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Fellow Gymnastics Fans:

It’s our great pleasure to bring you the 2014 P&G Gymnastics

Championships, the national championship of USA Gymnastics. This

marquee event gives us all the unique chance to witness the most talented

gymnasts our country has to offer, as they strive to achieve their dream

to represent the USA. The Road to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio has

already begun, and the athletes competing here in Pittsburgh are looking to

impress.

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Olympic Movement around the world, we support athletes and their

families as they sacrifice, focus, and train for competitions both at home

and abroad. The P&G Gymnastics Championships provide a vital step

toward helping our athletes achieve their Olympic dreams.

Thank you for joining us in this celebration of athletic achievement. We

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America’s top gymnasts.

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Grace Quinn Arlington, TX Texas Dreams

Lexy Ramler St. Michael, MN KidSport

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SENIOR DIVISION

MEN'S ROSTERName Hometown Club

Dylan Akers Houston, TX University of Oklahoma

Donothan Bailey Lake Forest, CA UC Berkeley

Danny Berardini Lake Forest, IL University of Oklahoma

Allan Bower Chandler, AZ University of Oklahoma

Jack Boyle Naperville, IL University of Iowa

Jacob Dalton Sparks, NV Team Hilton HHonors

Alex Diab Glen Ellyn, IL Premier Gymnastics

Joshua Dixon San Jose, CA Team Hilton HHonors

Jesse Glenn Porter Ranch, CA Army Gymnastics

Jonathan Horton Houston, TX Team Hilton HHonors

Trevor Howard Columbus, OH Penn State University

Nicholas Hunter Canfield, OH University of Michigan

Alex Johnson Marysville, OH Ohio State University

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Akash Modi Morganville, NJ Stanford University

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JUNIOR DIVISION 17 - 18Name Hometown ClubBobby Baker Lemont, IL University of Illinois

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Dmitri Belanovski West Allis, WI Swiss Turners

Austin Hodges Lincolnshire, IL University of Iowa

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Kiwan Watts North Chesterfield, VA Above The Bar

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JUNIOR DIVISION 15 - 16Name Hometown ClubLevi Anderson Houston, TX Cypress Academy

Maxim Andryushchenko Arlington Heights, IL Lake Shore Academy

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Tristan Burke Royse City, TX WOGA Frisco

Michael Burns Baltimore, OH Hocking Valley

Cole Casanova Dallas, TX WOGA Frisco

Addison Chung Medfield, MA NESA

Emyre Cole N. Las Vegas, NV Go For It USA

Peter Daggett E. Longmeadow, MA Daggett Gymnastics

Fabian DeLuna Dallas, TX VSSG

Cutter Fugett Boulder, CO 5280 Gymnastics

Marcos Gatinho Miami, FL Universal Gymnastics

Davis Grooms Katy, TX Champions Gymnastics

Shaun Herzog Manchester, CT Daggett Gymnastics

David Jessen Providence, RI TAG USA

Christian Kalustian Gold River, CA Byers Gymnastics

Vitali Kan West Allis, WI Swiss Turners

Jordan King The Woodlands, TX Cypress Academy

Eric Klein W. Brookfield, MA Daggett Gymnastics

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Anthony McCallum Columbia, SC U.S.O.T.C.

Yaroslav Pochinka Plano, TX WOGA Plano

Anton Stephenson Fishers, IN DeVeau’s

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FANACTIVITIES

This week in Pittsburgh, USA Gymnastics celebrates the achievements of both the 1984 and 2004 U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Teams, in addition to inducting the Class of 2014 into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame. Thirty years ago,

Team USA won a record 16 medals at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, including five gold medals: men’s team; Mary Lou Retton, all-around; Bart Con-ner, parallel bars; Peter Vidmar, pommel horse; and Julianne McNamara, uneven bars. This was the first time the USA had won an Olympic gold medal in gymnas-tics since 1932, and the first ever for the women’s all-around title. At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, the United States won a total of nine med-als, including both the men’s (Paul Hamm) and women’s (Carly Patterson) all-around golds and both team silver medals. Hamm’s win remains the only time a U.S. man has won the Olympic all-around crown.

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Participating RestaurantsAdditionally, six individuals, represent-ing four different gymnastics disci-plines, comprise the 2014 class of in-ductees for the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame (pictured clockwise): Yoshi Haya-saki (men, coach), Courtney Kupets (women), Nastia Liukin (women), Lisa Wang (rhythmic), and Blaine Wilson (men). Acrobatic gymnastics judge and administrator Jola Jones is the final member of the Class of 2014, receiving a Lifetime Achievement honor.

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The P&G Gymnastics Championships returns to the Circle City in 2015Scheduled for Aug. 13-16, the four-day competition, which serves as USA Gymnastics’ national

championships, will be held at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, site of the 2005 championships. The USA Gymnastics National Congress and Trade Show will be held at the Indiana Convention Center. This is the fourth time the prestigious event has been held in Indianapolis (1986, 1998, 2005).

The competition schedule for 2015Thursday, Aug. 13 & Saturday, Aug. 15 – Women’s Gymnastics (Jr. & Sr.)

Friday, Aug. 14 & Sunday, Aug. 16 – Men’s Gymnastics (Jr. & Sr.)

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The International Gymnastics Federation’s (FIG) scoring system for men’s and women’s gymnastics was instituted in January 2006 and incorporates credit for the routine’s content, difficulty and ex-ecution, as well as artistry for the women. In the U.S., this system is used at all elite level events.

The FIG’s scoring system is governed by the Code of Points, which is revised for each quadrennium through re-valuing skills and adjusting individual apparatus requirements. Although the basic process is the same for men and women, some differences exist between the two. The men’s and women’s gymnastics scoring system is similar to those used in rhythmic gymnastics, trampoline and tumbling, and acrobatic gymnastics.

Under the current system, a gymnast’s total score includes val-ues for both the routine’s content and his/her execution. Basically, the scoring procedure adds the Difficulty Score, which includes difficulty value for skills, connection value and element group/compositional requirements, to the Execution Score, which en-compasses execution and technique — and for women, artistry on the balance beam and floor exercise — to determine a gymnast’s total score. Scores no longer have a maximum value of 10.

DIFFICULTY SCORE: difficulty and technical content. The Difficulty Score includes credit for the specified number of skills performed in the routine, along with connection value (credit for connecting high-level skills) and element group/compositional requirements. The men use the term element group require-ments, which are the basic categories of skills/elements that must be included in a routine. The women use composition instead of element group to describe this requirement. The element group/compositional requirements vary by apparatus. This score is de-termined by the D (Difficulty) Panel, which is a two-person panel.

THE DIFFICULTY VALUE is determined by totaling values for the most difficult skills — eight for women and 10 for men, includ-ing the dismount. Each skill has a set difficulty value, as outlined in the Code of Points, and are divided into seven classifications. The difficulty value of a skill or element is not recognized if it fails to meet its technical requirements. Also, credit is only given once for a skill. For the women, they must perform a minimum of three dance elements and a maximum of five acrobatic elements in their balance beam and floor exercise routines.

CONNECTION VALUE is awarded when specific skills or skill types are executed successfully in succession. The women can earn connection values for beam, uneven bars and floor, while the men can earn it for floor and horizontal bar. For men and women, each connection value is either 0.1 or 0.2 points. No connection value is awarded if the gymnast falls.

ELEMENT GROUP/COMPOSITIONAL REQUIREMENTS are the basic skills or elements that must be included in each routine and vary by apparatus. This area is similar to the special require-ments in the past. If all five requirements are included, a maxi-mum of 2.5 points is awarded.

Each judge on the D Panel independently reaches his/her Dif-ficulty Score and then the two compare and reach a consensus.

After the score has been posted, a coach may inquire about the Difficulty Score, first verbally and then in writing. An inquiry may be resolved by using video review. The initial inquiry must be made prior to the completion of the next gymnast’s routine. The written inquiry must be submitted before the end of the rota-tion, and the Superior Jury reviews the inquiry. At FIG events, a fee is assessed for filing an inquiry; it is returned if the inquiry is upheld.

EXECUTION SCORE: Execution and technique (plus artistry on beam and floor for women). The Execution Score, determined by a six-person E Panel, now begins at 10 and deductions are made for errors and faults in technique, execution and artistry. Each judge independently determines his/her score. The high-est and lowest scores are dropped, and the gymnast’s Execu-tion Score is the average of the remaining four judges’ scores. Deductions for neutral errors are subtracted from the sum of the Difficulty and Execution Scores.

THE DEDUCTIONS for various errors range from 0.1 point for a small error to 1 point for a fall. Neutral deductions include those for stepping out of bounds or violating time requirements, as well as attire or podium violations. Inquiries are not allowed on the Execution Score.

TOTAL SCORE. The gymnast’s final score is the total of the Difficulty and Execution Scores less any deductions for neutral errors.

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