Here is a look at some behind the scenes moments and highlights from training day at the 2022 Level 10 Dev Nationals
Region 5 Training Highlights | 2022 Level 9 Eastern Nationals
Level 9 Easterns begins today in Rochester NY. Check out highlights from Region 5’s training day yesterday. Region 5 is the defending Eastern Team Champions.
Podcast: College Salute – NCAA Championships, As Tough As She is Pretty”

What’s to come in this episode:
Sooners stole the show,13 alums competed and 1 killed it in vault in warm-ups, the cables at bars were faulty and so were the judges, landings on vault were hard to come by but not for Rucker, Bars and Beam All Americans for Region 5 Alums, do you focus recruiting on elites or level 10s and Lights Out needs to be OUT for ever.
Show Notes:
Intro
Fab 5
- Audrey Davis best piece of gymnastics PERIOD
- Florida beat OU on Floor by over .5 didn’t count a fall on any event and lost by .2
- Kyla Bryant last floor routine (maybe Jason’s second favorite routine of the competition)
- Jaedyn Rucker- Utah Vault 9.9625 National Vault Champ (nailed it both days) we can add floor to this
- Leann “As tough as she is pretty” KLJ
- Just Florida
- O’Keefe
- Sydney Jonson Sharp
- “Lights out” needs to go
- AUBURN HELLO & The QUEEN Shimmys out of her double pike
- Olivia Trautman Beam Mount
- Michigan State Coaches win National AWards for 1st time in program history
- Olympian Reunion
- Miss Val and the pursing of the lips (Very Devils Wear Prada)
Karas Kickover– Commentator’s perspective to the championships
Breakdown/Discussion-
Elites vs Level 10’s in college gymnastics
Skyla Schulte- 9.9125 attacked the routine, no freshman freak out it’s NCAA’s
Payton Richards- Competed only in Finals replacing Sloan Blakely on both V and Fx
Sierra Brooks- 2nd on Bars with her 9.95. 2 pass floor routine (achilles tightness)
Jacey Vore– Struggles on bars but bounces back on beam (after Nioami fell) to post a 9.8125.
Gabby Wilson- Rocked floor 9.9125 , huge double back off beam with hop back 9.8375
Aria Brusch- Consistent on all three of her events both days of competition.
Leah Clapper closes an awesome career with a 9.925 beam routine besting her semi finals 9.9 perfect lay lay!
KJC mentioned her smile was choreographed into her routine, NO WAY
Helen Hu- Beautiful Piked Ray to pak (huge swing and amplitude on both skills) beam solid as always with her lines and flow solid front aerials 9.9375 to tie pretty much everyone for 4th place (8 tied)
Shania Adams- extension solid awesome wolf turn!
Kim was happy- Mati Waligora did floor at NCAA’s replacing Griffin James after the warm-ups.
Makarri Doggette- Several hand claps after this routine. Awesome DL on her one foot.
Gaskins- One Last sweet home Alabama
Tara Walsh- Stuck a beautiful Yurchenko full in the warm-ups (auburn alternate on vault) not bad for landing locked legged on a 1 ½ a few weeks ago.
Toe Point President Nominees
- Built Bar Best 5 of the Week

Past Podcasts:
Week 12: NCAA Regional Weekend- AuBE 10’s and Exciting Finishes
Week 11: Conference Championships- Spartans, Chips and 26
Week 10: A Real Showstopper
Week 9: The Oscar Goes to Records, Seniors, 198s
Week 8: They Rise to the Perfect 10
Week 7: WWW- Want, Work, Win… A Dog’s Got to Eat!
Week 6: Playlists, Program Records and Perea It’s a Chief Kiss
Week 5: Was it a 10, Should it be a 10-Subjectivity in Judging
Week 4: Storm Trooper Stare Down
Week 3: Big Letters, Records, the Queen and Wake Boarding
Week 2: Melting Thru Movement or Sharp Stab
Week 1: From A to Z and Everything in Between
2022 Region 5 Championships Live Streams
Results: (Level 10) JRA, JRB, JRC, JRD, JRE, JRF, SRA, SRB, SRC, SRD, SRE, SRF
Level 9: JR1, JR2, JR3, JR4, JR5, JR6, JR7, JR8, SR1, SR2, SR3, SR4, SR5, SR6,SR7, SR8
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R5 Twenty Five “Ones to Watch” (Indiana)
It is that time of year……REGION 5 CHAMPIONSHIPS!!! Regionals begin today and we have our final R5 “Ones to Watch” from the Hoosier State…..Indiana!!!
Each athlete on the list is either a 1st year Level 10 or a Level 10 who has not made Nationals previously. These athletes however could make an impact on this years Region 5 Dream Team.
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Esphyr Koren (Madison Gymnastics)
Esphyr a 1st year level 10 was 2nd in the AA, Beam & Floor at the 2022 Indiana State Championships. Beautiful press to handstand beam mount and triple flight series sets this young Junior A apart.
Genae Daniel (JPAC)
2022 IN State Vault Champion and 2nd in the AA behind JPAC Teammate Sophia Paris.
Addison Moore (JPAC)
Senior committed to University of Wisconsin LaCrosse. Addison 2nd in the AA at the 2022 IN State Championships, took 1st on the uneven bars as well as 2nd in the AA & Floor at the 2021 Eastern National Championships.
Ava Jordan (DeVeau’s)
2022 IN State Vault Champion. Has posted two 38+ scores this season which keeps her competitive in the Senior C age group.
Ashley Szymanski (Set-10)
2022 State Bars Champion and 3rd in the AA at the in the Indiana State Championships. Ashley has some of the best execution especially on bars. This only be Ashley’s 4th all around meet of the season but she is coming off her season high at state.
Mecca Chandler (The Flip Zone) 2021 Level 9 Eastern Vault Champion is a strong contender on bars. Mecca has only competed all around once this season and will be looking to go at it again at regionals.