- Results: 10 Year Olds | 11 Year Olds | 12 Year Olds
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Nov. 9, 2018 – Maximus Kongabel of Lakeshore Academy, Jaden Bottarini of Gymnastics Olympica, and Kai Uemura of Lake Shore Academy won the 10-, 11-, and 12-year-old all-around titles, respectively, at the 2018 Future Stars National Championships at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. The Future Stars National Championships is held in conjunction with the National Coaches Workshop, the premier educational event for the men’s program.
In the 10-year-old division, Kongabel posted an 81.550 to win the all-around for the division. American Kids Sports’ Troy Holman took second at 80.400, finishing ahead of Jorge Quiala of Universal Allstar, who was third at 80.150.
For the 11-year-old crown, Bottarini posted an 84.450 for first, followed by Lakeshore Academy’s Oleksandr Shybitov (84.400) and Gymnastics Olympia’s Greyson Westmore (83.250) in second and third, respectively.
Uemura claimed the 12-year-old all-around top spot by posting an 86.000. Britton Mace Edelin of GMS Gymnastics placed second with 84.600. Rounding out the medals podium was Xander Lucchini of New England AOG (84.300). in third.
The Future Stars National Championships showcase the USA’s top 10-, 11-, and 12-year-old male gymnasts who perform special Future Stars competitive routines. Based on the results at the championships, USA Gymnastics identifies the Junior National Developmental Team, which includes the top 16 gymnasts in both the 10- and 11-year-old divisions and the top 14 gymnasts in the 12-year-old division. The top eight athletes in the 10- and 11-year-old divisions, and the top seven athletes in the 12-year-old division will be invited to a special Future Stars camp to be held at the USOTC next summer. The 2018 Junior Developmental Team is listed below.
In addition to the competition, Future Stars athletes and their parents participate in workshop activities that feature lectures, technical presentations, and hands-on coaching sessions. Presenters include Junior National Coaching Staff members, National Team coaches, sports science personnel, U.S. Olympic Committee staff and special guests.
The Future Stars program is designed is to identify talented athletes and to start them on the right developmental path to national and international success. The program uses a special competitive routine format to evaluate the skill, strength and flexibility development of the elite athlete.
10-year-old
Alexander Bates, EVO Gymnastics
Dylan Briones, Aspire Gymnastics
Kieran Cox, Gymnastics Olympica
Cole Fallbacher, Premier Gymnastics West
Logan Hodges, SCEGA Gymnastics
Troy Holman, American Kids Sports
Maximus Kongabel, Lakeshore Academy
Tommy Lampert, Cahoys
Jayden Maliga-Falesoga, Accel Gymnastics
Cole Miller, Denail Gymnastics
Ethan Owens, Deveau’s
Joel Pieroni, 5280 Gymnastics
AJ Pomales, Nona Boys
Jorge Quiala, Universal Allstar
Daniel San Juanico, Premier West
Ami Solow, SCATS Gymnastics
Kody Tokunaga, GymKhana
Jared Walker, SCATS Gymnastics
11-year-old
Jaden Bottarini, Gymnastics Olympica
Miles Brady, Gold Cup Gymnastics
Kiran Chhetri, Gymnastics Olympica
Nick Deng, Platinum Sports Center
Jesse Hanny, GMS Gymnastics
Joshua Hanny, GMS Gymnastics
Will Horenziak, Queen City Gymnastics
Kazuya Iwase, Accel Gymnastics
Gage Kalley, Top Flight Gymnastics
Drew Kessel, SCATS Gymnastics
Zander Malinis, Lakeshore Academy
Kadyn McCafferty, Gymnastics Olympica
Zachary Myers, LaFleur’s Tampa
Reed Newell, SCEGA Gymnastics
Wyatt Reynolds, Platinum Sports Center
KJ Richardson, St. Charles Gymnastics
Oleksandr Shybitov, Lakeshore Academy
Greyson Westmore, Gymnastics Olympica
12-year-old
Emilio Bracken Serra, Head Over Heels
Lucas Chamberlin, Lakeshore Academy
Finley Chin, SCATS Gymnastics
Noah Copeland, Hocking Valley Gym
Ethan Drake, Stumpfs Gymnastics
Conor Heary, EVO Gymnastics
Cooper Kim, Twistars USA
Adam Lakomy, Sunburst Gymnastics
Xander Lucchini, New England AOG
Britton Mace Edelin, GMS Gymnastics
Wyatt Nagel, AirTime
Alex Noel, Gym Village
Mason Odom, Xtreme Altitude
Kai Uemura, Lakeshore Academy