World Trampoline and Tumbling Championships kick off Nov. 9

 

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 6, 2017 –  America’s top trampoline gymnasts will compete in the 2017 World Trampoline and Tumbling Championships at the Arena Armeec in Sofia, Bulgaria, Nov. 9-12.  The USA’s World trampoline squad includes 2016 Olympians Nicole Ahsinger of Lafayette, La./Trampoline and Tumbling Express, and Logan Dooley of Lake Forest, Calif./World Elite Gymnastics; 2017 World Games double mini-trampoline champion Paige Howard of San Juan Capistrano, Calif./World Elite Gymnastics; 2017 World Games silver medalists Austin Nacey of Braidwood, Ill./TwistStars Tumbling and Trampoline, and Alex Renkert of Columbus, Ohio/Integrity Athletics; along with reigning U.S. trampoline champion Jeffrey Gluckstein of Atlantic Highlands, N.J./Elite Trampoline Academy.

 

More than 700 athletes from 36 countries will participate in the World Championships, which features competition in trampoline, synchronized trampoline, double mini-trampoline and tumbling.

 

Held following the World Championships, the World Age Group Competition will showcase the world’s best young men and women in those four events in four age groups: 11-12, 13-14, 15-16 and 17-21 years of age.

 

The 2017 World Championships’ competition schedule is as follows.

Thursday, Nov. 9

• Women’s tumbling and men’s and women’s trampoline qualifications, 3:30 a.m. ET
• Men’s tumbling qualifications, 8:30 a.m. ET

Friday, Nov. 10

• Women’s synchronized trampoline and men’s double mini-trampoline qualifications, 2 a.m. ET
• Men’s synchronized trampoline and women’s double mini-trampoline qualifications, 6:15 a.m. ET
• Women’s tumbling team final, 11 a.m. ET
• Men’s double mini-trampoline team final, 11:30 a.m. ET
• Women’s trampoline team final, 12:20 p.m. ET
• Men’s trampoline team final, 1 p.m. ET

Saturday, Nov. 11

• Women’s double mini-trampoline team final, 8 a.m. ET
• Men’s tumbling team final, 8:30 a.m. ET
• Women’s tumbling final, 9:25 a.m. ET
• Men’s double mini-trampoline final, 9:55 a.m. ET
• Women’s synchronized trampoline final, 10:50 a.m. ET
• Men’s synchronized trampoline final, 11:20 a.m. ET

Sunday, Nov. 12

• Men’s and women’s trampoline semi-final, 6:30 a.m. ET
• Women’s double mini-trampoline final, 8:05 a.m. ET
• Men’s tumbling final, 8:35 a.m. ET
• Women’s trampoline final, 9:25 a.m. ET
• Men’s trampoline final, 9:55 a.m. ET

 

The USA’s draw for the qualification round for the World Championships is: women’s tumbling, group 1 (Nov. 9, 3:30 a.m. ET); men’s tumbling, group 3 (Nov. 9, 11 a.m. ET); men’s trampoline, group 8, women’s trampoline, group 7 (Nov. 9, 12 p.m. ET); women’s synchro, groups 1 and 3 (Nov. 10, 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. ET); men’s double-mini, group 2 (Nov. 10, 3 a.m. ET); men’s synchronized trampoline, groups 3 and 4 (Nov. 10, 8:15 a.m. ET and 9:15 a.m. ET); and

women’s double mini, group 3 (Nov. 10, 8:15 a.m. ET)

 

The members of the U.S. Team, by event, are listed below.

 

Men’s trampoline
Logan Dooley, Lake Forest, Calif./World Elite Gymnastics
Jeffrey Gluckstein, Atlantic Highlands, N.J./Elite Trampoline Academy
Isaac Rowley, Allen, Texas/Eagle Gymnastics Academy
Aliaksei Shostak, Lafayette, La./Trampoline and Tumbling Express
Cody Gesuelli, Huntsville, Ala./Merino Trampoline Gymnastics Academy, alternate

Women’s trampoline
Nicole Ahsinger, Lafayette, La./Trampoline and Tumbling Express
Hally Piontek, Warrensburg, Mo./Kansas City Trampoline Club
Jessica Stevens, Ellicott City, Md./Fairland Gymnastics
Sarah Webster, Lafayette, La./Trampoline and Tumbling Express

Men’s tumbling
Brandon Krzynefski, Centreville, Va./Capital Gymnastics National Training Center
Emilio Lehmer, Tempe, Ariz./ North Valley Gymnastics
Austin Nacey, Braidwood, Ill./TwistStars Tumbling and Trampoline
Alex Renkert, Columbus, Ohio/Integrity Athletics
Drew Collins, McKinney, Texas/Eagle Gymnastics Academy, alternate

Women’s tumbling
Hope Bravo, Dallas, Texas/Eagle Gymnastics Academy
Melissa Doucette, Somersworth, N.H./Capital Gymnastics National Training Center (My former gymnast when she did artistic! YAY- Go Melissa!) 
Eliza Floisand, Salt Lake City, Utah/Wasatch Trampoline & Tumbling
Rachel Thevenot, Metairie, La./Elmwood Gymnastics Academy
Breanne Millard, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif./World Elite Gymnastics, alternate

Men’s double mini-trampoline
Matthew Hawkins, Phoenix, Ariz./North Valley Gymnastics
Austin Nacey of Braidwood, Ill./TwistStars Tumbling and Trampoline
Alex Renkert, Columbus, Ohio/Integrity Athletics
CJ Rhoades, Joplin, Mo./Amplify Gymnastics

Women’s double mini-trampoline
Paige Howard, San Juan Capistrano, Calif./World Elite Gymnastics
Hally Piontek, Warrensburg, Mo./Kansas City Trampoline Club
Tristan Van Natta, Plain City, Ohio/Integrity Athletics

 

Ways to follow the action
Coverage of the World Championships will be posted on usagym.org, including stories, photos and video, and on USA Gymnastics’ social media platforms. USA Gymnastics will post every U.S. routine from the qualifying rounds on its YouTube channel. The qualifications schedule for the live webcast is as follows.

 

Thursday, Nov. 9

• 3:30 a.m. ET – Women’s tumbling
• 11 a.m. ET – Men’s tumbling
• 12 p.m. ET – Men’s and women’s trampoline

 

Friday, Nov. 10

• 2 a.m. ET – Women’s synchronized trampoline
• 3 a.m. ET – Men’s double mini-trampoline
• 4. a.m. ET – Women’s synchronized trampoline
• 8:15 a.m. ET – Men’s synchronized trampoline and women’s double mini-trampoline
• 9:15 a.m. ET – Men’s synchronized trampoline

 

Fans can watch the finals live on OlympicChannel.com and through the Olympic Channel app: Friday, Nov. 10, 11 a.m. ET; Saturday, Nov. 11, 8 a.m. ET; and Sunday, Nov. 12, 6:30 a.m. ET.

 

The official website the World Championships is trawchsofia2017.com, and the FIG website is www.fig-gymnastics.com.

 

Based in Indianapolis, USA Gymnastics is the national governing body for gymnastics in the United States.  Its mission is to encourage participation and the pursuit of excellence in the sport.  Its disciplines include men’s and women’s artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, trampoline and tumbling, acrobatic gymnastics and Gymnastics for All (formerly known as group gymnastics).  For more complete information, log on to www.usagym.org.