Welcome to the live blog for the second day of junior men’s competition at the 2025 U.S. Championships, held in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Please refresh your browser every few minutes to see the most recent updates, which will appear at the top of the page.

3:03 pm. Final Standings (U17)

1. Maksim Kan 157.693
2. Hunter Simpson 151.384
3. Jay Watkins 147.768
4. Lincoln Dubin 146.830
5. Anthony Ruscheinsky 145.634
6. Ori Reilly 145.450
7. Chane Cumbermack 144.654
8. Ty Herzing 144.631
9. Troy Holman 144.486
10. Uzoma Ojoh 144.276
11. Brody Guild 143.628
12. Daniel San Juanico 143.071
13. Quentin Bellemin 142.800
14. Zaiden Kyte 142.208
15. Rahul Mandava 139.600
16. Cole Fallbacher 138.577
17. Dylan Tosta 137.276
18. Peter Brown 134.550
19. Mick Seyler 134.467
20. Levi VanBeynen 134.100

Final Standings (U16)

1. Jakson Kurecki 155.228
2. Hunter Egan 150.282
3. Cooper Gunderson 149.290
4. Peyton Boerner 145.338
5. Jovan Jimeno 143.522
6. Vandan Haake 143.256
7. Jake Wazolek 142.573
8. Elijah Gutierrez 142.564
9. Paxton Nicely 141.308
10. Keegan Shemluck 138.450
11. Brody Schuller 138.302
12. Paxton Daniel 138.206
13. Simon Pochinka 137.550
14. Simon McEwen 137.350
15. Andrew Sims 128.550

2:57 pm. Jay Watkins SR: Ooh his little roll to a straddle with his feet up on the rings is cutesy, I don’t think I’ve seen that before and have no idea what it’s called. Strong routine overall capped off with a double double dismount with a great landing.

2:55 pm. Chane Cumbermack FX: Really clean and solid double pike! Double front with a hop forward and some leg form in the air. Back layout full down the side was fine. Double full to finish was solid.

2:54 pm. Cooper Gunderson SR: Ended up not seeing this closely but it was a hit routine, big double double dismount.

2:52 pm. Mick Seyler PH: Scissors get a little stuck going into the circles, which are a bit piked but overall this was a solid enough hit.

2:51 pm. Paxton Daniel FX: Really cowboyed on the double front but gets a nice layout down the side. 2.5 to front layout had a hop back and some form in the air, but double full was really clean, just ended with his chest at his knees.

2:50 pm. Uzoma Ojoh PH: Moves well at the beginning throughout his circles, minor hip form but steady overall and no major form breaks until he attempts some scissor elements and catches one of his legs a bit. More seamless going back into circles and decent into the dismount.

2:49 pm. Lincoln Dubin HB: Low Yamawaki but gets it to the Endo, Tak was fine, Tak half was late, stalder, full-twisting double layout with a hop.

2:47 pm. Jakson Kurecki HB: Short on the Tak half but has really strong layout and straddle Tkachevs. Tak was nice. Stalder. Double-twisting double layout dismount. Great finish to his meet!

2:45 pm. Maksim Kan FX: Front full to double front, small hop forward. Full-in, hop back. Double full down the side with a bounce. Front double full to front layout, some body line form but solid overall. Hit the last pass.

Hunter Egan VT: Kas full, solid.

2:43 pm. Hunter Simpson HB: Tak half was quite crooked. Stalder Tkachev went well. Blind change to front giant to Tak, a little late but fine! Turns around again for a stalder, maybe a bit short, and a double twisting double layout, ugh, to his knees.

2:37 pm. U17 Rotation 5 Standings

1. Maksim Kan 143.899
2. Hunter Simpson 140.282
3. Jay Watkins 135.768
4. Lincoln Dubin 134.930

U16 Rotation 5 Standings

1. Jakson Kurecki 141.217
2. Hunter Egan 136.480
3. Elijah Gutierrez 132.414
4. Peyton Boerner 132.125

2:35 pm. Cooper Gunderson PH: Wasn’t typing but he had a fall right before his dismount and had to redo it.

2:34 pm. Mick Seyler FX: Started with a piked arabian double front which he sat. Fornt layout to double front also sat. 2.5 to front full came up short but he got the landing for the most part. Full-in to finish.

2:33 pm. Uzoma Ojoh FX: Powerful on the double front. Hop forward. Lovely double layout! Deep landing but not too bad. Front full down the side, not the cleanest body position on the landing. 2.5 twists looked a little weird but mostly clean and he got it around. Clean double pike with a good landing.

2:32 pm. Cole Fallbacher PH: Circles on the single handle mostly went well but lost leg form near the end of that sequence. Traveled pretty well, Russians with some form breaks, really had to struggle to muscle the handstand into the dismount.

2:31 pm. Paxton Daniel HB: Nice Yamawaki, blind change to half turn, stalder, full-twisting double layout with a small hop. Solid enough!

2:30 pm. Brody Schuller FX: Full-in with a big lunge back OOB. Front double full with a stumble and lunge forward. 2.5 with some leg form and a step forward. Front layout with a small step back. Clean stuck double tuck to finish.

2:29 pm. Lincoln Dubin PB: Simple but solid routine.

2:26 pm. Jakson Kurecki PB: Lovely press handstand before the Tippelt, but got a bit stuck going to handstand there. Wild on two pirouettes after that. Cowboyed double front with a hop.

2:24 pm. Ori Reilly VT: Hit the Kas half.

Maksim Kan HB: Endo, Tak half, a little late there, Kolman with significant leg form, hit the Tkachev, inbar, and double double tuck dismount. Good work!

2:23 pm. Jake Wazolek PB: Tippelt with a clean press to handstand. Lost his form quite a bit on the swings after that on his way to pike sit. Good handstand before a solid double tuck dismount, step back.

2:17 pm. U17 Rotation 4 Standings

1. Maksim Kan 130.756
2. Hunter Simpson 127.719
3. Lincoln Dubin 122.530
4. Jay Watkins 122.325

U16 Rotation 4 Standings

1. Jakson Kurecki 128.624
2. Cooper Gunderson 126.527
3. Hunter Egan 124.780
4. Peyton Boerner 120.275

2:15 pm. Andrew Sims FX: I only caught the last pass, my stream was like five minutes behind for some reason? I just realized it. But the last pass looked good!

2:12 pm. Paxton Nicely FX: Double front, pushed forward out of the landing into a forward roll. Hit a double double after that with some form. Randi was a bit rough with a bouncy landing, a little under rotated as well. Layout down the side. Good double full. Rudi with a hop back to finish.

2:11 pm. Peter Brown HB: Lovely Gienger to Endo half. Blind change, front full pirouette, stalder, double pike dismount, rotates slowly and he sits it.

2:10 pm. Simon McEwen PB: Lost his leg form in a full pirouette and then bent his elbows significantly and took him a second to straighten up. Double tuck dismount with a small hop.

2:09 pm. Keegan Shemluck VT: Kas with a big hop back.

2:07 pm. Maksim Kan PB: Wasn’t typing but this was a hit routine!

2:04 pm. Cooper Gunderson FX: Hit the front full to double front and then a full-in. Omg he crashed his flairs, naur. Got the 2.5 to front layout and stuck the front double full.

1:56 pm. U17 Rotation 3 Standings

1. Maksim Kan 117.562
2. Hunter Simpson 114.317
3. Ty Herzing 110.468
4. Jay Watkins 109.925

U16 Rotation 3 Standings

1. Jakson Kurecki 115.272
2. Cooper Gunderson 114.069
3. Hunter Egan 112.678
4. Peyton Boerner 108.825

1:52 pm. Zaiden Kyte HB: Nice straddle Tkachev. Hop full. Clear hip, a little short. Full-twisting double layout with a big hop back.

1:50 pm. Jakson Kurecki SR: Pike sit, pike through to saltos back to pike sit, very clean press to handstand, the best so far today, back giant to handstand arched a bit but also comparatively great. Tucked full-out dismount, stuck. This was fab.

1:49 pm. Brody Guild PB: Had a really strong hold on a handstand early on, looks careful on most elements, but came up short on a half pirouette, super clean double tuck dismount. His form was next level!

1:47 pm. Rahul Mandava FX: Double front, some cowboy but good chest position on the landing. Triple full with a step to the side. Double full down the side with some leg form. Think he had a whip half to front full after that, and then a 2.5 with a big hop forward.

1:46 pm. Cooper Gunderson HB: I missed the beginning, think I saw the end of a Yamawaki, but caught up from the Endo, stalder, full-twisting double layout, stuck but with some bent knees in the air.

Maksim Kan VT: Big Kas 1.5, some form in the air but mostly strong and solid!

1:45 pm. Chane Cumbermack VT: Yurchenko double full, nice in the air, hop back.

1:43 pm. Peyton Boerner VT: Hit the Kas half.

1:42 pm. Keegan Shemluck SR: Pike sit, front pike into tucked saltos back to pike sit, struggles in the press to handstand, which doesn’t quite make it, back giant to handstand right into the full-in dismount.

1:38 pm. U17 Rotation 2 Standings

1. Maksim Kan 103.081
2. Hunter Simpson 102.186
3. Ty Herzing 98.118
4. Jay Watkins 97.475

U16 Rotation 2 Standings

1. Jakson Kurecki 103.022
2. Cooper Gunderson 101.819
3. Hunter Egan 98.640
4. Jovan Jimeno 97.170

1:35 pm. Daniel San Juanico FX: 2.5 to front layout, lots of power. Double front set was really low and he sits it. Layout down the side was clean. Nice double pike but ends up short. Double full has some leg form throughout.

1:34 pm. Zaiden Kyte PB: Holds the first handstand for hours but then the full pirouette and half pirouette are both kind of a mess leg-wise. Double front dismount was cowboyed with a hop.

1:32 pm. Jakson Kurecki PH: Nice circles to start, moves well between the horse and the handle, Russians on the handle, good travels, Russians at the end of the horse, easy dismount but good solid set.

1:31 pm. Maksim Kan SR: Pike sit was clean, saltos to pike sit pressed to a clean handstand, just a little motion there, back giant to handstand kinda fell over significantly, and then he doesn’t get the height he needs into the dismount, a double double which he lands on his knees.

1:29 pm. Rahul Mandava HB: Stalder, then a big Tkachev but he doesn’t have the catch and has a hard fall. Back on and repeats the Tkachev, looks good this time, blind change to Endo, double layout, some flexed feet but lands it well.

1:28 pm. Jake Wazolek PH: Wasn’t typing for this but it was a hit routine!

1:27 pm. Hunter Egan HB: Layout Tkachev with some bent legs, cleaner on the straddle Tkachev, stalder was a little short, really struggled and muscled through the Endo but good recovery, full-twisting double layout with some pike down and a hop.

1:26 pm. Troy Holman PH: Nice hip form on the opening circle elements. Transitions well between handles but then when he moves to the single handle he has significant leg form deductions. Gets a little stuck near the end but quickly pushes through into the dismount.

1:24 pm. Uzoma Ojoh VT: Kas half with a hop forward.

Paxton Daniel SR: Everything at the beginning looked good. Handstands were quite short and swinging a bit. Hit the full-in dismount with a hop.

1:23 pm. Ty Herzing HB: Inbar to Gienger to Endo half was really nice! Triple back dismount. Loved this.

1:17 pm. U17 Rotation 1 Standings

1. Maksim Kan 92.518
2. Hunter Simpson 88.748
3. Ty Herzing 85.555
4. Ori Reilly 85.500

U16 Rotation 1 Standings

1. Jakson Kurecki 91.072
2. Cooper Gunderson 89.819
3. Hunter Egan 87.140
4. Paxton Nicely 85.106

1:14 pm. Hunter Simpson FX: Powerful double front, big hop forward though. 2.5 to front layout, little hop. Layout down the side with his chest down. Double pike with a hop and a big wobble. Double full down the side to finish, some form. 12.681

1:12 pm. Ori Reilly HB: Tak half was quite short, straddle Tkachev was good, German giants, kinda brushes his heels on the bar near the end, tucked full-out dismount, a little deep. 12.500

1:10 pm. Simon Pochinka SR: Tucked and piked saltos to pike sit, presses cleanly to handstand but doesn’t quite make it all the way up, back giant to handstand also not super precise. Why did the stream just jump away from this? Rude. Oh because the next routine is… 11.800

Maksim Kan PH: Scissors to circles, a little tentative but makes it through, circles on the single handle, slight hip pike throughout, moves to the other handle for a little Russian sequence, travels well, nice push up to handstand for the dismount, solid. 14.091

1:09 pm. Chane Cumbermack PH: Quick little routine and his hips are pretty piked throughout most of his circles but it’s a hit. 10.700

1:08 pm. Vandan Haake HB: Tkachev with some leg and foot form and bent arms on the catch, stalder, full-twisting double layout dismount, a bit piked with a hop back. 11.450

1:07 pm. Hunter Egan PB: Nice Tippelt, overall he looks pretty clean and steady. Double pike with a little hop back. 12.550

1:06 pm. Jovan Jimeno HB: Tak half was a little short, clean Tkachev, hop full, clear hip, full-twisting double layout, a little piked with a hop forward on the landing. 11.750

1:05 pm. Lincoln Dubin FX: Caught this halfway through maybe? Think I started with a front double full to front layout. Rudi down the side was solid. Low double pike with a hop back OOB. Double full I think to finish. 11.088

1:04 pm. Ty Herzing PB: Wasn’t quick hitting during this but it was a hit routine, had a double pike dismount that looked clean with a step. 12.852

1:03 pm. Cole Fallbacher VT: Kas full with a hop back. 13.452

1:01 pm. Jakson Kurecki FX: Double front, lands a little back on his heels and he has to take a hop. 2.5 to front layout was pretty good, little scoot on the landing. Clean layout down the side. Double pike was clean but slow to rotate and he ends up a bit short. Front full was okay. Double full down the side to finish. 13.508

12:56 pm. Athletes are about to do the touch warmup!

For a little recap, Maksim Kan was leading the 17-year-old division after day one, while Jakson Kurecki was leading after day two.

I probably won’t be throwing every score in here for each routine because the ScoreCat system is too annoying for that BUT I will try to grab all scores from the routines we see!