2019 Nastia Liukin Cup Series: Week Three

This year’s Nastia Liukin Cup Series consists of 18 meets, each of which will send one senior athlete (age 16 or older) and one junior (age 15 or under) to the Cup itself at the beginning of March.

After a week off, the series continued last weekend with three more qualifying meets: the Buckeye Classic, Chow’s Challenge and the Fiesta Bowl Invitational

Check back in a week for the qualifiers from the next invitationals!

Buckeye Classic

SR: Faith Torrez

  • Legacy Elite
  • Oklahoma commit (Class of 2022)
  • Qualifying Scores: 9.700 | 9.525 | 9.875 | 9.900 | 39.000
  • 2018 JO national champion (BB, AA)
  • Senior international elite

JR: Jamison Sears

  • World Class
  • Uncommitted (Class of 2023)
  • Qualifying Scores: 9.475 | 9.000 | 9.450 | 9.725 | 37.650
  • 2018 Region 7 champion (VT)

Chow’s Challenge

SR: Mya Lauzon

  • Metropolitan
  • Uncommitted (Class of 2021)
  • Qualifying Scores: 9.850 | 9.575 | 9.600 | 9.500 | 38.525
  • Two-time JO national qualifier
  • 2018 Region 2 champion (VT, UB, BB, FX, AA)

JR: Brooklyn Rowray

  • Chow’s
  • Uncommitted (Class of 2022)
  • Qualifying Scores: 9.650 | 9.475 | 9.050 | 9.675
  • First-year Level 10

Fiesta Bowl Invitational

SR: Jillian Hoffman

  • SCEGA
  • Utah signee
  • Qualifying Scores: 9.725 | 9.650 | 9.575 | 9.875 | 38.825
  • Former junior international elite
  • Four-time JO national qualifier
  • 2017 JO national champion (UB, FX, AA)

JR: Makenna Smith

  • Gold Cup
  • Ohio State commit (Class of 2022)
  • Qualifying Scores: 9.425 | 9.650 | 9.425 | 9.850 | 38.350
  • 2018 JO national runner-up (FX)
  • Second-year Level 10

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Article by Rebecca Scally

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