Visa Championships 2011

2011 Visa Championships Women's Gold Medal Routines

2011 Visa Championships Women's Gold Medal Routines

2011 Visa Championships Women's Gold Medal Routines

Aug 22, 2011 by Anne Phillips
2011 Visa Championships Women's Gold Medal Routines
The 2011 Visa National Championships have concluded in St. Paul. Here's a recap of the top 3 finishers on each event for the senior women, and the video of the gold medal routine provided by Universal Sports.

All Around
1. Jordyn Wieber, DeWitt, Mich., 121.300 (59/85/61.450)
2. McKayla Maroney, Laguna Niguel, Calif., 115.150 (56.30/58.85)
3. Alexandra Raisman, Needham, Mass., 114.600 (58.00/56.60)
4. Mackenzie Caquatto, Naperville, Ill., 112.500 (56.00/56.50)
5. Sabrina Vega, Carmel, N.Y., 112.050 (55.25/56.80)
6. Bridgette Caquatto, Naperville, Ill., 111.500 (55.60/55.90)



Vault
1. McKayla Maroney, Laguna Niguel, Calif., 30.700 - podium training video vt 1 | vt 2
2. Alicia Sacramone, Winchester, Mass., 30.600
3. Brandie Jay, Ft. Collins, Colo., 27.825

For senior women, they award vault medals only to the gymnasts who compete 2 vaults. McKayla Maroney was on fire all week in St Paul on this event, making the Amanar vault look easy and nearly sticking each one. Combined with a clean yurchenko half-on layout half off, Maroney beat the defending World Champion on vault, Alicia Sacramone, who competed a low yurchenko double twist on night two.

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Uneven Bars
1. Jordyn Wieber, DeWitt, Mich., 29.750 - podium training video
2. Mackenzie Caquatto, Naperville, Ill., 29.700 
3. Anna Li, Aurora, Ill., 29.450 - Night 1 routine video | 6.70 SV video in podium training

Jordyn Wieber and Anna Li competed the highest start value bar routines in St Paul, each at 6.50. Li had a small mistake on night 2 and fell to 3rd in the rankings. Wieber nailed her routine on night 2 for a 15.20 (6.5/8.70) in the routine shown below.

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Balance Beam
1. Alicia Sacramone, Winchester, Mass., 30.100
2. Chellsie Memmel, West Allis, Wis., 30.000
3. Jordyn Wieber, DeWitt, Mich., 29.900 - night 2 video

Alicia Sacramone continues to surprise herself on beam and won her first National balance beam in St Paul. She edged out Memmel by just one tenth after an excellent routine on night 2. Reigning Olympic beam Champion Shawn Johnson finished 4th, scoring 14.70 on both nights (video here).
Universal Sports did not post a video of Sacramone on beam, but here is a video of her routine in podium training, including an added skill after her mount.

Here, instead, is the incredible routine performed by silver medalist Chellsie Memmel that earned a 15.250 (6.20/9.050), the highest beam score of night 1:

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Floor Exercise

1. Jordyn Wieber, DeWitt, Mich., 29.900 - podium training video
2. Rebecca Bross, Plano, Texas, 29.500 - podium training video
3. Alexandra Raisman, Needham, Mass., 29.150 - night 1 video

All 3 of the medalists competed new floor routines. Wieber cleanly executed her 6.00 start value routine on both nights. Here is her routine from night 1 which scored 14.90: