Vanessa Atler from Canyon Country, Calif., won the Junior National Title during the Coca-Cola National Gymnastics Championships at the Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tenn.
Atler said, “I just focused on my corrections my coaches gave me and it gets my mind off everything else. I was proud of my bar routine because I was most aggressive on this event.”
Atler was followed by Alexis Brion from Virginia Beach, Va., and Elise Ray from Columbia, Md.
When asked about her winning beam routine she said, “I was most proud of my beam routine because it’s a hard event to do and it was last. I stayed under control.”
Ray said, “I feel the hard work I’ve put in has really paid off. I’m very happy with today’s results.”
Kendall Beck from San Antonio, Texas and Cypress Academy of Gymnastics won vault with a 19.475. Jamie Dantzscher from Palmdale, Calif., and Gliders Gymnastics won bars with a 19.350. Brion won beam with a 19.325 and Atler won floor with a 19.450.
The top 16 juniors qualified for the USA Junior National Team. Below are the results:

Junior Women Final Results

# / Name / Hometown / Club / Score
1. / Vanessa Atler / Canyon Country, Calif. / Gliders/Covina, Calif. / 76.425
2. / Alexis Brion / Virginia Beach, Va. / Gymstrada/Vir. Beach / 76.225
3. / Elise Ray / Columbia, Md. / Hill’s Angels/Gaithersburg / 75.825
4. / Lindsay Wing / Cypress, Texas / Cypress/Houston, Texas / 75.775
5. / Jeanette Antolin / Paradise, Calif. / Gym Max/Costa Mesa, Calif. / 75.450
6. / Kelly Parkinson / Houston, Texas / Cypress/Houston, Texas / 75.425
7. / Jamie Dantzscher / Palmdale, Calif. / Gliders/Covina, Calif. / 75.175
8. / Kaitie Dyson / Houston, Texas / Cypress/Houston, Texas / 75.000
9. / Melinda Baimbridge / Webster, Texas / Cypress/Houston, Texas / 74.900
10. / Rebecca Whitehurst / Houston, Texas / Cypress/Houston, Texas / 74.875
11. / Kendall Beck / San Antonio, Texas / Cypress/Houston, Texas / 74.800
12. / Gail Kachura / Centreville, Va. / Capital/Burke, Va. / 74.100
13. / Robin Phelps / Cincinnati, Ohio / Cincinnati/Cincinnati, Ohio / 74.025
14. / Kristen Stucky / Milwaukee, Wis. / Salto’s/Waukesha, Wis. / 73.650
15. / Karissa Chock / Novato, Calif. / Rohnert Park/Roh. Park, Calif. / 73.550
16. / Coreen Murphy / Scottsdale, Ariz. / Xtreme/Scottsdale, Ariz. / 73.425