2025 U.S. Basic Full Recap & Outcomes: Claire Pease wins first home title as senior

Claire Pease gained her first home title as a senior on Saturday, topping the sphere on the 2025 U.S. Basic with a 54.600 and positioning herself as a favourite for the all-around title at subsequent month’s U.S. Championships.

After Simone Rose led by the primary three rotations, Pease jumped forward because of a 14.050 for her double-twisting Yurchenko on vault. Rose ended second with a 54.200, and Joscelyn Roberson rounded out the rostrum with a 53.250.

Pease additionally gained vault as the one athlete to compete two vaults, incomes a 13.575 common. Myli Lew gained bars with a 14.050, Ashlee Sullivan gained beam with a 13.550, and Reese Esponda gained flooring with a 13.950 – the one gymnast from session one to win a title.

A primary-year senior, Pease was undefeated in home competitors as a junior a yr in the past, successful Winter Cup, Basic, and the U.S. Championships. She tied for the beam title at Winter Cup, however was lastly in a position to pull collectively her senior routines in Hoffman Estates to greatest a area that included teammate and Olympic gold medalist Hezly Rivera and different standouts.

A favourite within the lead-up, Rivera struggled all through the competitors, falling on bars and beam and struggling to get her vault round. The one vibrant spot was her new flooring routine that scored a 13.850 to complete second on the occasion.

Roberson’s Return

Roberson’s elite return was a convincing success. A yr on from touring to Paris as an alternate for the Olympic workforce, Roberson has an NCAA season beneath her belt and is coaching at Arkansas with Razorback assistant coach (and 2016 Olympian) Chris Brooks. Her focus in Hoffman Estates was on getting again on the market, staying on the equipment, and managing her nerves. With the gang behind her, she achieved these objectives, beginning the night time with a clear beam set that put her fourth on the occasion (13.350), displaying off her 2024 flooring routine for one of many final occasions earlier than she replaces it forward of Worlds (12.950), hitting a strong double-twisting Yurchenko (13.700), and ending on bars – her weakest occasion – the place she earned a powerful 13.400 for her set that included a full-twisting double format dismount. Roberson did two double layouts in her flooring routine, however she plans to exchange the third move with a full-twisting double format for championships. Extra on that beneath in our post-meet notes and quotes part.

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2025 U.S. Basic – Outcomes & Picture Galleries

• Full outcomes from the junior and senior divisions on the U.S. Basic will be discovered right here: Senior Ladies | Junior Ladies.
• Picture galleries for each the juniors and seniors shall be linked right here as soon as uploaded.

Senior Ladies

All-Round

1. Claire Pease – WOGA – 54.600
2. Simone Rose – Pacific Reign – 54.200
3. Joscelyn Roberson – Arkansas – 53.250
4. Brooke Pierson – World Champions – 52.600
5. Reese Esponda – World Champions – 52.350
6. Ally Damelio – San Mateo – 52.050
7. TIE Ashlee Sullivan – Metroplex, Alicia Zhou – Love Fitness center, Harlow Buddendeck – RGA – 52.000
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10. Jordis Eichman – World Champions – 51.900
11. Dulcy Caylor – World Champions – 51.850
12. TIE Hezly Rivera – WOGA and Nola Matthews – Airborne – 51.500

Vault

1. Claire Pease – WOGA – 13.575 common

Observe: Pease was the one senior to compete two vaults.

Uneven Bars

1. Myli Lew – San Mateo – 14.050
2. Simone Rose – Pacific Reign – 13.950
3. TIE Claire Pease – WOGA and Alicia Zhou – Love Fitness center – 13.700

Steadiness Beam

1. Ashlee Sullivan – Metroplex – 13.550
2. Harlow Buddendeck – RGA – 13.450
3. Claire Pease – WOGA – 13.400

Flooring Train

1. Reese Esponda – World Champions – 13.950
2. Hezly Rivera – WOGA – 13.850
3. Gabrielle Hardie – Twin Metropolis Twisters – 13.650

Junior Ladies

All-Round

1. Lavi Crain – GAGE – 54.450
2. Charleigh Bullock – Capital (VA) – 52.650
3. Kylie Smith – Cincinnati – 51.800
4. Addalye VanGrinsven – Pacific Reign – 51.150
5. TIE Caroline Moreau – Texas Desires and Addy Fulcher – Georgia Elite – 51.050
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7. Elaina Sliney – Cincinnati – 50.800
8. Amariah Moore – First State – 50.550
9. Amia Pugh-Banks – World Class – 50.250
10. Isabella Anzola – WOGA – 50.050
11. Kaylee Sath – GAGE – 49.900
12. Sydney Williams – Metroplex – 49.800

Vault

1. Lavi Crain – GAGE – 13.775 common
2. Amia Pugh-Banks – World Class – 13.550 common
3. Addalye VanGrinsven – Pacific Reign – 13.375 common

Uneven Bars

1. Charleigh Bullock – Capital (VA) – 14.400
2. Lavi Crain – GAGE – 13.550
3. Addy Fulcher – Georgia Elite – 13.350

Steadiness Beam

1. Lavi Crain – GAGE – 14.050
2. Isabella Anzola – WOGA – 12.850
3. Greta Krob – IGN – 12.750

Flooring Train

1. Caroline Moreau – Texas Desires – 13.500
2. TIE Kylie Smith – Cincinnati and Addalye VanGrinsven – Pacific Reign – 12.950

Submit-Meet Notes & Quotes

Simone Rose

• On how making it to Olympic Trials ready her for this season: “I believe it proved to myself that I belong right here and I belong with all these different ladies, and it actually helped me see, once more, I really belong right here and that I can compete and keep right here.”

Joscelyn Roberson

• On competing elite once more: “Faculty truthfully helped me quite a bit. I didn’t assume it will, simply due to the completely different worlds, however I used to be a lot much less nervous as soon as I obtained into the competitors mode. I used to be not as nervous as a result of I had skilled a lot, and I actually simply believed in myself – and that’s new.”
• On former World Champions teammate Simone Biles being in attendance: “I imply, she’s the busiest human ever. She was on the ESPYs three days in the past, and she or he referred to as me, and she or he was like, ‘Okay, I’ve this, this, and this, however if you happen to actually need me there, I’ll be there. And I used to be like, ‘I form of actually need you there.’ And he or she was like, ‘Okay, so it’s achieved.’ And so she got here, and she or he has to go away, like, tomorrow, and she or he’s simply the most effective individual and the largest function mannequin and assist individual that I might have.”
• On not having Simone there for the gang to deal with: “Plenty of the occasions earlier than these meets, I might get nervous and I’d be like, ‘Oh, they’re not watching you, they’re watching Simone. Simply relax.’ However now, figuring out that they have been watching me, that made me extraordinarily nervous, and I needed to remind myself, that is what you labored your complete life for.”
• On doing two double layouts in her routine: “So the principle aim was to do [full-twisting double layout] after which double format. So that’s simply constructing my endurance. I imply, at Arkansas, we don’t have a Spieth flooring, we simply have a Spieth strip, so I haven’t achieved a full flooring routine on a flooring… but – that was my first one. We discovered a approach to make the routine work on that strip, however it’s at all times completely different. And so this was simply to get on the market and really feel how I used to be gonna really feel by the top of the routine. I believe I did effectively making ready for that, however hopefully by championships I’ll have a dismount.”
  • Thought of doing a double pike on the finish, however “then we each got here to the conclusion on our personal that it was extra necessary to do two double layouts to see how I might really feel doing double format final and get that timing for a [full-twisting double layout] too.”
• On maintaining the identical flooring routine from final season for this meet: “That can change, hopefully, by world choice. I obtained a brand new flooring routine, however it simply felt too quick and too new, and I didn’t have time to settle in and actually determine the place I might breathe and all that. So I used to be like, ‘You understand what? Scratch that for now. I’m gonna return to my outdated one, the place I do know my respiration spots. I do know the place to smile and have interaction. I do know all that.’ So we simply went again for this meet and doubtless championships, however hopefully, by world choice and Worlds I’ll have a brand new one.”
• Different notes:
  • Plans to have each of her vaults again for championships. She’ll compete the double-twisting Yurchenko and Cheng.

Rotation-by-Rotation Recap

Routine Replays: Session 1 | Session 2

Session 1, Rotation 1:

• High scores:
• Different notes:
  • Ally Damelio was the standout on bars, incomes a 13.300. She hit her Seitz to Pak and Shap to Gienger connections. Completed with a clear double entrance, only a small step. Watch it right here.
  • Reese Esponda BB: Wonderful standing tuck. BHS to two-footed format. Struggled with connections later within the routine and nearly fell, however was in a position to salvage it. Clear double pike, small hop ahead. 12.300.

Session 1, Rotation 2:

• Main on the midway mark is Reese Esponda after an enormous 13.950 on flooring.
• High scores:
• Different notes:
  • Reese Esponda FX: Tucked double-double, step and a shuffle again. Double format, practically caught, however takes a small hop ahead. Entrance half to double again, wonderful – good management. Double pike, step again. Actually good routine from Esponda. 13.950. Watch it right here.

Session 1, Rotation 3:

• Chief: Reese Esponda will increase her result in half a degree with a 39.900 whole to Brooke Pierson’s 39.400. Ally Damelio at the moment rounds out the rostrum with a 38.950.
• High scores:

Session 1, Rotation 4:

• Chief: Brooke Pierson leads after session one, incomes a 52.600. She was bolstered by a 13.200 on bars within the last rotation to leap forward of World Champions Centre teammate Reese Esponda, who led for the earlier two rotations after sturdy marks on flooring (13.950) and vault (13.650).
  • Second: Reese Esponda – 52.350
  • Third: Ally Damelio – 52.050
• Occasion Leaders:
• Different notes:
  • Reese Esponda UB: Toe 1/1 to Shap to Pak. Van Leeuwen. Quick on the handstand earlier than her toe 1/2 to straddle Jaeger. Double again dismount, hop. Good enchancment from Esponda on that occasion particularly. 12.450. Finishes with a 52.350.
  • Brooke Pierson UB: Stalder 1/1 to Shap to Pak. Van Leeuwen. Stalder 1/2 to straddle Jaeger. Toe 1/2 to double entrance. 13.200 – sufficient to leap her forward of Esponda. Finishes with a 52.600.

Session 2, Rotation 1:

Observe: Jayla Dangle has scratched vault and flooring. Myli Lew will solely compete on bars.

• Chief: After one, Simone Rose leads because of her 13.800 on vault.
• High scores (together with session one):
• Different notes:
  • Simone Rose VT: Caught Yurchenko 1.5. She liked that! Not the largest problem, however she executed fantastically. 13.800. Watch it right here.
  • Myli Lew UB: BIG 14.050. So easy and floaty. Stunning Gienger, piked Jaeger, and double format.
  • Hezly Rivera UB: Was swinging alright, missed a connection early, however one thing went fallacious on her dismount. Type was wonky within the air, didn’t get the rotations round, and fell badly on the touchdown. Appeared okay and walked off the rostrum by herself. 11.950.
  • Joscelyn Roberson BB: Standing full, strong. Change leap to modify half to again tuck, wonderful – leaps could have been a bit tight. Aspect aerial to format stepout to format stepout – massive smile! Full flip. Onodi, missed the connection to her straddle leap, however connects the straddle to the pike leap. Double pike, STUCK!!!! 13.350. Simone (who’s in attendance) liked that too!
  • Ashlee Sullivan BB: Wolf flip. Standing Arabian – crushed it! Again handspring to format stepout, strong. Entrance aerial to straddle leap to separate leap. Onodi. Change leap, bit deep within the knees on the touchdown there, however she retains it going. Double pike, single step again. Wonderful routine from Ashlee! 13.550 to guide the occasion! Watch it right here.
  • Claire Pease UB = 13.700.

Session 2, Rotation 2:

• Chief: After two, Simone Rose leads with a 27.750, adopted by Claire Pease after which Nola Matthews.
• High scores (together with session one):

• Different notes:
  • Hezly Rivera BB: Fell on her two-footed format collection. Deep within the knees on her double pike dismount. 12.300.
  • Dulcy Caylor FX: Double format, under-rotated, bit low. Full by to double again (each ft out of bounds) to entrance tuck, very low however she pulls it out. Falls out of her L-turn. Double pike, slightest of shuffles. 11.600.
  • Simone Rose UB = 13.950.
  • Joscelyn Roberson FX: Double-twisting double format, small hop, nice peak. Entrance full by to full-twisting double again, one foot out of bounds. Lot of energy on her leaps. Principally caught double format, small hop ahead after a minute. One other double format, however she’ll change that up earlier than championships – third move shall be a full-twisting double format. Picks up the scrunchy that fell out as she leaves the rostrum. 12.800.
  • Leanne Wong UB: Clear hip half to straddle Jaeger. Toe 1/1, breaks type, however someway will get it again and hits the Bhardwaj. Shap to Pak. Van Leeuwen. Double format, small hop again. Vitality is there, type must be cleaned up – flexed ft and leg separation all through. 13.200.
  • Ashlee Sullivan FX: Tucked double-double, caught. Double format, nice energy, smallest of hops again. Double wolf flip. Entrance full by to double again, doesn’t have the ability although and falls ahead on her head. She will get up and finishes sturdy, appears okay. 12.500.
  • Claire Pease BB = 13.400.

Session 2, Rotation 3:

• Chief: After three, Simone Rose nonetheless leads the second session with a 40.900. Then it’s Claire Pease and Ashlee Sullivan.
• High scores (together with session one):
• Different notes:
  • Joscelyn Roberson VT: Double-twisting Yurchenko, bit low within the chest on the touchdown, little bit of an uncontrolled hop again. 13.700.
  • Hezly Rivera FX: After falls on bars and beam, Rivera up on flooring. Full-twisting double format, out of bounds, however good peak and touchdown. Double format, giant step again, retains it in bounds. Double wolf flip. Punch entrance by to double again. 2.5 twist. Though endurance appeared to be a problem on bars and beam, not as a lot of a problem on flooring. 13.850.
  • Jayla Dangle BB: Almost comes out of her wolf flip, however stays on the beam. Hits her again handspring to tuck full collection, small stability test. Walks into her round-off double pike, small step ahead. 13.300.
  • Nola Matthews falls on beam. 12.550.
  • Claire Pease FX = 13.450
  • Simone Rose BB: Triple wolf flip. Again handspring to format stepout to format stepout. Aspect aerial to separate leap to straddle leap, don’t know if she’ll get the connection bonus there. Entrance aerial. 2.5 twist dismount, giant step ahead and to the aspect, however that was the largest error in your complete routine. 13.150.
  • Ashlee Sullivan VT: Clear Yurchenko 1.5. 13.800.
  • Leanne Wong BB: Change leap mount. Aspect aerial. Change leap to modify half to straddle leap. Change ring. Again handspring to format stepout. Double wolf flip. Entrance aerial to separate leap to again handspring. Aspect some, arm swing – greatest mistake of this routine to date. Tuck gainer full, STUCK. 13.300.

Session 2, Rotation 4:

• All-around winner: Claire Pease is the 2025 U.S. Basic senior champion! Pease’s 54.600 simply tops the senior area. Impressively, the second highest all-around rating of the weekend – throughout the junior and senior divisions – goes to junior Lavi Crain, with a 54.450.
  • Simone Rose finishes second within the senior division with a 54.200. Joscelyn Roberson rounds out the rostrum with a 53.250.
• Occasion winners:
• Different notes:
  • Claire Pease VT: Double-twisting Yurchenko. 14.050 (9.050 execution rating!). That might’ve very effectively secured her first home title as a senior! She additionally competed a second vault to win the vault title as effectively. Watch the primary vault right here.
  • Ashlee Sullivan falls on her Pak on bars. 11.650.
  • Simone Rose FX = 13.300
  • Hezly Rivera VT: Underneath-rotated double-twisting Yurchenko, lands in a deep squat and regarded tough on her ankles. 13.400.
  • Gabrielle Hardie FX = 13.650
  • Joscelyn Roberson finishes on bars, her worst occasion, and hits her routine regardless of some type points that she’ll want to scrub up. Finishes with a full-twisting double format, only a step again.

Highlight: Leanne Wong’s elite comeback and newest enterprise enterprise: Contained in the CEO gymnast’s subsequent chapter

Three months in the past, Leanne Wong’s NCAA gymnastics profession got here to a surprisingly anticlimactic finish.

Wong and the Florida Gators have been one of many favorites to win the NCAA workforce title. They’d earned the primary 198 rating of the season in January and spent a lot of the season ranked within the high 5. Individually, Wong completed the common season within the high 10 on each occasion apart from flooring and was the No. 2 all-arounder within the nation.

However at nationals, one-tenth stood between the Gators and the 4 on the Flooring. As an alternative, the Missouri Tigers superior to this system’s first NCAA gymnastics last, and a yr after Wong gained a share of the NCAA bars title, the Gators left with no particular person titles both.

“It was an attention-grabbing expertise. Clearly, wasn’t the most effective yr as a workforce, or individually, however it’s okay,” Wong instructed Gymnastics Now earlier this week.

Whereas her NCAA profession as a gymnast has come to a detailed, Wong’s gymnastics journey isn’t over simply but. She’s staying on with the Gators as a scholar assistant coach for the 2026 season, and she or he’s making one other elite comeback, beginning with the U.S. Basic this weekend.

Learn the total story right here.

Subsequent Up: 2025 Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships

The 2025 Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships are set for August 7-10 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Nationwide champions shall be topped throughout the boys’s and girls’s junior and senior creative divisions, and nationwide groups shall be named.

For the ladies, this serves because the second-to-last meet that shall be used to guage candidates for the 2025 World Championships workforce, with athletes being invited to the World Group Choice Occasion, set for September 29 – October 2, after the conclusion of championships. Worlds will happen October 19-25 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

The U.S. girls’s 2025 World Championships workforce will include as much as 4 athletes with a most of three athletes per occasion. That is a person Worlds – as is the norm within the yr following an Olympics – so there is no such thing as a workforce occasion. Along with the principle workforce, as much as two non-traveling alternates shall be named.

Per the choice procedures, right here is who shall be invited to the choice occasion after championships:

“Along with the highest two (2) All Round athletes from the mixed rank order of two days of competitors on the 2025 U.S. Gymnastics Championships, the Athlete Choice Committee will invite a minimal of eight (8) extra athletes from among the many opponents on the 2025 U.S. Gymnastics Championships and petitioned athletes to the World Group Choice Occasion, using the discretionary standards outlined in Part 5.”

On the conclusion of the choice occasion, the world workforce shall be named. The best scoring all-around athlete from the primary day of competitors on the choice occasion will routinely qualify to the workforce. The remaining three workforce members and as much as two touring alternates shall be named utilizing discretionary standards after the second day of competitors.