USA Gymnastics has announced the 14 women who will represent the USA in the 2011 City of Jesolo (Italy) Trophy on March 19.  This should be a great competition as the event is expected to feature gymnasts from Japan, Italy, Russia and the USA.

 

The U.S. Team features seven seniors and seven juniors.

Seniors

Bridgette Caquatto, Naperville, Ill., Legacy Elite Gymnastics

Gabrielle Douglas, Virginia Beach, Va., Chow’s Gymnastics

Amanda Jetter, Milford, Ohio, Cincinnati Gymnastics

McKayla Maroney, Laguna Niguel, Calif., All Olympia

Alexandra Raisman, Needham, Mass., Brestyan’s American Gymnastics

Sabrina Vega, Manhattan, N.Y., Dynamic Gymnastics

Jordyn Wieber, DeWitt, Mich., Twistars USA

Juniors

Ericha Fassbender, Katy, Texas, Stars Gymnastics

Sarah Finnegan, Lake Latawanna, Mo., GAGE

Madison Kocian, Dallas, WOGA

Katelyn Ohashi, Newcastle, Wash., WOGA

Elizabeth Price, Coopersburg, Pa., Parkettes

Alexis Priessman, Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati Gymnastics

Kyla Ross, Aliso Viejo, Calif., Gym-Max

 

Raisman won the senior all-around title at last year’s event, where Ross was the junior all-around silver medalist.  The USA won the team title in 2010.

I've heard that the Russians will be sending superstar Viktoria Komova (who is now a senior). It will be fun to see how she matches up with American Cup Champion Jordyn Wieber who recently defeated Aliya Mustafina in her senior debut. The big name Russian juniors rumored to compete are Anatasia Grishina and Anastasia Sidorova.