Success At Tyson American Cup
3/3/2008

This past weekend Shawn traveled to New York City to compete in the Tyson American Cup. Team USA included Shawn, Nastia Liukin, Samantha Peszek, and Shayla Worley.

Shawn had a stellar showing at the American Cup yesterday in Madison Square Garden.  She started off on vault and debut a new vault that very few gymnasts in the world are performing, yurchekno two and a half twist.  Unfortunately Shawn was a little short on her landing and sat her vault down but still scored a 15.175 (highest vault score of the meet). On uneven bars, Shawn performed her usual routine but looked much improved and scored a 15.625 (second highest score)!  Next was beam and Shawn performed her usual incredible routine! She connected all of her skills very smoothly and looked solid and confident throughout which scored her a whopping 16.325 (highest balance beam score)!  Shawn finished out the meet on floor exercise.  She added a new pass, round off, whip, triple twist  and scored another great score, 15.975.  With an all around score of 63.100, Shawn placed second in the all around. Only 0.325 behind teammate Nastia Liukin.

Congratulations, Shawn on showcasing your new skills and for having a great meet!