- Live video is available on the Peru Gymnastics Federation’s Facebook page.
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 12, 2018 – Two-time World silver-medalist Jade Carey of Phoenix, Ariz./Arizona Sunrays, and 2018 U.S. floor exercise bronze medalist Kanji Oyama of Huntington Beach, California/U.S. Olympic Training Center, are among the U.S. women and men who are representing the USA at the Senior Pan American Championships, Sept. 14-16, in Lima Peru, at the Polideportivo N° 1. The championships serves as the qualification process for the 2019 Pan American Games, which will also be held in Lima.
For the Pan American Games qualification, a total of 57 men and 57 women will qualify to compete in the Games: countries that finish in the top eight teams in the qualification round; two gymnasts from the countries who finish ninth to 13th in the team qualification rankings; and seven gymnasts, maximum one per country, with the best all-around results from countries who have not already qualified. All placements are awarded to the country not to an individual athlete. Peru, as the host country, will also receive a berth.
Competition begins on Sept. 14 with the men’s all-around and event finals, which serve as the qualification for the team finals. The women take the floor on Sept. 15 for the women’s all-around and event finals, which serve as the qualification for the team finals. Competition wraps up on Sept. 16 with the team finals. The competition format for the team qualification is four athletes compete on each event, with the three best scores counting, and for the finals, three athletes compete on each event and all three scores count.
The members of the U.S. Team for the Senior Pan American Championships are listed below.
- Women
Jade Carey, Phoenix, Ariz./Arizona Sunrays
Kara Eaker, Grain Valley, Missouri/ Great American Gymnastics Express
Shilese Jones, Westerville, Ohio/Future Gymnastics Academy
Grace McCallum, Isanti, Minn./Twin City Twisters
Trinity Thomas, York, Pennsylvania/Prestige
Non-traveling alternate: Alyona Shchennikova, Evergreen, Colo./5280 Gymnastics
Men
Cameron Bock, Tustin, California/University of Michigan
Spencer Goodell, Tigard, Oregon/University of Oklahoma
Riley Loos, El Dorado Hills, California/Technique Gymnastics
Kanji Oyama, Huntington Beach, California/U.S. Olympic Training Center
Genki Suzuki, North Wales, Pennsylvania/University of Oklahoma
Non-traveling alternate: Curran Phillips, Naperville, Illinois/Prairie Gymnastics
The competition schedule is below. The times listed, which are subject to change, are local to Lima, which is the same as Central time. The United States is competing in Subdivision 3 for both men and women.
- Sept. 14 – Men’s qualification round for team; all-around and event finals
- 9:40 a.m. – Subdivision 1: Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Uruguay; Mixed Group 1
2 p.m. – Subdivision 2: Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Jamaica, Peru, Venezuela
6:30 p.m. – Subdivision 3: Canada, Chile, Guatemala, Mexico, Puerto Rico, USA
Sept. 15 – Women’s qualification round for team; all-around and event finals
- 10:10 a.m. – Subdivision 1: Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Panama, Venezuela
12:30 p.m. – Subdivision 2: Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay
2:30 p.m. – Subdivision 3: Aruba, Brazil, Canada, Cayman Island, El Salvador, Guatemala, Peru, USA
Sept. 16 – Team finals
- 10:50 a.m. – Men
4 p.m. – Women
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