2 posts tagged “amanda jetter”
Kyla Ross
Bridgette Caquatto
Alexandra Raisman
Sabrina Vega
Amanda Jetter
Madison Kocian
Morgan Smith
Briley Casanova
Sophina DeJesus
Katelyn Ohashi
Jordyn Wieber
Not surprised that Wieber was given a wild card position, being the current Golden Girl and all, not to mention that I'm calling her to be the USA representative for the Youth Olympics in Singapore next summer. It remains to be seen if teammate Kamerin Moore will get one of the remaining 7 spots. She recently had surgery to repair a torn labrum and as Chellsie Memmel can testify, the rehabilitation process is long and hard. Who knows if she'll be available to compete for the next year?
DeJesus impressed many with her FX choreo. Well, aside from the fact that she actually has some. But when you're the 2005 junior international hip hop champion, you have a certain reputation to uphold:
Ohashi, while not high on difficulty, has the lovely lines and grace that is typical of a GAGE gymnast. I'm looking forward to seeing what comes from her.
Jetter has recovered nicely from her back injury and a shaky Day 1 to come back strong on Day 2. CGA has strong UB workers, but unfortunately, their backs are destroyed before they can fully realize their potential. It's hard to be a fan of her and Cassandra Whitcomb knowing this.
Raisman just squeaked past Vega to grab the AA bronze. True to a Brestyan's gymnast, her bars are terrible, but her FX is amazing. She has the ability to do a 3.5 twist and could possibly do a quad in the future (she fell on her triple full today due to far too much power).
Speaking of Vega, she is high on the cute factor, but made too many mistakes and didn't quite meet the expectations put on her post-Classics. But she has high political favor given that her coach Teodora Ungreneau is a former Karolyi protégé.
Kyla Ross is the unexpected Jr. National Champion. Given that Vega made some mistakes and Wieber wasn't here to blow past the competition, it was nice to actually wonder who was going to win. I haven't seen much of Ross' gymnastics, but she's from Gym-Max, so I imagine that a German giant is somewhere in her UB routine.
Makayla Maroney is also from Gym-Max (not yet on the National Team) and competes an Amanar. She crashed it Day 1, but landed it well today. And that's about all she has going for her right now. Her D scores on all other events don't even go up to a 5.0. But the Amanar was enough to get Marta on her side. Reportedly, Marta went wild when Maroney landed her vault.
Recently announced:
Pan American Gymnastics Union Individual Event Championships, Rosario, Argentina, Nov. 19-23
Rebecca Bross of Plano, Texas/WOGA
Olivia Courtney of Orlando, Fla./Orlando Metro
Corrie Lothrop of Danvers, Mass./Hill’s Gymnastics
Samantha Shapiro of Los Angles,CA/All Olympia
I'm loving that team right there, especially Lothrop and Shapiro. Likely Bross will be competing all but vault, Lothrop bars and FX (and I'm hoping she's developing a second vault because she could be the vault specialist of the next quad), and Shapiro bars and beam. I'm not too familiar with Courtney's gymnastics to make any guesstimations on what she'll be competing.
International Artistic Gymnastics Challenge, Woluwe Saint-Lambert, Belgium, Dec. 13
Amanda Jetter of Milford, Ohio/Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy
Olivia Courtney of Orlando, Fla./Orlando Metro
Corrie Lothrop of Danvers, Mass./Hill’s Gymnastics
Funny how that Lothrop gets Olympic alternate before we really see her get any other assignments. I don't recall seeing her elsewhere as junior. Good on her either way. Obviously she and Courtney are showing something that Marta is liking to get these two assignments.
Jetter is a junior that will be going senior next year, so this may be good preparation for her. Her gym-mate Cassie Whitcomb was originally slated to go, but isn't now for reasons unknown to me.
Also Notable:
Ivana Hong (who has gone to the media about her complaints with her coach) was off the National Team roster for a short while, but is now back on there under "Independent." Still no definite word as to where she will end up for her 2012 bid. Chow's and WOGA are the loudest rumors, though. I still say AOGC is the best choice.
