Anon Top young gymnasts in US currently?

[Anonymous (dba1)]

This thread pains me. Can whoever these two dads or coaches are who want someone to chime in and






Did Royal change ownership or names? The only NCAA recruit I know of out of there is Reihl who I thought at Royal until midway through her 10 career. Curious to know who’s homegrown.

Royal opened in 2016 or 2017, no name change. I listed the colleges, all signees have publicly announced their commitments so think it’s ok to list names…

Clemson 2026 - Makayla Torres-Melton(at Royal since 2017 level 4)
Sac State 2026 - Inga Jimenez(at Royal since 2017 level 4)
UC Davis 2027 - Aubrey Hula(at Royal since 2017 xcel silver)
Kentucky 2027 - Emalani Capistrant(at Royal since 2023 level 8)

Reihl is also going to Clemson in 2026, currently in her 4th year of level 10 at Royal after 1 year of 10 at previous gym.

The younger level 10 group that I believe the post refrences are a mix of started at Royal/came as level 8’s.

 

[Anonymous (a579)]

Heres the thing. If you have a "super talented" child then you are well aware of the path and how these things work. There is really no such thing as child prodigies in this sport. Again, its not extremely rare for an 11 yo to compete L10 and even score well (They are not all over the place, but they are there). At least not in the sense of calling someone a child prodigy. Maybe if they were 9 or even 10. Its well documented that the greatest gymnast in the history of the sport struggled as a child gymnast and failed to qualify to national camps. Jade Carey didnt really make the scene until she was 16.
Seeing an 11 yo score well doesnt really mean anything other than an 11yo L10 who scored well in a competition. Maybe in the next year they go Junior elite and win nationals and people start taking notice or maybe next year they are injured and dont compete at all. Just like a 12 yo or a 13 yo. And if you are intimately involved in this sport at this level because you have a super talented kid, then you would know

Always find it amusing when people talk about Jade Carey like she was some average middle of the road gymnast that exploded onto the scene magically at 16. Her father, Brian Carey , was her coach her entire career and it’s undeniable he played an instrumental role in developing her at a slower pace, but with great care and an expertise that most other gymnasts would not have access to 24/7. Jade Carey’s success was the exception not the rule.

Sure, it’s true peaking early does raise injury risk and burn out risk. The only place to go from high 38s in level 10 is elite or injured and burn out. If you are 11 and scoring high 38s in level 10 it’s obvious they have higher aspirations than college gymnastics in their sights. Probably elite then 2032 Olympics is the plan. Otherwise rushing to level 10 at 11 so you can do 7 years of level 10 to be a D1 gymnast is overkill. That’s more years of level 10 than most girls compete in gymnastics in their entire lives.

 

[Anonymous (a15a)]

There have always been 10-11 year olds level 10s doing pretty well. Sure, that's promising, but at the same time many times they get lost in the process. Also I really think there might be other level 10s in a similar level/age. At least I see some of those every year. Same as some 11 year olds competing at jr elite some years.
Certainly they must have some talent and some decent technical coaching to get there.

 

[Geoffrey Taucer]

This thread seems to be a halfway blend of thirdhand gossip about specific gyms and athletes, and a specific focus on a small group of minor athletes (who, even if they are not named, could easily be identified from info in this thread)

I can't point to any specific rules being broken and I won't bother issuing any warnings, but I am gonna close the thread.