	12.700	12.700	13.050	13.600	12.900	78.700
10	Solen Chiodi Mini-Hops	12.900	11.100	13.000	14.100	13.650	12.800	77.550
11	Kellen Ryan Minnesota	12.500	12.050	12.650	14.450	13.150	12.750	77.550
12	Ian Gunther Stanford	12.200	11.900	12.150	13.650	14.000	13.200	77.100
13	Maxwell Odden North Valley	12.400	11.350	13.000	13.650	13.250	13.400	77.050
14	Michael Jaroh Penn State	10.850	12.050	12.950	13.800	13.500	13.800	76.950
15	Taylor Burkhart Stanford	12.449 (+0.349)	10.350	12.250	14.255 (+0.055)	14.000	12.752 (+0.202)	76.056 (+0.606)
16	Evan Hymanson Stanford Boys	12.250	10.750	12.900	13.100	13.750	13.300	76.050
17	Kazuki Hayashi Ohio State	13.900	10.050	11.650	14.000	13.000	11.950	74.550
18	Dallas Hale Cypress Aademy	11.814 (+0.114)	10.829 (+0.229)	12.750	14.850	12.000	11.450	73.693 (+0.343)
19	Mike Fletcher Illinois	10.900	12.450	12.600	14.350	12.350	10.700	73.350
20	Colin Flores Oklahoma	13.400	12.500	12.850	13.450	11.350	9.550	73.100
21	Matt Cormier Penn State	13.250	10.550	11.600	13.600	11.300	12.700	73.000
22	Jesse Lee Pakele Ohio State	11.850	13.150	11.350	14.050	12.100	10.350	72.850
23	Nick Yeatts Oklahoma Gym Center	12.000	9.900	12.150	13.700	13.150	11.900	72.800
24	Dominic Ramalho Springfield	12.600	12.050	11.100	14.050	10.750	11.650	72.200
25	William Pearce SC United	11.750	10.800	11.200	12.950	12.650	12.750	72.100
26	Brendan Strom Gym Olympica	12.650	10.850	10.150	13.700	13.600	11.050	72.000
27	David Grossman Libertyville	12.150	11.300	12.250	14.000	11.450	10.650	71.800
28	Arthur Ashton Ohio State	11.600	11.500	12.150	13.550	12.350	9.900	71.050
29	Troy Nuesca Gym Olympica	12.900	9.200	11.500	13.400	12.450	11.100	70.550
30	Gavin Zborowski 5280 Gymnastics	10.900	11.150	10.000	13.700	12.750	11.950	70.450
31	Andrew Layman Washington	12.200	8.650	10.750	13.850	12.650	11.850	69.950
32	Landon Simpson Penn State	12.850	9.350	10.950	12.350	12.700	11.650	69.850
33	Tucker Yasunaga Champaign	12.600	10.400	10.500	12.650	12.200	10.900	69.250
34	Saran Alexander ACE Gym	12.150	9.900	10.500	12.450	12.400	11.750	69.150
35	Evan Wenstad Gym Olympica	13.200	9.200	11.900	13.750	11.700	9.350	69.100
36	Jacob Harmon Ohio State	11.650	6.950	11.900	13.450	13.100	11.650	68.700
37	Brandon Nguyen Stanford	——	13.150	13.700	14.500	13.450	13.122 (+0.122)	67.922 (+0.122)
38	Michael Artlip Penn State	14.050	12.500	——	14.450	13.500	12.850	67.350
39	Crew Bold Michigan	13.750	——	13.300	12.900	13.850	13.200	67.000
40	Carson Eshleman Michigan Elite	12.900	——	13.450	13.250	13.500	12.950	66.050
41	Micah Puckett Northern Illinois	11.950	10.900	9.950	12.350	11.800	8.250	65.200
42	Vahe Petrosyan Gym Olympica	——	12.050	12.600	14.050	12.700	13.550	64.950
43	Samuel Phillips Nebraska	13.600	——	13.050	13.450	13.650	11.000	64.750
44	Leo Koike Oklahoma	13.250	10.000	——	14.150	13.000	12.800	63.200
45	Hunter Brunett Arizona State	12.700	13.100	12.300	——	13.250	11.750	63.100
46	Brigham Frentheway Oklahoma	10.550	——	12.800	13.750	13.350	11.350	61.800
47	Asher Cohen Nebraska	——	8.550	13.150	13.300	12.000	12.900	59.900
48	Jordan Kovach Premier	11.700	——	11.650	13.000	12.150	11.100	59.600
49	Drake Andrews EVO Gymnastics	12.150	6.500	——	13.400	12.750	13.100	57.900
50	Evan Manivong Illinois	13.950	13.000	——	14.550	——	13.250	54.750
51	Daniel Simmons Oklahoma	13.500	——	13.350	13.800	13.650	——	54.300
52	Izaiha Mlay West Coast	——	9.300	9.450	13.050	11.300	10.850	53.950
53	Fuzzy Benas Oklahoma	——	12.400	13.150	——	13.950	13.400	52.900
54	Matt Burgoyne Oklahoma	13.350	——	12.300	13.400	13.550	——	52.600
55	Luke Esparo Penn State	13.600	——	13.100	14.200	11.450	——	52.350
56	Nicky Franz Arizona State	12.700	11.750	12.200	13.400	——	——	50.050
57	Tyler Shimizu Berkeley	13.100	11.900	——	——	12.900	12.100	50.000
58	Caden Peacock Arizona State	——	——	12.750	12.900	12.000	11.850	49.500
59	Ethan Boder Illinois	9.950	——	13.250	13.402 (+0.202)	12.850	——	49.452 (+0.202)
60	Kristian Grahovski Ohio State	——	12.450	11.900	——	13.000	11.900	49.250
61	Tate Costa Illinois	12.000	12.300	——	——	13.350	11.050	48.700
62	Ryan Swatscheno Arizona State	11.800	——	10.550	12.550	——	11.650	46.550
63	Caden Spencer Ohio State	——	9.250	11.800	——	12.600	12.100	45.750
64	Curran Phillips EVO Gymnastics	——	——	——	14.750	15.456 (+0.706)	13.162 (+0.412)	43.368 (+1.118)
65	Brandon Briones Stanford	——	——	14.100	14.600	——	14.062 (+0.412)	42.762 (+0.412)
66	Shane Wiskus EVO Gymnastics	——	13.400	——	——	15.061 (+0.111)	14.150	42.611 (+0.111)
67	Blake Sun Stanford	——	13.850	——	——	15.194 (+0.244)	13.150	42.194 (+0.244)
68	Javier Alfonso Michigan	14.300	——	14.200	——	13.400	——	41.900
69	Zachary Nunez Oklahoma	——	13.807 (+0.107)	——	13.850	13.950	——	41.607 (+0.107)
70	Jackson Harrison Arizona State	14.250	——	——	13.900	——	12.800	40.950
71	Ryan Vanichtheeranont Illinois	——	5.600	11.700	——	11.400	12.100	40.800
72	J.R. Chou Stanford	——	12.100	——	——	15.050	12.750	39.900
73	Yul Moldauer 5280 Gymnastics	——	12.250	——	——	14.950 (+0.405)	12.400	39.605 (+0.405)
74	Aiden Cuy William & Mary	——	——	12.100	13.800	13.100	——	39.000
75	Kelton Christiansen Oklahoma	12.800	12.100	——	——	——	13.300	38.200
76	Isaiah Drake Navy	——	11.750	12.850	——	——	13.300	37.900
77	Mac Seyler Oklahoma	——	12.907 (+0.107)	12.850	12.100	——	——	37.857 (+0.107)
78	Cailen Walker Oklahoma	——	11.800	——	13.450	——	12.600	37.850
79	Syam Buradagunta Navy	14.050	12.150	——	——	——	11.500	37.700
80	Johnny Jacobson 5280 Gymnastics	13.000	——	——	——	12.250	12.400	37.650
81	Sam Lee William & Mary	——	——	——	13.300	12.700	11.400	37.400
82	Tyler Flores Oklahoma	——	10.600	——	13.950	12.300	——	36.850
83	Ethan Thomas Oklahoma Gym Center	12.850	——	10.650	13.200	——	——	36.700
84	Kameron Nelson Ohio State	——	——	11.850	——	12.150	11.750	35.750
85	Christian Marsh William & Mary	——	10.450	12.400	——	12.500	——	35.350
86	Nate Warren Penn State	——	——	13.150	——	10.800	9.950	33.900
87	Will Fleck Penn State	——	10.700	——	——	12.200	10.600	33.500
88	Connor McCool Illinois	14.833 (+0.183)	——	——	13.800	——	——	28.633 (+0.183)
89	Jack Freeman Oklahoma	14.000	——	——	——	——	12.850	26.850
90	Adriel Perales-Valencia Oklahoma	——	——	12.850	——	13.900	——	26.750
91	Patrick Hoopes Air Force	——	14.392 (+0.442)	——	——	12.000	——	26.392 (+0.442)
92	Amari Sewell Illinois	11.850	——	——	14.450	——	——	26.300
93	Christopher Hiser Nebraska	13.250	——	12.900	——	——	——	26.150
94	Zachary Marckx Oklahoma	12.850	——	13.100	——	——	——	25.950
95	Charlie Larson Minnesota	11.550	——	——	14.250	——	——	25.800
96	Kyle Walchuk Infinity	——	13.145 (+0.295)	——	——	11.600	——	24.745 (+0.295)
97	Tas Hajdu Oklahoma	——	——	10.900	——	12.400	——	23.300
98	Nikolai Kolesnikov Oklahoma	——	——	12.600	——	——	10.600	23.200
99	Ignacio Yockers Oklahoma	——	11.945 (+0.295)	——	——	10.950	——	22.895 (+0.295)
100	Ayden Johnston 5280 Gymnastics	——	——	——	——	12.350	9.950	22.300
101	Danny Beaupre Arizona State	10.300	——	——	12.000	——	——	22.300
102	Tyler Tran Gymnastics USA	——	——	——	——	10.500	10.150	20.650
103	Stephen Nedoroscik EVO Gymnastics	——	15.157 (+0.607)	——	——	——	——	15.157 (+0.607)
104	Matthew Underhill Penn State	——	——	13.550	——	——	——	13.550
105	Ashton Anaya Illinois	——	——	13.400	——	——	——	13.400
106	Brandon Dang Illinois	——	13.366 (+0.366)	——	——	——	——	13.366 (+0.366)
107	Ronan McQuillan Navy	——	13.200	——	——	——	——	13.200
108	Troy Lipis Gym World	——	——	13.083 (+0.183)	——	——	——	13.083 (+0.183)
109	Parker Thackston Ohio State	——	12.607 (+0.107)	——	——	——	——	12.607 (+0.107)
110	Maddox Pabellon Army	——	12.050	——	——	——	——	12.050
111	Reuven Anderson Mini-Hops	——	——	11.650	——	——	——	11.650
112	Clayton Cunningham Arizona State	——	10.950	——	——	——	——	10.950

Junior All-Around Results

Rank	Athlete	FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB	AA
1	Xander Hong Cypress Academy	12.400	12.400	12.650	13.000	12.150	12.500	75.100
2	Oleksandr Shybitov Lakeshore	12.900	11.450	11.750	13.550	13.050	12.150	74.850
3	Wade Nelson SCATS	12.850	10.450	12.200	14.500	12.500	12.050	74.550
4	Jesse Hanny Cypress Academy	12.700	11.750	13.000	13.000	13.300	10.700	74.450
5	Tristen Nye Above the Barre	12.750	11.750	12.450	13.850	12.700	10.700	74.200
6	Wyatt Reynolds Gym Olympica	12.550	11.950	10.750	13.150	13.050	12.100	73.550
7	Divier Ramos Interstate	12.950	12.150	10.550	13.400	12.750	11.600	73.400
8	Gage Kalley Roswell	12.250	11.750	11.250	12.950	12.050	11.900	72.150
9	Misha Romo SCATS	12.350	11.350	12.500	13.250	12.050	10.600	72.100
10	Michael Scheiner Capital (VA)	12.350	10.600	12.150	13.600	12.200	11.000	71.900
11	Joseph Hale Crenshaw’s	11.400	12.000	11.700	13.650	12.350	10.200	71.300
12	Kyler Hinson Axcelerate	12.150	10.550	11.550	12.850	12.400	11.700	71.200
13	David Moroney United	12.200	10.200	11.550	13.100	12.250	11.550	70.850
14	Grey Westmore Gym Olympica	11.450	11.500	11.500	13.100	12.300	10.850	70.700
15	Emilio Bracken Serra Head Over Heels	12.200	9.950	11.100	13.500	12.350	10.850	69.950
16	Maddox Kinderdine GTC Ohio	11.350	7.700	11.850	12.700	12.100	12.100	67.800
17	Lukas Ross GTC Ohio	12.400	7.450	10.350	13.200	12.350	11.650	67.400
18	Dean-o Roberts Stanford Boys	12.350	10.750	10.250	11.700	10.200	10.950	66.200
19	Nick Deng Gym Olympica	12.350	10.450	9.250	13.000	11.800	8.100	64.950

11 thoughts on “2023 U.S. Classic Men’s Results”

j says:

August 9, 2023 at 2:54 am

So without the bizarre overinflation bonuses, Khoi and Paul are actually closer to their true scores and not that fair behind Asher, right?

I still think incentivising good technique will benefit the USA MAG more than this bonus system.

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- Lauren says:
  
  August 9, 2023 at 9:33 am
  
  Yes they are…and I definitely agree with that, but the reason the U.S. men are so far behind Russia, China, and Japan is difficulty, so they made it a priority this quad to add skills first and then focus on refining them. I think they were similarly inconsistent with lower difficulty as they have tended to be with higher difficulty, so I guess in that sense it’s moot…but they did lower the difficulty bonuses between last year (where they were OUTRAGEOUS) and this year. My conspiracy theory is that they were like, “oh god, we said the top two at nationals auto-qualify for worlds and then we gave Donnell 6+ points in bonus over two days (at least 2 points more than anyone else got) and now we have to take him even though we didn’t want to.” As a Donnell fan, loved that for him, but I feel like the team would have worked out much differently had he not auto-qualified due to his difficulty. But I do agree that last year’s bonuses were ridiculous, and am glad they’ve at least reeled it in a bit so bonus isn’t everything, and so the standings still mostly reflect accurate rankings.
  
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  - L says:
    
    August 9, 2023 at 10:53 am
    
    Exactly I get it. The goal is to win medals,l. If the choices seem to be get 8th with a chance (even a small one) to sneak into 3rd or just be resigned to 5th (with a slightly smaller chance of still getting 8th) a federation worth its salt should go for the former. It does look weird though.
    
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  - J says:
    
    August 9, 2023 at 1:19 pm
    
    I definitely think they improved the bonus chaos, but why bother giving Asher 0.7 bonus for his vault? He would still be one of the top gymnasts in the USA anyway.
    
    Donnell has been royally unlucky. The overinflation of the oldest(?) US MAG’s scores vs him focusing on execution was so bad last year. His vault this year was underrotated hence the many steps, and I just want to root for him (as a Brit) but I just get disappointed.
    
    I want US MAG to put together a good team, but is it really worth pushing difficulty when a lot of them seem to have poor technique on certain skills i.e. getting height on double fronts.
    
    My two cents anyway.
    
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    - Lauren says:
      
      August 9, 2023 at 2:56 pm
      
      Agreed everywhere. I think it’s a fine line to figure out difficulty and execution and how to value them, especially when the rest of the world is so far ahead and you’re trying to catch up. But I see that they’ve tried the lower D, higher E route before and how it didn’t help them, so I guess it’s worth trying something new even if the technique isn’t always there. Maybe they’ll go back on this eventually but I guess it was about time to give it a try after being so far behind for so long?
      
      Poor Donnell…he has a lot of “this wasn’t my day/meet” posts but at this point it’s basically EVERY meet he does, it’s hard to trust that it’s all going to come together for him. He’s probably my favorite U.S. MAG but it’s too bad he just struggles so much making it all come together at once. I’ll give him credit for hitting high bar at worlds, though!
      
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    - sallygenova says:
      
      August 9, 2023 at 5:46 pm
      
      Problem with Donnell is that he doesn’t hit when it counts. Auto-qualifying to the World team last year wouldn’t have been a major issue had he hit his high difficult routines at Worlds.
      
      The issue with Donell qualifying was that he only finished 2nd AA due to the bonus.
      
      Hopefully they will fix it to top 2 AA without bonus because these athletes won’t be getting the same bonus added to their scores at Worlds.
      
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- Zephirah says:
  
  August 10, 2023 at 10:06 am
  
  The last few quads have proven though that the separation in execution just isn’t worth the sacrifice in difficulty, even if, in theory, execution should be higher valued (or even equally).
  
  Watch Carlos Yulo routines and see how it is that with almost perfection he only has .2 or .3 higher in execution than sloppy routines. Even our moderators are complaining about it these days.
  
  I think setting standards like top 3 on 3 events or top 2 on 2 events at both nationals/selection will get you a spot; otherwise, we are choosing by highest scoring team would be smarter. Top AA guarantees you nothing. Forget the bonuses.
  
  I can see a couple of people getting 1st AA at nationals and then we would hesitate to put them up on even 1 or 2 events they’d contribute small margins. That’s not good for the team, especially when we can’t get on the podium even with Russia being banned.
  
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Brainy Pirate says:

August 9, 2023 at 6:44 pm

I still want to see a full-point bonus to everyone who can find an aesthetically pleasing way to get out of the handstand.

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Arin says:

August 10, 2023 at 12:34 am

There’s no reason to bring 2 all arounders. The highest scoring team is all that matters.

I see Asher and Fred with excellent chances this year and Khoi, Paul and Curran making strong cases based on podium, classic and other meets.

Skeptical they’ll bring in a 1 event PH specialist if there are 3 14+ routines.

Sorry to say but Shane, Yul, Donnell, and Colt just are not hitting on the events they are needed most on and a .2 better than someone else with more events that are needed won’t cut it .

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- Lauren says:
  
  August 10, 2023 at 8:54 am
  
  I think Nedoroscik last year kind of proved that a one-event specialist was unnecessary when that spot could have gone to someone who could have contributed extra tenths across multiple events. I was anti-PH specialist for last year’s team, especially given how inconsistent he had been throughout last season, so I hope they’ve learned that they need to spread out their potential and not put all of their eggs into one basket.
  
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- Zephirah says:
  
  August 10, 2023 at 9:30 am
  
  Asher is no question. On a 3 up situation, we’d want him on everything but PH/HB.
  Fred is consistently 14+ on PH/HB, so I think he’s probably in.
  
  Khoi, Yul, Paul and Shane have either a good PH or HB routine and 1 or 2 other events you could depend on. Curran and Blake have specialist routines, but they have to hit more often to be chosen over a 1 event PH specialist or all arounders.
  
  If USAG is truly putting everything into the team competition, they are better off with 2 specialists even if that means only 3 going up in qualifications on some events.
  
  I know they won’t do that though, so I predict: Asher, Fred, Khoi, Shane, Curran with Yul as alternate.
  
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