This year’s Nastia Liukin Cup Series will comprise 22 meets, each of which will qualify one senior gymnast (aged 17 or older) and one junior (16 or younger) to the 14th Nastia Liukin Cup in Louisville, Kentucky, on February 25.
This week saw two qualifiers across one meet, the WOGA Classic.
WOGA Classic
Winner (senior division): Mackenzie Estep
Winner (junior division): Camryn Shepard
Five-star recruit Mackenzie Estep became the sixth Oklahoma commit to qualify to this year’s NLC. She did it in style, scoring over 39 points for the first time this season and beating future Sooner teammate Ella Murphy by just over two tenths. Estep’s highest score came on vault, where she posted a 9.850 for a stuck Yurchenko one and a half. Murphy posted the highest score of the day on bars, a 9.875, while Ohio State signee Rylee Guevara won floor with a big 9.925.
Camryn Shepard, in the class of 2027, qualified to her second consecutive NLC as a junior. Her highest score, a 9.700, came on floor, where she holds a career high of 9.800 and is the defending NLC co-champion. Shepard also impressed on vault, where she showed off a big Yurchenko one and a half.
Mackenzie Estep
Scores: VT: 9.850 | UB: 9.800 | BB: 9.675 | FX: 9.725 | AA: 39.050
Videos: VT | UB | BB | FX
- Club: Ascend
- College: Oklahoma
- High School Graduation Year: 2025
- CGN Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Notable Results: 2023 Region 2 and L10 national all around champion
- Previous NLC Appearances: 2019 (junior, 15th), 2021 (junior, 6th), 2022 (senior, 5th)
Camryn Shepard
Scores: VT: 9.650 | UB: 9.425 | BB: 9.075 | FX: 9.700 | AA: 37.850
- Club: Mavericks
- High School Graduation Year: 2027
- Notable Results: 2023 Region 3 vault and floor champion; 2023 L10 national floor silver medalist
- Previous NLC Appearances: 2023 (junior, 19th)
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Article by Talitha Ilacqua
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