Event 2025 US Nationals Senior Women Day 2 (Sunday, August 10, 2025)

[RedBirdie]

All the routines!

 

[RichardL]

I thought it was only 4 athletes and no team final?

Yes, exactly -- I think the 4 athletes are absolutely clear here, if Nationals were the selection meet. Also someone mentioned Wong's upgraded middle pass which I think will be a boost for her AA and possibly even her chances of making floor finals. She did quite well for herself at the last post-Olympic Worlds (admittedly only months after the Olympics).

 

[CameliasFingerpaint]

I agree that the 4 athletes are very cut and dry, but what if Roberson isn’t healthy? Who grabs her place? Sullivan? Or if they want 2 vaults, Pease?

Sullivan obviously makes more sense to me, but I wonder if Pease has a better chance of sneaking into an EF.

 

[QuietColours]

If Roberson is injured, I think a lot more rides on the selection camp. Pease, Sullivan, and Hang are probably the ones most likely to step up, especially if Hang brings her second vault to camp as well.

 

[RedBirdie]

Hang also has two vaults, but her floor isn't strong. Sullivan did two vaults (Y1.5 and Pod) at Winter Cup but we haven't seen a second vault since.

Pease is just so wildly inconsistent (tbf, so is everyone else).

There's just no obvious VT/FX choice this year beyond Roberson. And even Roberson isn't all that obvious for vault, imo. A so-so DTY and a Cheng that she's not yet competed doesn't inspire confidence, imo.

 

[Passion]

The biggest question mark is Jayla Hang. Was Day 1 a fluke? Will she compete two vaults at camp? Which Jayla is going to show up in September?

Would be funny if the team was Rivera, Pease, Wong, Blakely. They’d only have to bring Florida coaches and WOGA coaches. Everyone gets two coaches.

 

[Aeris]

Hang's floor is good, hopefully Day 1 nationals was a fluke and she does another strong performance at trials, along with the 2nd vault reappearing. That should definitely make her the alternate to Roberson.

Also looking at the scores, and given how much Hezly was overscored on Beam and Floor...I think Leanne should have won this National title.

 

[RedBirdie]

some tidbits from separating out execution and difficulty scores....

Leanne ran away with the execution crown. She beat 2nd place Gabrielle Hardie by more than a full point! Rivera, Zhou, and Rose rounded out the top 5. Sullivan and Roberson were 13th and 14th, while poor Claire Pease was second-to-last of those who did AA.

Unsurprisingly, Roberson has a huge D score advantage, a full point ahead of second place Rivera, who herself was 1.3 ahead of 3rd place Sullivan. Wong went from 21.4 to 22.1 on day 2. Gabrielle Hardie's d scores is what kept her down, finishing 16th of 21.

The average D and E scores on each event over both days on competition:
Vault: 4.7/8.859
Bars: 5.5/7.438
Beam: 5.4/7.657
Floor: 5.4/7.800

 

[Hatsumomo]

Also, what pen will the Jakarta judges have when it comes to Roberson? The Skinner Tokyo pen or the Raisman Rio pen? Even with domestic scoring, her DTY ties or scores lower than a 1.5TY. I haven't compared her scores on the other events yet.

 

[RedBirdie]

She has a huge D score advantage on floor which squeaked her into 1st on day 1. Day 2's landing issue dropped her to 5th (with the worst execution score of the night).

 

[navyblue]

Would love to see Leanne do 1) Silivas 2) 2.5 punch front full 3) triple twist as her passes. That'd be a 5.8 d score.

 

[RedBirdie]

I worry about the triple getting downgraded to a 2.5 and cratering her D score

 

[RAFIKI]

Alice Kinsella has entered the chat

 

[BB12]

Hang also has two vaults, but her floor isn't strong. Sullivan did two vaults (Y1.5 and Pod) at Winter Cup but we haven't seen a second vault since.

Pease is just so wildly inconsistent (tbf, so is everyone else).

There's just no obvious VT/FX choice this year beyond Roberson. And even Roberson isn't all that obvious for vault, imo. A so-so DTY and a Cheng that she's not yet competed doesn't inspire confidence, imo.

I'm surprised to many see Roberson as a viable vault specialist given her DTY is often out scored domestically by y1.5s.

 

[RedBirdie]

Looking only at her day 1 (13.8), no Y1.5 outscored Roberson. Hardie's day 1 vault and Milton's day 2 tied, and the rest scored lower.

I'm not even sure how to interpret day 2. She had that big .5 ND, and clearly wasn't trying to come close to sticking. But if you want to an say that was a 13.55 vault, 6 Y1.5s over the two days tied or outscored that vault.

I think the bigger issue is her DTY was among the worst DTYs in the country. The only 3 DTYs that scored worse than Roberson's 13.8 were Roberson's day 2, Sullivan day 2 (multiple large bounces backward), and Pease day 1 (fall). If Roberson doesn't have a Cheng, her vault is worthless. In a team competition, your so-called vault specialist wouldn't be a top 3 score.