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The 2018 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships is the 55th edition of the
U.S. National Gymnastics Championships The USA Gymnastics National Championships is the annual artistic gymnastics national competition held in the United States for elite-level competition. It is currently organized by USA Gymnastics, the governing body for gymnastics in the United Stat ...
. The competition was held from August 16–19, 2018 at the
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in Boston, Massachusetts.


Competition schedule

The competition featured Senior and Junior competitions for both women's and men's disciplines. The competition was as follows: * Thursday, August 16: Men's gymnastics – 1:30 p.m., juniors, and 7:30 p.m., seniors * Friday, August 17: Women's gymnastics – 1:30 p.m., juniors, and 7:30 p.m., seniors * Saturday, August 18: Men's gymnastics – 10:30 a.m., juniors, and 3:30 p.m., seniors * Sunday, August 19: Women's gymnastics – 1:30 p.m., juniors, and 7:30 p.m., seniors


Sponsorship

Procter & Gamble The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) is an American multinational consumer goods corporation headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, founded in 1837 by William Procter and James Gamble. It specializes in a wide range of personal health/consumer hea ...
, a multinational consumer goods company and sponsor of the previous National Championships ended their sponsorship in late 2017.


Medalists


Women's national team

The top 6 all-around females automatically made the
national team A national sports team (commonly known as a national team or a national side) is a team that represents a nation, rather than a particular club or region, in an international sport. The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exam ...
. For seniors, this consisted of
Simone Biles Simone Arianne Biles (; born March 14, 1997) is an American artistic gymnast. Her seven Olympic medals tied with Shannon Miller for the most Olympic medals won by an American gymnast. Having won 25 World Championship medals, she is the most de ...
,
Morgan Hurd Morgan Elizabeth Hurd (born July 18, 2001) is an American artistic gymnast and a five-time member of the United States women's national team (2016–21). She is the 2017 World all-around champion and balance beam silver medalist and the 2018 ...
,
Riley McCusker Riley Shannon McCusker (born July 9, 2001) is an American artistic gymnast and a six-time member of the United States women's national gymnastics team (2016–2021). She is the 2019 Pan American Games and 2017 United States national uneven ba ...
,
Grace McCallum Grace Ann McCallum (born October 30, 2002) is an American artistic gymnast. She represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal in the team event. She is the 2018 Pan American and 2018 Pacific Rim individual a ...
,
Shilese Jones Shilese Jones (born July 26, 2002) is an American artistic gymnast. She was a member of the teams that won gold at the 2022 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2022 World Championships and the 2018 Pan American Gymnastics Championships, 201 ...
, and
Jade Carey Jade Ashtyn Carey (born May 27, 2000) is an American artistic gymnast who represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Best known for her abilities on vault and floor exercise, she is the 2020 Olympic champion on floor e ...
. Additionally, 7th and 8th-place finishers,
Kara Eaker Kara Eaker (born November 7, 2002) is an American artistic gymnast. On the balance beam she is the 2018 Pan American and 2019 Pan American Games champion and a two-time United States national silver medalist (2018, 2019). On floor exercise she ...
and
Trinity Thomas Trinity Lemyra Thomas (born April 7, 2001) is an American artistic gymnast and a four-time National Team member (2016–20). She was a member of the gold-medal winning team at the 2018 Pan American Gymnastics Championships, where she also won s ...
, were also named to the team. For juniors,
Leanne Wong Leanne Ashley Wong (born September 20, 2003) is an American artistic gymnast. She was a member of the gold medal winning teams at the 2022 World Championships and the 2019 Pan American Games. She is the 2021 World all-around silver medalist ...
,
Kayla DiCello Kayla Kecia DiCello ( or or ) (born January 25, 2004) is an American artistic gymnast. She is the 2021 World all-around bronze medalist. On the junior level, she is the 2019 Junior World vault champion and the 2019 U.S. Junior national all-a ...
,
Sunisa Lee Sunisa "Suni" Lee (born Sunisa Phabsomphou; March 9, 2003) is a Hmong American artistic gymnast. She is the 2020 Olympic all-around champion and uneven bars bronze medalist. She was a member of the teams that won gold at the 2019 World Champio ...
,
Skye Blakely Skye Amiel Blakely (born February 4, 2005) is an American artistic gymnast. She was a member of the teams who won gold at the 2022 World Championships, silver at the 2022 Pan American Championships, and bronze at the inaugural Junior World Ch ...
,
Konnor McClain Konnor McClain (born February 1, 2005) is an American Artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast and a member of the United States women's national gymnastics team. She is the 2022 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships, 2022 U.S National Champion an ...
, and
Olivia Greaves Olivia Greaves (born May 5, 2004) is an American artistic gymnast and a member of the United States women's national gymnastics team (2018–Present). Early life Greaves was born to Mary Jo and Daniel Greaves in 2004, and has three siblings. ...
were the top 6 finishers.


Participants

The following individuals participated in the competition:


Seniors

* Shania Adams –
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(Buckeye Gymnastics) *
Simone Biles Simone Arianne Biles (; born March 14, 1997) is an American artistic gymnast. Her seven Olympic medals tied with Shannon Miller for the most Olympic medals won by an American gymnast. Having won 25 World Championship medals, she is the most de ...
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(World Champions Centre) *
Sloane Blakely Sloane Blakely (born December 23, 2002) is an American collegiate artistic gymnast and was a member of the United States women's national gymnastics team. She is currently competing for the Florida Gators in NCAA gymnastics. She is the older si ...
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(WOGA) *
Luisa Blanco Luisa Fernanda Blanco Saavedra (born November 18, 2001) is a Colombian-American artistic gymnast. She competes for the Alabama Crimson Tide gymnastic team and is the 2021 NCAA Champion on the balance beam. She will represent Colombia at the 2024 ...
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(WOGA) *
Jade Carey Jade Ashtyn Carey (born May 27, 2000) is an American artistic gymnast who represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Best known for her abilities on vault and floor exercise, she is the 2020 Olympic champion on floor e ...
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(Arizona Sunrays) *
Jordan Chiles Jordan Lucella Elizabeth Chiles (born April 15, 2001) is an American artistic gymnast. She represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal in the team event. She was a member of the team that won gold at the 2 ...
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(Naydenov) * Audrey Davis –
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(WOGA) *
Olivia Dunne Olivia Paige "Livvy" Dunne (born October 1, 2002) is an American artistic gymnast and social media personality. A former USA national team member and a current member of the LSU Tigers women's gymnastics team, she is the highest-valued women's ...
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(GAGE) *
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(UCLA) * Jaylene Gilstrap –
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(Metroplex) *
Morgan Hurd Morgan Elizabeth Hurd (born July 18, 2001) is an American artistic gymnast and a five-time member of the United States women's national team (2016–21). She is the 2017 World all-around champion and balance beam silver medalist and the 2018 ...
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(First State) * Maddie Johnston –
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(Hill's Gymnastics) *
Shilese Jones Shilese Jones (born July 26, 2002) is an American artistic gymnast. She was a member of the teams that won gold at the 2022 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2022 World Championships and the 2018 Pan American Gymnastics Championships, 201 ...
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(Future Gymnastics Academy) * Adeline Kenlin –
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(IGN) * –
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(Texas Dreams) *
Grace McCallum Grace Ann McCallum (born October 30, 2002) is an American artistic gymnast. She represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal in the team event. She is the 2018 Pan American and 2018 Pacific Rim individual a ...
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(Twin City Twisters) *
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(Salcianu Elite) *
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(5280) *
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(Texas Dreams) * Deanne Soza –
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(Texas Dreams) *
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(Prestige) * –
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(San Mateo)


Juniors

*
Ciena Alipio Ciena Alipio (born March 7, 2004) is an American artistic gymnast and former member of the United States women's national gymnastics team. She currently competes in NCAA gymnastics for the UCLA Bruins. Early life Alipio was born to Linda and ...
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(West Valley Gymnastics) * Sydney Barros
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(Texas Dreams) *
Skye Blakely Skye Amiel Blakely (born February 4, 2005) is an American artistic gymnast. She was a member of the teams who won gold at the 2022 World Championships, silver at the 2022 Pan American Championships, and bronze at the inaugural Junior World Ch ...
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(WOGA) *
Jordan Bowers Jordan Skylar Bowers (born April 5, 2003) is an American artistic gymnast and was part of the United States women's national gymnastics team. She won the junior all-around gold medals at the 2018 Pacific Rim Championships and the 2018 Junior Pa ...
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(Solid Rock) * –
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(Discover) * Kailin Chio
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(Gymcats) * Claire Dean –
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(Head Over Heels) *
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(Hill's Gymnastics) *
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(GAGE) * Karis German –
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(World Champions Centre) * Zoe Gravier –
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(MG Elite) *
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(MG Elite) * Selena Harris –
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(Gymcats) * Alexis Jeffrey –
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(GAGE) * Levi Jung-Ruivivar –
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(Paramount Elite) *
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(Midwest Gymnastics Center) * Lilly Lippeatt
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(Cincinnati Gymnastics) *
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(Revolution) * Sydney Morris –
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(First State) * Brenna Neault –
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(Precision) * Katelyn Rosen –
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(Mavericks at Artemovs) * JaFree Scott –
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(GAGE) * –
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(San Mateo) * Tori Tatum –
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(Twin City Twisters) *
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(GAGE)


References

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