(GYM) Gymnastics 2025 - 2026

You ask, I listen:

I'm going to keep the 2024 - 2025 thread open a bit longer for any loose ends.

 

I try to follow year round. Slow, but things happen, elites, recruiting, transfer portal, rules, and injuries

 

It will be interesting to see how many of our gymnasts and recruits decide to participate in the Xfinity US Gymnastics Championships. Will Kayla and Skye risk reinjury? Will a few of our recruits who compete internationally give it a go?:

New Orleans to host 2025 U.S. Gymnastics Championships, National Congress and Trade Show · Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships

The premier gymnastics event in the country will head to New Orleans in 2025. The U.S. Gymnastics Championships and the USA Gymnastics National Congress and Trade Show will be hosted in the Crescent City August 7-10.

Held at the Smoothie King Center August 7-10, the Championships will feature the country’s best junior and senior men’s and women’s gymnasts as they compete for national titles and vie to make the U.S. National Team, from which the roster for the 2025 World Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia, ultimately will be selected. More than 2,500 attendees and exhibitors will take part in the accompanying National Congress and Trade Show from August 8-10 at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.

“We are excited to bring our championships and National Congress and Trade Show to New Orleans,” USA Gymnastics President and CEO Li Li Leung said. “The post-Olympic year is when athletes begin their build toward 2028, when the Summer Olympic Games return to the United States for the first time since 1996. With its history as a host of world-class sporting events, New Orleans is a great setting for our biggest annual event.”

 

It won't take long before we know where Skye Blakely stands with her comeback as she is attending national team camp. Hopefully, she will be competing in the all-around:



Also attending the national team camp is Leanne Wong. Unfortunately, she has used up her collegiate eligibility. I do like that she is continuing her gymnasts while she physically can. After competing collegiate and elites, Leanne may find it easier to concentrate on elites only.

What is missing and is larger to me is Kayla DiCello is not in the photo as a national camp attendee. At the end of the month, Kayla will be 1 year removed from her Achilles heel injury and 5 months away from her leg surgery. There may not be a chance to see where Kayla physically stands before Fall Term and before the 2026 season. At this point, I just hope Kayla is 100% so she can practice for and perform in the 2026 season. File Kayla under time will tell.

EDIT - I did find this on Kayla's Instagram:



Apparently, she returned to gym workouts 6 weeks ago. If this is correct and Kayla has no setbacks, I have no reason to think she won't be 100% for the 2026 season.

 

I'd rather Skye skips it altogether. Collegiate gymnastics values sticks over difficulty. We all know Skye can be a US National Olympics caliber gymnast. She will be risking reinjury when all she could give to UF 2 months ago was bars. I'd much rather her take the elite season off to make sure she is healed well enough to return to all-around while trying to develop her routines to score the highest possible with the collegiate gymnastics' judges.

With the announcement that she is going to an elite camp, we know CJR has given the green light, probably per an agreement made when she came to UF and before she tore her Achilles heel. Leanne Wong participated in both, but she was injury free.

 

Something new from Dulcy Caylor as reposted by Dr. Sam. Dulcy is part of UF's outstanding 2026 recruiting class:



That is Joscelyn Roberson, Arkansas and 2024 US Olympic Team Alternate, applauding Dulcy's efforts.

 

As reposted by Dr. Sam. I hope we get to see Skye and Leanne too.

Another member of UF's 2026 class, Simone Rose performing on beam. All of UF's 2026 recruits are good enough to be there:



UF's 2026 class is #1 on my list of 2026 team classes.

 

Gator News from the US National Team Camp - 2 Baby Gators Named to Pan American Championships team. Simone Rose competes internationally as well.

Recruiting Roundup: May 23 - College Gym News

Olympic Gymnasts Headline U.S. Roster For 2025 Pan American Championships

With the level 10 season all wrapped up, the elite season is kicking off and preparations for potential international assignments are well underway. This week saw a host of recruits join the national team camp for May. There was strong Gator representation with Dulcy Caylor (Florida, ‘26) revealing a new combination pass: a double back to immediate punch front. She was joined at the camp by fellow Florida ‘26 commits Jayla Hang and Simone Rose, as well as rising Sophomore Skye Blakely and recent graduate Leanne Wong. Other notable names included the trio of UCLA rising Freshmen: Nola Matthews, Tiana Sumanasekera, and Ashlee Sullivan. Rising sophomore Joscelyn Roberson (Arkansas) was also in attendance, along with Izzy Stassi (Oklahoma, ‘26) and 2024 olympian Hezly Rivera (LSU, ‘26)

News

• Following the national team camp, Dulcy Caylor (Florida, ‘26), Jayla Hang (Florida, ‘26), Hezly Rivera (LSU, ‘26), and Tiana Sumanasekera (UCLA ‘25) were named among the athletes to compete at the Pan American Championships.

 

The UF 2026 class that I think is the best in the nation:

Preview: Winter Cup, Senior Competition - College Gym News

Dulcy Caylor
Committed School: Florida
Graduation Year: 2026
Qualifying Score: 53.60
Gym: WCC (TX)
Accomplishments: 2023 American Classic all-around and vault runner-up, 2022 Pan Am Championships all-around champion.

Kieryn Finnell
Committed School: Florida
Graduation Year: 2026
Highest Score at a NLC Qualifier: 52.40
Gym: Rochester (NY)
Accomplishments: 2024 Pacific Rim beam champion, 2023 national all-around and beam runner-up.

Jayla Hang
Committed School: Florida
Graduation Year: 2026
Qualifying Score: 52.30
Gym: Pacific Reign (WA)
Accomplishments: 2024 Pacific Rim all-around champion, beam and floor runner-up, 2023 Winter Cup vault and bars champion.

Simone Rose
Committed School: Florida
Graduation Year: 2026
Qualifying Score: 53.05
Gym: Pacific Reign (WA)
Accomplishments: 2024 Pacific Rim bars and floor champion.

Gators gymnastics has a bright future.

 

Closed the 2024 - 2025 Gymnastics thread as the transfer portal closed on May 14. UF didn't have any gymnasts to opt to transfer out.

The likely only gymnast remaining in the transfer portal that UF would be interested in presuming there is mutual interest is eMjae Frazier. eMjae is transferring out of California after graduating early to take advantage of her last year of collegiate eligibility:



I don't know where eMjae stands after entering the portal a month ago. As you can see from her Instagram, she hasn't posted anything since announcing her intention to transfer.

eMjae Frazier would be the second coming of Selena Harris-Maranda if she came to UF. I think it more likely that she would end up at UCLA with her sister or stay put at California.

EDIT 1:

Don't think LSU is in on eMjae Frazier. They have picked up 2 gymnasts from the portal, Madison Ulrich the latest on 5/23 from Denver and Emily Innis earlier from Washington. Tiger Droppings seems to be happier with Ulrich and is looking at Innis as a backup in the "leg events".

LSU also received the commitment from true freshman Molly Brinkman who switched her commitment from Clemson to LSU.

EDIT 2:

eMjae Frazier on Instagram: "When one chapter ends, another one begins… Thank you God for all of my blessings and lessons through this journey, thank you to my family for always being ten toes down and continuing to make sacrifices while bringing me peace and happiness, thank you to the people I’ve met along the way that I can count on who care for, stand by, and love me in this short period of time, thank you to my second home and @parkettes family for being there and supporting me all the way through, thank you @calbsac and @cal_saac for the opportunities to make a change and create safe spaces for our student athletes, thank you @calwgym and @calathletics for the forever lasting memories and accomplishments, thank you to the people that fueled my fire to graduate a year early from the #1 public school and psychology department in the nation, and thank you to the University of California, Berkeley for the life lessons, history written achievements, and most of all my forever lasting relationships. Thank you, Class of 2025! "

eMjae, Florida is a top 5 public university too. Based on her graduation message, she will be looking for a new home to obtain her advanced degree and to compete in her last year of collegiate eligibility. Still thinking UCLA, but Selena Harris-Miranda has loved being a Gator after coming to UF from UCLA. eMjae is available, smart, and talented, a good combination. I hope CJR has reached out to her.

 

I'm prefacing my predictions as we go along that lineups projected presumes Skye Blakely and Kayla DiCello are 100% for the 2026 season:

Vault Options Alphabetically:

Ly Bui - The event she most participated in during her arriving early freshman season. She was working hard with UF when she should have been attending senior prom. Ly has a head start advantage on Jocelyn Sasson. Here is hoping for Ly to have a sophomore jump in performance and scoring.

Skye Blakely - When healthy, one of the top gymnasts in the world.

Taylor Clark - She came to UF with both floor & vault being her strong events. I was consistently surprised throughout the 2025 season that she didn't at least get exhibitions on the vault. I have her here more as a gut feeling than anything she has done at UF so far.

Kayla DiCello - Like Skye, Kayla is one of the top gymnasts in the world when she is healthy.

Gabby Disidore - My concern on Gabby is she did not compete vault at the SECs, at regionals, or at nationals.

Danie Ferris - Hoping for a breakout season of 10s which Danie is capable of doing. Danie has scored 10s as a freshman and a sophomore. The only thing missing is consistency. Danie is capable of scoring 9.9+ on every vault she attempts but does not always succeed in doing so.

EDIT: eMjae Frazier - High Quality All Arounder.

Selena Harris-Miranda - Consistently high scoring vaulter, among the best in the nation.

Anya Pilgrim - Silky smooth on 4 events, consistently sticks vault landings. I think she will continue to improve in the 2026 season.

Jocelyn Sasson - Vault is the event in which she is most ready to compete as a true freshman.

The only vaulter lost from the 2025 lineup is Leanne Wong. This loss is from a vault team that finished the regular season with the 2nd best NQS in the nation.

UF has 9 gymnasts who can compete to be in the vault lineups. The vault lineup UF puts on the floor from week to week will be one of the best in the nation. It's all about consistently sticking vaults that have 10.0 start values. No one should be allowed to compete with less than a 10.0 start value. That's what exhibitions are for.

My top 6 vaulters:

Skye Blakely
Kayla DiCello
Selena Harris-Miranda
eMjae Frazier
Danie Ferris
Anya Pilgrim

It will be incumbent upon Ly Bui, Taylor Clark, Gabby Disidore, and Jocelyn Sasson to prove they are good enough to be included in the vault lineups as the occasions arise.

Didn't include Skylar Draser as she had surgery for a shoulder injury after nationals.

Didn't include Amelia Disidore as I have no idea what to expect after she performed so little due to injury before coming to UF. Speculating an Achilles heel injury since Amelia posted a picture on her Instagram of her ankle while stating she is recovered from the injury. Time will tell but I do like her potential.

 

Glad you cleared up foot/ankle rather than Achilles heel which was speculation on my part. As posted in #1704 on the last page of the 2024 - 2025 Gymnastics thread:

gatorgym_pics said:

Amelia competed in an elite qualifier and was amazing! She posted highlights on insta.

ETGator1 said:

Thanks. I think Amelia has the potential to be special:

https://www.instagram.com/amelia_disidore/reels/

One of the videos shows her heel with the pronouncement that she is now well. If she had an Achilles issue, that would explain her being on the shelf for quite a while.

After missing gymnastics for so long, Amelia will have to show more over time for me to buy she is capable of being in the mix for the all-around lineups. As you see when I responded to you in the other thread, I think Amelia has the potential to be special.

When she proves herself with UF and I hope she does, I'll gladly add her to my lineups. UF needs gymnasts to step up on bars, beam, and floor. Vault will be UF's best and deepest lineup, likely the #1 vault lineup in the nation.

Helpful hint, the reply button is useful to direct responses to others. You'll get used to the system as you post more

Since we've started on the vault lineup, I'm interested in knowing who you believe Amelia can beat out of the top 6 in my vault lineup.

 

I'm glad you cleared up what surgery Skylar had. This from College Gym News:

Skylar Draser Unknown Unknown surgery 04/27/25

IMO, injuries and surgeries are too often kept under wraps. However, I will not reveal the nature of the surgery to CGN. For the most part, this is a safe place to share information. If you have good information, share.

I apologize for misspeaking about it being a leg injury. Trinity Thomas posted a picture of Skylar in a hospital bed that was reposted by Dr. Sam. It wasn't easily observable that it was a shoulder injury. This was also on the last page of the 2024 - 2025 Gymnastics thread.

I will say after following shoulder and back injuries in other sports, these injuries can be tricky and have longer term recoveries than often suspected.

UF star volleyball player Kira Hutson has missed most of her first two years with a shoulder injury. She is playing again and reportedly will be ready for the 2025 volleyball season.

 

Projected 2026 Uneven Bars Lineup:

Skye Blakely
Kayla DiCello
Selena Harris-Miranda
eMjae Frazier
Riley McCusker
Alyssa Arana
Anya Pilgrim
Ly Bui
Lily Bruce