DALLAS, Aug. 15, 2009 – 2008 Olympic team silver-medalist Bridget Sloan of Pittsboro, Ind., won her first U.S. all-around title at the 2009 Visa Championships at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. Sloan, who trains at Sharp’s Gymnastics, came from behind in the last rotation win the title with a score 117.550.
“It feels great to win the Visa Championships, “said Sloan. “The first day didn’t go as planned, but today went well. I know this is the first step in the World (Championships) selection process, and now I know what I need to do.”
2008 Olympic Team alternate Ivana Hong of Lovejoy, Texas/WOGA, finished a close second in the all-around at 117.250. WOGA’s Rebecca Bross of Plano, Texas, landed in third place with an all-around score of 116.600. Kytra Hunter of Frederick, Md./Hill’s Gymnastics, finished fourth in the all-around with 113.750
Sloan won both the uneven bars and floor exercise crowns with combined scores of 29.450 and 29.350, respectively. Hong won the U.S. balance beam title with a score of 30.350. Kayla Williams of Huntington, W.V./Gym Nest won vault with a score of 29.075.
In the final rotation, Sloan’s 15.000 on vault clinched the all-around title. She had the evening’s highest scores on uneven bars (14.900) and floor exercise(15.050). She posted a 14.900 on balance beam.
Hong posted Saturday night’s top score on beam at 15.200. Her other scores were: vault, 15.250; uneven bars, 14.600; and floor exercise, 14.000.
Bross earned highest vault score of the day at 15.300 for her double twisting Yurchenko vault. Her other scores for the night were 13.350 on bars and 14.700 on beam and floor exercise.
2008 Olympian Samantha Peszek of Indianapolis, Ind./Sharp’s Gymnastics, was second on beam with a score of 30.100. Fellow 2008 Olympians Chellsie Memmel of West Allis, Wis., and Nastia Liukin of Parker, Texas, competed on the balance beam.
2008 Olympic all-around champion Liukin was named Athlete of the Year and Sportsperson of the Year and her father and coach Valeri Liukin was named Coach of the Year.
2009 Visa Championships
American Airlines Center
Dallas, TX
Aug. 15, 2009
Women’s gymnastics final results
All-Around
1. Bridget Sloan, Pittsboro, Ind., 117.550
2. Ivana Hong, Lovejoy, Texas, 117.250
3. Rebecca Bross, Plano, Texas, 116.600
4. Kytra Hunter, Frederick, Md., 113.750
5. MacKenzie Caquatto, Naperville, Ill., 111.950
6. Jana Bieger, Coconut Creek, Fla., 111.550
7. Kayla Williams, Huntington, W. Va., 111.350
8. Cassandra Whitcomb, Cincinnati, Ohio, 111.100
9. Alaina Johnson, Tyler, Texas, 109.650
10. Kaitlyn Clark, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., 109.400
11. Rebecca Clark, Blue Springs, Mo., 109.250
12. Kimberly Jacob, Raleigh, N.C., 108.550
13. Brooke Parker, Lorton, Va., 107.950
14. Morgan Steigerwalt, Jim Thorpe, Pa., 107.050
15. Annette Miele, Easton, Pa., 106.150
16. Georgia Dabritz, Rowley, Mass., 105.600
Vault
1. Ivana Hong, Lovejoy, Texas, 29.950
2. Bridget Sloan, Pittsboro, Ind., 29.900
2. Kytra Hunter, Frederick, Md., 29.900
4. Rebecca Bross, Plano, Texas, 29.750
5. MacKenzie Caquatto, Naperville, Ill., 29.600
6. Kayla Williams, Huntington, W. Va., 29.075
7. Morgan Steigerwalt, Jim Thorpe, Pa., 28.500
7. Kaitlyn Clark, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., 28.500
9. Annette Miele, Easton, Pa., 28.150
10. Kimberly Jacob, Raleigh, N.C., 27.850
10. Brooke Parker, Lorton, Va., 27.850
12. Jana Bieger, Coconut Creek, Fla., 27.550
13. Cassandra Whitcomb, Cincinnati, Ohio, 27.500
14. Alaina Johnson, Tyler, Texas, 27.300
15. Rebecca Clark, Blue Springs, Mo., 27.200
16. Georgia Dabritz, Rowley, Mass., 27.150
17. Samantha Peszek, Indianapolis, Ind., 14.550
Uneven Bars
1. Bridget Sloan, Pittsboro, Ind., 29.450
2. Cassandra Whitcomb, Cincinnati, Ohio, 29.350
3. MacKenzie Caquatto, Naperville, Ill., 29.000
4. Jana Bieger, Coconut Creek, Fla., 28.850
5. Ivana Hong, Lovejoy, Texas, 28.650
6. Rebecca Bross, Plano, Texas, 28.400
7. Georgia Dabritz, Rowley, Mass., 28.100
8. Alaina Johnson, Tyler, Texas, 27.700
9. Kytra Hunter, Frederick, Md., 27.300
9. Brooke Parker, Lorton, Va., 27.300
11. Kaitlyn Clark, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., 27.050
12. Rebecca Clark, Blue Springs, Mo., 26.850
13. Kimberly Jacob, Raleigh, N.C., 26.600
14. Annette Miele, Easton, Pa., 25.650
15. Kayla Williams, Huntington, W. Va., 24.800
16. Morgan Steigerwalt, Jim Thorpe, Pa., 23.400
Balance Beam
1. Ivana Hong, Lovejoy, Texas, 30.350
2. Samantha Peszek, Indianapolis, Ind., 30.100
3. Rebecca Bross, Plano, Texas, 29.400
4. Nastia Liukin, Parker, Texas, 29.150
5. Bridget Sloan, Pittsboro, Ind., 28.850
6. Rebecca Clark, Blue Springs, Mo., 28.500
7. Kimberly Jacob, Raleigh, N.C., 28.250
8. Chellsie Memmel, West Allis, Wis., 27.900
8. Kytra Hunter, Frederick, Md., 27.900
10. Kayla Williams, Huntington, W. Va., 27.850
11. Jana Bieger, Coconut Creek, Fla., 27.800
12. Morgan Steigerwalt, Jim Thorpe, Pa., 27.700
13. Alaina Johnson, Tyler, Texas, 27.100
14. Annette Miele, Easton, Pa., 26.700
15. Kaitlyn Clark, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., 26.650
16. Brooke Parker, Lorton, Va., 26.350
17. MacKenzie Caquatto, Naperville, Ill., 26.000
18. Cassandra Whitcomb, Cincinnati, Ohio, 25.800
19. Georgia Dabritz, Rowley, Mass., 25.100
Floor exercise
1. Bridget Sloan, Pittsboro, Ind., 29.350
2. Rebecca Bross, Plano, Texas, 29.050
3. Kytra Hunter, Frederick, Md., 28.650
4. Kayla Williams, Huntington, W. Va., 28.500
5. Cassandra Whitcomb, Cincinnati, Ohio, 28.450
6. Ivana Hong, Lovejoy, Texas, 28.300
7. Samantha Peszek, Indianapolis, Ind., 28.250
8. Alaina Johnson, Tyler, Texas, 27.550
9. Morgan Steigerwalt, Jim Thorpe, Pa., 27.450
10. MacKenzie Caquatto, Naperville, Ill., 27.350
10. Jana Bieger, Coconut Creek, Fla., 27.350
12. Kaitlyn Clark, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., 27.200
13. Rebecca Clark, Blue Springs, Mo., 26.700
14. Brooke Parker, Lorton, Va., 26.450
15. Kimberly Jacob, Raleigh, N.C., 25.850
16. Annette Miele, Easton, Pa., 25.650
17. Georgia Dabritz, Rowley, Mass., 25.250