2008 USA Gymnastics National Championships (Visa), News

twizzlers · #1 (**permalink**) 06-05-2008, 12:30 AM

Shawn Johnson, reigning world champion;

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"The nerves are pretty high. It's a big meet, getting ready for trials," she said after Wednesday's workout. "But I'm so excited. I've been waiting so long to get back to championships. To know that everything is starting, my adrenaline is going and I can't wait to start."

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"At the beginning of the year, when you start your new season, everybody starts from a clean slate," Johnson said. "Personally, I don't feel like I have that title. I feel like I still am someone who's fighting to get there. I think it's because I do feel that that I'm able to perform so strong and fight so hard for it."

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Only the top two women at the Olympic trials, June 19-22 in Philadelphia, are guaranteed spots on the team for Beijing. The remaining four will be chosen after a selection camp at the Karolyi ranch in July.

"I think our biggest competition is ourselves, and the USA team is going to be the strongest one out there," Johnson said. "Knowing that your biggest competition is your best friend, it's going to make the Olympic trials and qualifying so exciting. But I think it'll make our team even stronger."

New rotuines for Shawn and Nastia Liukin, pushing each other to be better, at the camps and competition:

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And now comes nationals. While Liukin has an uneven bars routine that is ridiculously difficult, Johnson will be doing a vault so hard only two other women in the world do it. Johnson also will be debuting a new floor routine, to music from the movie "August Rush."

"We're really good friends, we're really good competitors and we're both really good athletes," Johnson said of her rivalry with Liukin. "I think it's great just because it makes me work really hard and makes her work really hard. We're just helping each other get to a higher level for the team."

Shawn's schedule, prom, finishing up school work, classes, finals, and getting ready for the Olympics:

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She spends 28 hours a week in the gym, only taking off on Sundays. But she still goes to public school, which means getting up early and spending her mornings in the classroom. She took four classes this semester -- French, geometry, literature and biology -- and kept up her 4.0. She also has an active social life; she went to prom with a group of 42 friends. Yes, 42.

But competitions and the monthly national team training camps mean frequent absences from school, and that work doesn't just go away.

"I was getting a little overwhelmed," she said. "My school gave me the option of completely stop schooling for the last two weeks and then finish it all during the summer. But I still attended school. I didn't want to have that nagging at me and hanging over my head. So I finished up finals and I finished up everything I could.

"I have a few little things (left). But other than that I'm good to go."

At the Nationals competition:

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Ropes and Mats: Sloan will only do uneven bars and balance as she continues to recover from a knee injury. ... Chelsea Davis is injured and isn't expected to compete. ... The 1988 U.S. women's team that was fourth at the Seoul Olympics will be recognized Saturday.

"Johnson turns attention from school to scores"
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?...rce=gymnastics

twizzlers · #2 (**permalink**) 06-05-2008, 12:43 AM

"Shawn Johnson speaks to the media after a practice for the 2008 Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Wednesday, June 4, 2008 in Boston. The competition begins on Thursday. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)"

"Nastia Liukin works on her uneven bars routine during practice for the 2008 Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Wednesday, June 4, 2008 in Boston. The competition begins on Thursday. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)"

Nice ad for Ten-0 and Baile grips lol:

"Gymnasts chalk up their hands before working on their routines on the uneven bars during practice for the 2008 Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Wednesday, June 4, 2008 in Boston. The competition begins on Thursday. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)"

"Chellsie Memmel works on her uneven bars routine during practice for the 2008 Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Wednesday, June 4, 2008 in Boston. The competition begins on Thursday. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)"
Chellsie Memmel making her comeback, along with Jana Bieger.

Alicia Sacramone strong vaulter for USA:

"Alicia Sacramone performs a vault during practice for the 2008 Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Wednesday, June 4, 2008 in Boston. The competition begins on Thursday. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)"

"Ivana Hong works on her beam routine during practice for the 2008 Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Wednesday, June 4, 2008 in Boston. The competition begins on Thursday. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)"

kat · #3 (**permalink**) 06-05-2008, 02:10 AM

"Visa Championships another step toward Beijing for Parker gymnast Liukin"
Visa Championships another step toward Beijing for Parker gymnast Liukin (Dallas Morn

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The rest of the competitors need to make a strong impression. That includes 2005 all-around world champion Chellsie Memmel and 2006 world silver medalist Jana Bieger, who are coming back from injuries.
Chelsea Davis, a 15-year-old up-and-comer who trains under Chris Burdette and 1991 world champion Kim Zmeskal-Burdette at Texas Dreams in Coppell, suffered an injury to her left knee Friday and won't compete. Zmeskal-Burdette said Davis will petition USA Gymnastics for a berth in the trials.

Karolyi recently mentioned Davis, an Austin native, as a potential surprise for the six-person Olympic team.

"It will be very important to prove herself," Karolyi said Wednesday. "We basically can't fall back on anything that she did before. ... It's definitely a major setback for her, unfortunately. Let's hope the injury is not that bad and she's able to perform in good condition at the trials."

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Note: Rebecca Bross, the defending junior national champion who trains at WOGA in Plano, is injured and will not defend her title.
Visa Championships, today and Saturday (3 p.m. Saturday, Ch. 5)

more at: http://www.gymchat.com/messageboards...ad.php?t=67446

kayla · #4 (**permalink**) 06-05-2008, 03:45 AM

Media day:
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BOSTON, Mass., June 4, 2008 - The Visa Championships in Boston kicked off on Wednesday, June 4, with media day at Agganis Arena. Representatives from local and national media organizations had the opportunity to watch podium training and speak with some of the athletes competing in the women

kat · #5 (**permalink**) 06-06-2008, 02:25 AM

Shawn Johnson is in first! Shawn had the highest scores on vault (with her new Yurchenko 2 1/2) and floor; Nastia had the highest scores on bars (7.7 start value, 17.050 total score!) and beam.

Shawn:
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kat · #6 (**permalink**) 06-06-2008, 02:33 AM

All-Around scores:

108 Shawn Johnson
Chows
A: 6.500 6.200 6.900 6.600
B: 9.500 9.200 9.100 9.450
ND: __.___ __.___ __.___ __.___
Final: 16.000 15.400 16.000 16.050 63.450

Place:

1 5 3 1 1

1

110 Nastia Liukin

WOGA

A: 5.500 7.700 6.600 6.100
B: 9.400 9.350 9.500 8.450
ND: __.___ __.___ __.___ -0.300
Final: 14.900 17.050 16.100 14.250 62.300
Place: 4T 1 1 16 2
2
112 Chellsie Memmel
M-n-M
A: 5.000 6.800 6.900 6.100
B: 8.900 9.200 9.150 9.000
ND: __.___ __.___ __.___ __.___
Final: 13.900 16.000 16.050 15.100 61.050
Place: 18T 2 2 6T 3
3
115 Samantha Peszek
DeVeaus
A: 5.800 6.200 6.400 6.300
B: 9.200 8.950 9.000 9.000
ND: __.___ __.___ __.___ -0.100
Final: 15.000 15.150 15.400 15.200 60.750
Place: 3 6 5 4 4
4
100 Jana Bieger
Biegers
A: 5.500 6.600 6.500 6.300
B: 9.000 8.850 8.450 8.850
ND: __.___ __.___ __.___ -0.100
Final: 14.500 15.450 14.950 15.050 59.950
Place: 12T 4 8 8 5
5
105 Ivana Hong
GAGE
A: 5.800 6.400 6.300 6.000
B: 8.700 8.550 8.950 9.150
ND: __.___ __.___ __.___ __.___
Final: 14.500 14.950 15.250 15.150 59.850
Place: 12T 7 6 5 6
6
109 Mattie Larson
All Olympia
A: 5.800 6.100 6.300 6.100
B: 9.100 8.100 7.800 9.350
ND: __.___ __.___ __.___ __.___
Final: 14.900 14.200 14.100 15.450 58.650
Place: 4T 9 16 3 7
7
101 Mackenzie Caquatto
Aerials
A: 5.800 5.900 5.900 5.800
B: 9.000 8.500 8.900 8.600
ND: __.___ __.___ __.___ -0.300
Final: 14.800 14.400 14.800 14.100 58.100
Place: 6 8 10 18T 8
8
111 Corrie Lothrop
Hills
A: 5.800 6.100 5.900 5.900
B: 8.900 7.900 8.700 8.750
ND: __.___ __.___ __.___ __.___
Final: 14.700 14.000 14.600 14.650 57.950
Place: 7T 12 11T 11 9
9
102 Olivia Courtney
Orlando Metro
A: 5.800 5.800 6.000 5.700
B: 8.850 8.250 8.600 8.750
ND: __.___ __.___ __.___ __.___
Final: 14.650 14.050 14.600 14.450 57.750
Place: 10 10T 11T 14T 10
10
120 Randy Stageberg
Excalibur
A: 5.800 5.400 6.100 5.800
B: 8.900 7.850 8.400 8.800
ND: __.___ __.___ __.___ __.___
Final: 14.700 13.250 14.500 14.600 57.050
Place: 7T 16 13 12T 11
11
107 Alaina Johnson
Texas East
A: 5.000 6.000 5.900 5.700
B: 8.650 8.050 8.400 9.000
ND: __.___ __.___ __.___ __.___
Final: 13.650 14.050 14.300 14.700 56.700
Place: 20 10T 14 10 12
12
121 Ashley Stott
SCEGA
A: 5.800 6.100 5.800 5.900
B: 8.800 7.050 8.250 8.950
ND: __.___ __.___ __.___ -0.700
Final: 14.600 13.150 14.050 14.150 55.950
Place: 11 17 17 17 13
13
113 Katelyn Mohr
Byers
A: 5.500 5.400 5.800 5.700
B: 8.400 7.950 8.350 8.750
ND: __.___ __.___ __.___ __.___
Final: 13.900 13.350 14.150 14.450 55.850
Place: 18T 14 15 14T 14
14
117 Britney Ranzy
Excalibur
A: 5.800 5.400 5.800 5.800
B: 9.250 7.900 6.800 8.800
ND: __.___ __.___ __.___ __.___
Final: 15.050 13.300 12.600 14.600 55.550
Place: 9 15 20 12T 15
15
122 Christa Tanella
WOGA
A: 5.500 5.700 5.000 5.800
B: 8.600 7.850 7.350 9.000
ND: __.___ __.___ __.___ __.___
Final: 14.100 13.550 12.350 14.800 54.800
Place: 15T 13 21 9 16
16
106 Kimberly Jacob
Superior
A: 5.500 5.900 6.300 5.300
B: 8.600 6.950 7.550 8.450
ND: __.___ __.___ __.___ __.___
Final: 14.100 12.850 13.850 13.750 54.550
Place: 15T 18 18 20 17
17
118 Alicia Sacramone
Brestyan
A: 6.300 0.000 6.500 6.200
B: 9.600 0.000 9.200 9.550
ND: __.___ __.___ __.___ -0.200
Final: 15.900 0.000 15.700 15.550 47.150

Place: 2 19* 4 2 18

Alicia Sacramone didn't do bars again...remember Martha told her to skip bars at another competition before too.

http://usa-gymnastics.org/Portals/0/...605_091550.pdf

Vault scores: http://usa-gymnastics.org/Portals/0/...605_101423.pdf

Bars scores: http://usa-gymnastics.org/Portals/0/...605_101115.pdf

Beam scores: http://usa-gymnastics.org/Portals/0/...605_095921.pdf

Floor scores: http://usa-gymnastics.org/Portals/0/...605_100821.pdf

Second day of competition is on Saturday.

tripletwist · #7 (**permalink**) 06-07-2008, 08:22 PM

And the 2-day all-around champ is.....Shawn Johnson!

2008 USA Women's National Championships
June 5-7, Boston

Senior All-Around
1. Shawn Johnson 127.500
2. Nastia Liukin 126.500
3. Chellsie Memmel 123.150
4. Samantha Peszek 122.000
5. Ivana Hong 120.750
6. Jana Bieger 120.100
7. Mattie Larson 118.850
8. Corrie Lothrop 117.650
9. Randy Stageberg 116.000
10. Mackenzie Caquatto 114.850
11. Olivia Courtney 114.100
12. Alaina Johnson 113.000
13. Christa Tanella 112.800
14. Britney Ranzy 112.750
15. Ashley Stott 111.850
16. Katelyn Mohr 111.450
17. Kimberly Jacob 110.850

Senior Vault
1. Alicia Sacramone 30.700
2. Britney Ranzy 29.400

Senior Uneven Bars
1. Nastia Liukin 34.150
2. Chellsie Memmel 32.300
3. Bridget Sloan 31.700
4. Jana Bieger 31.000
5. Shawn Johnson 30.950
6. Samantha Peszek 30.700
7. Ivana Hong 30.050
8. Mattie Larson 29.450
9. Corrie Lothrop 29.100
10. Mackenzie Caquatto 28.950
11. Christa Tanella 28.450
12. Alaina Johnson 28.300
13. Britney Ranzy 27.200
13. Katelyn Mohr 27.200
15. Randy Stageberg 27.050
16. Ashley Stott 26.950
17. Olivia Courtney 26.750
18. Kimberly Jacob 26.550

Senior Balance Beam
1. Nastia Liukin 32.450
2. Shawn Johnson 32.300
3. Alicia Sacramone 31.650
4. Chellsie Memmel 31.500
5. Samantha Peszek 31.400
6. Ivana Hong 31.050
7. Bridget Sloan 30.600
8. Jana Bieger 29.950
9. Amber Trani 29.600
10. Corrie Lothrop 29.400
10. Randy Stageberg 29.400
12. Olivia Courtney 29.200
13. Mattie Larson 28.900
14. Kimberly Jacob 28.400
15. Mackenzie Caquatto 28.200
16. Alaina Johnson 28.150
17. Katelyn Mohr 27.350
17. Ashley Stott 27.350
19. Christa Tanella 26.850
20. Darling Hill 26.500
21. Britney Ranzy 25.900

Senior Floor Exercise
1. Shawn Johnson 32.250
2. Alicia Sacramone 31.400
3. Mattie Larson 31.050
4. Chellsie Memmel 30.700
5. Darling Hill 30.350
6. Jana Bieger 30.300
6. Ivana Hong 30.300
8. Nastia Liukin 30.100
9. Randy Stageberg 30.050
10. Samantha Peszek 29.950
11. Corrie Lothrop 29.650
12. Christa Tanella 29.600
13. Britney Ranzy 29.500
14. Alaina Johnson 29.350
15. Olivia Courtney 28.950
16. Katelyn Mohr 28.850
17. Ashley Stott 28.600
18. Amber Trani 28.550
19. Mackenzie Caquatto 28.500
20. Kimberly Jacob 27.600

You have to compete 2 different vaults to qualify for vault event standings.

Nastia Liukin has such a longer bars routine compared with the rest of them.

Top 12 AA go to the USA Olympic Trials in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania June 19-22, plus: Alica Sacramone, Bridget Sloan, Shayla Worley, Britney Ranzy, Amber Trani, Chelsea Davis and Darling Hill.

Alicia Sacramone really stuck her second vault. Samantha Peszek really stuck her beam dismount. Shawn Johnson punches hard on beam and really sticks it on the beam, very solid. Nastia was awesome on bars, she landed really low on her dismount but saved it very good - really strong! The tv commentators kept saying that Jana Bieger is getting scored hard, that she got scored lower on routines she did the same by like .3, and on the other hand Alicia Sacramone was getting the benefit of the doubt, on vault, and on floor when stepping out of bounds. Chellsie Memmel has made a great comeback. She upgraded her vault from the 1st day of competition with an added twist to her yurchenko layout to make it a double twist and stuck the landing!

Jana Bieger still kept consistent and hit her routines, even with the "harsh" scoring on her, as they said, which shows how strong of a competitor she is. They showed her bars routine - she did have some form breaks with her legs coming apart. Nastia had really good form on all her events - you can really tell the difference between their bar routines. On the first day of competition Nastia messed up on her front handspring double front, looked like she was trying to save the landing, landed on her knees and shins though, ended up going out of bounds, and also had a touch down with her hand. But on the second day of competition she stuck it in warm up in the beginning of the rotation and in her competition routine.

Shawn's floor routine music was cued wrong, a little after the beginning, so she stepped off the floor mat to get the music started from the beginning and cued correctly.

tripletwist · #8 (**permalink**) 06-07-2008, 08:26 PM

2008 USA Junior National Championships
June 5-7, Boston

Junior All-Around
1. Jordyn Wieber 120.600
2. Samantha Shapiro 119.050
3. Cassie Whitcomb 114.600
4. Asi Peko 114.350
5. Amanda Jetter 113.950
6. Rebecca Clark 113.500
7. Kamerin Moore 113.100
8. Randi Lau 111.100
9. Hallie Mossett 110.900
10. Annette Miele 110.700
11. Sabrina Vega 110.400
12. Briley Casanova 110.050
13. McKenzie Wofford 109.900
14. Sophina DeJesus 109.650
15. Madeline Hanley 109.400
16. Gabrielle Douglas 108.900
16. Kaitlyn Clark 108.900
18. Morgan Smith 108.450
19. Brooke Parker 108.200
20. Melissa Metcalf 107.750
21. Bridget Caquatto 107.100
22. Alexis Carroll 106.600
22. Desi Borgese 106.600
24. Cassandra Hanley 106.050
25. Sophia Lee 104.750
26. Caitlin Atkinson 104.600
27. Elizabeth Price 104.450

Junior Vault
1. Jordyn Wieber 29.650
2. Asi Peko 29.300
3. Annette Miele 29.000
4. Kamerin Moore 28.750
4. Kaitlyn Clark 28.750
6. Bridget Caquatto 28.200
7. Hallie Mossett 28.050
8. Samantha Shapiro 28.000
9. Cassie Whitcomb 27.900
9. Sophia Lee 27.900
11. Randi Lau 27.850
12. Morgan Smith 27.750
13. Amanda Jetter 27.700
14. Elizabeth Price 27.550
15. Cassandra Hanley 27.500
16. Rebecca Clark 27.300
17. Madeline Hanley 27.150
17. Sabrina Vega 27.150
17. Brooke Parker 27.150
20. Alexis Carroll 27.100
21. Gabrielle Douglas 27.050
21. McKenzie Wofford 27.050
23. Briley Casanova 27.000
23. Desi Borgese 27.000
25. Melissa Metcalf 26.950
26. Caitlin Atkinson 26.750
27. Sophina DeJesus 26.500
28. Lauren Beers 13.450

Junior Uneven Bars
1. Samantha Shapiro 30.750
2. Cassie Whitcomb 30.100
3. Jordyn Wieber 30.050
4. McKenzie Wofford 28.050
5. Amanda Jetter 28.000
6. Morgan Smith 27.700
7. Rebecca Clark 27.550
8. Briley Casanova 27.450
9. Melissa Metcalf 27.300
9. Randi Lau 27.300
11. Sophina DeJesus 27.200
12. Madeline Hanley 27.150
13. Asi Peko 27.000
14. Kamerin Moore 26.950
15. Brooke Parker 26.900
16. Kaitlyn Clark 26.800
17. Sabrina Vega 26.700
17. Alexis Carroll 26.700
19. Lauren Beers 26.650
20. Gabrielle Douglas 26.400
21. Hallie Mossett 26.050
22. Sophia Lee 25.950
23. Annette Miele 25.900
24. Desi Borgese 24.950
25. Cassandra Hanley 24.900
26. Caitlin Atkinson 24.750
27. Bridget Caquatto 24.050
28. Elizabeth Price 23.900

Junior Balance Beam
1. Samantha Shapiro 31.300
2. Jordyn Wieber 30.600
3. Kamerin Moore 29.600
4. Rebecca Clark 29.250
5. Briley Casanova 28.750
5. Randi Lau 28.750
7. Amanda Jetter 28.650
8. Annette Miele 28.400
9. Sophina DeJesus 28.350
10. Sabrina Vega 28.200
10. Asi Peko 28.200
12. Gabrielle Douglas 28.100
13. McKenzie Wofford 27.950
14. Cassie Whitcomb 27.700
15. Hallie Mossett 27.650
16. Madeline Hanley 27.600
17. Brooke Parker 27.500
18. Melissa Metcalf 27.300
19. Desi Borgese 27.150
20. Kaitlyn Clark 26.400
21. Cassandra Hanley 26.350
22. Elizabeth Price 26.300
22. Bridget Caquatto 26.300
24. Caitlin Atkinson 26.100
25. Morgan Smith 25.400
26. Alexis Carroll 25.250
27. Sophia Lee 25.050
28. Lauren Beers 11.450

Junior Floor Exercise
1. Jordyn Wieber 30.300
2. Asi Peko 29.850
3. Amanda Jetter 29.600
4. Rebecca Clark 29.400
5. Hallie Mossett 29.150
6. Samantha Shapiro 29.000
7. Cassie Whitcomb 28.900
8. Bridget Caquatto 28.550
9. Sabrina Vega 28.350
10. Kamerin Moore 27.800
11. Sophina DeJesus 27.600
11. Morgan Smith 27.600
13. Alexis Carroll 27.550
14. Madeline Hanley 27.500
14. Desi Borgese 27.500
16. Annette Miele 27.400
17. Gabrielle Douglas 27.350
18. Cassandra Hanley 27.300
19. Randi Lau 27.200
20. Caitlin Atkinson 27.000
21. Kaitlyn Clark 26.950
22. Briley Casanova 26.850
22. McKenzie Wofford 26.850
24. Elizabeth Price 26.700
25. Brooke Parker 26.650
26. Melissa Metcalf 26.200
27. Sophia Lee 25.850

punchfront · #9 (**permalink**) 06-07-2008, 09:09 PM

Shayla Worley came to Boston but decided not to compete because she has a hermiated disc from camp, a re-injury from before. She does ice massage 4 times a day.

Everybody asks how come Ivana Hong's coach Al Fong always wears the black leather gloves. He wore it when he was spotting her bars routine, but not afterwards when he was in the waiting area part. So, probably he is allergic to chalk or he likes spotting with gloves on. In other video it shows him spotting floor at his gym with his gloves on, but could also be because he doesn't want to keep putting them on/off for the chalk.

Chellsie Memmel is scheduling her practices and comeback from her shoulder injury to peak for the Olympics.

Shawn Johnson looks nervous in the beginning, but more excited nervous, and when she starts, she looks more relaxed. Versus the lip biting gymnasts. Some probably do the lip biting thing to stay tight.

kat · #10 (**permalink**) 06-08-2008, 02:54 AM

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Originally Posted by punchfront

Shayla Worley came to Boston but decided not to compete because she has a hermiated disc from camp, a re-injury from before. She does ice massage 4 times a day.

Here's the post/article from last year on Shayla Worley's herniated disc:

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Shayla moved closer to the gym three years ago. Her parents are now divorced, and Shayla lives with her mom and younger brother, Olin, in Baldwin Park. But as Shayla got older and better, injuries started to hamper her. Shayla ticks off her medical history as easily as one would count to 10: a herniated disc, broken ankles, broken feet, toes, a broken arm. In 2004, she had to wear a full-leg cast from her foot to her hip because of a knee injury. She wore that cast for eight weeks but still practiced on the uneven bars despite having one good leg.

"Gymnast Shayla Worley aiming for Beijing Olympics"
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