SARASOTA, Fla., Feb. 21, 2019 – The February Women’s National Team Training Camp gets underway Thursday at EVO Athletics in Sarasota, Fla., with 35 gymnasts who are members of the U.S. National Team or invited athletes. The camp is primarily a selection camp for both the Jesolo (Italy) Trophy International Competition and Gymnix International in Montreal, Que., Canada, as well as having the athletes competing in upcoming World Cup events demonstrate competitive readiness.



The World Cup assignments announced previously are:

American Cup, Greensboro, N.C., March 2 – Grace McCallum, Isanti, Minn./Twin City Twisters, and Leanne Wong, Overland Park, Kansas/Great American Gymnastics Express

DTB Pokal World Cup, Stuttgart, Germany, March 14-17 – Simone Biles, Spring, Texas/World Champions Centre

World Cup, Birmingham, Great Britain, March 23 – Riley McCusker, Brielle, N.J./MG Elite

World Cup, Tokyo, April 6 – Morgan Hurd, Middletown, Del./First State Gymnastics

Individual event World Cups, Baku, Azerbaijan, March 14-17, and Doha, Qatar, March 20-23 – Jade Carey, Phoenix, Ariz./Arizona Sunrays.

Under the watchful eye of Women’s High-performance Team Coordinator Tom Forster and the national staff, the camp’s schedule includes physical abilities testing and selection competition. The four-day camp features one training session on the arrival and departure days and two a day for the other two days. The teams for Jesolo and Gymnix will be announced on Saturday evening.



The gymnasts and coaches for the American Cup will remain in Sarasota until the depart for Greensboro.



The gymnasts participating in the camp are listed below in alphabetical order.



Shania Adams, Future Gymnastics

Cienna Alipio, West Valley Gymnastics

Sydney Barros, Texas Dreams

Simone Biles, World Champions Centre

Love Birt, First State Gymnastics

Skye Blakely, WOGA

Sloane Blakely, WOGA

Jordan Bowers, Solid Rock Gymnastics

Sophia Butler, Discover

Jade Carey, Arizona Sunrays

Jordan Chiles, Naydenov Gymnastics

Kayla DiCello, Hill's Gymnastics

Kara Eaker, GAGE

Addison Fatta, Prestige Gymnastics

Aleah Finnegan, GAGE

Olivia Greaves, MG Elite

Morgan Hurd, First State Gymnastics

Alexis Jeffrey, GAGE

Shilese Jones, Future Gymnastics

Levi Jung-Ruivivar, Paramount Elite

Sunisa Lee, Midwest Gymnastics Center

Lilly Lippeatt, Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy

Emma Malabuyo, Texas Dreams

Grace McCallum, Twin City Twisters

Konnor McClain, Revolution

Riley McCusker, MG Elite

Kaylen Morgan, Everest Gymnastics

Sydney Morris, First State Gymnastics

Victoria Nguyen, Everest Gymnastics

Gabby Perea, Legacy Elite Gymnastics

Lyden Saltness, Midwest Gymnastics Center

Alyona Shchennikova, 5280 Gymnastics

Ragan Smith, Texas Dreams

Trinity Thomas, University of Florida

Leanne Wong, GAGE