Region 7 Men's Gymnastics

Sept. 14, 2018

The men’s Junior Olympic Program Committee (JOPC) met September 6-8, 2018

and adopted changes within the age group program particularly with regard to the

2019 Junior Olympic National Championships.

These changes are noted in Age Group Competition Program Update #6

which is now posted on the men’s page of the USA Gymnastics web site.

The direct link to the update #6 is: https://www.usagym.org/PDFs/Men/MemUpdates/agc_091218.pdf

If you have any questions, please contact the men’s program at USA Gymnastics.

2018 Future Stars & Junior Elite Testing

Congratulations to all the athletes and coaches who participated in the Future Stars National Testing.

The following gymnasts have qualified to the Junior National Developmental Team & Camp:

Jesse Hanny, GMS Gymnastics - 11

Joshua Hanny, GMS Gymnastics - 11

Britton Mace Edelin, GMS Gymnastics - 12

Adam Lakomy, Sunburst Gymnastics - 12

Ethan Drake, Stumpfs Gymnastics - 12

2018 Future Stars National Score Sheet

10 Year Old Results

11 Year Old Results

12 Year Old Results

Men’s gymnastics annual awards presented by USA Gymnastics:

2018 Sport Persons of the Year: Akash Modi, Stanford University and Yul Moldauer, University of Oklahoma

2019 NATIONAL TEAM

Region 7 is represented by:

SENIOR TEAM

Akash Modi

Eddie Penev

Genki Suzuki

JUNIOR TEAM

Khoi Young

LEVEL 9 TEAM

Joshua Karnes

2018 NATIONAL TEAM

Region 7 is represented by:

SENIOR TEAM

Akash Modi

Eddie Penev

Donnell Whittenburg

JUNIOR TEAM

Kevin Penev

LEVEL 8 TEAM

Joshua Karnes

2017 NATIONAL TEAM

Region 7 is represented by:

SENIOR TEAM

Akash Modi

Eddie Penev

Donnell Whittenburg

JUNIOR TEAM

Kevin Penev

LEVEL 8 TEAM

Joshua Karnes

2016 OLYMPIC TEAM

The members of the 2016 U.S. Olympic Men’s Gymnastics Team, pending approval by the United States Olympic Committee, are: Chris Brooks of Houston, Texas/Team Hilton (U.S. Olympic Training Center); Jake Dalton of Sparks, Nev./Team Hilton (University of Oklahoma); Sam Mikulak of Newport Coast, Calif./Team Hilton (U.S. Olympic Training Center); Alex Naddour of Queen Creek, Ariz./Team Hilton (USA Youth Fitness); and John Orozco of Bronx, N.Y./Team Hilton (U.S. Olympic Training Center).

USA Gymnastics also announced that Danell Leyva of Miami/Team Hilton (Universal Gymnastics), Akash Modi of Morganville, N.J./Stanford University, and Donnell Whittenburg, Baltimore, Md./Team Hilton (U.S. Olympic Training Center), are the replacement athletes for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Men's Gymnastics Team. Mark Williams, head coach for the University of Oklahoma’s men’s gymnastics program, was named head coach for the 2016 squad.

Region 7 Alumni in BOLD.

2015 Region 7 Team Members are:

World Championships

Paul Ruggeri III, Manlius, N.Y./Team Hilton (U.S. Olympic Training Center)

Donnell Whittenburg, Baltimore, Md./Team Hilton (U.S. Olympic Training Center)

Brandon Wynn, Voorhees, N.J./Team Hilton (U.S. Olympic Training Center)

U.S. Senior National Team

Steven Legendre, Port Jefferson, N.Y./Team Hilton (University of Oklahoma)

John Orozco, Bronx, N.Y./Team Hilton (U.S. Olympic Training Center)

Eddie Penev, Rochester, N.Y./Team Hilton (U.S. Olympic Training Center)

Paul Ruggeri III, Manlius, N.Y./Team Hilton (U.S. Olympic Training Center)

Donnell Whittenburg, Baltimore, Md./Team Hilton (U.S. Olympic Training Center)

Brandon Wynn, Voorhees, N.J./Team Hilton (U.S. Olympic Training Center)