High-scoring Jesse Silverstein picked up where he left off at May’s JO Nationals by winning the final qualifier (88.10) for the 2010 VISA U.S. Championships.  He also racked up the most points (96) as he posted the day’s top score on rings (14.75) and had top-5 scores on parallel bars (15.05), vault (15.85) and high bar (14.25).  Danell Leyva placed 2nd in the AA (87.70), while fellow Senior Team member Alex Buscaglia placed 4th (86.30) and compiled the second highest point total (82).  In the Junior Division, Cypress Academy’s Daniel Potemski was the top qualifier with an AA score of 82.50.

Current Junior National Team member Jake Dastrup, a Level 10 (14-15), easily qualified for the Senior Division field.  Dastrup placed 17th AA (79.80) and garnered plenty of points (28) to earn his way to Hartford.  Cypress’ Dylan Akers was the only other current clubber to qualify as a Senior.  Rounding out the top 5 in the Senior Division were Alexy Bilozertchev (85.85) and Andrew Elkind (86.90).  The top qualifiers for the Junior Division were Potemski, Kevin Baker (80.80), Alex Bubnov (80.00), Joe Peters (79.75) and Cale Robinson (79.35).

Yesterday’s Qualifier, held at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, was the final qualifying event for the 2010 U.S. Championships that will be held August 10-14 in Hartford, CT.

Senior Division

1. Jesse Silverstein (USDGC) – 88.10 (96)
2. Alex Buscaglia (Stanford) – 86.30 (82)
3. Danell Leyva (Universal) – 87.70 (77)
4. Alexy Bilozertchev (USOTC) – 85.85 (74)
5. Andrew Elkind (USOTC) – 86.90 (70)
6. Kyson Bunthuwong (Golden Bear) – 86.30 (68)
7. Thomas Kelley (Michigan) – 83.65 (58)
8. Dylan Akers (Cypress) – 84.50 (58)
9. Bryan Del Castillo (Cal) – 84.40 (50)
10. Daniel Ribeiro (Illinois) – 58.10 (44)

Junior Division

1. Daniel Potemski (Cypress) – 82.50
2. Kevin Baker (Queen City) – 80.80  &  Wyatt Aycock (Orlando Metro) -80.80
3. Alex Bubnov (Surgent’s Elite) – 80.80
4. Joe Peters (Parkettes) – 79.75
5. Cale Robinson (Premier) – 79.35
6. Michael Strathern (Bartlett’s) – 79.30
7. Nicholas Hunter (Gym World) – 78.85
8. Spencer Smith (Metropolitan) – 78.65
9. Kevin Ko (Golden Bear) – 78.45

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