Chicago Calling! High U.S. Ladies Head To 2025 U.S. Traditional
By Nate Salsman and Christy Sandmaier
Previously generally known as the CoverGirl Traditional, Secret U.S. Traditional, GK U.S. Traditional and Core Hydration Traditional, the U.S. Traditional offered by Saatva options an elite area of junior and senior gymnasts and is the ultimate qualifying occasion for the 2025 Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships, which function USA Gymnastics’ annual Nationwide Championships, scheduled for Aug. 7-10 in New Orleans.
Historically a girls’s occasion, a males’s area was included in 2022 and 2023. The U.S. Traditional, held on the NOW Area, is being held at the side of the 2025 Hopes Championships, a national-level occasion that includes rising stars from the ladies’s creative self-discipline within the 11-12 and 13-14 year-old age divisions.
Previous winners of Traditional embrace Olympic champions Simone Biles, Amanda Borden, Dominique Dawes, Gabby Douglas, Laurie Hernandez, Shawn Johnson, Nastia Liukin, Carly Patterson, Jaycie Phelps, Aly Raisman, Kyla Ross, and Jordyn Wieber.
Scroll for our Inside Gymnastics preview, plus roster updates and hyperlinks on how one can watch!
Replace from Tiana Sumanasekera posted July 15
Who We’re Watching!
For an entire roster together with Senior periods, Click on Right here!
With the attract of a house Olympics in LA 2028 beaming on the horizon, the street to the Video games guarantees to be brilliantly star-studded with each twist and switch possible. The 2024 Olympic hype and Staff USA’s historic achievements in Paris have calmed only a bit, although the magic and recollections burn brilliant. The gold medal-winning workforce of Simone Biles, Jade Carey, Jordan Chiles, Suni Lee and Hezly Rivera undoubtedly impressed a brand new roster of expertise and additional fueled the goals of those that have been there, or who perhaps simply missed. On the U.S. Traditional, we’ll see a stacked roster on show, with Rivera main the best way.
As soon as the youngest of the group, Rivera’s now the veteran of the workforce, and advised us earlier this 12 months she’d like to be World Champion as her start line on the best way to LA. Presumably becoming a member of Rivera within the race for the highest spots in Jakarta on the particular person World Championships later this 12 months are Olympic alternates Joscelyn Roberson, Leanne Wong, and Tiana Sumanasekera.
Notably presently absent from the roster is two-time World workforce gold medalist, 2024 Nationwide All-Round runner up, and Florida Gator Skye Blakely, who advised us earlier this 12 months she was focusing on a return to Elite gymnastics, on bars and beam to start out, however focusing in the beginning on well being. For extra on Skye, Click on Right here!
Right here’s a have a look at who we’ve a watch on heading to Chicago!
Hezly Rivera
Hezly Rivera is coming off a dream 2024 season the place she was a member of the Olympic gold medal-winning U.S. workforce. The expertise gave Rivera confidence heading into 2025, together with a brand new set of goals. Thus far, Rivera has eased into 2025, making her All-Round debut on the Pan American Championships, the place she helped Staff USA to gold, and gained bronze within the All-Round and on beam. Anticipate Rivera to enhance with every competitors and be a high contender on the U.S. Traditional and in New Orleans on the Xfinity U.S. Championships in August! We anticipate Rivera to convey her signature magnificence to her bars and beam routines, however this time with the arrogance and poise of an Olympic Champion. We additionally love her new flooring routine and can’t wait to see her shine! Try our in-depth cowl story on Rivera right here!
Jayla Hold
Each time Jayla Hold has competed to date in 2025, she appears to be higher than earlier than, constructing momentum at every occasion with a new-found confidence. Hold has already stacked fairly the resume this 12 months—she grew to become the World Cup Sequence flooring champion! She additionally competed on the Pan American Championships the place she gained six medals together with a gold within the All-Round, recording a 55.666, the very best All-Round complete of any American gymnast in 2025, making her an early favourite for 2025 Nationwide Champion! Try our story on Jayla Hold right here!
Simone Rose
Since competing at Olympic Trials, Simone Rose has been on a gradual trajectory to the highest! She opened 2025 with a bronze medal within the All-Round at Winter Cup and was chosen to compete on the DTB Blended Cup in Germany the place she gained workforce gold! Following that occasion, she competed on the Jesolo Trophy the place she gained silver with the workforce and on bars. Look ahead to upgraded bar work, unimaginable efficiency high quality on flooring, and main upgrades resembling a double twisting Yurchenko on vault, new bar connections and a whip + double tuck + entrance punch on flooring! Rose all the time brings her signature character and efficiency high quality in her flooring routines which all the time leaves us with a smile.
JOSCELYN ROBERSON
Joscelyn Roberson’s 2025 Elite debut is very anticipated. Final 12 months, she had the meet of her life at Olympic Trials the place she earned an alternate spot on the Olympic workforce. She’s coming off a robust freshman debut on the College of Arkansas, and can convey problem throughout vault, beam, and flooring. With extra time to work on execution in faculty, her bars have additionally seen an enchancment. Ought to Roberson have the ability to put all 4 occasions collectively, she might make a run at her first Nationwide All-Round podium (or title!) in August, and we all know she’ll be a fan-favorite and high contender as she begins her Elite season on the U.S. Traditional! Try our story on Joscelyn Roberson right here!
Tiana Sumanasekera
An alternate on the 2024 Olympic workforce and future UCLA Bruin, Tiana Sumanasekera started her 2025 season by serving to Staff USA to gold on the Pan American Championships, though she was restricted to beam after sustaining a minor ankle harm on flooring. Ought to Sumanasekera be totally wholesome in she might actually contend for a number of medals and a spot on her first World Championship workforce later this 12 months. Be looking out for her highly effective vault and dynamic beam, and an inventive flooring routine that captivates all the viewers! Try our story on Tiana Sumanasekera right here!
Be aware: Sumanasekera has withdrawn.
LEANNE WONG
The CEO. 2021 World All-Round bronze medalist and two-time (2020 and 2024) Olympic alternate Leanne Wong is certainly a high contender in each competitors she enters. If she’s wherever close to the extent she was in the course of the 2024 quad, she’ll be one of many favorites to win in Chicago, and afterward within the Massive Straightforward at Championships, with fourth journey to Worlds on the horizon! Wong simply wrapped an unimaginable NCAA profession at Florida, and brings a steadiness to every occasion that might carry her to huge success in 2025! Try our story on Leanne Wong right here!
DUCLY CAYLOR
Dulcy Caylor hit the bottom working in 2025. She’s adopted up on the success she had in 2024, the place she made all of it the best way to the Olympic Trials. Caylor has been well-traveled in 2025, taking a visit to Italy for the Jesolo Trophy the place she helped Staff USA to silver, and to Panama for the Pan American Championships the place they gained workforce gold. Heading into Chicago the objective for Caylor is to proceed to construct her identify this season and resulting in a run for LA 2028. Be careful particularly for her highly effective double-twisting Yurchenko on vault and her kind on each occasion!
Ashlee Sullivan
Ashlee Sullivan has been on the rise in 2025! She took residence All-Round gold at Winter Cup and helped Staff USA to gold on the DTB Blended Cup! She went on to compete on the Jesolo Trophy the place she gained workforce silver, and a bronze on vault and within the All-Round! Sullivan shines on beam and flooring the place she brings large problem. Sullivan switched her NCAA dedication from Michigan to UCLA this 12 months, and will she hit her routines in Chicago and head into New Orleans with confidence, she’ll actually put herself within the dialog for a visit to Jakarta! Try our story on Ashlee Sullivan right here!
Additionally On The Radar
Gabrielle Hardie impressed the gymnastics world on the Pan American Championships the place she took residence three medals together with gold on bars! Hardie is on the radar and will very nicely shock once more in Chicago, together with 2025 American Traditional Champion Alicia Zhou who’s again robust on the Elite scene. Michigan commit Myli Lew is a standout on bars and beam! An harm took her out of competitors final 12 months, however she took third within the All-Round on the current American Traditional and can look to construct confidence in Chicago. UCLA commit Nola Matthews may also be in Chicago and we’re so excited to see her on bars, and flooring particularly the place her choreography is like no different!
Even be looking out for Izzy Stassi, Reese Esponda, Catherine Man, Claire Pease, and Alessia Rosa.
Lexi Zeiss, Kieryn Finnell and Kelise Woolford had been previously on the roster however have since been eliminated per the current replace from USA Gymnastics.
Inside Gymnastics will proceed to supply roster updates as we obtain them!
USA Gymnastics Protection Be aware for 2025
Winter Cup will kick off a USA Gymnastics 2025 livestreaming schedule that features competitions, camps and podium trainings all through the nation.
The 2025 home season will start with unique stay protection of Winter Cup, Feb. 21-23 in Louisville, Kentucky, on USA Gymnastics’ YouTube channel, which can carry all competitors within the Nastia Liukin Cup, Elite Staff Cup and Winter Cup occasions. USA Gymnastics’ streaming subscription service, FlipNow.television, will carry podium coaching.
Be aware: All different 2025 USA Gymnastics premier occasions will livestream free on YouTube, together with USA Gymnastics Championships elite competitors, U.S. Traditional and U.S. Gymnastics Championships.
FlipNow.television will livestream podium coaching in any respect premier occasions along with carrying stay protection of a spread of competitors, together with the Improvement Program Nationwide Championships, Rhythmic Elite Qualifier, USA Gymnastics Championships non-arena competitors, American Traditional, Hopes Traditional, Hopes Championships, and the ladies’s creative World Championships choice camp. Archival footage, competitors highlights and athlete profiles will proceed to be uploaded and out there on the FlipNow web site.
2025 USA Gymnastics streaming schedule (occasions and particular streaming dates topic to alter)
USA Gymnastics YouTube schedule (free entry)
Feb. 21-23 – Winter Cup/Nastia Liukin Cup/Elite Staff Cup – unique stay protection
June 16-21 – USA Gymnastics Championships
July 18-19 – U.S. Traditional
Aug. 7-10 –U.S. Gymnastics Championships
