2018 Pacific Rim Championships

April Verification Recap: All Routines From Stream

April Verification Recap: All Routines From Stream

Recap of the routines streamed live on the USA Gymnastics Youtube from the April 7 and 8 verification event for the 2018 Pacific Rims Championships.

Apr 8, 2018 by Sarah Lorish
April Verification Recap: All Routines From Stream

Streaming of the two-day verification event in Spring, Texas for the 2018 Pacific Rims Championships has finished up, and here are the routines we saw:


Leanne Wong, Overland Park, Kansas/GAGE, junior

VT: nice straight Y 2/1 (small hop back)

FX: double Arabian, double pike, triple twist, 2.5 twist.

BB: switch leap to split full (big bobble), back handspring to LOSO to LOSO, L turn full, side aerial, wolf jump full, split leap to side somi (bobble), front aerial to split jump, sissone to wolf, triple twist dism (fall- low landing)

UB: stalder to shaposh, pak, Maloney ½, toe full on high, stalder ½ to  Jaeger, fall on cast blind, double lay

Sunisa Lee, St. Paul, Minn./Midwest Gym Center, junior

VT: Y 2/1 (slight leg form but stuck)

FX: double lay, Arabian double, (mushy knees), 1.5 twist to front full, double tuck.

BB: wolf triple, front aerial, handspring step-out to handspring two foot to layout, split jump to sissone, switch leap to switch ½ to back tuck, side aerial to LOSO (small bobble), switch ring (balance check), ring jump, back handspring step-out to handspring two-foot to double pike dism.

UB: cast hop to big piked jaeger, nabieva to pak to Maloney, swing to gienger, stalder to toe full to full twisting double tuck. 

*Named to Pac Rims team

Jordan Bowers, Lincoln, Nebraska/Solid Rock Gymnastics, junior

UB: toe full to Maloney to pak to Maloney ½, piked Jaeger, cast hop to reverse grip to Jaeger, full-out dism

BB: wolf 3/1 to wolf 2/1, back handspring LOSO to LOSO (small bobble), front handspring two-foot to front tuck to split (so cool), front aerial to switch leap to straddle, switch ring (bobble), handspring step-out to handspring two-foot to double pike dism

FX: front double tuck (fall forward), tucked full-out, front handspring front 2/1 twist to punch front tuck, double pike (chest down)

*Named to Pac Rims team

Jordan Chiles, Vancouver, Wash./Naydenov Gymnastics, senior

VT: stuck Y 2/1

UB: Maloney, bail, pike Jaeger, tkatchev to geinger, toe full to full-in dism

BB: wolf double (almost stood it up again…) handspring LOSO, front aerial to split to straddle, switch leap full, side aerial, switch leap to switch ½, side somi (bobble), double pike dism (big step back)

FX: 1.5 twist thru to double Arabian (hop O.B.), double lay (little pike-down), double pike (hop back), double tuck

*Named to Pac Rims team

Kayla DiCello, Boyds, Md./Hill's Gymnastics, junior

VT: Y 2/1 (small hop back)

Beam: side aerial, split to sissone, switch ring, handspring LOSO, LOSO, front aerial to ring, back handspring step-out to back handspring two feet to double twist dism

FX: tucked full-in, 1.5 to 2.5 twist, front hand to front full, double tuck (bounce back)

UB: toe full on low, shaposh, pak, Maloney 1/2, piked Jaeger, tucked full-in dism

*Named to Pac Rims team

Olivia Dunne, Hillsdale, N.J./ENA Paramus, senior

UB: toe full, stalder shaposh, pak Maloney, swing to geinger,  toe-half to pike Jaeger (close to bar), full-in dism (fall)

VT: Y Full

BB: handspring LOSO, switch ring to ring jump, side aerial (bobble), switch leap to switch ½,  front aerial to split to straddle, switch leap full, handspring step-out to handspring two-foot to double tuck (chest low)

Kara Eaker, Grain Valley, Mo./GAGE, senior

BB: mounts with switch jump, front aerial to ring to back handspring, side aerial to LOSO to LOSO, switch leap to side somi, switch ring to back handspring to scale, switch side, round-off back handspring 2.5 twist dism

FX: 2.5 twist to front full, front lay to tucked front ½?, triple twist, double pike (low landing) 

VT: Y full

UB: Maloney, uprise free-hip to Ray to pak, Maloney ½ (Fall - missed the high bar),  free hip full, toe ½ jaeger, double lay dism

Margzetta Frazier, Erial, N.J./Parkettes, senior

VT: Y 2/1

UB: stalder full, Maloney 1/2, piked Jaeger, toe-on to piked tkatchev to pak, Maloney, swing to tkatchev, stuck double lay

BB: double wolf turn,  front aerial to straddle to split jump, handspring LOSO, side somi (bobble), side aerial to switch ½, double pike dism.

FX: double lay, Arabian double, (smirking all over the floor, having the time of her life), full-twisting double tuck (step), double leg-hold, double tuck (small bounce back)

*Named alternate to Pac Rims team

Lilly Lippeatt, Mason, Ohio/Cincinnati Gymnastics, junior

BB: nice handspring step-out to handspring two-foot to layout, front aerial to split to tuck, side aerial to switch leap to split leap, split full, handspring step-out to handspring two foot to double pike dims

FX: 1.5 twist thru to double tuck, 2.5 punch front tuck, triple turn, double pike (chest down landing)

JaFree Scott, Independence, Mo./GAGE, junior

VT: Y 2/1 (pike down, leg form)

FX: piked full-in, double leg-hold turn, Arabian double tuck, double L turn, double tuck, double pike

UB: Ray, Pak, Maloney 1/2, toe-full, stalder ½ to Jaeger, double lay.

BB: standing Arabian, front handspring step-out to front tuck, full leg-hold turn, switch leap to sissone,  front aerial to split, split leap to side aerial, back handspring step-out to handspring two-feet to double tuck dism.

*Named alternate to Pac Rims team

Alyona Shchennikova, Evergreen, Colo./5280 Gymnastics, senior

UB: Inbar blind full, piked stalder shaposh to tkatchev, stalder to tkatchev, pak, stalder into shaposh ½, front giant to front ½ in back out dism

BB: wolf double, handspring LOSO, front aerial to split to hand handspring, switch leap switch ½, side somi (bobble), back handspring two foot, back handspring two foot to double pike (fall short) 

FX: piked full-in, double pike (big bounce back), back 1.5 to front full, double tuck