Anon Adults in USAG competitions

[Anonymous (cfac)]

We have a group of XCEL sapphires who are in their 20s, Some pushing their later 20s, who regularly compete against teenage athletes. While I am all for adults continuing to participate in a sport they love, isn’t there a provision for adult open categories? These are full grown adults competing against teenagers and regularly sweeping the podium. Our region has very few sapphires and our older teenagers (16-17) are competing against 27 year olds because we have either 1 division or are grouped “younger” and “older”. Does this happen in all regions?

 

[Anonymous (e440)]

Adult gymnastics is becoming more popular, but there are still very few opportunities for competition. There were a few Xcel (gold? Platinum) and a few DP level 7/8s in our area.

As far as groupings depending on how many total athletes there are, and how many adults, it may not always make sense to have a separate age division. In our area it definitely did not.