Following the conclusion of the Nastia Liukin Cup, all eyes turn toward the postseason. The last weekend for state championships is March 21-23, followed by regionals competition which must take place by April 11-13, and culminating with level 10 nationals taking place May 10th and 11th.
Meet Results
Valley of the Sun Challenge, Arizona.
Kendall Knox (Georgia, ‘26) improved her personal best in the all around by an impressive 0.375 to take the title in the junior B division and nab the highest score of the meet (38.825). Stella DePaola (Iowa, ‘25) and Hillary Puleo (Arizona, ‘25) took the top scores in the senior divisions with 38.700 and 38.475 respectively. Hayden Anderton (‘26) took home a personal best 9.800 on bars, the second highest score of the meet. The floor title went to Kennedy Cochran (Alabama, ‘26) with her third straight 9.875.
Delta Classic Invitational, California.
Morgan Reihl (California, ‘26) won the senior competition with a personal best 38.825, closely followed by Terra Rutter (Denver, ‘25) who scored her own personal best of 38.575. Galilee Vestnys, who tied for third in the junior competition at this year’s Nastia Liukin Cup, scored an impressive 39.125 with a vault score of 9.950.
Charity Challenge Cup, Florida.
Sofia Estrada (Oklahoma, ‘26) had the highest all around score at this meet with a career high 39.000. Emerson Fisk (North Carolina State, ‘26) won bars with a 9.800 while Imani White (California, ‘26) and Sydney Seabrooks (North Carolina, ‘26) tied for the top beam score of 9.825, a new career high for Seabrooks. Maydson Boyd (‘27) won floor with a 10.0 as well as vault with a 9.825.
Rose City Classic, Texas.
One of the junior Nastia Liukin Cup champions, Elizaveta Grebenkova (‘27), won this meet with a new career high of 39.200 and had the top score on beam with a 9.750. Runner-up Emerson Gaa (Denver, ‘26) set a career high herself with her 39.100 and also won floor with a 10.0 and bars with a 9.875. Blakely Roten (Oklahoma, ‘25) won vault with a 9.925.
Epic Invitational, Utah.
Building on her fantastic season, Sophie Schriever (Iowa, ‘25) won this meet with a 38.950 and won bars with a 9.900. The vault title went to Scarlett Sonnenberg (BYU, ‘25), who won with her career high of 9.900. Ava Jackson (Ohio State, ‘25) won beam with a 9.700. Adelle Speck (Iowa State, ‘26) won floor with a 9.875, over a tenth higher than the next highest floor score and a tie with her career high.
Other Notable Results
- Brooke Katz (UCLA, ‘26) matched her personal best on bars at the Viva Las Vegas meet scoring 9.800, giving her a top 100 score for the season on the event.
- Gabriella Van Frayen (Kentucky, ‘26) scored her second 10.0 in a row on beam at Katelyn Ohashi’s Drop It Like It’s Hot.
New Commitments
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Class of 2025
- Caroline Guptill, who trains at Flipzone in Indiana, has committed to Hamline.
- Becca Mitchell, a three-star recruit who competes internationally for Denmark, has committed to Alaska on a full ride. Mitchell, who previously competed for Canada, is the current all-around Danish champion and qualified to European Championships last year.
- Three-star Amy Robins, who was a Canadian national bars medalist in 2022, has committed to Western Michigan.
Class of 2026
- Aaliyah De Sousa, a member of the Canadian High Performance Senior National team, has announced her commitment to Nebraska on a full ride.
- Sydney Williams, a three-star recruit, will join the team at Illinois State on a full ride.
- Three-star Lindsey Merdes announced her full ride offer and commitment to join the team at Iowa. Merdes is a four-time nationals qualifier, a Nastia Liukin Cup qualifier, and was a member of the 2023 DP national team.
- Kaiya Brown will become an Owl following her full-ride commitment to Temple.
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