Skills of Note in the 2013 Season (W)

The following is a listing of high level skills performed by Women in the 2013 Season.  To make this list, the skill had to be successfully competed in a meet sometime during the season.  The skill competed must have an FIG rating of "E" or "F" or "G", or an FIG Vault Difficult Value of 5.3 or higher.

The issue of escalating difficult leading to higher injury rates and more wear and tear on the athlete is important.  The purpose of this list is not to encourage or foster unreasonable risk or other threats to the safety of the athletes.  In fact, many of the skills on this list were only competed in special circumstances.  This list simply serves as an archive and collection of skills actually performed by the athletes.

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VAULT

 

 

 

 

UNEVENS

 

 

 

 

Handspring, Front Tuck 1/1 Twist

Milan Ivory, Iowa State

Amber See, Illinois

RO 1/2 on, Front Layout 1/2 Off

Tsukahara Layout 3/2

Marissa King, UF

Yurchenko Layout 2/1

Yurchenko Layout 3/2

Caitlin Atkinson, AU

Natalie Beilstein, Michigan

Jessie DeZiel, NU

Kytra Hunter, Florida

Brandie Jay, UGA

Diandra Milliner, Bama

Brittany Rogers, UGA

Sachi Sugiyama, Michigan

Comaneci

Shushunova

Brandie Jay, UGA

Full Twisting Double Layout Flyaway

Victoria Aepli, Ohio State

Dana Bonincontri, Penn

Kaitlin Clark, Bama

Allison Flores, Arizona

Kaylyn Millick, WVU

Brie Olson, OU

Emma Stevenson, Iowa

Hindorff (clear-hip reverse hecht/Tkachev)

Ashanee Dickerson, UF

Jaleesa Wilson, DU

Ricna (Stalder reverse hecht)

Brittany Rogers, UGA

Ray (toe-on straddle reverse hecht)

Stephani Canizaro, Arkansas

Kytra Hunter, Florida

Alaina Johnson, UF

Bridget Sloan, Florida

Shayla Worley, UGA

Church (toe-on pike reverse hecht)

Bridget Sloan, Florida

Triple Twisting Flyaway

Nicole Meiller, Sac State

Bharwaj (full twisting Pak)

Alicia Asturias, Cal

BEAM

 

 

 

 

 

FLOOR

 

 

 

 

Round-Off, Layout to Two Feet Mount

Switch Ring Leap

Molly Quirk, Arizona

Randy Stageberg, UF

Back tuck 1/1 twist

Arabian Front Tuck  

Rheagan Courville, LSU

Back Layout Two Foot*

Marissa King, UF

Side Aerial, Cross Position**

Danusia Francis

5/2 Turn in Wolf (Humphrey)

Double Front Tuck

Back Double Pike

Katherine Grable, Arkansas

 

* Athlete must hold layout position througout the salto for E credit.  A layout with a pike down is credited as a D.

** Not in Code, but similar elements are raised in value by one, when executed in the cross position.

 

 

 

 

Full Twisting Double Layout

Double Layout

Stephanie Colbert, Michigan

Marissa Gutierrez, Bama

Brianna Guy, AU

Lloimincia Hall, LSU

Kytra Hunter, UF

Miranda Kerr, Ball State

Marissa King, Florida

Maliah Mathis, LSU

Joanna Sampson, Michigan

Haley Scaman, OU

Tory Wilson, Utah

Double Front

Alex Deluca, Ohio State

Natalie Sutter, NIU

Reema Zakharia, Michigan

Arabian Double Front

Nicole Allen, Ball State

Natalie Beilstein, Michigan

Amy Borsellino, Arkansas

Olivia Courtney, UCLA

Rheagan Courville, LSU

Aubree Cristello, Arizona

Georgia Dabritz, Utah

Ashanee Dickerson, UF

Brittney Emmons, Ball State

Katherine Grable, Arkansas

Marissa King, Florida

Danielle Levy, MSU

Kelci Lewis, Arkansas

Sarah Miller, Ohio State

Diandra Milliner, Bama

Ashley Morgan, Stanford

Emma Willis, Iowa

Triple Full

Georgia Dabritz, Utah

Emily Wong, NU

Tuck Full In or Half In/Half Out

Kelsey Black, Boise State

Lia Del Priore, Utah

Luisa Leal-Restrepo, Rutgers

Corrie Lothrop, Utah

Brittany Potvin-Green, Boise State

Alyssa Pritchett, UCLA

Melanie Shaffer, Ohio State

Becky Tutka, Utah

Alina Weinstein, Illinois

Cerise Witherby, Oregon State

Tuck Full Out

Pike Full In

Caitlin Atkinson, AU

Denaisha Christian, Ball State

Noel Couch, UGA

Georgia Dabritz, Utah

Lexus Demurs, AU

Jessie DeZiel, NU

Kim Jacob, Bama

Randy Stageberg, UF

Brittany Webster, AU

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