U.S. Women Sweep Pan Am Championships

U.S. Women Sweep Pan Am Championships
Written by Amanda Turner for International Gymnast Magazine \| Sunday, 05 September 2010 22:18

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McKayla Maroney won two more gold medals in event finals as the U.S. women swept the Pan American Gymnastics Championships in Guadalajara, Mexico.

The U.S. women completed their sweep Sunday as the Pan American Gymnastics Championships concluded in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Following a team victory and all-around win by Kyla Ross on Friday, the team of U.S. juniors flexed their dominance in the region by sweeping the apparatus finals.

McKayla Maroney, coached by Galina Marinova and Artur Akopyan, won both women's vault (Yurchenko 2 1/2 and layout Podkopayeva) and floor exercise (Arabian double front; tucked full-in; 1 1/2 to 2 1/2; double tuck).

Gabrielle Douglas of Excalibur Gymnastics in Virginia Beach won uneven bars (Tkatchev; full-in). New York's Sabrina Vega won balance beam (front aerial, ff layout; front tuck; switch leap, back pike; ff, ff double pike).

Gymnasts from four nations divided the men's apparatus gold medals. Two members of the first-place U.S. team, Glen Ishino (pommel horse) and Alex Buscaglia (high bar), took individual titles. All-around champion Daniel Corral won parallel bars for Mexico, and teammate Santiago Lopez won floor exercise.

"I'm happy for giving Mexico another medal and that we ended our participation in the Pan American Championships with two golds," Corral said.

Venezuela's Regulo Carmona won still rings. Chile's Tomas Gonzalez won the vault title after losing the floor exercise gold by half a tenth.

The competition served as the qualification for the XVI Pan American Games, to take place in Guadalajara in 2011. On the women's side, the U.S., Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia and Cuba qualified full teams. The U.S., Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Argentina qualified full men's teams.

External Link: Guadalajara 2011

2010 Pan American Gymnastics Championships
Sept. 4-5, Guadalajara, Mexico

Women's Vault Final		D	E	ND	Average
1.	McKayla Maroney	6.5	9.375		15.387
		5.6	9.300
2.	Daniele Hypolito	5.3	9.125		14.425
		5.2	9.225
3.	Jessica Gil	5.3	9.000	0.1	14.125
		5.0	9.050
4.	Kristina Vaculik	5.0	9.150		14.100
		4.8	9.250
5.	Adrian Gomes	5.0	9.250		14.025
		5.0	8.800
6.	Elsa Garcia	5.3	9.200		13.825
		5.2	7.950
7.	Ana Lago	5.0	9.200	0.1	13.800
		4.4	9.100
8.	Jessica Lopez	5.3	7.950		13.250
		4.4	8.850

Uneven Bars Final		D	E	Score
1.	Gabrielle Douglas	5.4	8.825	14.225
2.	Jessica Lopez	5.3	8.850	14.150
3.	Kristina Vaculik	5.6	8.475	14.075
4.	Nathalia Sanchez	5.3	8.650	13.950
5.	Daniele Hypolito	5.1	8.400	13.500
6.	Kyla Ross	4.9	8.450	13.350
7.	Elsa Garcia	5.6	7.700	13.300
8.	Ivet Rojas	5.1	7.200	12.300

Balance Beam Final		D	E	Score
1.	Sabrina Vega	5.9	8.600	14.500
2.	Jessica Lopez	5.6	8.600	14.200
3.	Sarah Finnegan	5.5	8.650	14.150
4.	Elsa Garcia	5.3	8.325	13.625
5.	Priscila Cobello	5.6	7.925	13.525
6.	Ana Sofia Gomez	5.9	7.600	13.500
7.	Charlotte Mackie	5.5	7.975	13.475
8.	Ivet Rojas	5.0	7.375	12.375

Women's Floor Exercise Final		D	E	ND	Score
1.	McKayla Maroney	5.7	8.525		14.225
2.	Kyla Ross	5.6	8.475		14.075
3.	Kristina Vaculik	5.5	8.475		13.975
4.	Ana Sofia Gomez	5.4	8.350		13.750
5.	Elsa Garcia	5.3	8.450	0.1	13.650
6.	Daniele Hypolito	5.2	8.350		13.550
7.	Jessica Gil	5.3	8.125	0.3	13.125
8.	Jessica Lopez	5.6	7.450		13.050

Men's Floor Exercise Final		D	E	ND	Score
1.	Santiago Lopez	6.1	9.025		15.125
2.	Tomas Gonzalez	6.4	8.975	0.3	15.075
3.	Jake Dalton	6.3	8.750		15.050
4.	Angel Ramos	6.1	8.975	0.1	14.975
5.	Alexander Rodriguez	6.0	8.900		14.900
5.	Glen Ishino	5.9	9.000		14.900
7.	Daniel Corral	6.2	8.325	0.2	14.325
8.	Deivy Castellanos	5.7	8.425	0.1	14.025

Pommel Horse Final		D	E	Score
1.	Glen Ishino	6.2	8.975	15.175
2.	Jorge Peña	6.2	8.575	14.775
3.	Casey Sandy	6.2	8.450	14.650
4.	Sergio Sasaki	5.7	8.900	14.600
5.	Mosiah Rodrigues	6.0	7.775	13.775
6.	Bryan Del Castillo	5.5	7.875	13.375
6.	Jose Luis Fuentes	5.8	7.575	13.375
8.	Gary Brochero	6.0	7.250	13.250

Still Rings Final		D	E	Score
1.	Regulo Carmona	6.8	8.775	15.575
2.	Tommy Ramos	6.4	8.825	15.225
3.	Federico Molinari	6.6	8.500	15.100
4.	Wesley Haagensen	6.3	8.625	14.925
4.	Jose Luis Fuentes	6.2	8.725	14.925
6.	Danilo Nogueira	6.1	8.800	14.900
7.	Luis Rivera	6.1	8.675	14.775
8.	Miguel Monreal	5.8	8.300	14.100

Men's Vault Final		D	E	ND	Average
1.	Tomas Gonzalez	7.0	9.150		16.012
		6.6	9.375	0.1
2.	Sergio Sasaki	7.0	9.150	0.1	15.950
		6.6	9.250
3.	Luis Rivera	6.6	9.300		15.850
		6.6	9.200
4.	Alexander Rodriguez	6.6	9.325		15.675
		6.2	9.225
5.	Alex Buscaglia	6.8	9.200		15.562
		5.8	9.325
6.	Jake Dalton	6.6	9.150		15.550
		6.2	9.150
7.	Daniel Corral	6.6	9.100		15.362
		6.6	8.725	0.3
8.	Felipe Goncalves	6.6	9.100		15.212
		6.6	8.225	0.1

Parallel Bars Final		D	E	Score
1.	Daniel Corral	5.9	9.025	14.925
2.	Kenneth Ikeda	6.1	8.725	14.825
3.	Jorge Hugo Giraldo	6.0	8.775	14.775
4.	Jose Luis Fuentes	6.2	8.525	14.725
5.	Gary Brochero	5.7	8.700	14.400
6.	Junior Sasaki	5.8	8.525	14.325
7.	Kevin Lytwyn	5.8	8.475	14.275
8.	Carlos Miguel Campaña	6.0	8.025	14.025

High Bar Final		D	E	Score
1.	Alex Buscaglia	6.8	8.675	15.475
2.	Jose Luis Fuentes	6.5	8.400	14.900
3.	Wesley Haagensen	6.4	8.400	14.800
4.	Luis Vargas	6.1	8.575	14.675
5.	Casey Sandy	6.3	8.350	14.650
6.	Daniel Corral	5.8	8.700	14.500
7.	Jorge Hugo Giraldo	6.2	8.200	14.400
8.	Jossimar Calvo	4.8	5.500	10.300