Format and Entry Procedure for the 2016 Winter Cup Challenge February 18-­‐20 Las Vegas, Nevada HOST: Dusty Ritter 702/768-­‐1459 [email protected] www.dustyritter.com Cashman Center VENUE: 850 North Las Vegas Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 89101 Golden Nugget Hotel Las Vegas 129 E. Fremont St. HOST http://www.dustyritter.com/php/golden-­‐
Las Vegas, NV 89101 RESERVATIONS: HOTEL: Sun-­‐Thurs Rate: $55 nugget-­‐hotel.php Fri-­‐Sat Rate: $99 Competition Format for the 2016 Winter Cup Challenge February 18: Preliminary Competition • The competition will be comprised of approximately 96 athletes who meet the criteria listed in the Qualification and Entry Procedures outlined in this document. • For Preliminary Competition, the field of approximately 96 participants will be divided into two competitive sessions of approximately 48 athletes each. • Athletes will be seeded into the two preliminary sessions based on the following: Ø The basis for seeding will be the MPC approved 20-­‐point program based on two days of competition at the 2015 P&G Championships. The ranking includes all participating athletes. The Two-­‐Day 20 Point P&G Championships ranking is included as Attachment B Ø The top 42 athletes from the Two-­‐Day 20 Point P&G Championships Ranking who are participating in the 2016 Winter Cup Challenge will compete in Session 2. Ø The MPC will consider placing up to 6 athletes into Session 2 from among the athletes petitioning to the 2016 Winter Cup Challenge. Placement into the 2nd Session will be based on past competitive accomplishments and perceived competitiveness within the field. Any unused petition positions into the 2nd Session (up to 6) will be filled from the rank order Two-­‐Day 20 Point P&G Championships Ranking results. Ø All other athletes qualified to the 2016 Winter Cup Challenge will compete in Session 1. February 20: Finals Competition • The top 24 athletes rank order from the preliminary competition All-­‐Around results as well as the top 18 rank order athletes (not included in the 24 All-­‐Around athletes from the MPC approved Points Program) will advance to the Finals Competition for a field of 42 athletes. The points program will be published a minimum of 45 days prior to the start of the Winter Cup Challenge. • The top 3 athletes on each event (including ties) in Preliminary competition will advance to the Finals Competition. Athletes who advance to the Finals session based on the top three individual event qualifications may only compete on the events(s) in which they qualified. 1 Qualification to the Winter Cup Challenge •
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All participants at the 2016 Winter Cup Challenge must be United States citizens. All current Senior National Team members will be invited to participate in the 2016 Winter Cup Challenge. All athletes who qualified (and registered to participate) to the 2015 P&G Gymnastics Championships (both Senior and Junior Divisions) will be invited to participate in the 2016 Winter Cup Challenge. The remaining athletes will be invited to participate in the 2016 Winter Cup Challenge based on their best one-­‐meet scores from the following events: a. 2015 Winter Cup Challenge Finals Session (WC), b. 2015 USA Gymnastics Collegiate Championships (CC) All-­‐Around final results (for AA only) or Individual Events final results, c. 2015 NCAA Championships (NCAA) All-­‐Around final results (for AA only) or Individual Events final results or d. 2015 National Qualifier (NQ) The score ranking generated from the events listed above will be used to invite the following to participate at the 2016 Winter Cup Challenge Ø Top ten All-­‐Around athletes based on rank order Ø Top four athletes on each event based on rank order The list of invited athletes to the 2016 Winter Cup Challenge appears in Attachment A of this document. Petitions – Only the following types of petitions will be considered by the MPC. Ø Athletes who were injured or, due to an unusual circumstance, were not able to participate in any of the four events used for qualification ranking will have the opportunity to petition by submitting previous years scores from those events (or past U.S. Championships) that show them to be highly competitive in the field. Ø Athletes who qualified for the 2015 P&G Championships, but who withdrew from the competition due to injury may petition for consideration of being placed into Session 2 of the Preliminary Competition. Ø The USA Gymnastics Vice President for the Men’s Program must receive all petitions no later than November 20, 2015, in order to be considered. Approved petitions will count against the field of 96 qualified athletes. Competition Rules The following documents will be used: • FIG Code of Points –the current FIG version which can be found at http://www.fig-­‐
gymnastics.com/publicdir/rules/files/mag/MAG%20CoP%202013-­‐
2016%20(FRA%20ENG%20ESP)%20Feb%202013.pdf plus any official Men’s Technical Committee Newsletters. • Most recent USAG/NGJA Rules Interpretations which can be found at http://www.ngja.org/ • Note – there will be no special USA Bonus used at the 2016 Winter Cup Challenge. • The FIG competition apparel rules will be in effect (i.e. – no dark colored competition pants). • A Broken Hand Guard rule will apply, i.e., a retrial for the breaking of a hand guard or dowel is allowed, at the discretion of the head judge. 2 •
Matting: Ø Horizontal Bar: The use of an 8-­‐inch (20 cm) safety mat under horizontal bar is allowed for release moves. Additionally, the use of an 8-­‐inch (20 cm) safety mat for dismounts is allowed for the Winter Cup (as per additional matting below). Ø Use of a 10 cm on top of the 20 cm base mat is required for landings on Vault and on both sides of Horizontal Bar. This matting configuration can be changed according to the additional matting allowance noted below; however the 20 cm base mat must remain in place and the minimum of 30 cm is required. Additional Matting: FX Up to 10 cm additional will be allowed – mat cannot be moved once in place. Matting may be used only for landings – no value skills may be initiated on the additional matting. SR Up to 10 cm additional will be allowed (maximum 30 cm) V 30 cm mats required, up to 20 cm additional will be allowed (maximum 50 cm) PB Up to 10 cm additional will be allowed HB 30 cm mats are required, up to 20 cm additional allowed (maximum 50 cm) Note: All Winter Cup participants will follow Senior rules. Senior National Team Selection Eight athletes will be named to the Senior National Team at the 2016 Winter Cup Challenge. The MPC approved team selection procedures will be published a minimum of 45 days prior to the start of the Winter Cup Challenge. 2015 Winter Cup Entry Procedure •
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Registration for the 2016 Winter Cup will begin November 20, 2015 for all invited athletes shown in Attachment A and for approved petitions. Entry into the 2016 Winter Cup Challenge will be made through the USA Gymnastics on-­‐line portal. Entry instructions can be found in Attachment C Entry for all qualified athletes and approved petitions will end December 11, 2015. No entries of invited athletes will be accepted after December 11. A list of alternate athletes will be maintained and any open positions after the December 11th deadline or any subsequent openings due to an athlete who withdraws from the Winter Cup Challenge will be replaced from the list of alternates according to the following: Ø All-­‐around athletes will only be replaced from the list of top 15 all-­‐around athletes Ø Individual event athletes will only be replaced from the list of top (6) individual athletes Replacement will continue up to 7 days (February 11) prior to the start of competition. Entry fees are non-­‐refundable with the exception of athletes who withdraw prior to January 29, 2016. The competition draw for starting event at the Winter Cup Challenge will be conducted and posted February 4. Up until the draw is conducted, an athlete qualified to compete in Session 2 on February 18 who withdraws from the competition will be replaced in Session 2 from the rank order list of athletes from the Two-­‐Day 20 Point P&G Championships Ranking results. After the competition draw is conducted, and up until February 11, Session 2 athletes who withdraw will be replaced but the replacement athlete will go into the draw competition slot of the athlete who withdraws. No athlete will be replaced after February 11. Senior Division Qualification to the 2016 P&G Gymnastics Championships 3 Athletes may qualify to compete in the Senior Division at the 2016 P&G Gymnastics Championship for Men through the following methods: A. Senior National Team members who are named following the 2016 Winter Cup Challenge. B. Athletes who are age eligible for the Olympic Games and who compete in the Finals Session (Day 2) of the 2016 Winter Cup Challenge. (see special note below concerning junior division athletes) C. From the 2016 NCAA Championships: The top 6 all-­‐around athletes (U.S. citizens) in rank order at the 2016 NCAA Championships who are not pre-­‐qualified to the 2016 P&G Gymnastics Championships, provided they finish in the top-­‐8 All Around (AA) athletes. D. An athlete who is unable to participate in the 2016 Winter Cup Challenge may petition to compete in the 2016 P&G Gymnastics Championship for Men. The petition process will be outlined in the 2016 Olympic Games Athlete Selection Procedures. Note: Junior Division athletes who will be age eligible for the 2016 Olympic Games and who compete in the Finals Session (Day 2) at the 2016 Winter Cup Challenge may compete in the Senior Division at the 2016 P&G Gymnastics Championships for Men, however: the 2016 P&G Championships for the men’s Junior Division will be held with the Men’s Olympic Trials. Therefore, any junior age eligible athlete who competes in the P&G Senior Division will not be automatically qualified to the Junior Division or eligible for the Junior National Team. Junior Division athletes must qualify to the Junior Division P&G Championships as per the Junior Division rules. Junior National Team selection will come only from among those athletes who compete in the Junior Division P&G Championships held in conjunction with the Men’s Olympic Team Trials. 4 Attachment A Invited Athletes Only athletes who appear on the lists that follow in Attachment A may enter the Winter Cup Challenge. Senior National Team and 2015 P&G Gymnastics Championships Competitors Donothan Bailey Name Team Hilton USOTC Name Steven Legendre Program Team Hilton Univ of Ok Dmitri Belanovski University of Michigan Danell Leyva Team Hilton Universal Danny Berardini University of Oklahoma CJ Maestas USOTC Andrew Botto University of Iowa Jake Martin Ohio State University Allan Bower University of Oklahoma Sean Melton Ohio State University Jack Boyle University of Iowa Sam Mikulak Team Hilton USOTC Chris Brooks Team Hilton USOTC Akash Modi Stanford University Leroy Clarke, Jr. Penn State University Alex Naddour Team Hilton USA Youth Fitness Jacob Dalton Team Hilton University of Ok Robert Neff Stanford University Adrian de los Angeles University of Michigan John Orozco Team Hilton USOTC Joshua Dixon U.S.O.T.C. Eddie Penev Team Hilton USOTC Stacey Ervin University of Michigan Michael Reid University of Oklahoma Matt Felleman Penn State University Paul Ruggeri III Team Hilton USOTC Jonathan Horton Team Hilton Cypress Acad. Colin Van Wicklen University of Oklahoma Trevor Howard Penn State University Donnell Whittenburg Team Hilton USOTC Nick Hunter University of Michigan Kevin Wolting UC Berkeley Hunter Justus Marvin Kimble Steven Lacombe University of Oklahoma Team Hilton USOTC UC Berkeley Brandon Wynn Team Hilton USOTC Alec Yoder InterActive Academy Kyle Zemeir UC Berkeley Program 5 Attachment A: Invited Athletes -­‐ continued Junior Division 2015 P&G Gymnastics Championships Competitors Name Program Name Program Levi Anderson University of Oklahoma Dante LaBarre USA Flairs Max Andryushchenko Lake Shore Academy Connor Lewis Integrity Gymnastics Andrew Bitner Gymnastix Training Center Jacob Light Parkette's Cameron Bock SCATS Gymnastics Mitchell Mandozzi New England Acad of Gym Grant Breckenridge Buffalo Grove Gymnastics Joshua Martin Aerial Gymnastics Club Andrew Brower US Gymnastics DC Anthony McCallum USOTC Mitchell Brown DeVeau’s Gymnastics Nicholas Merryman New England Acad of Gym Tristan Burke WOGA Frisco Yul Moldauer University of Oklahoma Michael Burns Hocking Valley Gymnastics Center Jacob Moore Twistars USA Emyre Cole Go For It USA Brennan Pantazis Gymnastics Nevada Addison Chung New England Sports Acad. Bailey Perez Premier Gymnastics Acad Peter Daggett University of Oklahoma Shane Sadighi Azarian Gymnastics Ethan Esval Atlanta School of Gym Anton Stephenson University of Nebraska Marcos Gatinho Universal Gymnastics Blake Sun Alamo Gymnastics Davis Grooms Champion Gymnastics Favian Valdez US Gymnastics DC Andrew Herrador West Coast Olympic Gym Acad Alexei Vernyi Cypress Academy of Gym Bennet Huang West Coast Olympic Gym Acad Anton Vorona TAG USA Gymnastics Evan Hymanson Monmouth Gymnastics Kiwan Watts Above The Bar Gym Acad Tanner Justus Cypress Academy of Gym Matthew Wenske Cypress Academy of Gym Griffin Kehler WOGA Frisco Tanner West Cypress Academy of Gym Jordan King University of Nebraska Shane Wiskus MHG Timothy Kutyla US Gymnastics DC Daniel Yoon SCATS Gymnastics Joshua Zeal Buffalo Grove Gymnastics 6 Attachment A: Invited Athletes -­‐ continued Additional All-­‐Around and Individual Event from Qualifying Competitions (as presented on page 2) Note: Athletes on the list below may not be qualified to compete at the 2016 Winter Cup Challenge based on their citizenship. Event Name AA 1 Bobby Baker Ryan Patterson 2 Ellis Mann 3 Travis Gollott 4 Drew Moling 5 Jonathan Tang 6 Kanji Oyama 7 Ryan Sheppard 8 Alex Diab 9 10 Douglass Johnson Score Comp. Event 86.70 86.60 85.20 84.70 84.55 83.75 83.45 83.25 82.90 WC NCAA NCAA NCAA NCAA CC NQ WC WC SR 1 Score Comp. Michael Squires Alexis Torres Tristan Duvergals Drew Moling 16.400 15.750 15.600 15.600 NCAA NCAA NCAA NCAA V 1 Sean Senters 2 Kanji Oyama Taylor Seaton Alec Robin 15.475 15.025 15.000 14.95 NCAA NCAA NCAA WC 82.05 CC Brian Knott Sergey Resnick Dylan Akers Ellis Mannon 15.200 15.075 14.925 14.90 NCAA NCAA NCAA WC HB 1 Steven Jaciuk 2 Jordan Valdez 15.025 14.85 3 4 Michael Dietz Alex Johnson 14.60 14.550 NCAA WC CC NCAA 2 3 4 3 4 PB 1 2 Event Score Comp. 3 15.725 15.575 15.375 15.350 NCAA NCAA NCAA NCAA 4 4 Thad Lawson Zach Liebler Joel Gagnon Kanji Oyama PH 1 Ellis Mannon 15.45 WC 2 Tim Wang Nolan Novak Bobby Baker Brian Knott 15.00 14.90 14.70 14.70 CC NQ WC WC FX 1 2 3 3 4 4 Name Name Please contact the Men’s Program at USA Gymnastics with any questions regarding invited athletes. 7 Attachment B Two-­‐Day 20 Point 2015 P&G Championships Ranking Results Points determined by adding Day 1 points results to Day 2 points results for all participating athletes. Only athletes who received points are listed. Total First Last Points First Last 1 Sam 25 Mikulak 198 Kyle Zemeir 2 Donnell Whittenburg 3 Chris 4 165 Cameron Bock 47 Brooks 127 26 Hunter Justus 47 Paul Ruggeri III 127 28 Trevor Howard 45 5 Jonathan Horton 101 29 Joshua Dixon 42 6 Marvin Kimble 100 30 Matt Felleman 33 99 31 Tristan Burke 26 93 32 Emyre Cole 23 91 33 Anton Stephenson 19 Robert Neff 18 8 9 Eddie Alex Steven Penev Naddour Legendre 9 Danell Leyva 91 34 11 Brandon Wynn 88 35 Peter Daggett 17 12 CJ Maestas 83 35 Nick Hunter 17 13 Akash Modi 82 37 Tanner Justus 16 14 Donothan Bailey 80 38 Levi Anderson 15 70 39 Leroy Clarke, Jr. 14 67 40 Nicholas Merryman 12 65 41 Kiwan Watts 11 Dmitri Belanovski 10 15 16 17 Yul Alec Allan Moldauer Yoder Bower 17 Sean Melton 65 42 17 Kevin Wolting 65 43 Adrian de los Angeles 9 20 Steven Lacombe 62 44 Andrew Botto 8 21 Stacey Ervin 57 44 Favian Valdez 8 22 Danny Berardini 54 44 Shane Wiskus 8 53 47 Dante LaBarre 5 50 48 Bennet Huang 4 49 Jacob Moore 2 23 24 Colin Michael Van Wicklen Reid 48 26 7 Total Points 8 Attachment C How to Register for the 2016 Winter Cup Challenge Registration for the 2016 Winter Cup Challenge will begin November 20, 2015 and end December 11, 2015. Invited athletes will not be eligible to enter the Winter Cup Challenge after the December 11 deadline. Invited athletes and coaches must register for the 2016 Winter Cup Challenge through the USA Gymnastics online portal. Athletes and coaches will be unable to register unless they have a current USA Gymnastics membership. Club administrators may register using the instructions listed below. The entry fee to enter the 2016 Winter Cup Challenge is $125. Only one coach per athlete, maximum of two per club is permitted to register for the event. For consideration of an additional coach, an Additional Coaches Credential Form must be submitted with a $50 fee. Click here for form. Club Administrators can register qualified athletes and coaches by following these instructions: •
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Log into your USA Gymnastics Membership record Click on “Member Services” at the top of the web page Click on “Club Administration” – a drop down will show Click on “Group Processing” Click the drop down in the middle of the page and choose “Register for a Camp or Competition” Click the next drop down and choose “Men’s Winter Cup Challenge” Look for your name on the list and choose the options you would like to register for Click “Submit” -­‐ From here, it will take you to the payment site. If you have any technical difficulties in registering, please contact Mike Bowman at [email protected]. For any other questions or inquiries, please contact Lisa Mendel at [email protected]. 9