USA WINS 35 MEDALS at the 2010 PACIFIC RIM CHAMPIONSHIPS the Pacific Rim Championships Took Place in Melbourne, Australia, April 29 - May 2
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USA WINS 35 MEDALS AT THE 2010 PACIFIC RIM CHAMPIONSHIPS The Pacific Rim Championships took place in Melbourne, Australia, April 29 - May 2. The USA men’s and women’s teams earned a combined 35 medals in both junior and senior competition. Photo by John Geddert he U.S. women won the team The U.S. posted the three best all-around gold medal, with a score scores in the junior all-around, but the of 234.950. The team silver maximum two athletes per country rule limited went to China with 219.450 the Americans to claiming only the gold and points, followed by Australia at the silver. Wieber earned the highest scores 215.450. on three of the four events to score 59.550 Rebecca Bross of WOGA for the all-around title. Ross captured the and Jordyn Wieber of Twistars USA, won the silver medal with her 58.000 total. The USA’s Tsenior and junior all-around gold medals, Vega had the third highest score with 56.600, respectively. In addition to Bross and Wieber, but the bronze medal went to Russia’s Anna the U.S. women’s team included: Alexandra Rodionova at 53.450. Raisman of Brestyan’s (senior); Kyla Ross of The U.S. women won a total of 12 event Gym-Max (junior); Bridget Sloan of Sharp’s medals – five gold and seven silver. Bross and Gymnastics (senior); and Sabrina Vega of Wieber each won two gold medals, with Ross Dynamic Gymnastics (junior). picking up the fifth. Bross and Raisman finished in the top two Bross won the senior beam and floor titles, spots for the senior all-around. Bross tallied along with the bars silver. Wieber took top 59.150 for the all-around crown, posting the honors in junior bars and floor, along with top scores for bars and floor. Raisman earned the vault silver. Ross won the junior vault title a total of 58.250 for the silver, which included and finished second on both bars and floor. the best score for vault. Sloan, who injured her Raisman picked up the silver medal for the ankle in training, only competed on bars as senior beam and floor, with Vega claiming the part of the team competition. junior beam silver. WOMEN’S TEAM RESULTS 1. United States, 234.950 2. China, 219.450 3. Australia, 215.450 4. Canada, 213.600 5. Malaysia, 193.400 10 USA GYMNASTICS JULY • AUGUST 2010 WOMEN’S SENIOR ALL-AROUND 1. Rebecca Bross, USA, 59.150 2. Alexandra Raisman, USA, 58.250 3. Ksenia Afanasyeva, Russia, 57.450 4. Liu Fang Wu, China, 55.500 5. Emily Little, Australia, 55.350 WOMEN’S JUNIOR ALL-AROUND 1. Jordyn Wieber, USA, 59.550 2. Kyla Ross, USA, 58.000 Sabrina Vega, USA, 56.600 3. Anna Rodionova, Russia, 53.450 4. Madeline Gardiner, Canada, 53.400 WOMEN’S SENIOR EVENTS VAULT 1. Dominique Pegg, Canada, 13.850 avg 2. Emily Little, Australia, 13.737 avg 3. Alexa Moreno, Mexico, 13.675 UNEVEN BARS 1. Qiushuang Huang, China, 15.450 2. Rebecca Bross, USA, 14.7 3. Ksenia Afanasyeva, Russia, 14.250 BALANCE BEAM 1. Rebecca Bross, USA, 14.925 2. Alexandra Raisman, USA, 14.675 Rebecca Bross 3. Liu Fang Wu, China, 14.625 FLOOR EXERCISE Photo by John Geddert 1. Rebecca Bross, USA, 15.175 2. Alexandra Raisman, USA,14.625 Top 3 Seniors L to R: Alexandra Raisman, 3. Kristina Vaculik, Canada, 13.925 Rebecca Bross, Ksenia Afanasyeva WOMEN’S JUNIOR EVENTS VAULT 1. Kyla Ross, USA, 15.1 2. Jordyn Wieber, USA, 14.925 3. Qiaohong Zhou, China, 14.325 UNEVEN BARS 1. Jordyn Wieber, USA, 14.835 2. Kyla Ross, USA, 14.250 3. Sigi Zheng, China, 13.925 BALANCE BEAM 1. Sixin Tan, China, 15.350 2. Sabrina Vega, USA, 14.475 3. Madeline Gardiner, Canada, 14.425 FLOOR EXERCISE 1. Jordyn Wieber, USA, 14.600 2. Kyla Ross, USA, 14.200 3. Sxin Tan, China, 13.95 3. Amelia McGrath, Australia, 13.95 Top 3 Juniors L to R: Jordyn Wieber, Sabrina Vega and Kyla Ross USA GYMNASTICS JULY • AUGUST 2010 11 2010 PACIFIC RIM CHAMPIONSHIPS USA Men’s Team L to R: C.J. Maestas, Chris Cameron, Steven Legendre, John Orozco, Danell Leyva and Dylan Akers. USA Women’s Team L to R: Alexandra Raisman, Jordyn Wieber, Rebecca Bross, Kyla Ross, Bridget Sloan and Sabrina Vega. he U.S. men’s team won title and finishing first on pommel horse the men’s team title led by and high bar. Teammate Maestas, the 2009 U.S. junior all-around 2009 Junior Pan Am Championships rings champion John Orozco champion, earned the silver medal in the of World Cup Gymnastics all-around with 84.300. Maestas finished who won the junior all- first on rings. Taround title with a total that would have Nathan Gafuik of Canada won the captured the senior crown. Scoring a senior all-around title with a score of team total of 345.950, the U.S. men 86.250, followed by Australian Sam earned the team title. China took Offord with 85.850 and Yuguo Huang of second with a score of 340.500 and China with 85.550. USA’s Cameron, the Canada rounded out the top three with a 2010 NCAA all-around champion, took 337.250. fourth with a 85.200. The U.S. men’s team, which was In the senior competition, Leyva comprised of three seniors and three won two gold medals (parallel bars and juniors, included: seniors –Chris Cameron horizontal bar), along with the still rings of University of Michigan, Danell bronze. Cameron captured the pommel Leyva of Universal Gymnastics, and horse title, along with the floor silver. Steven Legendre of Univ. of Oklahoma; Steven Legendre was the floor bronze and juniors –Dylan Akers of Cypress medalist. Gymnastics, C.J. Maestas of Gold Cup For the juniors, Maestas took top Gymnastics, and Orozco. Both Cameron honors on both rings and pommel horse, and Legendre competed in the event a as well as third on parallel bars. Orozco week after NCAA Championships. was the high bar gold medalist and the Orozco led the U.S team, posting the silver medalist on pommel horse, rings highest all-around score of the meet with and parallel bars. Akers claimed two 86.450, winning the junior all-around bronze medals, vault and horizontal bar. 12 USA GYMNASTICS JULY • AUGUST 2010 2010 PACIFIC RIM CHAMPIONSHIPS MEN’S SENIOR ALL-AROUND 1. Nathan Gafuik, Canada, 86.250 2. Sam Offord, Australia, 85.850 3. Yuguo Huang, China, 85.550 4. Chris Cameron, USA, 85.200 5. Leyand Zhang, China, 84.250 OTHER U.S. FINISHERS 7. Danell Leyva, USA, 83.750 10. Steven Legendre, USA, 82.900 MEN’S JUNIOR ALL-AROUND 1. John Orozco, USA, 86.450 2. C.J. Maestas, USA, 84.300 3. Shixiong Zhou, China, 84.250 4. Xiaodong Zhu, China, 83.750 5. Jaylan Birl, Canada, 82.650 Other U.S. finishers 6. Dylan Akers, USA, 82.150 MEN’S SENIOR EVENTS FLOOR EXERCISE 1. Yuguo Huang, China, 15.600 2. Chris Cameron, USA, 15.200 3. Steven Legendre, USA, 15.050 POMMEL HORSE 1. Chris Cameron, USA, 14.775 2. Leyang Zhang, China, 14.425 3. Ronbgbing Liu, China, 14.375 John Orozco STILL RINGS 1. Sam Offord, Australia, 15.225 2. Kiu Chung Ng, Hong Kong, 14.950 3. Danell Leyva, USA, 14.775 VAULT 1. Yuguo Huang, China, 16.050 avg 2. Nathan Gafuik, Canada, 15.725 avg 3. Wai Hung Shek, Hong Kong, 15.662 avg PARALLEL BARS 1. Danell Leyva, USA, 15.175 2. Yuguo Huang , China, 15.150 3. Nathan Gafuik, Canada, 14.800 HORIZONTAL BAR 1. Danell Leyva, USA, 15.050 2. Ronbgbing Liu , China, 14.925 Top 3 Juniors L to R: 3. Luke Wiwatowski, Australia, 14.575 C.J. Maestas, John Orozco, MEN’S JUNIOR EVENTS Shixiong Zhou FLOOR EXERCISE 1. Shixiong Zhu, China, 14.575 2. Xiaodong Zhu, China, 14.5 3. Alex Ruzhitskiy, Russia, 13.8 POMMEL HORSE VAULT 1. C.J. Maestas, USA, 14.350 1. Jaylan Birl, Canada, 15.950 2. John Orozco, USA, 14.150 2. Shixiong Zhou, China, 15.875 3. Jack Richards, Australia, 13.700 MEN’S TEAM RESULTS 3. Dylan Akers, USA, 15.325 1. USA, 345.950 STILL RINGS 2. China, 340.500 PARALLEL BARS 1. C.J. Maestas, USA, 14.725 3. Canada, 337.250 1. Shixiong Zhou, China, 14.400 2. John Orozco, USA, 14.425 4. Australia, 333.000 2. John Orozco, USA, 14.250 3. Sergey Karachkin, Russia, 13.825 3. C.J. Maestas, USA, 14.175 5. Russia, 325.400 6. New Zealand, 313.900 HORIZONTAL BAR 7. Singapore, 294.175 1. John Orozco, Bronx, USA, 14.725 2. Tyson Bull, Australia, 13.625 3. Dylan Akers, USA, 13.575 14 USA GYMNASTICS JULY • AUGUST 2010.