INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (May 22, 2025) – More than 40 trampoline and tumbling athletes were selected to compete this summer at the 2025 The World Games in Chengdu, China, and the 2025 FIG Coimbra World Cup and Gym Fest in Coimbra, Portugal.
Eight athletes were selected to represent the U.S. in trampoline competition at the 2025 The World Games August 8-10 in Chengdu, China.
Reigning The World Games tumbling champion Kaden Brown will be joined in China by 2025 Elite Challenge champions Gracie Harder, Ruben Padilla and Elijah Vogel. Vogel will compete alongside 2025 Winter Classic Invitational mixed synchronized trampoline champion Issac Rowley in synchro competition, while Harder and Padilla take on double mini and Brown tumbling. 2023 World tumbling team bronze medalist Nastia Katchalova will compete in women’s tumbling, and 2025 Winter Classic Invitational synchro champions Leah Garafalo and Maia Amano will contest women’s synchro.
Paul Bretscher, Trevor Harder, Xavier Harper, Ryan Maccaganan, Ashley Matern, Aliah Raga, Jessica Stevens and Sarah Webster were named non-traveling replacement athletes.
The World Games take place every four years and serve as the equivalent of the Olympic Games for disciplines and events not contested at the Olympics. All information about the 2025 The World Games can be found on the event website.
More than 40 trampoline and tumbling athletes will compete at the 2025 Coimbra World Cup and Gym Fest July 4-6 in Portugal.
Set for World Cup individual trampoline competition are Bretscher, Maccagnan, Rowley and Vogel for men’s, and Amano, Garafalo, Clare Bretscher and Kennedi Roberts for the women. Katchalova, Matern, Nasiarra Riley and Tia Taylor will compete in women’s tumbling while Brown, Harper, BJ Mensah and Amare Walker do the same on the men’s side.
Rounding out the World Cup roster are women’s double mini competitors Harder, Raga, Roberts and Susan Gill, and Padilla, Harder, Max Poveda and Simon Smith in men’s double mini.
The Gym Fest international tournament in Portugal will also see U.S. athletes competing. Contesting men’s and women’s individual trampoline are Joseph Borders, Rafi Pikofsky-Christiansen, Zackrey Whaley and Sawyer Whitemiller and Grace Danley, Channing Kim, Nora Simmonds and Bella Ursu.
Ingrid Campbell, Amari Jackson, Neila Johnson and Haleigh Smith will compete in women’s tumbling and Whitemiller, Carter Garn, Andrew Neatrour and Luke Todd in men’s. Johnson also will compete in double mini along with Sophia Patterson for the women, while Pikofsky-Christiansen, Todd, Sylus Harper and Dustin Padilla see men’s double mini competition.
Visit coimbragymfest.org for all information about the 2025 Coimbra World Cup and Gym Fest.
All athletes are listed below by event.
The World Games, August 8-10
Maia Amano — Honolulu, Hawaii/Merino Trampoline Gymnastics Academy
Paul Bretscher — Knoxville, Tenn./Merino Trampoline Gymnastics Academy*
Kaden Brown — Herriman, Utah/Wasatch Trampoline & Tumbling
Leah Garafalo — Holmdel, N.J./Elite Trampoline Academy
Gracie Harder — Archdale, N.C./Carolina Elite Trampoline Academy
Trevor Harder — Archdale, N.C./Carolina Elite Trampoline Academy*
Xavier Harper — Oak Ridge, Tenn./Premier Athletics Knoxville*
Nastia Katchalova — Lakeland, Fla./Elite World Gymnastics
Ryan Maccaganan — Colorado Springs, Colo./Merino Trampoline Gymnastics Academy*
Ashley Matern — Lindon, Utah/Wasatch Trampoline & Tumbling*
Ruben Padilla — Bluffdale, Utah/Wasatch Trampoline & Tumbling
Aliah Raga — Denton, Md./Dynamite Gymnastics*
Issac Rowley — Allen, Texas/Wasatch Trampoline & Tumbling
Jessica Stevens — Ellicott City, Md./Fairland Gymnastics*
Elijah Vogel — Longmont, Colo./Xtreme Altitude Gymnastics
Sarah Webster — Valley View, Texas/Trampoline and Tumbling Express*
Coimbra World Cup, July 5-6
Maia Amano — Honolulu, Hawaii/Merino Trampoline Gymnastics Academy
Isabella Bowman — Dublin, Ohio/Integrity Athletics*
Clare Bretscher — Huntsville, Ala./Merino Trampoline Gymnastics Academy
Paul Bretscher — Knoxville, Tenn./Merino Trampoline Gymnastics Academy
Kaden Brown — Herriman, Utah/Wasatch Trampoline & Tumbling
Emma Cox — Webb City, Mo./Oklahoma Extreme Tumbling & Trampoline*
Leah Garafalo — Holmdel, N.J./Elite Trampoline Academy
Susan Gill — Ladera Ranch, Calif./Eagle Gymnastics Academy
Xavier Harper — Oak Ridge, Tenn./Premier Athletics Knoxville
Gracie Harder — Archdale, N.C./Carolina Elite Trampoline Academy
Trevor Harder — Archdale, N.C./Carolina Elite Trampoline Academy
Nastia Katchalova — Lakeland, Fla./Elite World Gymnastics
Kai Lawson — Bethesda, Md./Dynamite Gymnastics*
Ryan Maccagnan — Colorado Springs, Colo./Merino Trampoline Gymnastics Academy
Ashley Matern — Lindon, Utah/Wasatch Trampoline & Tumbling
BJ Mensah — New York, N.Y./CAVU Trampoline and Tumbling
Caleb Merckson — Hampton, Ga./FlipCity South*
Ruben Padilla — Bluffdale, Utah/Wasatch Trampoline & Tumbling
Max Poveda — Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./World Elite Gymnastics
Aliah Raga — Denton, Md./Dynamite Gymnastics
Zachary Ramacci — St. John, Ind./Midwest Training and Ice Center*
Nasiarra Riley — Locust Grove, Ga./FlipCity South
Kennedi Roberts — North Richland Hills, Texas/Southlake Gymnastics Academy
Isaac Rowley — Allen, Texas/Wasatch Trampoline & Tumbling
Simon Smith — Springville, Utah/Utah Valley Trampoline & Tumbling
Tia Taylor — Knoxville, Tenn./Premier Athletics Knoxville
Trinity Van Natta — Huntsville, Ala./Merino Trampoline Gymnastics Academy*
Elijah Vogel — Longmont, Colo./Xtreme Altitude Gymnastics
Amare Walker — Rockaway, N.J./CAVU Trampoline and Tumbling
Coimbra Gym Fest, July 4-6
Joseph Borders — Austin, Texas/Tumble Tech
Ingrid Campbell — Mountain Green, Utah./Northern Star Bounder
Noiella Caruso — Cream Ridge, N.J./Garden State Trampoline Academy*
Grace Danley — Millstone, N.J./Elite Trampoline Academy
Carter Garn — Bluffdale, Utah/Wasatch Trampoline & Tumbling
Sylus Harper — Farmington, Utah/Flipside Tumbling
Amari Jackson — Lakeland, Fla./Elite World Gymnastics
Neila Johnson — Draper, Utah/Wasatch Trampoline & Tumbling
Channing Kim — Frisco, Texas/Eagle Gymnastics Academy
Andrew Neatrour — Hollidaysburg, Pa./Centre Elite Gymnastics
Chaz Neyman — Draper, Utah/Wasatch Trampoline & Tumbling*
Dustin Padilla — Dayton, Nev./Centre Elite Gymnastics
Sophia Patterson — Ocean, N.J./Elite Trampoline Academy
Rafi Pikofsky-Christiansen — Silver Spring, Md./Dynamite Gymnastics Center
Jakob Saldana — Lubbock, Texas/Air Extreme*
Nora Simmonds — Monroe, N.J./Garden State Trampoline Academy
Haleigh Smith — Dalton, Ga./Culprit Athletics
Kennedy Stoker — Clinton, Utah/Northern Star Bounder*
Luke Todd — Calhoun, Ga./Culprit Athletics
Bella Ursu — Holmdel, N.J./Elite Trampoline Academy
Zackrey Whaley — Decatur, Ala./Merino Trampoline Gymnastics Academy
Sawyer Whitemiller — Cape Coral, Fla./Carolina Elite Trampoline Academy
*Denotes non-traveling replacement athlete