INDIANAPOLIS, June 17, 2021 – The 2021 Men’s and Women’s Artistic Junior Pan American Championships begin Friday at the Polideportivo López Mateos in Guadalajara, Mexico. The competition will run June 18-20 with all-around, individual event and team medals on the line.
Members of the U.S. delegation, which is headed by USA Gymnastics’ Elite Development Coordinator Dan Baker, are listed below.
Men
- Josh Karnes, Erie, Pa., Lakettes Gymnastic Academy
- Ian Lasic-Ellis, Dover, Mass., Massachusetts Elite Gymnastics Academy
- Vahe Petrosyan, Van Nuys, Calif./Gymnastics Olympica USA
- Fred Richard, Stoughton, Mass./Massachusetts Elite Gymnastics Academy
- Alternate: Arun Chhetri, Culver City, Calif., Gymnastics Olympica USA
- Coaches: Levon Karakhanyan, Massachusetts Elite Gymnastics Academy, and Pavel Sargsyan, Gymnastics Olympica USA
Women
- Kailin Chio, Henderson, Nev./Gymcats Gymnastics
- Madray Johnson, Dallas, Texas/WOGA Gymnastics
- Katelyn Jong, Allen, Texas/Metroplex Gymnastics
- Kaliya Lincoln, Frisco, Texas/WOGA Gymnastics
- Alternate: Joscelyn Roberson, Texarkana, Texas/North East Texas Elite Gymnastics
- Coaches: Marnie Futch, Metroplex Gymnastics (assistant coach); Valeri Liukin, WOGA Gymnastics (head coach); Kory Pemberton, North East Texas Elite Gymnastics; Cassie Rice, Gymcats Gymnastics; Tatyana Shadenko, WOGA Gymnastics
The U.S. men will kick off qualifying Friday at 3 p.m. ET with Subdivision 2. The women’s team will qualify as part of Subdivision 3 Saturday at 6:30 p.m. ET. Team and all-around championships will be awarded at the conclusion of each discipline’s first day of competition. Sunday’s individual event finals will take place as follows in eastern time:
- 11:35 a.m. – Men’s floor final
- 12:06 p.m. – Women’s vault final and men’s pommel horse final
- 12:53 p.m. – Women’s uneven bars final and men’s still rings final
- 6:05 p.m. – Women’s balance beam final and men’s vault final
- 6:52 p.m. – Women’s floor final and men’s parallel bars final
- 7:39 p.m. – Men’s horizontal bar final