US Team Named for 2009 Junior Pan Am Championships

US Team Named for 2009 Junior Pan Am Championships

Nov 1, 2009 by Anne Phillips
US Team Named for 2009 Junior Pan Am Championships

USA Gymnastics has announced the team members that will represent the US at the 2009 Pan American Games in Aracaju, Brazil from November 4-9. This event is also America's qualifier for the 2010 Youth Olympic Games, August 10-26 in Singapore. 

The women's team is made up of the top 4 All-Around finishers from the 2009 US National Championships: 

Kyla Ross, Gym-Max

Bridgette Caquatto, Naperville Gymnastics

Alexandra Raisman, Brestyan's American Gymnastics

Sabrina Vega, Dynamic Gymnastics

The men's team was selected following a junior training camp at the USOTC in Colorado Springs where they hosted a friendly competition with junior teams from Germany and Canada. The 2 American junior teams crushed the international competition, showing a promising future for American men's gymnastics. You can check out results here. The team selected to travel to Brazil is, 

C.J. Maestas, Gold Cup Gymnastics

Sam Mikulak, SCATS HB

Jesse Glenn, SCATS HB

Jake Martin, Orlando Metro

(Sean Melton, Orlando Metro was selected as an alternate)