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Perea hits 6.5 Bar Set, Gaskins to Worlds Selection Camp | 2017 PG Champs Day 2 Recap
Day 2 Results Junior | Senior
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The 2017 P&G Championships have come to a close and leading the way for Region 5 was Emily Gaskins from Cincinnati. Emily rocked two days of competition improving by almost two points in the all around from night one finishing with a 55.5 and 7th place. In the junior competition, Legacy Elite’s Gabby Perea scored the highest bars score for both 
juniors and seniors with a 14.5 and claimed the bronze medal for her two day combined total of 27.65. Gabby was introduced as a member of the 2017-18 USA Gymnastics Junior national team. Emily was invited and will attend the world selection camp at the ranch coming up in a few weeks. Here is a breakdown by rotation for day 2.
The seniors competition began with Leah Clapper (Gym America) and Shania Adams (Buckeye) each performing nice Yurchenko 1/1’s for 13.1 and 13.5. Emily Gaskins (Cincinnati) started off swinging her best bars of the weekend to improve over day one by almost half a point for a 13.45.
Clapper corrected her problems from night one catching her jaeger and rocking out her bar to bar combos to finish up with a 12.3 on bars, over 2 points better. Gaskins mounted the beam with awww from the crowd for her jump to shoulder stand.
She attacked the set nailing the layout layout, front tuck and her two bhs to double back. She improved over six tenths from Friday night scoring a 13.7. Adams hit all her release combos nicely but was a bit of angle on her toe full on low bar and landed her 1/2 in 1/2 out off the edge of the mat but another hit set for 13.2.
Gaskins began her floor routine in rotation 3 with a beautiful Memmel turn, high double 
layout, managed to stay in bounds today on double arabian, and finished with nice double pike. Nice one Em! Adams started off strong on beam with her two wolf turns followed by her layout layout combo. However was slightly under rotated on her switch 1/2 turn to save it but came off the beam. She did do the 2 back handsprings 2 1/2 combo that she waterdown on Friday for a 12.8. Last up on beam in rotation 3, Clapper lands her layout layout on the beam today but then cartwheels off the beam on her side aerial. She finished up with her best double pike dismount of the weekend for a 12.4, improving upon her day one score of 12.1.
The fourth rotation lead off with Gaskins doing a nice Yurchenko double full for a 14.5. Adams finished up her competition on floor starting off with a beautiful double arabian stag jump and the best 2 1/2 front tuck this week. However she over rotated her middle
double pike and fell out of bounds but finished strong with a nice double tuck for a 12.2. Shania is dealing some back issues and deserves praise for the fighter that she giving it her all this whole week. Clapper had lots of energy on floor bouncing out of bounds on her first three tumbling passes for a 12.1 and finishing out her first experience at P&G Championships.
Bars in Day 2 for our juniors was a huge improvement over day 1. Lilly Lippeatt from Cincinnati went 2nd up in the rotation and caught her Ray that gave her problems during Friday’s competition for a 12.75. Gabby Perea of Legacy Elite, who also missed her Ricna on day 1, breezed through that with ease connected immediately to a stalder shaposh 1/2
which is her new upgraded combination and a goal for her in this competition. The upgraded combo gave Perea one of the highest start values on bars 6.5 and tied for the highest bar score of the entire competition 14.55. She struggled a bit with the leg form on the stalder shaposh 1/2 which brought her a lower execution score then she is used to but GOAL ACHIEVED!!
Lippeatt on beam in the 2nd rotation broke one connection in the middle of the routine but looked confident and calm throughout the routine. She nailed her nice layout layout combo and finished with two back handsprings to double pike and small step for a 13.1. Despite her small stature, Lilly can tumble with a nice pike full in and 1 1/2 through to double 
back. The landings and overall routine was much better then in day 1. She improved her score by two tenths with a 13.35. Lilly finished off her first P&G Championships with a nice yurchenko full to improve her all around score by over one point to finish with a 52.3.
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2017 PG Championships Day 1 Recap
Day 1 Results: Junior | Senior
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The P&G Championships got underway today from the Honda Center in Anaheim, California and after day 1 Region 5 has 2 in the top ten in the all around. Senior Shania Adams (Buckeye) finished with a 53.95 for 7th and Emily Gaskins (Cincinnati) totaled a 53.7 for 9th.
The senior competition opened with a UCLA trio singing the national anthem. The competition began Buckeye’s Shania Adams first up on beam. She began with her triple and double wolf turns that were very well done. After nailing her layout layout (which she struggled with in practice) she hit her beautiful side somi and then waterdown her dismount for a hit set and a 13.9. Emily Gaskins from Cincinnati kicked off competition in day one on floor with her dramatic routine with strong tumbling and 13.1. Gym America’s Leah Clapper showed her will to stay on the beam in layout layout series. Her foot missed and she straddled but hung on which drew a huge applause from the crowd. She hit the rest of her routine for 12.1.
In the 2nd rotation, Gaskins vaulted a nice double twisting yurchenko for a solid 14.5. Leah Clapper bounced back literally on floor stepping out of bounds on her pike full in but almost stuck her double arabian. She landed herself a 12.4 for the routine. Last up in the rotation on floor, Adams hit a 13.45 with a nice double arabian, 2 1/2 front tuck and two
well landed double backs.
Rotation 3 began with both Clapper and Adams hitting nice full twisting Yurchenkos for 13.1 and 13.4 respectfully. Shania sat in 6th place all around after 3 events. Gaskins was last to go on bars and hit her nice opening combo that ends in a maloney to Pak. She caught her Ricna and a nice double layout to close rotation 3 with a 12.9.
Leah Clapper lead off the final rotation on bars with a nice Maloney to Pak but missed her pike Jaeger but finished with a nice 1/2 in 1/2 out for a 10.5. Shania, nursing a sore back took out her Ricna here but hit a nice set that features a stalder and Maloney 1/2 to high bar, nice Jaeger, and slightly under rotated full out and stepped to the side but much 
better then Classics. Gaskins finished her day one on balance beam diving backwards onto the beam in her unique mount. She was solid on her front aerial and layout layout but had a significant wobble on her leg up turn and landed a bit low on her double back for a 13.05.
In the junior competition, Cincinnati’s Lilly Lippeatt began on floor with a nice pike full in and finished with a nice double pike before her cute wiggle and finishing pose for a 13.15. Lippeatt continued on to vault where she performed a nice Yurchenko Full with a good landing to break the 13 mark for the 2nd time in as many events. The third rotation found our region 5 duo on bars both suffering falls on a similar skill. Lippeatt was up in the first flight of the rotation and missed her Ray (didn’t see her miss one here in Anaheim) but picked it back up and finished with a nice full out to a almost stuck landing.
It’s hard to sit around and wait your turn to compete, but that is what Legacy Elite’s Gabby Perea had to do only competing on bars here at P&G Championships. Perea had to wait a bit longer as she was in the 2nd flight of the bar rotation. After having a solid warm-up, it look like the 2017 US Classic Juniors champion would have her normal go at her bar routine. However she started off missing a connection she rarely misses on the low bar leading up to her maloney to the high bar which may have thrown her off a bit. She did her
back uprise Ricna and missed the bar coming down hard to the mat. She hopped back up onto the bars and finished her set with a maloney 1/2, pike jaeger and her double layout (which she left out at Classics). She still managed a 13.1 to finish 6th due to her great execution and start value. If I know Gabby, this will be motivating her over the next few days and maybe we will see the upgraded routine. Have to wait and see!
Lippeatt finished day 1 on Balance Beam with a solid set which features a layout layout, her favorite straddle 1/2 jump (check out todays interview video), and a nearly stuck 2 BHS to double pike for a 13.0. Lilly moved up into the top 20 with that beam set to finish day 1 in 19th place and 10th on floor.
