The US women's team (Kyla Ross, Sabrina Vega, Alexandra Raisman, and Bridgette Caquatto) took team gold at the 2009 Junior Pan Ams in Aracaju, Brazil. Canada won second, while Brazil earned the bronze. The US women also swept the top four spots in the all-around: 1) Ross 57.40 2) Vega 56.25 3) Raisman 56.20 4) Caquatto 56.10.
In event finals, Raisman won vault and floor, while Ross took gold on bars and beam. There were lots of silver medalists too: Caquatto on vault, Vega on bars, and Ross on floor.
In the men's competition, Brazil earned team gold, with the US in second, .55 behind. Colombia placed third. American C.J. Maestas took silver in the all-around, while teammate Sam Sam Mikulak ended in fourth. The other American men, Jake Martin and Jesse Glenn, were 11th and 14th, respectively.
Maestas had a great event finals as well, winning rings and earning silvers on pommel horse and parallel bars.
Mikulak placed second on floor and third on vault.
Video:
- Kyla Ross on floor, team finals
- Ross on beam, team finals
- Ross on bars, event finals (check out her sky-high Jaegar!)
- Sabrina Vega on floor, team finals
- Vega on bars, event finals
- Bridgette Caquatto on floor, team finals
- Alexandra Raisman on floor, team finals (beautiful triple full second pass)
- More videos
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