This year’s Nastia Liukin Cup Series will comprise 22 meets, each of which will qualify one senior gymnast (aged 16 or older) and one junior (15 or younger) to the 16th Nastia Liukin Cup in Louisville, Kentucky, on February 25.
This week saw 6 qualifiers across three invitationals: Atlanta Centennial Classic, UGA Invitational and the Vegas Cup
Atlanta Centennial Classic
Winner (senior division): Jahzara Swaby-Ranger
Winner (junior division): Caylee Cain ‘28
Jahzara Swaby-Ranger had an outstanding competition this weekend, achieving personal best scores of 9.950 on floor and 39.125 in the all around. This ties for the second-highest score among NLC qualifiers thus far, with only Avery Neff’s 39.500 surpassing her performance. Swaby-Ranger opens her floor routine with a powerful double layout and found all her landings this meet. Michigan will be carefully following their four-star recruit as her personal best of 9.950 on vault in the meet previous to this should reassure Bev Plocki that she has options to replace some of the big routines the Wolverines will lose at the end of the season.
Caylee Cain, a first-time NLC qualifier, secured her spot with a commendable all-around score of 38.550. The standout moment of her performance this weekend was her impeccable toe…
