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

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in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Event information

The fifty-first edition of the Championships, the competition was held at the

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

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. In addition,

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, Deloitte, Kroger, OneAmerica, Faegre Baker Daniels and

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were all sponsoring the event.

Medalists

National Team

The top 6 placing seniors were automatically named National Team – Simone Biles, Kyla Ross, Maggie Nichols, Alyssa Baumann, MyKayla Skinner, and

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. Additionally Ashton Locklear, Madison Kocian, Brenna Dowell, and

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were also named to the team. As for juniors

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, Nia Dennis, Norah Flatley,

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, 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 *

* Brenna Dowell * * * Felicia Hano * Veronica Hults *

* Madison Kocian * Ashton Locklear * Maggie Nichols * Kyla Ross *

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* MyKayla Skinner * Macy Toronjo

Junior

* Ariana Agrapides *

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* Rachel Baumann * Aria Brusch *

* Nia Dennis * Christina Desiderio * Bailey Ferrer * Rachael Flam * Norah Flatley *

* Molly Frack *

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* Megan Freed *

* Delanie Harkness * Morgan Hurd *

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* Shilese Jones * Adeline Kenlin * * Taylor Lawson * Maggie Musselman * Lauren Navarro *

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* Maile O'Keefe *

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* Abby Paulson * Adriana Popp * Grace Quinn *

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* Ragan Smith * Deanne Soza *

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* Alexis Vasquez

References

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