Nastia Liukin Cup

The Nastia Liukin Cup (formerly the Nastia Liukin Supergirl Cup from 2010–11) is an annual artistic gymnastics competition held in the United States and hosted by Olympic gymnast Nastia Liukin.[1]

History

In August 2009, USA Gymnastics announced that they had partnered with 2008 Olympic champion Nastia Liukin to create a competitive opportunity for the country's top Junior Olympic gymnasts that is intended to serve as a debut for pre-elite competitors on the national stage.[2][3] The inaugural Nastia Liukin Cup was held in 2010 and had 36 participants.[4]

Eligible to compete are Level 10 female gymnasts in both the junior and senior fields. Gymnasts will be chosen to participate from a series of invitationals known as the Nastia Liukin Cup Series. Prior to 2014, junior and senior gymnasts competed in the same field.

Champions

Year Location Senior Champion Junior Champion Ref
2010 Worcester, MA Lexie Priessman Not awarded [5]
2011 Jacksonville, FL Grace Williams [6]
2012 New York, NY Charity Jones [7]
2013 Worcester, MA Alex McMurtry [8]
2014 Greensboro, NC Mackenzie Brannan
McKenna Kelley		 Rachael Flam
Lauren Ramirez		 [9]
2015 Arlington, TX Kiya Johnson Maddie Karr [10]
2016 Newark, NJ Rachael Lukacs Andrea Li [11]
2017 Newark, NJ Kai Rivers Carly Bauman [12]
2018 Hoffman Estates, IL Haleigh Bryant Tory Vetter [13]
2019 Greensboro, NC Makarri Doggette Gabrielle Gladieux [14]
2020 Milwaukee, WI Haleigh Bryant Kiley Rorich [15]
2021 Indianapolis, IN Leah Smith Alicia Zhou [16]
2022 Frisco, TX Jamison Sears Kamila Pawlak [17]
2023 Louisville, KY Kailin Chio
Avery Neff		 Addy Fulcher
2024 Elle Mueller Ella Kate Parker [18]
2025 TBA TBA

Notable former competitors

Olympians

World Champions

NCAA Champions

Other

References

  1. ^ Amrmour, Nancy (2010-01-19). "Nastia Liukin's new meet to partner with Supergirl". USA Today. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
  2. ^ "USA Gymnastics – Nastia Liukin Cup". USA Gymnastics. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
  3. ^ "Liukin partners with USA Gymnastics to create Nastia Liukin Cup". USA Gymnastics. August 11, 2009.
  4. ^ "Field is set for the inaugural Nastia Liukin Supergirl Cup". USA Gymnastics. March 2, 2010.
  5. ^ "Priessman wins inaugural Nastia Liukin Supergirl Cup". USA Gymnastics. March 5, 2010.
  6. ^ "Grace Williams wins 2011 Nastia Liukin Supergirl Cup". USA Gymnastics. March 4, 2011.
  7. ^ "Jones captures the 2012 Nastia Liukin Cup". USA Gymnastics. March 2, 2012.
  8. ^ "McMurtry wins Nastia Liukin Cup in third attempt". USA Gymnastics. March 1, 2013.
  9. ^ "Both senior, junior divisions have all-around co-champions at 2014 Nastia Liukin Cup". USA Gymnastics. February 28, 2014.
  10. ^ "Karr, Johnson capture all-around titles at Nastia Liukin Cup". USA Gymnastics. March 7, 2015.
  11. ^ "Lukacs, Li win 2016 Nastia Liukin Cup titles". USA Gymnastics. March 3, 2016.
  12. ^ "Rivers, Bauman win 2017 Nastia Liukin Cup". USA Gymnastics. March 3, 2017.
  13. ^ "Bryant, Vetter win 2018 Nastia Liukin Cup". USA Gymnastics. March 2, 2018.
  14. ^ "Doggette, Gladieux win titles at 2019 Nastia Liukin Cup". USA Gymnastics. March 1, 2019.
  15. ^ "Bryant, Rorich win titles at 2020 Nastia Liukin Cup". USA Gymnastics. March 7, 2020.
  16. ^ "Smith, Zhou take 2021 Nastia Liukin Cup senior and junior titles". USA Gymnastics. February 26, 2021.
  17. ^ "Sears, Pawlak lead way at 2022 Nastia Liukin Cup". USA Gymnastics. February 25, 2022.
  18. ^ "Mueller takes senior Nastia Liukin Cup gold; Parker wins junior title". USA Gymnastics. February 25, 2024. Retrieved February 25, 2024.