Live blog: 2010 U.S. Championships, junior men's competition

Rotation six:

Wulf, floor: Tucked Thomas. Running front souble full.

Dastrup, vault: Hands down on front front tucked full.

Strathern, high bar: Great Kovacs. Nice Tkatchev. Full twisting double layout to his knees -- not enough height or rotation for a tall guy like him.

Deaton, floor: Cranks a double double tucked to stick it. Front layout, barani. Whip 2.5.

Peters, vault: Sloppy Tsuk double full.

Aycock, pbars: Steps on the dismount.

Moling, high bar: Misses grip and has a scary moment that makes the crowd gasp, then jumps down. Concentration error, perhaps. Tkatchev. More problems with grip. Sits down double double layout, though tries to save it.

Robinson, floor: HUGE Arabian double pike. 1.5 to front double. Arabian double front side pass! Great tumbling. 2.5 to front full tucked. Whip triple full. Landed low but amazing set.

Melton, pbars: Hit routine. Coach loves it.

Howard, high bar: Two falls. High bar has been rough today.

DiBenedetto, floor: Arabian double front with a huge step forward. Looks like he stung his knee landing his 2.5 dismount. Kind of limps off the mat.

Mikulak, pommel: Hit routine! Yes, some form breaks, especially legs apart on a travel, but there's your junior 16-18 champ, no doubt.

Wang, vault: Clean Tsuk double full.

Turner, pbars: Aggressive set. Good way to end his day.

Johnson, high bar: Fall.

Robin, pommel: Fall.

Whittenburg, rings: Full twisting double layout with a hop.

Mayr, vault: Tsuk 1.5 to great landing.

Baker, high bar: Stuck dismount.

Ko, floor: Ends with a Rudi.

Burbur, vault: Tsuk full.

Martin, pbars: Back toss, one hand moves. Front somie. Off after missing a handstand and traveling

de los Angeles, pommel:

Mannon, high bar: Fall on Tkatchev. Repeats the element. Jam to Endo.

Ervin, rings: Wow! A stuck double front. Throws his arms to the side and may have cried "Yeah!" Or maybe that was his coach...

Lucas, pbars: Steps back on double pike.

Schaaf, high bar: Fall. Good full twisting double layout. Looks rather unhappy.

That seals it! Sam Mikulak wins the 16-18 age division, while Sean Melton won the 14-15 men's all-around.

Rotation five:

de los Angeles, floor: 1.5 to front full layout. Full twisting double tuck. Double full. 2.5.

Ervin, pommel: The half I saw was good...

Rubin, rings: Great double layout dismount.

Martin, vault: Scratch? Lucas, who was supposed to go after him, went first.

Schaaf, pbars: Didn't see it.

Smith, high bar: Believe it was a hit routine.

Felleman, floor: 2.5 to layout barani, stuck. Stuck Arabian double front. Russians. Cheers of, "Come on, Moose!" from the stands. Rudi. Full in dismount. Very tough routine, well done.

Dastrup, rings: Low double double tucked, but he made it.

Lucas, vault: Tsuk double full.

Strathern, pbars: Front somie, Geinger. Diamadov. Giant. Very good double pike off.

Wulf, high bar: Hit routine leaves him and Air Force coach Kip Simons with big smiles on their faces.

Powarzynski, floor: Double tuck. 1.5 to front layout. Rudi. Front double full.

Morinishi, pommel: Hit routine! He loves it.

Aycock, vault: Tsuk double full, smallest of hops.

Moling, pbars: Stuck double tuck.

Deaton, high bar: Geinger. Starts twisting really late into his dismount but gcranks a good layout double double.

Oyama, floor: Front layout double full to front half tucked. Russians. Double full to end.

Spiro, pommel: Hit routine (I believe).

Melton, vault: Great Tsuk double.

Lucas, vault: 15.2. Nice job.

Howard, pbars: Double tuck dismount, claps his hands at the end of the routine.

Robinson, high bar: Stuck full twisting double back.

Mikulak, floor: 1.5 to front double full, stuck. Wow. Double double tucked, bounced OOB. So high, though. Stuck full twisting double back to end. One of the routines of the day.

Turner, vault: Tsuk double full to his hands and knees. He's not had the best day.

DeBenedetto, high bar: Scary moment when he missed his Tkatchev. Even he looked freaked out by it. Released way too early on full twisting double layout -- coach looked ready to jump in and save him.

Robin, floor: High 2.5 to front full, excellent. Love the back pike to stomach trend -- very strong, very guyish. Roundoff triple full to end.

Whittenburg, pommel: Fall. Maybe more than one -- he got a 9.4.

Mayr, rings: Stuck dismount. Yin loves it.

Martin, vault: DTY with great landing.

Baker, pbars:

Ungar, high bar: Hecht to begin. Big step forward on dismount.

Boyle, floor: Full in, very low, covered with falling to a pushup position. 2.5 to front half (I believe). Rudi. Double full with a small hop.

Burbur, rings: Stuck full twisting double tuck dismount.

Mannon, pbars: Tripped off the mat and into the springboard on his dismount.

Ko, high bar: Hecht. Really superb work here. Stalders, wonderful lines and swing. Gorgeous double layout, almost stuck. Not the most difficult routine today, but one of the most beautiful.

Sean Melton moves into the lead in the 14-15 division, while Mikulak maintains his lead with one rotation to go.

Rotation  four :

Valdez, floor: Arabian double front. 2.5 with a step to end.

Burbur, pommel: Hit routine (I think)

Mannon, vault: Yurchenko layout.

Ko, pbars: Double tuck off with a hop.

Boyle, high bar: Off on something...full twisting double layout, way too close to the bar.

Ervin, floor: HUGE double double tucked. Amazing arabian double pike. Front full layout, front layout. Rudi. Double full. Great routine.

Martin, rings: 1.5 double tuck off.

Schaaf, vault: Tsuk 1.5.

Smith, pbars: Good double tuck off.

de los Angeles, high bar: Very clean Tkatchev and swing. Front stalders. Full twisting double layout with a step forward.

Strait, floor: Arabian double pike with bounce forward. Tucked Thomas. Front full, front half tucked. Double full.

Strathern, vault: Handspring double front, first we've seen. Fights to stand it up but prevails.

Wulf, pbars: Steps on the dismount.

Felleman, high bar: Hecht Geinger combo. He has a huge cheering section here, and they made noise after his full twisting double layout.

Morinishi, floor: Rudi. Rudi with hands.

Aycock, rings: Great work here. Full twisting double tuck, stuck.

Moling, vault: Stuck Tsuk or Yurchenko full.

Deaton, pbars: Good routine capped with a double pike and a small hop.

Spiro, floor: Running doubel front, stuck. 1.5 to barani. Front one and three with a full tiwst on the first flip. Sat down 2.5 twist, shame. Double full with a step to the side. Ambitious routine, shame about the 2.5.

Robinson, pbars: Fights to save a blown handstand. Double pike.

Oyama, high bar: Stuck double layout.

Bubnov, floor: 2.5, falls out of it sort of. Tucked front full. Front layout, layout Barani. Double full with a step.

Turner, rings: Stuck full twisting double tuck dismount.

DiBenedetto, pbars: Hit routine.

Mikulak, high bar: Hecht over, straddle up half turn. In bar elemnets including a jam. Layout Tkatchev, very clean. Straddle Tkatchev. Endo. Layout double double with a very small hop back. Very nice routine.

Whittenburg, floor: Full out, OOB. 2.5 to...front handspring? He overrotated that one. Flairs and breakdance roll, cool. Tucked Thomas. Layout Thomas. Double full.

Mayr, pommel: Looks completely relieved at the end of his routine.

Robin, high bar: Hecht from front grip. Fall on something, but it looked like it might hvae been a flukey thing. Nice front stalders. Underrotated full twisting double layout and put his hands down.

Ervin and Mikulak lead after this rotation!

Rotation three:

Mayr, floor: OOB on first pass, double Arabian. Nearly OOB on double tuck. Out again on 2.5.

Baker, rings: Stuck full twisting double tuck.

Ungar, vault: Tsuk 1.5, a little messy at the end.

Whittenburg, high bar: Nice routine (short on one handstand), with full twisting double layout, stuck.

Burbur, floor: Front layout double full to end.

Ko, vault: Tsuk layout?

Boyle, pbars: Some struggles in handstands

Valdez, high bar: Off on Tkatchev. Shoulder hits the mat almost the way Dobre-Mofid's did

Rubin, floor: 2.5 to end.

Martin, pommel: Great lines for this event. Good routine from what I saw. I don't believe he fell.

Smith, vault: Tsuk layout full.

de los Angeles, pbars: All his SCATs teammates are helping him prep the bars. Belle. Giant. Good Diamadov, Stuts, back toss. Cut and catch. Double tuck wth a step. Nice routine.

Ervin, high bar: Good routine. Fights to stick his full twisting double tuck dismount and wins the fight.

Dastrup, floor: Scary landing on double front to open. Arabian double. Didn't see the rest.

Wulf, vault: Yurchenko full.

Felleman, pbars: Fights on a pirouette. Misses hand on a swinging element to the center of the bars. His teammates call him "Moose." Double pike with a hop.

Strait, high bar: Stuck full twisting double layout.

Peters, floor: High roundoff, triple full to end.

Melton, pommel: Hit routine.

Powarzynski, pbars: Good lines and good routine. Little low on the double pike dismount.

Morinishi, high bar: Bends legs on hecht over the bar. Hop full. Full twisting double tuck. This is not his event.

Robinson, vault: Beautiful, beautiful tsuk double. 15.7. Well deserved.

Oyama, pbars: He works lightly on this event. Diamadov. One missed handstand. Has trouble with press to handstand. Hands down on double tuck.

Spiro, high bar: Stuck full twisting double tuck.

Wang, floor: Good first pass. Stuck double full. Russians. 2.5 to punch tuck half, bounce. Rudi. 2.5 twist.

Turner, pommel: Hit routine I think.

Mikulak, pbars: Great front somie. Strong routine with stuck double pike. That will extend his lead.

Bubnov, high bar: Stalders, blind. Hands down on full twisting double layout.

After three, Mikulak leads over Alex Strait for the 16-18 title, while de los Angeles has pulled in front of Ervin for the 14-15 title.

Rotation two:

Turner, floor: Roundoff, double Arabian with a step back. Rudi. 1.5. Double full with a hop back.

DiBenedetto, rings: Full twisting double back with a hop.

Mikulak, vault: Tsuk 2.5 with a step back.

Bubnov, pbars: Hit routine.

Wang, high bar: Hit routine with a lot of stalders, inbar work.

Baker, pommel: Little bit of form, but a hit routine I think.

Robin, vault: Nice Tsuk double.

Whittenburg, pbars: Hit routine. Double back with a step.

Mayr, high bar: Rather poor Tkatchev with some form issues. Makes his dismount. Yin going nuts.

Boyle, vault: Tsuk full, stuck.

Burbur, high bar: Tak full to hecht. Stuck full twisting double layout.

Martin, floor: Wow...huge whip double Arabian. 2.5 to tucked front full. Front handspring, front layout, Rudi. Beautiful triple full.

de los Angeles, vault: Nice tight Tsuk double to very good landing.

Ervin, pbars: Kip, giant, Diamadov. Double tuck with a step foward. I like this guy -- clean skills done with strength and style.

Rubin, high bar: Tak half. Layout Tkatchev with little leg separation. Off on straddle Tkatchev.

Lucas, floor: Double layout. Triple full, a little short. Layout half, double down, forward roll. Tucked out of a side pass. Double tuck.

Felleman, vault: Another nice Tsuk double full.

Strait, pbars: Hit routine.

Dastrup, high bar: Layout Tkactchev, a little form. Tkatchev.

Aycock, floor: Nice double Arabian. Front double full. Russians. Double full side pass. OOB on 1.5 to front full. Whip 2.5, made it look easy.

Moling, pommel: Hit routine.

Deaton, rings: Full twisting double tuck off, nice.

Powarzynski, vault: Stung his left ankle on a short Tsuk double full.

Peters, high bar: Stuck double double layout dismount. Great.

Melton, floor: Arabian double front with a hop. Triple full? Looked like it. Great 2.5 twist. 1.5 to tucked front full. This kid can twist.

Howard, pommel: Underwhelming dismount, kind of fell out of it.

Spiro, pbars: HIt routine, Claps hands comingoff podium.

Hunter, high bar: Low hecht. Tak half. Stalder. Full twisting double layout with a step back.

After two: Ervin leading de los Angeles in the 14-15 category; Mikulak in front ahead of Valdez in 16-18.

Rotation one:

Trevor Howard, floor: Full in OOB. Arabian double front. 2.5 to front full tucked. Rudi. Happy with that routine. 13.7.

Cale Robinson, pommel: 11.55.

Kanji Oyama, rings: Full twisting double layout dismount. 12.8.

Nick Spiro, vault: Tsuk double to his knees. 13.5.

Nick Hunter, pbars: A few steps in his handstand. Big step forward on dismount. 12.85.

Sean Melton, high bar: Stuck dismount. Out of handstand on a few pirouettes, little leg separations. 13.15.

Alex Johnson, floor: 2.5 to Barani second pass. Double full. 14.35.

Daniel DiBenedetto, pommel: Another hit.

Sam Mikulak, rings: Not his best event. Little struggles throughout. 13.65.

Alex Bubnov, vault: Hand down on Phelps. 13.15.

Timmy Wang, pbars: Nice work on this event. Double pike with a step. 13.85.

Kevin Baker, floor: Double double tucked, nice. 2.5 top punch front. Cool back pike to his stomach. Original.

Donnell Whittenburg, vault: Terrific Tsuk double.

Max Mayr, pbars: Great routine with wonderful lines. Coach Yin Alvarez loves it.

Eric Schryver, high bar: Off on piked Jaeger. Nice stalderwork.

Ellis Mannon, floor: Crashed full in opening pass.

Wasef Burbur, pbars: A little short on a couple handstands but overall a nice routine. Double pike with a hop.

Cyrus Dobre-Mofid, high bar: Here's Aurelaia Dobre's son...off on a Tkatchev and looks like he snapped his shoulder when he hit the mat. He's quickly ushered out of the arena. Definitely injured.

CJ Schaaf, floor: Huge Arabina double pike with a step forward.

Adrian de los Angeles, rings: Terrific work -- double front pike, double front tuck, good control, nice double double tucked dismount.

Stacet Ervin, vault: Psyched about a great Tsuk double, nearly stuck.

Jacoby Rubin, pbars:

Jake Martin, high bar: Wonderful work -- stalders, inverts, endo. Full twisting double layout with a hop. Huge applause. He's tall also and really cuts a figure on this event. Great swing.

Michael Strathern, floor: Tall kid get sa lot of air. 2.5 to punch front. Whip half to front full. 13.65.

Jake Dastrup, pbars: Hit routine with nice double pike.

Daniel Lucas, high bar: hecht over,m straddle up to half turn, stalder, blind, jam to Endo, inbar stalder, stuck full twisting double tuck. 12.95.

Jonathan Deaton, pommel: 12.45.

Alex Powarzynski, rings: Small struggles in handstands. Full twisting double tuck with a step back.

Justin Morinishi, vault: Just a small step.

Joseph Peters, pbars: Unusual Geinger. A little hesitation in a couple places. Stuck double pike. 13.95.

Wyatt Aycock, high bar: Hecht over, Tkatchev, stalder blind, inbar stalder, Weiler, double layout with a hop.

After one, Morinishi leads 16-18 group, Ervin 14-15.

12:58 p.m.: And here come the judges, marching single file into the arena and seating themselves. A highlight montage of the 2009 Visa Championships is playing. And here are the gymnasts!

HARTFORD, 12: 47 p.m.: The sticker. Highlights of the junior men's warmups include SCATS's Sam Mikulak, one of the favorites for the junior national all-around title, who is sticking everything in sight. During the men's warmup I've saw him stick a double pike off parallel bars, a full-twisting double layout off high bar and an almost stuck double twisting double back on floor.

Mikulak has waited three years to be the top dog at this meet. He finished second to John Orozco for the past three years running in the all-around at this meet. Also looking highly impressive is Stacey Ervin, the J.O. National champion on vault. His gymnastics is clean and exciting.

The men's competition will be getting underway in just a few minutes. I'll be here, liveblogging what I see and trying to see as much as possible. Please check back often. Enjoy the competition!

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