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2014 U.S. Classic
The 2014 U.S. Classic, officially the 2014 Secret U.S. Classic, was the 31st edition of the U.S. Classic and was held on August 2, 2014, at Sears Centre Arena in Chicago. The event served as a qualification event to the 2014 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships, held later in August. Medalists Participants Seniors * Alyssa Baumann (WOGA Gymnastics) * Simone Biles (World Champions Centre) * Madison Desch (GAGE) * Brenna Dowell (GAGE) * * Rachel Gowey (Chow's Gymnastics) * Felicia Hano (Gym-Max Gymnastics) * Veronica Hults (Texas Dreams Gymnastics) * Amelia Hundley (Cincinnati Gymnastics) * Madison Kocian (WOGA Gymnastics) * Ashton Locklear (Everest Gymnastics) * Maggie Nichols (Twin City Twisters) * Samantha Ogden (WOGA Gymnastics) * * Melissa Reinstadtler (Rebound Gymnastics Inc.) * Kyla Ross (Gym-Max Gymnastics) * Emily Schild (Everest Gymnastics) * MyKayla Skinner (Desert Lights Gymnastics) * Macy Toronjo (Texas Dreams Gymnastics) Juniors * Shania Adams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sears Centre Arena
The Now Arena (originally known as the Sears Centre, Sears Centre Arena and stylized as NOW Arena) is a multi-purpose arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, a northwest suburb from Chicago, near land which formerly contained the Poplar Creek Music Theater. Since 2016, the arena has been home to the Windy City Bulls, the Chicago Bulls' affiliate in the NBA G League. History The venue was a joint venture between Sears Holdings, Ryan Companies, and the Village of Hoffman Estates. The project began in 1998; however, plans were not finalized until 2005. Construction began in July 2005. The venue opened as Sears Centre on October 26, 2006, with performances by Duran Duran and Bob Dylan. In 2011, the Village of Hoffman Estates took over ownership of the arena after Ryan Companies walked away from the arena due to the arena's lack of success. However, since the village took over the arena and hired Global Spectrum to manage it, the arena has shown improvement. The naming rights to the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Gowey
Rachel Kathryn Gowey (born October 3, 1997) is a former American artistic gymnast. She was a U.S. National Team member, from 2014 until her retirement from elite gymnastics in 2016, following her performance at the U.S. Olympic Trials. Gowey was a member of the gold-winning U.S. team at the 2015 Pan-American Games in Toronto. There, she also won a gold medal individually on the uneven bars. During her elite career, she was coached by Liang Chow, coach of 2008 Olympic balance beam champion Shawn Johnson and 2012 Olympic individual all-around champion Gabby Douglas. She was coached by Jenny Rowland at the University of Florida, where she began attending in 2016. Competitive history 2013 Gowey became a Senior International Elite in 2013 and advanced to the USA Gymnastics National Championships, but was unable to compete there due to a back injury. 2014 Gowey was added to the U.S. National Team in 2014. Since her addition to the squad, she was named to the U.S. delegati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amelia Hundley
Amelia Magdalena Hundley (born January 21, 1998) is a former American artistic gymnast. She won a gold, silver, and bronze medal at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She also won team gold medals competing for the United States at the 2012 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships and the City of Jesolo Trophy. Hundley ended her elite gymnastics career at the 2016 Olympic gymnastics Trials in San Jose, California. She now attends the University of Florida on a full athletic scholarship and will compete for the Florida Gators gymnastics team in the NCAA. Hundley trained at the Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy under coaches Mary Lee Tracy and Amy Wert, and fitness trainer Betsy McNally, before joining the Florida Gators gymnastics team in the Fall of 2016. Early life Born January 21, 1998, in Hamilton, Ohio, Hundley started tumbling at the age of four in the dance studio run by her mother, a professional tumbler. She proceeded into gymnastics and by age seven w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veronica Hults
Veronica "Nica" Hults (born June 16, 1998) is an American former artistic gymnast. She is a former national team member. Personal life Veronica was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and was raised by mother Emer and father Scott Hults. She has two younger siblings. She currently lives in Coppell, Texas. Junior career 2010 In 2010, Hults competed as a Level 9 gymnast and trained at All Olympia Gymnastics Center under Artur Akopyan. She was the Level 9 State Floor Champion and the Western National Floor Champion. Later that year, she relocated to Texas with her family and began training at Texas Dreams Gymnastics. 2011 Hults began her competitive season at the WOGA Classic Elite Qualifier, where she won the balance beam title. Later that year, she traveled to Florida to compete at the Disney Elite Qualifier and managed to qualify to Junior International Elite status, finishing 5th with a total score of 52.100. She competed at the U.S. Classic, placing 13th. This was sufficient t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felicia Hano
Felicia Yukiye Hano (born August 7, 1998) is a retired American artistic gymnast and trampolinist. She was a U.S. National team member in 2014, and was a member of the UCLA Bruins women's gymnastics team. Career In her career as a trampolinist, she won silver medals in the Tumbling and Double mini trampoline competitions at the World Age Group Championships. As an artistic gymnast, she qualified to the 2013 USA National Gymnastics Championships in Hartford, Connecticut. She completed one day of competition but withdrew on the final day due to a mild concussion. She attended San Gabriel High School. She joined the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Gymnastics roster following high school. Hano competed at the 2014 Secret U.S. Classic, her senior debut. She placed 10th, only competing three events. After Hano's performance at the 2014 P&G national championships, she was originally not placed on the national team or the Senior Pan American team. After fellow American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peyton Ernst
Peyton Michelle Ernst (born January 27, 1997) is a former American Collegiate athletics, collegiate and artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast. Personal life Ernst was born in Covington, Louisiana, in 1997 and began gymnastics in 1999. She currently lives in Coppell, Texas."Peyton Ernst" usagym.org. Retrieved July 28, 2013. Ernst recently graduated from the University of Alabama. She also has three sisters, Bailey (27), Madison (24) and Reilly (22). All of them have been involved in gymnastics at some point since 2013. Ernst was the only elite gymnast of the family. Ernst signed the National Letter of Intent to the Florida Gators women's gymnastics, University of Florida in November 2014 and attended the school from the fall of 2015 to the spring of 2016. Ernst was placed on medical leave from University of Flori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brenna Dowell
Brenna Dowell (born March 4, 1996) is a former American artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different types of apparatus. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which assigns the '' Code of Points'' used .... She was a member of the gold medal-winning U.S. team at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. A prevalent gymnast on the National scene throughout the 2010s, Dowell has combined elite and collegiate gymnastics; she deferred her sophomore season with the Oklahoma Sooners women's gymnastics, Oklahoma Sooners in order to make a bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics team. Personal life Dowell was born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1996 to Michael and Carole Dowell. Dowell began gymnastics in 1997 after her mother enrolled her in a flip flop class. Dowell has three sisters, Carey, Jacey and Lauren. During her club career she was a student at Odessa (MO) Hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madison Desch
Madison "Maddie" Desch (born August 25, 1997) is a retired American artistic gymnast who was a member of the gold medal winning US team at the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and 2015 Pan American Games. She competed on the gymnastics team at the University of Alabama where she accepted a full athletic scholarship to study beginning in 2016. Junior elite career 2011 Desch's elite debut was at the 2011 CoverGirl Classic. She tied for third on vault and placed eighth on balance beam. She finished ninth in the all-around, and qualified for the Junior National Championships. At the 2011 Junior Visa Championships, Desch placed tied for seventh on vault, nineteenth on bars, seventeenth on beam, and fifth on floor exercise. She was added to the Junior National Team. 2012 At the start of the year, Desch competed at the City of Jesolo competition with teammates Katelyn Ohashi, Bailie Key, Lexie Priessman, and Amelia Hundley. The team won the gold medal, and Desc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Champions Centre
World Champions Centre (WCC) is an American artistic gymnastics academy, located in Spring, Texas. It is home to Olympic champion Simone Biles and is owned by her family. History After the 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Aimee Boorman, the longtime coach of Simone Biles, was looking to leave Bannon's Gymnastix. As a result, Biles' mother, Nellie, who co-owned a chain of fourteen nursing homes around Texas, suggested that the family build a gym. World Champions Centre originally opened in March 2014 in a temporary center before moving in September to a warehouse. It features a gym floor. The gym opened to the public in May 2016. Biles International Invitational The inaugural Biles Invitational was held in 2018 at World Champions Centre. Starting in 2020, the event served as a qualifying meet for the Nastia Liukin Cup. Notable gymnasts and alumni Notable World Champions Centre gymnasts include Olympic Champions Simone Biles (2016, 2020, 2024) and Jordan Chiles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alyssa Baumann
Alyssa Lyn Baumann (born May 17, 1998) is a retired American artistic gymnast, and has competed for the United States at international events as well as for University of Florida team. Baumann is the 2014 and 2015 United States silver medalist on the balance beam. She was a member of the 2014 World Championship team that won gold. Career Senior International Elite 2014 In her first year at senior level (age 16 and above), Baumann represented the United States at the 2014 City of Jesolo Trophy in Italy. Baumann placed first in the team competition and second on the balance beam. At the 2014 P&G National Championships, she placed fourth in the all-around. She also tied for second on balance beam with Simone Biles, placed fourth on floor, and ninth on bars. Baumann was named to the United States' national team and was chosen to compete as a member of the 2014 Pan American Championships team, but she withdrew from the event due to a hyperextended elbow injury. Baumann was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivia Trautman
Olivia may refer to: People and fictional characters * Olivia (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Olivia (singer), American singer Olivia Longott (born 1981) * Olívia (basketball), Brazilian basketball player Carlos Henrique Rodrigues do Nascimento (born 1974) * Olivia Lufkin (born 1979), also known mononymously as Olivia, Japanese-American singer * Olivia Trappeniers (born 1997), also known mononymously as Olivia, Belgian Flemish singer * Olivia Dean (born 1999), also known mononymously as Olivia, English singer * Olivia Rodrigo (born 2003), famous pop singer Places * Olivia, Mauritius, a place in Mauritius * Olivia, Minnesota, United States * Olivia, North Carolina, United States * Olivia, Pennsylvania, United States * Lake Olivia, in Highlands County, Florida Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Olivia'' (1951 film), a French film based on the Bussy novel * ''Olivia'' (1983 film), an American psychological thriller film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Nguyen
Victoria most commonly refers to: * Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India * Victoria (state), a state of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, a provincial capital * Victoria, Seychelles, the capital city of the Seychelles * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of victory Victoria may also refer to: Animals and plants * ''Victoria'' (moth), a moth genus in the family Geometridae * ''Victoria'' (plant), a waterlily genus in the family Nymphaeaceae * Victoria plum, a plum cultivar * Victoria (goose), the first goose to receive a prosthetic 3D printed beak * Victoria (grape), another name for the German/Italian wine grape Trollinger Arts and entertainment Films * ''Victoria'', a Russian 1917 silent film directed by Olga Preobrazhenskaya, based on the Knut Hamsun novel * ''Victoria'' (1935 film), a German film * ''Victoria'' (1972 film), a Mexican film based on Henry James' 1880 novel ''Washington Square'' * ''Victoria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
