2025 U.S. Championships | Senior WAG Day 1 Live Blog

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9:58 pm. Day 1 Standings

1. Hezly Rivera 55.600
2. Joscelyn Roberson 55.400
3. Leanne Wong 55.100
4. Dulcy Caylor 53.800
5. Gabrielle Hardie 53.750
6. Ashlee Sullivan 53.700
7. Simone Rose 53.450
8. Izzy Stassi 53.300
9. Tiana Sumanasekera 53.100
10. Brooke Pierson 52.450
11. Jayla Hang 52.250
12. Nola Matthews 52.150
13. Harlow Buddendeck 52.000
14. Alicia Zhou 51.950
15. Claire Pease 51.600
16. Reese Esponda 51.350
17. Annalisa Milton 51.300
18. Jordis Eichman 51.250
19. Catherine Guy 50.550
20. Ally Damelio 50.450
21. Alessia Rosa 36.100
22. Skye Blakely 26.600
23. Tatum Drusch 24.800

Apparatus leaders are Leanne Wong with a 13.675 on vault, Alicia Zhou and Joscelyn Roberson with a 13.650 on bars, Hezly Rivera with a 14.350 on beam, and Joscelyn Roberson with a 14.150 on floor.

9:56 pm. Catherine Guy BB: Some form and wobble on the bhs loso. Good front aerial to jumps and side aerial. Hit the 1.5 dismount. 12.500

9:54 pm. Hezly Rivera UB: Weiler half to toe full I think, a bit late there, Chow to Ricna, lovely Pak, Maloney to Tkachev, full-in with a step. 13.450

9:53 pm. Izzy Stassi BB: Jumping into this a bit late on the stream, I think I’m only gonna get the dismount…yeah, double tuck, chest down and a step back. 13.150

9:52 pm. Alicia Zhou FX: Clean double pike with a small bounce back. Hit the second pass and then just a front full for the third and final. Simple set but lovely performance. 12.500

9:48 pm. Simone Rose BB: Switch leap mount with a small wobble. Bhs loso loso, could extend a bit more throughout but solid landing. Side aerial to split jump to straddle jump, connection was slightly slow to the jumps. Front aerial, slight wobble. 2.5 with a hop forward. 13.100

Ally Damelio FX: 12.900

9:47 pm. Skye Blakely UB: Nice control before the stalder to Church, Downie to Pak, toe full to van Leeuwen I think after that, some form on the van Leeuwen and she has to pause with her hips on the high bar for a second before casting up again, toe half to front giant to double front half, good landing. 13.150

9:46 pm. Nola Matthews UB: I missed the beginning, caught it from the Pak, toe full was really late, short handstand before the van Leeuwen, toe-on, and a double layout dismount, tucked her legs a bit to get it around. 12.800

9:43 pm. Joscelyn Roberson FX: Went for the Moors, form isn’t truly there but got it around and to her feet with a hop to the side. Next is a front full through to full-in, some more form and a step back OOB. Full-twisting double layout with a hop back. Double layout with a small hop back. REALLY strong tumbling that just needs to be tidied up a bit. 14.150

9:41 pm. Harlow Buddendeck UB: She hit everything at the beginning, I started typing at the van Leeuwen which had some minor form as did the full pirouette after, double layout with a small step on the landing. Little things throughout but a hit, and she had a great day overall! 13.050

Brooke Pierson VT: Yurchenko 1.5, pretty good overall! Small hop forward. 13.450

Alessia Rosa BB: 9.950

9:40 pm. Gabrielle Hardie FX: Nice on the 2.5 to front layout and 1.5 to front full. Double tuck with a small hop. 13.850

Jordis Eichman VT: 13.100

9:39 pm. Tiana Sumanasekera VT: Yurchenko double full, huge and clean in the air, just a little run back out of it. 13.950

Jayla Hang BB: 13.850

9:38 pm. Claire Pease UB: Hop change to Endo half to toe full, arched over and had to cast again before the Komova II to Tkachev, a little low on the latter. Clean and lovely Pak, Chow half, toe half with leg form to the double front half, cowboyed and low, rotation not quite there, hands down. 12.350

Annalisa Milton FX: 12.750

9:37 pm. Reese Esponda VT: Yurchenko double full, rotation isn’t quite there and she lands a bit short and deep with a jump back. 13.550

9:36 pm. Ashlee Sullivan VT: Yurchenko double full, a little whippy in the twists but lots of power and gets it around to a solid landing. 14.000

Tatum Drusch BB: 12.800

9:35 pm. Leanne Wong UB: Clear hip half to straddle Jaeger, toe full had some leg form breaks but still got it to the Bhardwaj, Maloney to Pak with slight leg separation, van Leeuwen, double layout could’ve been tighter/higher but landed it with some minor knee bend. 13.550

9:34 pm. Dulcy Caylor VT: Yurchenko double full, minor form in the air but really nice landing! 14.000

9:28 pm. Rotation 3 Standings

1. Hezly Rivera 42.150
2. Leanne Wong 41.550
3. Joscelyn Roberson 41.250
4. Simone Rose 40.350
5. Izzy Stassi 40.150
6. Gabrielle Hardie 39.900
7. Dulcy Caylor 39.800
8. Ashlee Sullivan 39.700

9:24 pm. Jordis Eichman FX: Full-in to start, a bit short with a bounce. Hit the 1.5 to front full well. Good landing on the double tuck at the end. 12.950

9:21 pm. Tiana Sumanasekera FX: Double layout to split jump, not the most controlled in the jump but not bad either. Clean double tuck. Switch ring to switch full. Came short out of the 1.5 and still went for the front full, which was really low and kinda wild, ended up crashing it. Got the double pike at the end. 12.400

9:20 pm. Ally Damelio BB: I jumped into this a little late, caught up at the switch leap to sissone which was lovely. Double full dismount. 12.750

9:18 pm. Izzy Stassi UB: Weiler half to Bhardwaj, some leg separation but love that combo. Maloney to clear hip full with some leg form, Ray, Pak with leg and foot form, van Leeuwen with some more leg form, solid double layout with a hop back. 13.400

9:16 pm. Reese Esponda FX: Double double, big bounce back into a lunge, OOB. Double layout was a little low and long but landed well enough, bouncy though. Think she did a whip half to double tuck for the next one? Landed well. Low set in the double pike, lands a bit deep there. 13.250

Simone Rose UB: 13.350

9:14 pm. Joscelyn Roberson BB: Standing full was strong! Switch to switch half, really short, to back tuck. Nailed the triple flight series. Onodi to straddle to pike jumps, good. Double pike, low set and chest down with a step on the landing. 13.800

Alessia Rosa UB: 12.550

9:12 pm. Ashlee Sullivan FX: Double double, legs went a little wild on the kick-out but she still got the landing. Switch leap to switch full to Popa, cool series. Double layout set was a bit low but she whips it around and lands well enough. Front full through to double tuck, step back to control. 14.000

Nola Matthews VT: 13.000

Harlow Buddendeck VT: 12.850

9:10 pm. Gabrielle Hardie BB: Nice on the bhs loso. Front aerial with a check, doesn’t connect to split jump to sissone. Big wobble on the side aerial but good recovery before the dismount, a 1.5 with a hop. 12.900

Jayla Hang UB: 12.150

9:08 pm. Dulcy Caylor FX: Nice on the Memmel turn at the start. Floaty double layout but ended up a little slow to rotate and a bit short on the landing. Second pass was something I missed to a double tuck to a punch front tuck which she landed on her knees. Good double pike. 12.350

Claire Pease VT: Didn’t see this but looks like she went for the Yurchenko double full and it didn’t go well based on the score. Just saw a replay and yeah, it was really deep and crunchy on the landing, no fall at least. 13.300

Annalisa Milton BB: 12.400

9:06 pm. Tatum Drusch UB: I wasn’t typing quick hits throughout but she hit everything pretty well until the Ezhova, had some form and then brushed her legs on the mat. Otherwise fine, double layout dismount. 12.000

Brooke Pierson FX: 12.950

9:05 pm. Leanne Wong VT: Yurchenko double full, great push off the table, minor form in the air, mostly solid on the landing. 14.000

Catherine Guy UB: 12.300

9:03 pm. Alicia Zhou BB: Hit the opening sequence and then a wolf turn 1.5. Steady on the bhs loso. Switch ring with a wobble. Side aerial with a break at the hips and wobble. Front aerial to split jump to straddle jump. 1.5 dismount with a big hop forward. 12.950

Hezly Rivera VT: Yurchenko double full, went a little off to the side and OOB with a hop but really strong overall. 13.800

8:58 pm. Rotation 2 Standings

1. Hezly Rivera 28.350
2. Leanne Wong 27.550
3. Dulcy Caylor 27.450
– Joscelyn Roberson 27.450
5. Gabrielle Hardie 27.000
– Simone Rose 27.000
7. Izzy Stassi 26.750
– Tiana Sumanasekera 26.750

8:54 pm. Tiana Sumanasekera BB: Bhs bhs layout, not bad! Front aerial to split jump to sissone. Switch to switch half to Korbut, good. Ring leap was a little iffy in the air and on the landing, but recovered well into the next couple of skills. Double pike, chest at her knees, step back. 13.800

Alessia Rosa VT: 13.600

8:52 pm. Harlow Buddendeck FX: Ooh, nice triple full to start! Memmel turn was a little rushed and not super precise. Tour jeté full. 1.5 to front layout, a little arched and steps out of it. Lovely switch ring to straddle 3/4 I think that was. Low set on the double pike and she lands with her chest down. Some lovely work overall! 13.000

8:50 pm. Reese Esponda BB: Gets the wolf turn around, think she did a double but I missed the beginning. Standing back tuck, solid. Bhs layout, some leg form and a big wobble on the landing. Side aerial to split jump to straddle jump, the latter looked a little short. Double pike, deep landing with a hop. 12.400

8:48 pm. Claire Pease FX: Starts with a double pike, I think that’s a downgrade? 2.5 with a lunge forward into a kind of lackluster arabesque. Oh, the double pike wasn’t where she started, it’s simply where the stream started because that was the end of the routine. 12.050

8:47 pm. Ashlee Sullivan BB: Double wolf turn. Arabian had a big wobble, bhs loso loso ended up a bit short with some form throughout. Good fight on both. Front aerial to straddle to split jumps. Onodi wasn’t super precise but she gets it around. Switch leap. Double pike with a solid landing. 13.650

8:45 pm. Joscelyn Roberson UB: Maloney with some leg separation to clear hip half to Ezhova, full pirouette I think to a shaposh to Gienger, couldn’t see some of the root skills due to coach Chris Brooks blocking our view, nailed the full twisting double layout dismount. Nice hit! Form throughout but solid. 13.650

Dulcy Caylor BB: 13.850

8:42 pm. Leanne Wong FX: Double double, chest down but feet barely move, one kinda slid. Whip half to front full went well. Switch ring to switch half. Double pike with a great landing. 13.800

Gabrielle Hardie UB: I caught this from a pirouette to Maloney to Pak, van Leeuwen with minor form, toe half to big straddle Jaeger, double layout pinged off a little early and had a deep landing. 13.200

Simone Rose VT: 13.500

8:40 pm. Annalisa Milton UB: Toe full to van Leeuwen, really quick turn to catch, straddle Jaeger with some leg and foot form, Pak was really arched and had some weak form as well, Maloney to a low Gienger, double layout with a small hop. 13.100

Jayla Hang VT: 14.050

Brooke Pierson BB: 12.800

8:38 pm. Hezly Rivera FX: Full-twisting double layout, pretty solid! And clean. Double layout with some leg separation and a small hop. Switch full down to the floor feels like a mistake even though I think it was choreo. Had a weak landing on the third pass, I missed the skill, hit the leaps, then hit the 2.5 with a lunge forward at the end. 14.000 (E score of 8.200 is way too high but sigh it’s nationals)

Jordis Eichman BB: 11.950

Catherine Guy VT: 13.100

8:36 pm. Alicia Zhou UB: Stalder full to Maloney to Pak, nice. Clean van Leeuwen, toe half to straddle Jaeger, full-out, pretty close to stuck! Lovely routine. 13.650

8:34 pm. Nola Matthews FX: Front full through to front double full, little stumble into an arabesque. Had something into the double tuck in the second pass but I missed what it was, landed maybe a little low. Lovely work on the leaps. Double pike with a lunge back. 13.500

Izzy Stassi VT: Solid Yurchenko 1.5. 13.550

Ally Damelio UB: 11.850

8:29 pm. Rotation 1 Standings

1. Hezly Rivera 14.350
2. Claire Pease 13.900
3. Gabrielle Hardie 13.800
– Joscelyn Roberson 13.800
5. Leanne Wong 13.750
6. Dulcy Caylor 13.600
7. Simone Rose 13.500
8. Skye Blakely 13.450

Hezly Rivera’s beam score had an inquiry and ended up three tenths higher at a 14.350. If it was about connections I agreed with the original score but it’s nationals so whatever.

8:25 pm. Claire Pease BB: Double wolf turn to start followed by clean jumps to Onodi. Super solid bhs loso loso! Front aerial a little slow to the straddle jump but gets that to the back handspring. Clean side aerial. Switch half could’ve had a little more amplitude. 2.5 with some leg form and a step to the side. 13.900

Alessia Rosa scratched floor FYI.

8:20 pm. Leanne Wong BB: Good switch leap mount and strong side aerial. Switch leap to switch half, the first was good but the latter was a bit short, connected that to a split jump. Switch ring, back knee a little low. Bhs loso could be more extended but landed well. Double wolf turn, good. Front aerial, didn’t connect to split jump to back handspring but all nice on their own. Little check on the side somi. Sticks the tucked gainer full off the end. 13.750

8:18 pm. Jayla Hang FX: Double wolf turn before her first pass, a 2.5, which landed REALLY short, she still went for the punch front layout, which ended up really low and long but she somehow kept it on her feet. Whip full through to double tuck I think after that? Better on the landing. Switch half to switch full. Dobule pike, set was really low, lands short again but can’t save it this time, hands down. 12.200

Reese Esponda UB: 12.150

8:16 pm. Hezly Rivera BB: Double wolf turn was fine. Side aerial with a minor check into a gorgeous split jump to straddle jump. Bhs layout with a minor check on the landing. Switch half was really short, to Korbut, kinda slow to connect but not that bad. Front aerial slow into the split ring jump as well but she kinda showed continuous movement there? Switch ring with a little wobble. Double pike set was low, landed with her chest down and a step back. 14.050

Ashlee Sullivan UB: 12.050

8:13 pm. Catherine Guy FX: Front layout to rudi, a little short with some form in the air. Hit the 1.5 to front full after that. Switch ring to switch half. Double tuck with a big bounce back. 12.650

8:11 pm. Skye Blakely BB: Good on the mount sequence into the triple wolf turn, which looked perf. Very controlled and clean. Standing full with the tiniest little step. Front handspring to front tuck, overrotates and has to grab the beam unfortunately. Switch with a low back leg and slow into the switch half, slight check there. Front aerial to split jump to wolf jump. Double tuck dismount with a step back. 13.450

Dulcy Caylor UB: Toe full to Maloney to low Tkachev, clean Pak and van Leeuwen, blind change to straddle Jaeger, a little low but not bad, double layout, stuck! Wow, pretty solid for her. 13.600

8:09 pm. Brooke Pierson UB: Stalder full to Maloney to Pak, leg separation on the latter. Van Leeuwen legs were a bit all over the place, stalder half to straddle Jaeger was very nice, toe half to double front, cowboyed with a bounce into a lunge forward. 13.250

Gabrielle Hardie VT: Good Yurchenko 1.5, small hop on the landing but overall nice. 13.800

Izzy Stassi FX: 13.200

8:07 pm. Nola Matthews BB: Jumped into this at the front aerial to split jump to back handspring. Had a check on a cross jump and a break at the hips on the side aerial. Switch to sissone was lovely. High double tuck off the apparatus, lands with chest down, lunge back. 12.850

Jordis Eichman UB: 13.250

8:06 pm. Annalisa Milton VT: Yurchenko 1.5, comes in a little squatted but mostly solid in the air, steps back out of it. 13.050

Harlow Buddendeck BB: 13.100

8:04 pm. Simone Rose FX: 2.5 with crossed legs to a tucked barani, think she meant to lay it out? Not sure though! It didn’t look like a mistake, just not fully right. 1.5 to front full after that went well. Triple wolf turn. Switch half to tour jeté half, nice. Double tuck with her chest down and a slight slide. 13.500

Joscelyn Roberson VT: Yurchenko double full, considerable tuck in her knees throughout the twist, lunge back. 13.800

Ally Damelio VT: Solid Yurchenko full, not a ton of power. 12.950

Alicia Zhou VT: Yurchenko full with some pike down and a big lunge back. 12.850

8:03 pm. Tiana Sumanasekera UB: Chow to Pak, nice. Clean Maloney to Ricna, a little low on the release. Decent straddle Jaeger, toe-on to blind change with minor form and a short handstand, blind full to full-out with a lunge forward. 12.950

8:01 pm. Should get started any second now! Touch warmups are just wrapping up.

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