© John Cheng
NDIANAPOLIS, March 13, 2011 – 2011 AT&T American Cup champion Jordyn Wieber of DeWitt, Mich., and 2010 World team silver-medalist Alexandra Raisman of Needham, Mass., are two of the 14 women who will represent the USA in the 2011 City of Jesolo (Italy) Trophy on March 19. The event is expected to feature gymnasts from Japan, Italy, Russia and the USA.
The U.S. Team features seven seniors and seven juniors.
Seniors
Bridgette Caquatto, Naperville, Ill., Legacy Elite Gymnastics
Gabrielle Douglas, Virginia Beach, Va., Chow’s Gymnastics
Amanda Jetter, Milford, Ohio, Cincinnati Gymnastics
McKayla Maroney, Laguna Niguel, Calif., All Olympia
Alexandra Raisman, Needham, Mass., Brestyan’s American Gymnastics
Sabrina Vega, Manhattan, N.Y., Dynamic Gymnastics
Jordyn Wieber, DeWitt, Mich., Twistars USA
Juniors
Ericha Fassbender, Katy, Texas, Stars Gymnastics
Sarah Finnegan, Lake Latawanna, Mo., GAGE
Madison Kocian, Dallas, WOGA
Katelyn Ohashi, Newcastle, Wash., WOGA
Elizabeth Price, Coopersburg, Pa., Parkettes
Alexis Priessman, Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati Gymnastics
Kyla Ross, Aliso Viejo, Calif., Gym-Max
Raisman won the senior all-around title at last year’s event, where Ross was the junior all-around silver medalist. The USA won the team title in 2010.
Coaches for the event are: seniors – Arthur Akopyan of All-Olympian Gymnastics, Mihai Brestyan of Brestyan’s American Gymnastics, Sorin Cepoi of Dynamic, John Geddert of Twistars USA, Liang Qiao of Chow’s Gymnastics, Mary Lee Tracy of Cincinnati Gymnastics and Jiana Wu of Legacy Elite Gymnastics; and juniors – Ashly Baker of Stars Gymnastics, Natalya Boyarskaya of WOGA, Al Fong of GAGE, Jenny Zhang Liang of Gym-Max, Valeri Liukin of WOGA, and Donna Strauss of Parkettes