It was a great day to be named Elle/a inside the Kentucky International Convention Centre in Louisville, where crowds gathered for the 14th edition of the Nastia Liukin Cup. Oklahoma signee Elle Mueller clinched the senior title, ahead of last year’s champion Avery Neff, a Utah signee, and Oklahoma commit Ella Murphy. In the junior field, Ella Kate Parker, a former elite in the class of 2026, won the competition, beating Ella Fine and Morgan Reihl, also class of 2026 athletes.
As It Happened: The Senior Competition
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Mueller started off on the balance beam—perhaps the hardest event to begin a competition. She had a solid routine, which included a front somersault, a switch-leap half to beat jump, and a stuck double-twist dismount, the highlight of the routine (9.675). Neff started her competition on bars, where she had a clean routine, which included a Gienger to bail and a stuck double layout dismount. It was not her cleanest nor her most difficult set, and only got a 9.575 from the judges, but represented a solid start for the defending champion. Murphy also began her day on bars, where she showed off the most beautiful lines, as well as a super difficult Komova II to Pak salto (9.700).
Two other Oklahoma commits in the class of 2025,…
