Phoenix, AZ · August 6-9
BOSTON, Aug. 16, 2018 – Two-time Olympian Sam Mikulak of Newport Coast, Calif./U.S. Olympic Training Center, leads the senior men’s all-around rankings after the first night of men’s competition at the 2018 U.S. Gymnastics Championships, the national championships for men’s and women’s gymnastics. Held at the TD Garden, the U.S. Gymnastics Championships, part of the Team USA Summer Champions Series, presented by Xfinity, continues tomorrow with junior and senior women’s gymnastics at 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., respectively.
Mikulak, who has four U.S. all-around titles to his name, posted an 85.150 total for the top senior men’s all-around score after the first of two days. Akash Modi of Morganville, N.J./Stanford University, earned an 84.100 to land behind Mikulak, and Allan Bower of Mesa, Ariz./University of Oklahoma, completed the top three at 83.850. Donothan Bailey of Mission Viejo, California/U.S. Olympic Training Center, and Alec Yoder of Indianapolis /Ohio State University, were fourth (83.550) and fifth (83.400), respectively. Yul Moldauer of Arvada, Colo./University of Oklahoma, the defending all-around champion, was sixth at 82.700.
For the seniors, the top event scores were: Mikulak, floor exercise (14.750) and parallel bars (14.300); Yoder, pommel horse (15.150); Trevor Howard of Columbus, Ohio/Ohio State University, still rings (14.550); Anthony Stephenson of Fishers, Indiana/University of Nebraska, vault (14.800); and Colin Van Wicklen of Magnolia, Texas/Cypress Academy of Gymnastics, horizontal bar (13.950).
For the juniors, Isaiah Drake of Los Angeles /Gymnastics Olympica USA, and Riley Loos of El Dorado Hills, California/Technique Gymnastics, lead the junior men’s 15-16 and 17-18 all-around rankings, respectively, after the first of two days. For the 15-16 division, Drake posted a 77.350 total. Taylor Burkhart of Morrison, Colorado/5280 Gymnastics North, earned a 77.200 for second, and at 77.000, Nicolas Kuebler of Seattle/Metropolitan Gymnastics, is currently in third place. Loos’ 78.950 put him atop the 17-18 division’s all-around rankings. Vitaliy Guimaraes of Arvada, Colorado/University of Oklahoma, edged out Spencer Goodell of Tigard, Oregon/University of Oklahoma, for second, 78.550 to 78.500.
Event scores for the top five in the senior all-around rankings.
Scores for other notable gymnasts in senior field
Event scores for top three in junior all-around rankings after day 1
In-venue activities
The following is a quick overview of the fan activities available on the concourse on competition days. For the most up-to-date and complete information, go to xfinitychampionships.com.
Thirteen of the 16 2008 Olympians and alternates will be in Boston: women – Shawn Johnson East, Nastia Liukin, Chellsie Memmel, Samantha Peszek, Bridget Sloan and alternates Jana Bieger and Ivana Hong; and men – Raj Bhavsar, Joey Hagerty, Jonathan Horton, Justin Spring, Kevin Tan and David Durante, alternate. Alexander Artemev, Corrie Lothrop and Alicia Sacramone Quinn were unable to attend the August 19 recognition.
2018 marks the 10th anniversary of the 2008 team’s 10-medal performance at the Olympic Games, which at that time was the USA’s most medals since the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles and at a non-boycotted Olympic Games. The medal tally of 10 included two gold, six silver and two bronze.
The women and men won the silver and bronze team medals, respectively. The individual medalists were: Liukin – all-around gold, uneven bars and balance beam silver and floor exercise bronze; Johnson East – balance beam gold and all-around and floor exercise silver; and Horton – horizontal bar silver.
2008 is the only time the United States has won team medals at consecutive Olympic Games for both the men and women. Liukin and Johnson became the first U.S. women to go one-two in the all-around. The U.S. women won eight total medals (two gold, five silver and one bronze), topping China’s six. Liukin tied the U.S. gymnastics record of five Olympic medals at one Olympics set by Mary Lou Retton (1984) and matched by Shannon Miller (1996) and later by Simone Biles (2016).
Event information
The remaining competition schedule, which is subject to change, is outlined below. All times are Eastern.
The championships determines the men’s and women’s U.S. champions and U.S. National Teams for the junior and senior elite levels. The championships also will serve as part of the selection process for the U.S. Team for the 2018 World Championships.
Single-session, multi-session and all-session ticket packages are still available. All prices are per ticket or ticket package and vary in price due to location and session.
Tickets maybe be purchased at www.ticketmaster.com, by calling 800-745-3000 or at TD Garden’s Box Office. Group tickets are currently available through TD Garden’s Group Sales Department by calling (617) 624-1805. Discounted tickets are available through local gymnastics clubs that are participating in the gym club ticket program.
The 2018 U.S. Gymnastics Championships is part of the 2018 Team USA Summer Champions Series, presented by Xfinity. The champions series showcases numerous Olympic sports throughout the season, highlighting the year-round quest of Team USA athletes to compete at the Olympic Games.
Ways to follow the action
The Olympic Channel, NBC Sports and NBCSN are carrying live coverage of the four days of senior competition. All eight competitive sessions, as well as podium training, will have livestream coverage. All times are subject to change.
Webcasts
USA Gymnastics hosts livestreams of four podium training sessions on Wednesday, Aug. 15, and the four junior sessions live at xfinitychampionships.com/live. Fans can catch all the senior division action via NBC Sports online at NBCSports.com/Live, or through the NBC Sports app which is available on the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Windows Store, Roku Channel Store, Apple TV and Amazon Fire. All times are Eastern and subject to change. All times are Eastern and subject to change.
All media information (results, bios, historical information, start lists, etc.) is provided on our website, xfinitychampionships.com, during competition week. Live scoring will be available at myusagym.com.
History
Smith and Moldauer won the women’s and men’s 2017 U.S. all-around titles, respectively. The roster of former U.S. all-around champions is a veritable who’s who of gymnastics, including: women – Simone Biles, Jordyn Wieber, Nastia Liukin, Shawn Johnson, Carly Patterson, Courtney Kupets, Shannon Miller, Dominique Dawes, Kim Zmeskal and Mary Lou Retton; and men – Sam Mikulak, Jonathan Horton, Paul Hamm, Blaine Wilson, John Roethlisberger, Tim Daggett, Mitch Gaylord, Peter Vidmar and Bart Conner.
While Boston played host to the 2008 U.S. Women’s Gymnastics Championships, 2018 marks the event’s debut at the TD Garden and the first time Boston has staged the national championships for both men’s and women’s gymnastics. In addition, Boston was the site for the 1996 and 2000 U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Team Trials and several post-Olympic gymnastics tour events.
The U.S. Gymnastics Championships traces its history back to 1897 for the men and 1931 for the women.
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