Vote Now! USA Women's Gymnastics Team Nominated For USAG Best Of April

Vote Now! USA Women's Gymnastics Team Nominated For USAG Best Of April

USA Gymnastics has nominated the women's gymnastics team from 2018 Pacific Rim Championships for the Best of April Award, and you can still vote!

May 7, 2018 by Sarah Lorish
Vote Now! USA Women's Gymnastics Team Nominated For USAG Best Of April

USA Gymnastics and DOW, a company aimed at sustainability through science and sport, have teamed up to present a monthly award recognizing the achievements of Team USA. 

The award recognizes one male athlete, one female athlete, and one team of the month. 

The women's team, which dominated the 2018 Pacific Rim Championships a couple weeks ago, is among the nominees for April's award! You can read all about the women's all-around competition in our recap. The team is currently in second place behind Jamie Sinclair Rink's curling team. There are still 10 hours left to vote and put gymnastics on top!

Here's the press release from USAG:

INDIANAPOLIS, May 2, 2018 – The U.S. women’s team from the 2018 Pacific Rim Championships has been nominated for the U.S. Olympic Committee’s Team of the Month for April. Fans can vote for the gold medal-winning squad at TeamUSA.org/Awards through midnight Monday, May 7.

The U.S. women’s team won its 10th straight Pacific Rim Championship this past weekend in Medellin, Colombia, by a 15-point margin. Grace McCallum of Isanti, Minn./Twin City Twisters, and 2017 World all-around champion Morgan Hurd of Middletown, Del./First State Gymnastics, finished first and second, respectively, in the senior all-around competition. In the junior meet, Jordan Bowers of Lincoln, Neb./Solid Rock Gymnastics, and Kayla DiCello of Boyds, Md./Hill's Gymnastics, also grabbed gold and silver in the all-around standings. Rounding out the team were Jordan Chiles of Vancouver, Wash./Naydenov Gymnastics, who was the gold medalist in the senior vault and floor exercise finals, and junior Sunisa Lee of St. Paul, Minn./Midwest Gym Center, who won silver medals in the vault, balance beam and floor exercise.