This year’s Nastia Liukin Cup Series will comprise 22 meets, each of which will qualify one senior gymnast (aged 17 and older) and one junior (16 and younger) to the 16th Nastia Liukin Cup in Louisville, Kentucky, on February 25.
The series started this week with the Alamo Classic and the Brestyan’s Invitational.
Alamo Classic
Winner (senior division): Kamila Pawlak
Winner (junior division): Jordyn Johnson
Oklahoma signee and number-one rated recruit in the class of 2025, Kamila Pawlak has punched her ticket to the championship for the fourth year in a row. She had an excellent day, earning a 39.075 in the all-around, the exact score gained by the winner of last year’s Nastia Liukin Cup, Kailin Chio. Her strong performance saw her place first on three events, including a huge score of 9.975 on bars.
Jordyn Johnson, in the class of 2026, qualified in the junior division with a very respectable 38.175. She beat out World Champion Center’s Brooke Reingold by a tenth, with her best performance coming on floor for a 9.700. Make sure to look out for her impressive split leg double layout. Johnson qualified to last year’s NLC, placing fourth with a 37.800
Kamila Pawlak
Scores: VT: 9.850 | UB: 9.975 | BB: 9.475 | FX: 9.775 | AA: 39.075
- Club: Metroplex (TX)
- College: Oklahoma
- High School Graduation Year: 2025
- CGN Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Notable Results: 2023: first on floor at DP nationals, region 3 all around champion
- Previous NLC Appearances: 2023, 2022 (Junior, champion), 2021
Jordyn Johnson
VT: 9.550 | UB: 9.575 | BB: 9.350 | FX: 9.700 | AA: 38.175
- Club: Metroplex (TX)
- High School Graduation Year: 2026
- Notable Results: 2023 national bronze medalist in the all around; 2023 Texas state champion on beam and region three champion in the all around
- Previous NLC Appearances: 2023
Brestyan’s Invitational
Winner (senior division): Sophia Diaz
Winner (junior division): Paige Alexander
Another 2025 five-star recruit qualified to the Nastia Liukin Cup with the No. 3 all-around score of 2024 so far. For Sophia Diaz, a Michigan commit, the Nastia Liukin Cup was a gap in a remarkable resume: she has never qualified before, but will immediately become one of the strongest contenders for the title. In a strong senior field featuring numerous Division I gymnastics commits, including fellow Michigan commit Peyton Davis, Diaz qualified more than a point ahead of the competition.
Paige Alexander, of the class of 2026, scored a remarkable 38.575 to qualify out of a close-fought junior field. Like Diaz, this will be her first Nastia Cup, but her qualifying score should stand up very well as the junior field develops.
Sophia Diaz
Scores: VT: 9.825 | UB: 9.500 | BB: 9.725 | FX: 9.650 | AA: 38.700
- Club: Hill’s (MD)
- College: Michigan
- High School Graduation Year: 2025
- CGN Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Notable Results: 2023 national champion in the all around, 2023 regional champion on bars, beam, floor and all around.
- Previous NLC Appearances: N/A
Paige Alexander
VT: 9.725 | UB: 9.650 | BB: 9.475 | FX: 9.725 | AA: 38.575
- Club: Aeon Gym (NJ)
- High School Graduation Year: 2026
- Notable Results: 2023 national qualifier and second place all around at regionals
- Previous NLC Appearances: N/A
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Article written by Katie Couldrey and Rebecca Scally
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