2009 American Classic/Challenge participants
By state, information shows name, hometown/club (event, level)California
Kaitlyn Clark, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./Precision Gymnastics (Classic, senior)
Sophina DeJesus, Temecula, Calif./Southern California Elite Gymnastics Academy (Classic, junior)
Carinne Gale, Simi Valley, Calif./Monarch's National Gymnastics Training Center LLC (Classic, junior)
McKayla Maroney, Laguna Niguel, Calif./Gym-Max Gymnastics (Classic, junior)
Danielle McNair, Dove Canyon, Calif./Gym-Max Gymnastics (Challenge, junior)
Nicolette McNair, Dove Canyon, Calif./Gym-Max Gymnastics (Classic, junior)
Kristen Nogaki, Orange, Calif./Gym-Max Gymnastics (Challenge, junior)
Danielle Ramirez, Corona, Calif./Gym-Max Gymnastics (Challenge, junior)
Chanen Raygoza, Upland, Calif./Gym-Max Gymnastics (Classic, junior)
Kyla Ross, Aliso Viejo, Calif./Gym-Max Gymnastics (Classic, junior)
Ashley Stott, Temecula, Calif./Precision Gymnastics (Classic, senior)Georgia
Makenzie Kitchens, Powder Springs, Ga./Gymnastics Academy of Atlanta (Challenge, junior)
Eryn Underwood, Kennesaw, Ga./Gymnastics Academy of Atlanta (Challenge, Hopes)Florida
Morgan Smith, Clermont, Fla./Brandy Johnson's Global Gymnastics (Classic, junior)Hawaii
Randi Lau, Honolulu, Hawaii/What's Up Gymnastics (Classic, junior)Iowa
Kara Lovan, Des Moines, Iowa/Triad Gymnastics (Classic, junior)Massachusetts
Alexandra Raisman, Needham, Mass./Brestyan's American Gymnastics (Classic, junior)North Carolina
Kimberly Jacob, Raleigh, N.C./Superior Gymnastics (Classic, senior)
Sarah Persinger, Mt. Holly, N.C./Southeastern Gymnastics Center (Classic, senior)New York
Sabrina Vega, Carmel, N.Y./Dynamic Gymnastics (Classic, junior)Oklahoma
Alexandra Marks, Cushing, Okla./Dynamo Gymnastics (Challenge, Hopes)
Dare Maxwell, Edmond, Okla./Dynamo Gymnastics (Classic, junior)Pennsylvania
Lauren Beers, Warren Center, Pa./Southern Tier Gymnastics (Classic, junior)
Jazmyn Estrella, Allentown, Pa./Parkettes National Gymnastics Center (Challenge, Hopes)
Madeline Hanley, Danielsville, Pa./Parkettes National Gymnastics Center (Classic, junior)
Elizabeth Price, Coopersburg, Pa./Parkettes National Gymnastics Center (Classic, junior)Texas
Caitlin Atkinson, Houston, Texas/Cypress Academy of Gymnastics (Classic, junior)
Mackenzie Brannan, Austin, Texas/Capital Gymnastics Super Center (Classic, junior)
Briley Casanova, Dallas, Texas/WOGA Gymnastics (Classic, junior)
Ericha Fassbender, Katy, Texas/Stars Gymnastics Training Center-Houston (Classic, junior)
Lillian Hardin, Frisco, Texas/WOGA Gymnastics (Classic, junior)
Raven Helland, Oak Point, Texas/Denton Gymnastics Academy (Classic, junior)
Kristen Heuston, Corpus Christi, Texas/Northwest Kids Sports Complex (Challenge, Hopes)
Sophia Lee, Plano, Texas/WOGA Gymnastics (Classic, junior)
Grace McLaughlin, Allen, Texas/WOGA Gymnastics (Classic, junior)
Abigail Milliet, Denton, Texas/Denton Gymnastics Academy (Classic, junior)
Braie Speed, Schertz, Texas/Olympic Hills Gymnastics (Classic, junior)
Christa Tanella, Lucas, Texas/WOGA Gymnastics (Classic, senior)
McKenzie Wofford, Spring, Texas/Stars Gymnastics Training Center-Houston (Classic, junior)Virginia
Gabrielle Douglas, Virginia Beach, Va./Excalibur Gymnastics (Classic, junior)
Kaitlynn Hedelund, Chesapeake, Va./Excalibur Gymnastics (Challenge, junior)
Krystine Jacobsen, Norfolk, Va./Excalibur Gymnastics (Classic, junior)Washington
Destinee Davis, Woodland, Wash./Naydenov Gymnastics Inc. (Challenge, Hopes)
This looks more like the WOGA and Gym-Max show. I'm curious to see how Chanen Raygoza does. Like previous Gym-Max gymnasts Shantessa Pama and Ivana Hong, Chanen also does a German giant in her UB routine, however instead of doing a reverse hecht out of it, she does a HB-LB transitional skill:
I'm also wondering where Randi Lau is at. For having made her first National Team, she really hasn't been given a lot of assignments, though to be fair, there really isn't a lot of assignments for juniors in an Olympic year and immediately after.
Everybody knows that Shawn Johnson is on Dancing with the Stars, right? So no other exposition is needed? Okay.
This is really rather creepy. It's fortunate that something was done before this guy could really do anything. Glad Hollywood learned something from Rebecca Schaeffer.
West Des Moines gymnast and television star Shawn Johnson remains shaken by the arrest of a deranged fan who came to the set of “Dancing With the Stars” with loaded weapons in an attempt to find the Olympic gold medalist.
Details of a restraining order granted today in California outlined the arrest of Robert O’Ryan.
Documents allege O’Ryan, 34, jumped a fence Monday in an attempt to locate Johnson. A search of O’Ryan’s car revealed two loaded guns, duct tape, zip ties and the 17-year-old Johnson is “in fear of her life,” according to court records.
Johnson’s father, Doug, said his daughter was understandably disturbed by the incident.
“Well, yeah,” Doug Johnson told The Des Moines Register. “It would rattle anybody.”
Shawn Johnson spoke with WHO (TV-13) late tonight.
“We’re doing good. It’s been a little crazy,” said Shawn Johnson, who won Olympic gold in the balance beam at Beijing, China. “I’m so glad my parents are with me.”
Ryan was arrested Tuesday by Los Angeles police.
Court records indicated both guns in O’Ryan’s car were loaded. Duct tape and love letters also were in the car and Johnson’s mother, Teri, said police told her O’Ryan believed he was meant to have a child with her daughter.
Documents also alleged O’Ryan “believes that she speaks to him personally through the television set and through ESP."
Doug Johnson said there have been concerns with fans before, “but not to that extent.”
He indicated that the family could not comment on the situation, because they’ve been advised it involves an ongoing investigation. He said the family feels more comfortable, though, since the restraining order was granted.
“She’s doing fine — and everything seems to be under control right now,” Doug Johnson said.
In the brief interview with WHO, Shawn Johnson search for a bit of humor in the fact that she now employs a bodyguard.
“I have a new big brother who goes everywhere with me,” Johnson joked. “He weighs about 400 pounds.”
According to court documents, O’Ryan was stopped by security at CBS Studios, where “Dancing With the Stars” is produced, after he jumped on a fence.
A hearing on whether to grant a lengthy restraining order will be held on April 14. O’Ryan is in jail on $35,000 bail on suspicion of carrying a loaded firearm in public.
Records allege that O’Ryan told security guards and police that he packed up all his belongings and traveled to California from Florida in the hopes of being with Johnson.
A report by security guards at CBS Studios states that O’Ryan was carrying an expired concealed weapons permit.
