2014 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships
# 2014 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships

The 2014 P&G U.S. National Gymnastics Championships was the 51st edition of the U.S. National Gymnastics Championships. The competition was held from August 21–24, 2014 at the CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

## Event information

The fifty-first edition of the Championships, the competition was held at the CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; the home arena of the Pittsburgh Penguins. It was the first time the U.S. Championships have been held in Pennsylvania since 2001 and just the fourth since 1973. The competition was televised by NBC Sports Network.

### Competition schedule

The competition featured Senior and Junior competitions for both women's and men's disciplines. The competition was as follows;

Thursday, August 21

1:00 pm – Jr. Women's Competition – Day 1 7:45 pm – Sr. Women's Competition – Day 1

Friday, August 22

1:00 pm – Jr. Men's Competition – Day 1 7:15 pm – Sr. Men's Competition – Day 1

Saturday, August 23

1:00 pm – Jr. Women's Competition – Final Day 7:30 pm – Sr. Women's Competition – Final Day

Sunday, August 24

1:30 pm – Sr. Men's Competition – Final Day 7:30 pm – Jr. Men's Competition – Final Day

Note: all times are in Eastern Time Zone.

### Sponsorship

Procter & Gamble, a multinational consumer goods company, was the title sponsor of the event; as part of the a deal the company signed with USA Gymnastics from 2013–16. The competition was also presented by CoverGirl and Gilette. In addition, Vera Bradley, Deloitte, Kroger, OneAmerica, Faegre Baker Daniels and Washington National were all sponsoring the event.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Senior Women ||||
| Individual all-around | Simone Biles | Kyla Ross | Maggie Nichols |
| Vault | Simone Biles | MyKayla Skinner | — |
| Uneven bars | Ashton Locklear | Madison Kocian | Maggie Nichols |
| Balance beam | Kyla Ross | Simone BilesAlyssa Baumann | — |
| Floor | Simone Biles | MyKayla Skinner | Maggie Nichols |
| Junior Women ||||
| Individual all-around | Jazmyn Foberg | Nia Dennis | Norah Flatley |
| Vault | Nia Dennis | Olivia Trautman | Jordan Chiles |
| Uneven bars | Jazmyn Foberg | Norah Flatley | Nia Dennis |
| Balance beam | Alexis Vasquez | Ragan Smith | Lauren Navarro |
| Floor | Nia Dennis | Ragan Smith | Jordan ChilesVictoria Nguyen |
| Senior Men ||||
| Individual all-around | Sam Mikulak | John Orozco | Jacob Dalton |
| Floor | Jacob Dalton | Eddie Penev | Paul Ruggeri |
| Pommel horse | Sam Mikulak | Alex Naddour | Ellis Mannon |
| Rings | Brandon Wynn | Donnell Whittenburg | C.J. Maestas |
| Vault | Donnell Whittenburg | Paul Ruggeri | Eddie Penev |
| Parallel bars | Danell Leyva | Jonathan HortonJacob Dalton | — |
| Horizontal bar | John Orozco | Sam Mikulak | Paul Ruggeri |

## National Team

The top 6 placing seniors were automatically named National Team – Simone Biles, Kyla Ross, Maggie Nichols, Alyssa Baumann, MyKayla Skinner, and Amelia Hundley. Additionally Ashton Locklear, Madison Kocian, Brenna Dowell, and Madison Desch were also named to the team. As for juniors Jordan Chiles, Nia Dennis, Norah Flatley, Jazmyn Foberg, Emily Gaskins, Bailie Key, and Alexis Vasquez were all named to the junior national team.

## Participants

The following individuals are participating in competition:

### Senior

* Alyssa Baumann
* Simone Biles
* Madison Desch
* Brenna Dowell
* Peyton Ernst
* Rachel Gowey
* Felicia Hano
* Veronica Hults
* Amelia Hundley
* Madison Kocian
* Ashton Locklear
* Maggie Nichols
* Kyla Ross
* Emily Schild
* MyKayla Skinner
* Macy Toronjo

### Junior

* Ariana Agrapides
* Elena Arenas
* Rachel Baumann
* Aria Brusch
* Jordan Chiles
* Nia Dennis
* Christina Desiderio
* Bailey Ferrer
* Rachael Flam
* Norah Flatley
* Jazmyn Foberg
* Molly Frack
* Margzetta Frazier
* Megan Freed
* Emily Gaskins
* Delanie Harkness
* Morgan Hurd
* Sydney Johnson-Scharpf
* Shilese Jones
* Adeline Kenlin
* Bailie Key
* Taylor Lawson
* Maggie Musselman
* Lauren Navarro
* Victoria Nguyen
* Maile O'Keefe
* Marissa Oakley
* Abby Paulson
* Adriana Popp
* Grace Quinn
* Lexy Ramler
* Alyona Shchennikova
* Megan Skaggs
* Ragan Smith
* Deanne Soza
* Olivia Trautman
* Alexis Vasquez
