Asbury Park Area Gymnast Selected To USA Team

A Brielle gymnast was selected to the USA national team on Friday.

Riley McCusker of Brielle was selected among nine women participating in the 2018 US Women’s World Team Selection Camp through Friday at EVO Athletics in Sarasota, Fla.

The 2018 World Championships, Oct. 25-Nov. 4 in Doha, Qatar, is the first opportunity for countries to qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, according to a USA Gymnastics release.

The three-day camp includes a one-day competition Thursday that will be livestreamed on the USA Gymnastics YouTube Channel (see below). The US Women’s World Championships Team was named after the conclusion of the morning training session on Friday.

The top three countries in the team competition at the 2018 World Championships advance to the 2020 Olympic Games. In 2020, each Olympic team has four members, and countries participating in the team competition may also have up to two additional spots for athletes to compete as individuals in the all-around and/or individual events.

Under the new Olympic qualification system, any athlete who competes on a country’s team in 2018 that qualifies for the Games is not eligible to earn an individual nominative berth through the apparatus World Cup series.

U.S. national team members Jade Carey of Phoenix, Ariz./Arizona Sunrays, and Trinity Thomas of York, Pennsylvania/Prestige, declined the invitation to the selection camp.

For more complete information, log on to usagym.org.

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