NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (February 9, 2026) – Two-time U.S. all-around champion and World medalist Rin Keys (Porter Ranch, Calif./Burlo Gymnastics) successfully defended her senior title while 2025 U.S. junior all-around silver medalist Josephine Weber (Woodland Hills, Calif./Rhythmic Academy of Los Angeles) took junior all-around gold over the weekend at the 2026 Rhythmic Challenge and Invitational in Noblesville, Indiana.
Keys won her third-consecutive senior all-around title at The Arena at Innovation Mile, securing gold with a 118.000 and sweeping apparatus titles on hoop (29.450), ball (28.900), clubs (29.550) and ribbon (30.100). 2025 U.S. ribbon bronze medalist Sarah Mariotti (San Diego, Calif./Pacific Stars Rhythmic Academy) secured senior all-around silver with a 112.350, while two-time Olympian Evita Griskenas (Orland Park, Ill./North Shore Rhythmic Gymnastics Center) rounded out the all-around podium in third with a 111.500.
Weber was best among the juniors, winning the all-around title with a 98.700 and also earning hoop gold with a 25.300. 2025 U.S. junior all-around champion Riko Kawai (Los Angeles, Calif./Rhythmic Academy of Los Angeles) collected all-around silver with a 95.950 and was the ball gold medalist with a 23.900. Izabella Oleynik (Los Angeles, Calif./California Rhythms) won all-around bronze just behind Kawai with a 95.900 and took gold on clubs with a 24.900. Emma Finkelshtein (Calabasas, Calif./Burlo Gymnastics) won the ribbon title with a 25.650.
In group competition, the Senior National Group A comprised of Goda Balsys (Northbrook, Ill.), Kristina Lee (Woodridge, Ill.), Greta Pavilonyte (Buffalo Grove, Ill.), Kalina Trayanov (Deerfield, Ill.) and Natalia Ye-Granda (San Diego, Calif.) along with Aurora Sullivan (Los Angeles, Calif./Burlo Gymnastics) swept all titles over the weekend. The group won gold in all-around (51.850), five balls (24.150) and three hoops and two clubs (27.700) competition.
On the junior side, the group from the Rhythmic Academy of Los Angeles, comprised of Valentina Lavina (Encino, Calif.), Tina Shadurska (Beverly Hills, Calif.), Sofia Stepansky (North Hollywood, Calif.), Angelina Tovmasyan (North Hills, Calif.), Zoey Villegas (Valley Village, Calif.) and Candice Yan (Santa Monica, Calif.), also took gold in all categories. They secured the all-around (31.450), five balls (17.200) and five ribbons (14.250) titles.
Results from the 2026 Rhythmic Challenge and Invitational will help determine U.S. rosters for rhythmic competitions this season.