2018 American Cup Explained

Event:	2018 American Cup
Venue:	Sears Centre Arena
Location:	Hoffman Estates, Illinois, U.S.
Dates:	March 3, 2018
Competitors:	18
Nations:	11
Gold:	Morgan Hurd Yul Moldauer
Silver:	Mai Murakami James Hall
Bronze:	Maile O'Keefe Petro Pakhniuk
Prev:	2017
Next:	2019

The 2018 American Cup was part of the World Cup circuit in artistic gymnastics.

Participants

NOC	Women (WAG)	Men (MAG)
		Yul Moldauer
Wildcard		Allan Bower
		Francisco Barretto Júnior
		Sun Wei
		Philipp Herder
		James Hall
		Kenzo Shirai
		Néstor Abad
		Petro Pakhnyuk

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Results

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Women

scope=row style="text-align:center"			14.566	14.200	13.800	14.033	56.599
scope=row style="text-align:center"			14.600	13.400	13.600	14.033	55.633
scope=row style="text-align:center"			14.600	13.233	13.066	13.466	54.365
scope=row style="text-align:center"	4		13.400	13.833	12.866	12.866	52.965
scope=row style="text-align:center"	5		13.833	12.966	12.633	12.466	51.898
scope=row style="text-align:center"	6		13.600	14.200	11.600	12.466	51.866
scope=row style="text-align:center"	7		12.433	12.166	11.466	13.433	49.498
scope=row style="text-align:center"	8		14.233	–	–	–	DNF
scope=row style="text-align:center"	9		12.900	–	–	–	DNF

Men

scope=row style="text-align:center"			14.666	14.066	14.333	14.733	14.500	13.666	85.964
scope=row style="text-align:center"			13.766	14.166	14.033	14.333	13.133	13.866	83.297
scope=row style="text-align:center"			13.066	13.066	13.800	14.766	14933	13.433	83.064
scope=row style="text-align:center"	4		13.766	13.100	13.433	14.400	14.166	13.100	81.965
scope=row style="text-align:center"	5		13.333	13.966	13.400	14.533	13.766	12.866	81.864
scope=row style="text-align:center"	6		14.966	11.100	13.700	15.066	14.500	12.166	81.498
scope=row style="text-align:center"	7		14.433	13.733	14.133	14.733	12.600	11.300	80.932
scope=row style="text-align:center"	8		12.700	13.466	13.300	13.666	13.500	12.200	78.832
scope=row style="text-align:center"	9		13.433	11.600	13.733	14.200	13.133	12.333	78.432

Nastia Liukin Cup

See main article: Nastia Liukin Cup.

Event:	The Nastia Liukin Cup
Venue:	Sears Centre Arena
Location:	Hoffman Estates, Illinois, U.S.
Dates:	March 2, 2018
Competitors:	36
Prev:	2017
Next:	2019

The 9th annual Nastia Liukin Cup was held in conjunction with the 2018 American Cup. Since its inception in 2010,^{[3] [4]} the competition has always been held on the Friday night before the American Cup, in the same arena.

Medal winners

Senior
scope=row style="text-align:left"		Haleigh Bryant	Andrea Li	Raegan Walker
Junior
scope=row style="text-align:left"		Tory Vetter	Jacey Vore	Faith Torrez

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Notable competitors

Senior winner Haleigh Bryant would go on to win the 2020 Nastia Liukin Cup.^[6] Additionally she was the 2021 NCAA champion on vault.^[7] Senior competitor Natalie Wojcik would go on to win the balance beam title at the 2019 NCAA Championships.^[8] Junior bronze medalist Faith Torrez, alongside fellow juniors Olivia Greaves and Kailin Chio, would go on to make the USA national team.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bower, O'Keefe added to American Cup roster. February 6, 2018. USA Gymnastics.
2. Web site: Hurd, Moldauer win American Cup titles. March 3, 2018. USA Gymnastics.
3. Web site: Priessman wins inaugural Nastia Liukin Supergirl Cup. USA Gymnastics.
4. Web site: Nastia Liukin Cup to Launch in 2010. Amanda. Turner.
5. Web site: Bryant, Vetter win 2018 Nastia Liukin Cup. March 2, 2018. USA Gymnastics.
6. Web site: Bryant, Rorich win titles at 2020 Nastia Liukin Cup. March 7, 2020. USA Gymnastics. February 25, 2022. April 20, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210420194521/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=25314. dead.
7. Web site: LSU gym suffers heartbreaking, frustrating loss in NCAA Semifinals. The Daily Reveille. April 19, 2021.
8. Web site: Michigan's Natalie Wojcik wins national beam title. Just. Amie. April 20, 2019. mlive.com.