(GYM) Gymnastics 2025 - 2026

College Gym News Recruiting Roundup plus Pan American Games:

Recruiting Roundup: June 13 - College Gym News

Things are about to get very interesting when the class of 2027 becomes officially recruitment-eligible on June 15th. But then again, are things ever not interesting in college gymnastics? This week sees some exciting elite competition plus the continuing aftershocks of the coaching changes at Cal and Clemson.

Pan American Championships
Hezly Rivera (LSU, ‘26) leads a strong five-person team for the Pan American Gymnastics Championships in Panama City, Panama. Three other top recruits, Tiana Sumanasekera (UCLA, ‘25), Dulcy Caylor (Florida, ‘26), and Jayla Hang (Florida, ‘26), will also compete in the competition which takes place June 12-15.

I'm guessing that Hezly Rivera will never perform for LSU since she has deferred through the 2028 LA Olympics.

All 4 of UF's 2026 recruits are good enough to have been on the US Pan Am Team. To say the 2026 class is loaded is a major understatement.

 

NEW: College Gym Fans 2027 Recruit Rankings:

2027 Ratings - CollegeGymFans.com

5 Stars

Claire Pease
Elizaveta Grebenkova
Emma Howells
Jada Oliver
Josie Lynch
Kennedy Abercrombie
Kiari Sparks
Lia Monica Fontaine

4.5 Stars

Arianna Espinoza
Brooke Reingold
Camie Westerman
Frances Stone
Harlow Buddendeck
Ming Gherardi van Eijken
Reagan Nowak
Reese Esponda
Ruthie Wehrung
Tatum Drusch


4 Stars

Ally Damelio
Alyssa Guerrier-Calixte
Cambry Haynes
Catherine Guy
Galilee Vestnys
Madeline Simpson
Remi Fusilero
Sage Bradford
Tyler Turner
Zoe Cadrin

There are also lists for 3.5 stars and 3 stars.

 

New: College Gym News 2027 Recruit Rankings:

- College Gym News

5 Stars:

1. Eliaveta Grebenkova
2. Josie Lynch
3. Claire Pease
4. Jada Oliver
5. Lia Monica Fontaine
6. Reese Esponda
7. Galilee Vestnys
8. Madison Boyd

I make note of gymnasts Jayla Hang follows on Instagram. She knows talent and I suspect she encourages gymnasts she likes to consider UF. Of CGN's 8 5-star recruits, Jayla is following 4; Josie Lynch, Claire Pease, Lia Monica Fontaine, and Reese Esponda.

Galilee Vestnys has Utah listed as a college choice on her Instagram so she is likely headed to Salt Lake City.

Madison Boyd isn't followed by Jayla, but she is at Brandy Johnson's Gym. UF gets its fair share of gymnasts coming out of there, Jocelyn Sasson this year via a transfer of gyms from Seattle to Brandy Johnson's.

CGN's top 4-star recruit Brooke Reingold is also followed by Jayla Hang.

Jayla Hang is following 5 of CGN's top 9 recruits, a good sign.

Visit the page for CGN's 4 stars and down as there is no easy way to cut and paste their rankings.

College Gym Fans and College Gym News only agree on 5 of each other's 8 5-star recruits. We'll see, but I think CGN except for their OU favoritism usually does a better job. In that favoritism regard for OU, the Sooners have gotten CGN's #1 recruit for several years in a row. Considering this, I wouldn't be surprised to see Eliaveta Grebenkova end up in Norman.

As of Sunday, 6/15, all recruits are open season for recruiting.

 

Pan American Games Women's Individual Results:

https://www.olympics.com/en/news/20...anama-all-results-scores-and-medals-full-list

Article with excellent photo of Jayla and Hezley:

Hang takes all-around gold, Rivera bronze at Pan Am Champs • USA Gymnastics

Florida's Jayla Hang won the All-Around Gold with Dulcy Caylor finishing 4th at .067 behind Hezly Rivera of LSU for the All-Around Bronze. The All-Around Silver went to Lia Monica Fontaine of Canada who is a newly rated collegiate recruit likely to be highly desired in the 2027 recruiting class.

Friday, 13 June

Women's All-Around

1. Jayla Hang (USA) – 55.300
   
   VT: 13.933, UB: 13.867, BB: 13.733, FX: 13.767
   
   
2. Lia Monica Fontaine (CAN) - 53.96
   
   VT: 14.033, UB: 13.433, BB: 13.100, FX: 13.400
   
   
3. Hezly Rivera (USA) – 52.667
   
   VT: 13.800, UB: 11.400, BB: 13.900, FX: 13.567
   
   
4. Dulcy Grey Caylor (USA) - 52.600
   
   VT: 14.267, UB: 12.100, BB: 13.433, FX: 12.800
   
   
5. Gabrielle Annissia Black (CAN) - 51.433
   
   VT: 13.933, UB: 12.833, BB: 11.900, FX: 12.767
   
   
6. Alyssa Guerrier-Calixte (CAN) - 50.100
   
   VT: 13.333, UB: 11.700, BB: 12.367, FX: 12.700
   
   
7. Emilia Acosta (ARG) - 49.966
   
   VT: 13.333, UB: 12.167, BB: 11.933, FX: 12.533
   
   
8. Isabella Ayelen Ajalla (ARG) - 49.667
   
   VT: 13.267, UB: 12.667, BB: 11.00, FX: 12.744

Rising Star Jayla Hang Wins 2025 Pan American Gymnastics Championship

Hang put together an impressive effort during Friday’s joint-team qualification and all-around final. The future Florida Gator delivered the top scores on uneven bars and floor exercise, helping Team USA qualify in first for Saturday’s team final and qualifying for all four individual event finals.

Her total score of 55.300 marks the highest score at a continental championship in 2025. With her result at today’s meet, Hang is in contention for a spot on the team headed to the 2025 World Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia.

U.S. teammate Dulcy Caylor (future Florida Gator) was just behind Rivera in the all-around, finishing fourth before the two-per-country rule. Caylor, a finalist at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials, posted the highest U.S. score on vault, but will not participate in the apparatus final due to not competing a second vault.

The Women's Gymnastics Team finals will begin at 3:30 CT today.

Women's Gymnastics Individual Events finals will be held on Sunday afternoon.

 

The US Women's Team blew away every team in the competition, not close:

U.S. sweeps team titles at Senior Pan Am Championships • USA Gymnastics

https://static.usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2025/w_25panamchamps_team.pdf

1. USA
2. Canada
3. Brazil

Jayla Hang has proven to be the best women's gymnast in the competition through the first 2 days of competition and with individual events to come tomorrow.

The Men's Team finished first as well.

Some of the best in the world was not in Panama City, Panama, but that is usually the case. The next meet bringing together the best in the world will be Worlds in Jakarta, Indonesia this fall.

LSU and Oklahoma fans have got to be saying Oh Shit! about what they know they will be facing over the next 3 to 4 seasons at UF. It doesn't help LSU that Hezly has deferred through the 2028 Olympics.

 

Jayla has been on a roll in the 2025 elite season. She is College Gym News 2nd rated gymnast, but I believe that that top spot should belong to Jayla as well as the 2026 UF class being #1 instead of #2.

Dulcy Caylor did extremely well too. Having Jayla and Dulcy represent so well is not a surprise to me.

The UF 2026 class is as good as you can get. The class can only be better if UF were to somehow pick up another national and international talented and experienced gymnast in the class.

I feel certain Simone Rose and Kieryn Finnell would have done extremely well too had they been on the US Pan Am Team. All 4 are high quality proven 5-star gymnasts.

 

Afternoon events session: Jayla won the bronze on vault and won the silver on bars. On to evening session for beam and floor.

 

Evening events session: Jayla won silver on beam missing gold by .034 and won silver on floor.-----Jayla is coming home with 2 golds, 3 silvers, and 1 bronze. Great job Jayla, the top gymnast in the Pan AM Games.

 

The medal scores for each of the individual event finals on Sunday:

Women's vault finals
1. Karla Andrea Navas Boyd (PAN) - 14.334

2. Lia Monica Fontaine (CAN) - 14.200

3. Jayla Thuy Hang (USA) - 13.850

Women's uneven bars finals
1. Gabrielle Marie Hardie (USA) - 13.600

2. Jayla Thuy Hang (USA) - 13.533

3. Lia Monica Fontaine (CAN) - 13.167

Women's balance beam finals
1. Lia Grace Redich (CAN) - 13.267

2. Jayla Thuy Hang (USA) - 13.233

3. Hezly Esther Rivera (USA) - 13.000

Women's floor
1. Lia Monica Fontaine (CAN) - 13.800

2. Jayla Thuy Hang (USA) - 13.433

3. Gabrielle Marie Hardie (USA) - 13.133

Jayla barely missed gold on bars and balance beam.

 

More backfill on UF's 2026 recruiting class:

Hang, Johnson go 1-2 in Pac Rim Championships all-around • USA Gymnastics

Jayla Hang, Simone Rose, and Kieryn Finnell are three members of the class that went 1, 3, and 4 in the Pacific Rim Games at the end of April 2024:

CALI, Colombia (April 27, 2024) – Jayla Hang (Bellevue, Wash./Pacific Reign Gymnastics) and Madray Johnson (Dallas, Texas/WOGA Gymnastics) locked down the all-around podium Saturday evening at the 2024 Pacific Rim Championships, winning all-around gold and silver, respectively.

With both women finishing well ahead of the rest of the field, Hang took gold (54.800) and Johnson silver (52.950) in all-around competition during the women’s artistic session. Hang posted solid scores across vault (14.150), uneven bars (14.250), balance beam (13.850) and floor exercise (12.550) to come out on top. Canada’s Kahlyn Lawson won bronze with a 49.850. Americans Simone Rose (Sammamish, Wash./Pacific Reign Gymnastics) and Kieryn Finnell (Pittsford, N.Y./RGA) had the third (52.350) and fourth (51.050) highest score of the night, with Rose not being awarded bronze due to the two-per-country rule.

Madray Johnson at 2 is an Oklahoma 2026 recruit.

Add to this future Florida Gator Dulcy Caylor was on the Pan AM Games 2025 with Jayla Hang.

You can see why I consider Jayla Hang to be the #1 gymnast in the 2026 class regardless of what is listed with College Gym News. Jayla is the constant over time plus she is having a great 2025 elite season, nobody better.