2025 Winter Cup (Louisville, KY) February 21-23

[irichluck21]

Winter Cup - A USA Gymnastics Event

Don't miss any of the gymnastics action at Winter Cup!

wintercup.com

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[RedBirdie]

Registrations are starting to come in!

 

[cftmoonlight79]

The senior women list is...lacking. Hopefully Rivera looks good and there are some pleasant surprises.

 

[RedBirdie]

There are still a few more weeks to register. No GAGE or WCC gymnasts yet, I'd be shocked if this list doesn't grow by quite a bit.

 

[irichluck21]

Many of the athletes we might expect to compete are in NCAA season. So unlikely to see any of them at this meet. I expect once April ends that multiple athletes will return to elite.

 

[Passion]

I am hoping Gabrielle Hardie and Harlow Buddendeck register.

Happy surprised Ashlee Sullivan and Nola Matthews are still doing elite. I don’t know why I was thinking they both dropped to level ten.

USAG posted that they will be updating the roster every Monday.

 

[irichluck21]

Yea both Sullivan and Matthews competed elite last year. Matthews was 18th and Sullivan was 21st at Nationals.

 

[RichardL]

Very curious to see Hang and Rose, and of course Rivera. Lots of talent there and should be interesting to see who becomes a front-runner for Worlds.

For what it's worth, the only gymnasts who have made the next Olympics from a post-Olympics Worlds from the U.S. in recent years have been Jade Carey (2017) and Simone Biles (2013). Of course if you go back to 2005 you have Liukin, Memmel, and Sacramone all making the London team. The next ones after that are Bhardwaj (2001), Maloney (1997), and then Miller, Dawes, and Strug (1993). Then Wendy Bruce (1989). Dantzscher qualified in 1997 but was too young to compete.

 

[Matilda23]

Will the Winter Cup be streamed?
Looking forward to seeing Jayla, Myli & Ally compete.

 

[MaryClare]

Will the Winter Cup be streamed?
Looking forward to seeing Jayla, Myli & Ally compete.

It is usually streamed live on YouTube outside of the US

 

[Beamer]

I hope Tiana Sumanasekera registers.

I want her to have a great 2025 and close it out with some medals at Worlds.

 

[BB12]

The men's competition looks like it's going to be a good, competitive watch.

 

[Passion]

Update for February 10th, some names disappeared and some were added, I added to the graphic marking who is new and who was removed.

As far as I can tell the men's list is unchanged from Feb 3rd.

 

[MaryClare]

Very interested to see Dulcy and Tiana in what is potentially a big year for them, amidst all the changes at WCC

 

[RichardL]

I wonder how many NCAA athletes will join the elite group for the summer competitions. Leanne Wong has been at every Worlds since the Covid break. I don't see Blakely back in time, if she ever really had any interest in competing elite this season. Not sure who else could contend.

 

[RedBirdie]

I'll be VERY interested to see what Gabrielle Hardie looks like since the move back to South Dakota.

 

[rlayt]

Nice article about her return to SD and a bit about the Brazilian coaches.

With return to Sioux Falls, 14-year-old elite gymnast sets sight on sport’s biggest stage

One of the best young gymnasts in the country is training in Sioux Falls – with a long list of accomplishments already and big dreams ahead.

pigeon605.com

 

[BB12]

I wonder how many NCAA athletes will join the elite group for the summer competitions. Leanne Wong has been at every Worlds since the Covid break. I don't see Blakely back in time, if she ever really had any interest in competing elite this season. Not sure who else could contend.

Josc is the other one who might try for worlds.

 

[Ginger]

Last pre-Winter Cup qualifier results:

https://www.mymeetscores.com/meet.pl?meetid=1000004641

the qual chart was updated last week, and of course scores lowered. I haven't seen the updated start list yet but Sophia Buechler got her 48.00 JR qual score (and Camarah Williams got a two-event score... looking forward to seeing her floor if she decides to compete)

https://static.usagym.org/PDFs/Women/elite/25elitechart.pdf

 

[RedBirdie]

I'm really unsure if CaMarah got the score or not. The language on the elite qualification chart is not clear about using vault as part of the 2 event score for qualification to Winter Cup and Classics. Very clear vault only counts if you do 2 vaults to qualify to championships. But unclear if that also applies to WC and Classics.

But it's USAG. Clarity isn't their strong suit.