After an outstanding first meet where she broke a number of her personal bests a few weeks ago, Raeya Linton (Stanford, ’26) has continued her successful start to the season and qualified to the Nastia Liukin Cup by winning the all-around title at Hill’s Maryland Classic. Allison Cucci also punched her ticket to the event with a 39.325 (the current top all-around L10 score this season) at Chow’s Winter Classic. Mackenzie Estep, the top-rated recruit in her class, made her return to competition following a mid-season injury in 2024 and scored a 39.000.
News
- Hillary Puleo (Arizona, ’25) scored a 10.0 on beam at the Arizona Grand Invitational. This is the first beam 10.0 since 2022 when Faith Torrez (Oklahoma) and Haley Mustari (LSU, ’25) posted perfect scores. It is only the sixth 10.0 scored on beam since records began in 2009.
Meet Previews
It’s a busy weekend for meets with four qualifiers for the Nastia Liukin Cup taking place:
Houston National Invitational
We expect a number of rated recruits to compete at this event. Look out for five-stars Avery King (Arkansas, ’25), Michelle Pineda (UCLA, ’26), and the No. 2 recruit in her class Kamila Pawlak (Oklahoma, ’25)
Rally in the Valley
Five-star Avalon Campbell (Arkansas ’25) has been training an eponymous skill at an undisclosed event, so keep an eye out to see if it’s included in her competition routine. Five-star Ava Jackson (Ohio State, ’26), along with many four-stars, including Jazlynn Chism (Michigan State, ’25), Audrey Snyder (Auburn, ’26), Kylee Bromley (Arizona State, ’25), and Hayli Westerlind (Missouri, ’25), should be present here.
World Class Invitational
Ella Murphy (Oklahoma, ’25), Railey Bennett (Penn State, ’26) Ava Marie Callahan (UCLA, ’25), Brynn Torry (Auburn, ’25), and Leigh Anne Elliott (Alabama, ’26) should be among the rated recruits competing here. Elliott competed in both the level 10 and elite sessions at the Vegas Cup last weekend.
Sand Dollar Invitational
Among the gymnasts to watch in this meet are Simone Brown (Clemson, ’25), Maggie Ball (Iowa, ’25), uncommitted three-star Taylor Maye (’26), and Sutton Strasser (Georgia, ’26).
Meet Results
Hill’s Maryland Classic
Linton (Stanford, ’26) continued her impressive start to the competition season, taking home the vault and floor titles as well as the all-around, earning herself a spot at the Nastia Liukin Cup. She was a qualifier to the junior event last season. Five-star Elyse Wenner (LSU, ’25) only showed beam at this meet, scoring 9.350, to place third in her session. Uncommitted Emily Bassett (’26) had the third-highest all-around score, improving her personal best by 0.725 for a score of 37.925. This was closely followed by Audrey Snyder (Auburn, ’26) with 37.825.
Chow’s Winter Classic
Five-star recruit Allison Cucci (Arkansas ’25), swept the events and achieved the highest all-around score of any level 10 so far this season (39.325) to punch her ticket to the Nastia Liukin Cup. Ariana Frechette (Kentucky, ’26) had the second-highest senior score (38.000) and Peyton Nock (Iowa State, ’25) improved her all-around high by 0.450 which gave her the third-best score in the senior event (37.425).
Other notable results
- Madison Denlinger (Utah, ’26) improved her beam high score to a 9.000.
- Ella Murphy (Oklahoma, ’25) scored a 10.0 on bars in event finals at Kim Zmeskal’s Texas Prime meet.
- Uncommitted three-star Deziray Boykin (’25) scored 37.850 to top her group at the Vegas Cup.
New Commitments
For a full list of recruits and where they are committed for each of the active classes, check out our complete database. To learn more about the gymnasts, click their name to visit their CGN profile where you’ll find high scores, links to their score page(s), their social media accounts, and more.
Class of 2025
- Springfield added two this week following the commitments of Brooke Ginter and Olivia Aleman.
- Caroline Walker will join the team at Air Force.
- UW-Oshkosh gains Brylie Chamness.
- McKenna Hoffman will continue her academic and athletic career at Brockport.
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