Interviews: Claudia Lasek | Agnes Song
Competition Routine Gallery (videos from USA Gymnastics YouTube Channel)
Agnes Song from Legacy Elite broke the top 10 all around finishing 8th in the 13-14 age group with a 46.65. She makes it onto the podium for bars with her 11.15 for 3rd place which was her first event of the competition. She also took 4th on beam with her 11.95.
Claudia Lasak from Legacy Elite just missed out of the top eight finishing 9th on bars with a 11.15, pretty impressive considering she was a level 8 during the 2025 season. This was the biggest meet of her young career and she will be one to watch next season when we look to make up that Level 9 Dream Team for Eastern Championships in Savannah Georgia.
Check out a full competition breakdown including photos from the competition in our Live Blog recap below.
Welcome everyone to our HOPES Championships live blog.
Touch warm-ups for competition have begun. Our Legacy Elite Duo begins on bars.
Claudia Lasak will be 4th up in the first flight of rotation 1.
Claudia next up on bars- Level 8 competitor during the 2025 meet season now on the podium at HOPES Championships.
Nice Toe handstand clear hip Pac combo to open. Blind Front Giant 1/2 and Double fly big step.
score: 11.15
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Touch Warm-ups for the second 1/2 of rotation 1 is underway. Agnes Song 2025 Level 10 national qualifier will be the last to compete on bars.
Legacy Elite fans are in full force here at NOW Arena taking up almost a whole side of the arena.
Agnes caught her jaeger with one hand in warm-ups but holds on IMPRESSIVE! Hope both hands get on in the competition.
Ok Agnes is now on the podium getting ready for her first routine of these championships. The COME ON AGNES from the crowd and cheers as her name is announced up next!
Nice blind piked Jaeger, Clear hip Stalder Pak combo, Blind 1/1 and double layout (slightly piked) dismount big hop forward but HIT!
11.15 for Agnes identical to Claudia to close out bars in rotation 1.
In rotation 2, Claudia will be 2nd up on beam in the first 1/2 and Agnes 2nd up in the second 1/2.
The squads are now rotating around the arena.
Just in case you are not aware of the HOPES competition, we have two age groups 11-12 and 13-14 which will each have their separate champions crowned. Claudia Lasak, Legacy Elite is in the 11-12 with Agnes Song, Legacy Elite in the 13-14 respectively.
Claudia getting ready with final words from coach Andi.
Nice split mount! Nice leap series but off on BHS layout. Solid standing back tuck and front aerial and a RO Full dismount with a solid landing. That will be a very nice Level 9 routine next session.
Kim working hard on the floor check these photos of Claudia from bars.
10.55 on beam for Claudia
Bell signaling the touch warm-up for the 2nd 1/2 of rotation 2.
Love seeing Shilese Jones out there coaching but can’t to see her back out competing.
WOW what a start to the second 1/2 of rotation 2…. Huge Yurchenko full from Cassandra Tan, BIG Jaeger from Alexis Reiner and an Ondi from Alden Dante.
Agnes is getting ready to mount the beam.
A bit slow on the wolf turn but made it, solid BHS layout and side aerial, good switch switch 1/2, cross split jump 1/2, nice double full dismount small hop! Very nice routine!
I think she has a Korbut in her routine as well but I missed it as a USA Gym Tech guy is fixing the live stream camera in front of me.
11.95 on beam
Over on bars an impressive 13.25 from Avery Haines (First State) very nice Stalder 1/2 endo 1/2 Stalder Maloney combo.
Combined results after 2 rotations https://www.meetscoresonline.com/R34758
Both Agnes (1st 1/2) and Claudia (2nd 1/2) will go last on floor in 3rd rotation.
More from Kim- Agnes on Beam
Anna and Andi doing the mat changes as Agnes is next up on floor.
Love this music…. it’s Macko Caquatto’s old music. Nice double pike to open, solid 1 1/2 Front pike, nice back spin, pretty solid wolf double, 2 1/2 had to save the landing stepping back and squatting to keep from falling down.
Score: 11.75
Good Luck Knuckles between Andi and Claudia as she is next up on floor.
Nice wolf double, Layout full to open (She did double back first pass at American Classic if I remember correctly), nice 1 1/2 front and front 1/1 last pass with a big cheer from the crowd!
11.05 on floor for Claudia
Results after 3 rotations: https://www.meetscoresonline.com/R34758
Agnes layout Yurchenko on vault short a bit on landing but nice competition for her today.
11.8 on vault for a 46.65
Claudia- Pike Yurchenko step forward on first vault. She was much better on her 2nd attempt (athletes in HOPES allowed to do 2 vaults even if the same vault) big step back but more height on 2nd.
11.85 on vault for a 44.6 and remember she was a level 8 this season. Watch out for Claudia next season!!!!!
