2016 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships

The 2016 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships is the fifteenth edition of the Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships. The competition was held April 8–10, 2016 at the Xfinity Arena (for artistic and trampoline events) and the Everett Community College (for rhythmic events) – both of which are in Everett, Washington. The 2016 event marks the fifth time that the Championships have been held in the United States, and the second time in Everett (the first being 2012).^[3][4]

The event served as the second international team elite competition for the U.S. women's national team (after the City of Jesolo Trophy)^[5] and the first for the men's team.^[6]

Background

On March 17, 2015, American national gymnastics governing body USA Gymnastics announced that Everett had been selected to host the Championships for the 2016 edition^[7] – a result of the successful event in 2012.^[8] USA Gymnastics president Steve Penny said the 2012 championships were "the best Pacific Rim gymnastics event we've [USA Gymnastics] ever held".^[9] The 2012 event drew an attendance of 20,343 over three days competition; more than four times higher than the previous 2008 event in San Jose, California. The 2012 event amassed a profit of around $2.5 million.^[10]

Promotion

In February 2016, Olympians Carly Patterson and Shawn Johnson visited the Seattle metropolitan area to promote the event at a sports award ceremony.^[11]

Venues

The Xfinity Arena in 2009, when it was named the Comcast Arena

Opened on September 27, 2003, as the Everett Events Center,^[12] the arena is home to the WHL hockey team Everett Silvertips^[13] and the Tilted Thunder Rail Birds roller derby team.^[14] Additionally, the arena hosted the 2008 Skate America and several other sporting and exhibition events.^[15] The arena had a capacity of 6,200 for the 2012 event but some arena floor area was used to cater for additional seating.

Unlike the 2012 event where all events were contested at the Xfinity Arena, the organizers have decided to use nearby Everett Community College to host the rhythmic gymnastics events. Although it hasn't been confirmed, it is thought that the events will take place in the Gray Wolf Hall. The college's athletic mascot is a Trojan and the hall hosts volleyball matches.

Kyla Ross, a 2012 Olympian, competed at 2010–14 Pacific Rim competitions

Schedule

Note: All times are in Pacific Time Zone.

Friday, April 8
1:30pm – Men's Team and All-Around Finals – Subdivision 1 & Women's Trampoline Prelims (Xfinity Arena)
2:00pm – Rhythmic Team and All-Around Prelims (EvCC)
7:00pm – Men's Team and All-Around Finals – Subdivision 1 & Women's Trampoline Prelims (Xfinity Arena)

Saturday, April 9
1:30 pm – Women's Team and All-Around Finals – Subdivision 1 & Jr Trampoline Finals (Xfinity Arena)
2:00 pm – Rhythmic Team and All-Around Finals (EvCC)
7:00 pm – Women's Team and All-Around Finals – Subdivision 2 & Sr Trampoline Finals (Xfinity Arena)

Sunday, April 10
12:00 pm – Jr. Women's and Men's Individual Event Finals (Xfinity Arena)
1:00 pm – Rhythmic Individual Event Final (EvCC)
6:00 pm – Sr. Women's and Men's Individual Event Finals (Xfinity Arena)

Broadcast

NBC Sports televised the event.^[16][17] On March 30, 2016, USA Gymnastics announced that the women's team and all-around competitions will be aired through tape-delayed coverage on Sunday, April 10 on NBC from 1–3pm ET.^[18]

Additionally, 2008 Olympians Samantha Peszek and Jonathan Horton, along with Evan Heiter, presented live YouTube coverage of the competition.^[19]

Tickets

Tickets for the event went on general public release on November 7, 2015.^[20]

Participating nations

At present, these are the confirmed nations that will participate in the competition:

• Australia^[21]
• Canada
• China
• Chinese Taipei
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• Honduras
• Hong Kong
• Japan
• Mexico
• New Zealand
• Philippines
• Singapore
• United States

Confirmed participants

On December 17, 2015, USA Gymnastics revealed that Simone Biles would compete for the U.S. at the competition.^[22][23] Later, on April 3, 2016, USA Gymnastics announced the U.S.'s team; Simone Biles, Brenna Dowell, Laurie Hernandez, Ashton Locklear, Maggie Nichols and Aly Raisman.^[24]

On April 5, 2016, USA Gymnastics announced that Maggie Nichols won't compete due to a minor knee injury. She's replaced by Ragan Smith.

Medalists

Artistic gymnastics

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team	United States Jacob Dalton Eddie Penev Alex Naddour Sam Mikulak Donnell Whittenburg John Orozco	China Mu Jile Gu Baisen Cai Weifeng Wang Peng Zou Jingyuan Wu Xiaoming	Canada Damien Cachia Joel Gagnon Aaron Mah Justin Karstadt Scott Nabata Anthony Tawfik
Seniors
All-Around	China Cai Weifeng	United States Donnell Whittenburg	United States Sam Mikulak
Floor	United States Jacob Dalton	United States Eddie Penev	Canada Aaron Mah
Pommel Horse	United States Alex Naddour	United States Sam Mikulak	China Wu Xiaoming
Rings	United States Donnell Whittenburg	United States John Orozco	China Cai Weifeng
Vault	United States Eddie Penev	United States Donnell Whittenburg	Japan Yurjiro Terachi
Horizontal Bar	United States John Orozco	Japan Naoki Yamane	Colombia Carlos Calvo
Parallel Bars	United States Donnell Whittenburg	China Cai Weifeng	Colombia Javier Sandoval
Juniors
All-Around	Japan Ryuto Sako	Japan Kosuke Wakasa	Philippines Carlos Edriel Yulo
Floor	Philippines Carlos Edriel Yulo	Japan Ryosuke Doi	Colombia Jose David Toro
Pommel Horse	Japan Kosuke Wakasa	Chinese Taipei Alan Shiao	Colombia Jose Manuel Martinez
Rings	Japan Kanta Amano	Philippines Carlos Edriel Yulo	Japan Ryuto Sako  Canada Anthony Tawfik
Vault	Philippines Carlos Edriel Yulo	Chinese Taipei Alan Shiao	Japan Kanta Amano
Horizontal Bar	Japan Ryuto Sako	Japan Kanta Amano	Canada Anthony Tawfik
Parallel Bars	Japan Kosuke Wakasa	Philippines Carlos Edriel Yulo	Chinese Taipei Shih Yen Fang  Japan Ryuto Sako

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team	United States Simone Biles Aly Raisman Brenna Dowell Laurie Hernandez Ashton Locklear Ragan Smith	Canada Brittany Rogers Shallon Olsen Kirsten Peterman Madison Copiak Megan Roberts Audrey Rousseau	Australia Emily Little Georgia-Rose Brown Emma Nedov Rianna Mizzen Kiara Munteanu Larrissa Miller
Seniors
All-Around	Simone Biles	Alexandra Raisman	Nagi Kajita
Vault	Shallon Olsen	Brittany Rogers	Courtney McGregor
Uneven Bars	Ashton Locklear	Larrissa Miller	Brittany Rogers
Balance Beam	Ragan Smith	Aly Raisman	Nagi Kajita
Floor	Aly Raisman	Brenna Dowell	Shallon Olsen
Juniors
All-Around	Kiko Kuwajima	Natsumi Hanashima	Louise Lopez
Vault	Kiko Kuwajima	Ko Ching Fang	Stella Ashcroft
Uneven Bars	Natsumi Hanashima	Jimena Moreno	Paula Arevalo Kiko Kuwajima
Balance Beam	Kiko Kuwajima	Jimena Moreno	Louise Lopez
Floor	Kiko Kuwajima	Louise Lopez	Mana Oguchi

Rhythmic gymnastics

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team	United States Aliya Protto Camilla Feeley Brigita Budginas Nicole Kaloyanov Heather Chan Lili Mizuno	Canada Katherine Uchida Natali Nikolova Cindy Huh Sophie Crane Natalie Garcia Alexandra Chtrevenskii	China Yili Wang Zhangjiayang Huang Doudou Zhang Ran Yu Yating Zhao Yajing Liu
Seniors
All-Around	United States Aliya Protto	United States Camilla Feeley	Canada Katherine Uchida
Hoop	United States Aliya Protto	United States Camilla Feeley	China Yili Wang
Ball	United States Aliya Protto	United States Camilla Feeley	Australia Danielle Prince
Clubs	United States Aliya Protto	United States Brigita Budginas	Australia Danielle Prince
Ribbon	United States Camilla Feeley	United States Aliya Protto	Australia Danielle Prince
Juniors
All-Around	United States Lili Mizuno	Canada Alexandra Chtrevenskii	China Yating Zhao
Hoop	United States Lili Mizuno	Australia Alexandra Eedle	Canada Alexandra Chtrevenskii
Ball	United States Lili Mizuno	China Yating Zhao	Canada Alexandra Chtrevenskii
Clubs	United States Lili Mizuno	China Yating Zhao	Australia Lidiia Iakovleva
Ribbon	United States Lili Mizuno	Canada Natalie Garcia	Canada Alexandra Chtrevenskii

Women's results

Women's Team

Rank	Team					Total
01 !	United States	60.750 (1)	60.650 (1)	60.650 (1)	61.150 (1)	243.200
	Simone Biles	15.800	15.050	15.550	16.050
	Aly Raisman	15.200		14.800	15.600
	Brenna Dowell	14.950	15.250		14.550
	Laurie Hernandez	14.800	14.800	15.250	14.950
	Ashton Locklear		15.550
	Ragan Smith			15.050
02 !	Canada	57.900 (2)	53.200 (2)	53.200 (3)	54.800 (2)	219.100
	Brittany Rogers	14.850	13.500
	Shallon Olsen	14.750	12.800	13.400	13.950
	Kirsten Peterman	14.200	13.100		13.600
	Madison Copiak	14.100	13.800	13.350	13.250
	Megan Roberts			13.700	14.000
	Audrey Rousseau			12.750
03 !	Australia	56.900 (4)	52.700 (3)	54.350 (2)	53.900 (4)	217.850
	Emily Little	14.700		14.150	13.850
	Georgia Rose Brown	14.100		13.350	13.550
	Emma Nedov	14.100	12.650	13.400
	Rianna Mizzen	14.000	13.000
	Kiara Munteanu		13.650	13.450	13.200
	Larrissa Miller		13.400		13.300
4	Japan	57.750 (3)	52.500 (4)	52.950 (4)	54.500 (3)	217.700
	Kiko Kuwajima	15.050	12.600	13.400	13.500
	Mana Oguchi	14.300		12.900	13.800
	Nagi Kajita	14.250	13.650	13.400	13.900
	Soyoka Hanawa	14.150	12.400	13.250
	Natsumi Hanashima		13.850		13.300
5	New Zealand	55.650 (5)	42.650 (9)	52.700 (5)	52.700 (5)	203.700
	Courtney McGregor	14.300	12.350	13.450	13.450
	Mackenzie Slee	14.050	8.250	12.550
	Charlotte Sullivan	13.800	11.550	13.500	13.250
	Stella Ashcroft	13.500		13.200	13.450
	Estella Mathewson		10.500		12.550
6	Mexico	52.450 (7)	43.750 (7)	46.800 (8)	51.800 (6)	194.800
	Mariana Vazquez	13.700		11.600
	Louise Lopez	13.250	11.300	13.300	13.600
	Karen Lozano	12.850	10.950		12.250
	Cassandra Loustalot	12.650	9.300	9.850	12.900
	Jimena Moreno		12.200	12.050	13.050
7	Singapore	52.600 (6)	44.500 (5)	48.600 (6)	48.700 (8)	194.400
	Sze En Tan	13.550	11.550	12.500	12.950
	Nadine Joy Nathan	13.300	10.900	12.150	12.300
	Janessa Min Yi Dai	13.150			12.950
	Zeng Qiyan	12.600	10.550	11.950	10.500
	Colette Chan		11.500	12.000
8	Colombia	51.000 (9)	44.500 (5)	48.400 (7)	48.950 (7)	192.850
	Ginna Escobar	13.400	13.150	12.800	12.800
	Dayana Ardila	12.600	10.400	12.500	12.200
	Angie Rodriguez	12.600	10.100	11.900	12.050
	Maria Villegas	12.400			11.900
	Paula Arevalo		10.850	11.200
9	Costa Rica	51.900 (8)	43.600 (8)	44.700 (9)	47.350 (9)	187.550
	Heika Del Sol Salas Cast	13.150	11.900	12.400	12.650
	Francini Morales Barqu	13.050	10.050	10.800	11.600
	Luciana Alvarado Reid	13.000	12.000	10.550	10.850
	Camila Montoya Jimene	12.700	9.650	10.950	12.250
10	Hong Kong	50.700 (10)	31.150 (10)	39.350 (10)	45.850 (10)	167.050
	Cheuk Lam Chan	13.150		9.400	12.750
	Sau Chung Cristal Kwan	12.950	6.300	10.300	11.300
	Tsz Sum Elizabeth Chan	12.650	7.650	10.500	10.800
	Ho Yat Cheung	11.950	8.050	9.150	11.000
	Nim Yan Choi		9.150

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Women's Senior Events

Vault Gold: Shallon Olsen Silver: Brittany Rogers Bronze: Courtney McGregor Uneven Bars Gold: Ashton Locklear Silver: Larissa Miller Bronze: Brittany Rogers Balance Beam Gold: Ragan Smith Silver: Aly Raisman Bronze: Nagi Kajita Floor Exercise Gold: Aly Raisman Silver: Brenna Dowell Bronze: Shallon Olsen

Women's Junior Events

Vault

Uneven Bars

Balance Beam

Floor Exercise

References