2022 U.S. Classic | WAG Junior Session 2 Live Blog

Welcome to the live blog for the second junior women’s session  at the 2022 U.S. Classic, held in Salt Lake City, Utah!

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2:36 pm. ALL-AROUND RANKINGS

1. Jayla Hang 52.800
2. Hezly Rivera 52.450
3. Audrey Snyder 51.450
4. Kieryn Finnell 51.050
5. Annalisa Milton 50.400
– Izzy Stassi 50.400
7. Michelle Pineda 50.300
8. Claire Pease 49.950
– Payton Chandler 49.950
10. Malea Milton 49.800

2:30 pm. Christina Shelton FX: Double pike with a hop back. Clean 1.5 to front layout. Double pike, pretty clean, got bouncy on the landing, a couple of steps back.

2:28 pm. Anabelle Dewey FX: Arabian double front with a bounce forward OOB. Full-in with a step forward. Step on the double pike. Hit the last pass with a step.

Michelle Pineda VT: FTY, really clean with a small bounce.

2:27 pm. Carly Weinberg VT: Yurchenko layout half, not bad! Small step forward.

2:24 pm. Sydney Snyder FX: Triple full is really deep on the landing. 2.5 to front tuck also lands pretty low but not as bad. Hit the last pass.

Payton Chandler VT: FTY, a little forward on the landing, big step. Also does a Yurchenko layout.

2:22 pm. Touch for the second half of the final rotation!

2:19 pm. Taylor McMahon FX: Double pike set was a bit low, lands with her chest at her knees. 2.5 with a hop forward. Sneaks the last turn in her wolf turn around. 1.5 to front full. Good landing there.

2:15 pm. Lacie Saltzmann FX: Good double pike at the start. I missed the rest, because some exciting news…

Jayla Hang’s DTY got a 14.150 which gives her a 52.800 AA, taking over the lead from Hezly Rivera!

2:14 pm. Jayla Hang VT: Ooh, really nice DTY! That was solid. Big lunge back but looked good in the air.

2:12 pm. Jazmyn Jimenez FX: Double pike with a really strong landing. Hit the next couple of passes really well.

Kelise Woolford VT: Big FTY with a hop.

2:11 pm. Norah Christian VT: Went for a DTY for her second vault, they have the option of doing two here and the second can count for AA apparently? A bit deep, not as clean as the full, but not bad, either.

2:10 pm. Norah Christian VT: FTY with a step back.

Audrey Snyder FX: Hit everything I saw.

Internet seems to be back, so fingers crossed I can actually pay attention to routines!

2:09 pm. I lost internet completely and when I refreshed the blog, I lost every single update from the second half of the third rotation!!!!

1:49 pm. Touch for the second half of the rotation!

1:46 pm. Jazmyn Jimenez BB: Really long wait for her. Full wolf turn, kinds drops her foot but doesn’t cause a problem. Hit the flight series very well. Front aerial with a break at the hips. Hit the jump series. Hit the double full dismount.

1:40 pm. Audrey Snyder BB: Full turn, stumble on the bhs loso loso, side aerial, front aerial to split jump to straddle jump. Nice switch to sissone. Think she had a double tuck dismount? Hit it!

1:38 pm. Norah Christian FX: Full-in with a small step. Arabian double front with a hop back. Lovely Popa. High double tuck but lands forward, stumble on the landing. 12.400

1:34 pm. Michelle Pineda FX: I wasn’t typing during this but she hit everything I saw, just a bit low on the double pike at the end. 12.500

Christina Shelton BB: Hit an aerial to jump series. Think she hit everything, really high double tuck dismount with a step back. 11.550

1:30 pm. Anabelle Dewey BB: Hit a leap mount and her jump series. Off on her bhs loso. Front aerial to split jump was nice. Standing back tuck. Double pike, chest a bit forward, step back. 11.300

Carly Weinberg FX: Double pike goes a bit wild on the landing, OOB. Front layout front full with a bounce. Double tuck, a bit low with a bounce back. 11.750

1:27 pm. Moving to rotation three!

1:25 pm. Nicole Desmond UB: Off on her straddle Jaeger. Toe full, Pak with leg separation, toe shoot, toe half, and a double pike almost to her knees, rolls out of it. 8.550

Kelise Woolford BB: Wasn’t paying close attention at the beginning had a little wobble that I saw on one skill but others were solid. Not a bad routine! Double full dismount. 12.550

1:22 pm. Simone Rose BB: Switch leap mount, switch leap to straddle jump to back tuck, lovely. Double wolf turn. Excellent flight series. Wobbled on a front aerial. 2.5 with a small hop. 13.250

Lacie Saltzmann UB: Maloney to bail to grea handstand into the toe shoot. Blind full, blind change, straddle Jaeger, small hop on the double layout. 12.150

1:20 pm. Jazmyn Jimenez UB: Nice handstand before the toe full (ankle separation) to Maloney to Pak. Hit everything else in the routine, step on the dismount. 11.750

1:18 pm. Audrey Snyder UB: Blind full, a little rushed into the straddle Jaeger to Pak, leg form. Toe-on to van Leeuwen, blind change to front giant half, double layout with a hop. 12.300

Norah Christian BB: Fell on a combo early on. hit a punch front and back tuck. Double tuck with a step back. 11.750

1:13 pm. Second half of the rotation is going to warmups now.

1:12 pm. Michelle Pineda BB: Bhs loso loso, a little low on the losos with her chest but solid. Front aerial to a jump into the Korbut. Sissone to wolf jump, nice. Onodi was a little off center, but she corrects, no big issues. Good double full with a hop back. 12.600

1:08 pm. Carly Weinberg BB: Had a good Onodi, bhs loso loso, looks really good so far! Double full with a bounce. That was an excellent set for her. 12.650

Christina Shelton UB: Wasn’t typing but hit routine! 11.400

1:03 pm. Payton Chandler BB: Double wolf turn, bhs loso was good, I’m so far away and keep missing everything but she hit everything else I saw. 12.550

Anabelle Dewey UB: Maloney to Pak (suuuper arched, caught close), toe-on, toe shoot, a little wild in the pirouette, caught her piked Jaeger with her ankles but stayed on the bar, layout dismount. 9.400

1:02 pm. Sydney Snyder UB: Off on her release at the start, back on for a toe full to Pak, hit the rest, very clean double tuck. 11.050

12:59 pm. Jayla Hang BB: Hit her mount. Had a wobble on the loso series and hit the dismount. Hit routine! 13.200 (5.2 D)

Taylor McMahon UB: Blind change to front giant to pretty nice straddle Jaeger, Pak with some leg separation, shoot back to high, blind full almost to handstand, hit the dismount. 11.300

12:54 pm. Moving on to rotation two!

From this session, the leaders are…

Jazmyn Jimenez 13.5
Audrey Snyder 13.2
Anabelle Dewey 13.2
Sydney Snyder 13.05
Simone Rose 12.9

12:52 pm. Norah Christian UB: Maloney to Pak, stalder to van Leeuwen, some leg form, had a full pirouette and piked Jaeger, really close, and she sat the dismount sadly. 9.9

12:50 pm. Michelle Pineda UB: I think a Maloney to Pak to start, toe-on to toe shoot, blind change to Jaeger, blind full, and a double pike, stuck! 12.0

12:49 pm. Jazmyn Jimenez VT: FTY with a big bounce into a lunge. 13.5

12:48 pm. Audrey Snyder VT: FTY with a lunge back. 13.2

12:46 pm. Christina Shelton VT: Good FTY with a bounce back. 12.75

Carly Weinberg UB: Clear hip, blind full to Pak, some leg separation, toe-on to toe shoot, blind change to front giant half, and a good double layout! Looks MUCH better than at American Classic! 10.7

12:45 pm. Touch for the second half of rotation one!

12:42 pm. Payton Chandler UB: Toe on to toe full to Chow to Pak, nice turn in handstand before the stalder to Ray, blind change to front giant half, and a high clean double tuck, nearly stuck. 12.45

12:39 pm. Jayla Hang UB: Lovely Ricna, Pak, went a little wild on a pirouette on the low bar, toe-on to Ray, double layout with a small step forward. 12.7

Anabelle Dewey VT: FTY with a big step back. 13.2

12:38 pm. Sydney Snyder VT: FTY, not bad! 13.05

12:35 pm. Taylor McMahon VT: Yurchenko layout, not bad, pikes it down a bit. May be credited as a pike. 11.75

Kelise Woolford UB: Think I saw a Pak early on, looked like a short handstand after, van Leeuwen, blind change to big straddle Jaeger, arches over a handstand and falls out of it, has to start her swing again, kip cast back to handstand for a stalder to full-in with a step. 11.3

12:33 pm. Lacie Saltzmann VT: Handspring front tuck, looked really clean! 12.3

Simone Rose UB: Good Tkachev, great handstand before the clear hip to blind full to blind change to staddleback, toe-on to toe shoot, caught a little close. Double layout with a small hop back. 12.9

12:28 pm. Juniors are about to begin touch for their first events!

VT– Saltzmann, McMahon, S. Snyder, Dewey, Shelton, A. Snyder, Jimenez

UB– Rose, Woolford, Hang, Chandler, Weinberg, Pineda, Christian