MCSMaria's Artistic Gymnastics Blog

Last week's power rankings was a hit, so I'm doing them again this week.  Again, these aren't the official rankings from Road to Nationals. I am basing my "rankings"  on news events, stories, people that are gaining attention and other random things that I find interesting or worth mentioning. Last week, the power rankings were: #1 Sophina DeJesus #2 Judges tightening their scoring practices #3 Boise State #4 Line-Up Changes #5 Everybody's favorite ginger, Sidney Dukes, proving that yes, gingers do have souls. #6 Ebee Price #7 Allison Northey and the entire Washington team. Who or what made the cut this week? Click "read more" to find out.

The year of Ebee is no more.

Elizabeth "Ebee" Price is continuing her awesome year with another win at the Pacific Rim Championships. Make that two wins. In addition to taking home the all-around title, she and Team USA took the team gold medal

After dealing with an injury that kept her out of the American Cup (and gym switching adventures), 2013 World Champion is competing for the first time this year at the Pacific Rim Championships.

The American Cup this year should have been renamed "The Ebee Cup".  2012 Olympic Alternate Elizabeth "Ebee" Price is no longer the alternate but the champion.

More podium training goodness from the American Cup, this time from the delightful Ebee Price.

Simone Biles has withdrawn from the American Cup field, according to USA Gymnastics. Per USAG, Simone had been nursing a shoulder injury had aggravated it at the National Team camp this week.

2014 will be the year of Ebee.

There has been a shake-up in the line up for the upcoming American Cup.

She's back!

The University of Florida and Stanford University have announced very exciting additions to their teams.

2012 Olympic Alternate, Elizabeth "Ebee" Price is making a comeback to the international scene. Yesterday, USA Gymnastics announced that Ebee will attend the Glasgow and Stuttgart World Cup events for the second year in a row.

It was announced today that World Cup medalist Elizabeth "Ebee" Price and gymnastics legend/unicorn, Oksana Chusovitina will compete at the Mexican Open. Ebee announced the news via her Facebook page today. The competition is being held November 29-30 in Acapulco, Mexico. The International Youth Cup will also be held the day before.

The Final Night of the P&G Championships crowned a new victor. Simone Biles managed to keep her lead over Kyla Ross and win her first national title as a senior. A close competition, Simone won with two night total of 120.450 to Kyla Ross's  120.250, both women performed with all they had, but it came down to a couple of arm swings on the beam.

USA Gymnastics posted the first videos from podium training this evening. We're seeing the first of Elizabeth Price, whom I've definitely been looking forward to seeing, McKayla's bars and Kyla working on her artistry.

The P&G National Championships are less than a week away, the athletes are putting their final polishes on their routines in hopes of making that national team. Since nationals performances will weigh heavily on who will be selected to go to Belgium for the World Championships in September, let's look at that athletes and what can be expected of them for a worlds team. Keep in mind, since this is the year after the Olympics, this is an individual all-around and event finals only meet, only four girls will be selected to go. The returning Fierce Two, McKayla Maroney and Kyla Ross. They are the only two members of the gold medal winning fierce five to return to competition. Kyla has been traveling on the international scene to various competitions and is now a certified veteran instead of the baby of the team.

Today, Inside Gymnastics released a list of the athletes that are scheduled to compete at the P&G Championships in a couple of weeks. The roster of course includes favorites that were absent from the qualifier the Secret Classic, Elizabeth Price, and returning Fierce Five members, Kyla Ross who won the all around title and McKayla Maroney, who took home the gold for the vault. Of course, several gymnasts had already qualified to the national championships and the Olympic and National team members from last year get an automatic pass to go to nationals. The list includes those who qualified at the Classic.

With the Olympics having concluded almost a year again, it's the beginning of a new quad for the bid for Rio.  The next major competiton is the world championships in Antwerp. For the USA, they need to get through nationals, but to get through nationals, they need to get through the Secret Classic. Here is some information regarding the classic.

With the American Cup about a month and a half away, the competition roster gained competitiors as well as lost competitiors.

On Friday, USA Gymnastics announced the competitors for the 2013 American Cup. New favorites will be competing along with returning favorites. Representing the American women, Fierce Five member, Kyla Ross will compete along with 2012 World Cup winner Elizabeth "Ebee" Price. It's certainly exciting for these girls, it's the start of a new quadrennium and  it's a chance for the girls to show their stuff. For the past 10 years, nearly every American Cup competition had American gymnasts going 1-2 on the podium stand.