Every year the Nastia Liukin Cup keeps getting better! Tune in this Sunday, Feb. 25 for its 14th edition. It will be a high-caliber competition, including 12 gymnasts boasting career highs over 39 points, and nine sporting career-high perfect 10.0s.
The Record Holders
Seven gymnasts qualified with scores over 39 points: Avery Neff (39.500), Nina Ballou and Jahzara Swaby-Ranger (39.125), Kamila Pawlak (39.075), Mackenzie Estep and Addie Sarisky (39.050), and Rylee Guevara (39.000).
Overall, 12 gymnasts—more than half of the senior field—boast career highs over 39 points: Lily Pederson (39.775), Neff (39.625), Sophia Diaz, Estep, and Pawlak (39.225), Elle Mueller (39.200), Ballou (39.150), Swaby-Ranger (39.125), Kelsey Slade (39.100), Elizabeth Leary (39.075), Sarisky (39.050), and Guevara (39.000).
Seven seniors and two juniors boast perfect 10.0s. In the senior field, Allison Cucci, Zoe Johnson, Neff, Pawlak, Pederson, and Slade were all perfect on vault, while Pederson and Sarisky were perfect on bars. In the junior field, Linton boasts three consecutive perfect 10.0s on vault—more than anyone else on the same event—while Emerson Gaa holds the only perfect score on floor. Pederson is the sole gymnast to have perfect scores on multiple events.
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