Hong commands all-around; Senior National Team and World Champs roster named at Xfinity U.S. Championships • USA Gymnastics
Asher Hong (Tomball, Texas/Stanford University) dominated the senior all-around competition Saturday evening to conclude men’s action at the 2025 Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships in New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (August 9, 2025) – Asher Hong (Tomball, Texas/Stanford University) dominated the senior all-around competition Saturday evening to conclude men’s action at the 2025 Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics…
Asher Hong (Tomball, Texas/Stanford University) dominated the senior all-around competition Saturday evening to conclude men’s action at the 2025 Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships in New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (August 9, 2025) – Asher Hong (Tomball, Texas/Stanford University) dominated the senior all-around competition Saturday evening to conclude men’s action at the 2025 Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships in New Orleans. The Senior National and World Championships Teams Presented by Xfinity were selected following competition.
Hong commanded the all-around both Thursday and Saturday, winning the title with a combined 170.020 – a nearly eight-point lead from second place. He also collected gold medals on vault (29.594), floor exercise (30.016) and still rings (29.286), and picked up silver on parallel bars (28.100).
With a late push, Frederick Richard (Stoughton, Mass./University of Michigan) rallied to a second-place finish in the all-around, winning silver with a 162.555. Fuzzy Benas (Richmond, Texas/University of Oklahoma) completed the top three, securing bronze with a 162.310.
Winning apparatus titles on Saturday were Patrick Hoopes (Lehi, Utah/U.S. Air Force Academy) on pommel horse (31.300), Brody Malone (Aragon, Ga./EVO Gymnastics) on parallel bars (28.150), and Taylor Burkhart (Arvada, Colo./Stanford University) on horizontal bar (28.960).
The 2025 Junior and Senior National Teams and World Championships teams Presented by Xfinity also were announced Saturday evening. Complete teams are listed alphabetically below.
Senior Men’s World Championships Team Presented by Xfinity
October 19-25 in Jakarta, Indonesia
- Taylor Burkhart — Arvada, Colo./Stanford University^
- Brandon Dang — San Jose, Calif./University of Illinois
- Asher Hong — Tomball, Texas/Stanford University
- Patrick Hoopes — Lehi, Utah/U.S. Air Force Academy
- Brody Malone — Aragon, Ga./EVO Gymnastics
- Kameron Nelson — Columbus, Ohio/Ohio State University
- Donnell Whittenburg — Baltimore, Md./EVO Gymnastics
Junior Men’s World Championships Team Presented by Xfinity
November 20-24 in Manila, the Philippines.
- Maksim Kan — Muskego, Wis./Salto Gymnastics Center*
- Danila Leykin — Sarasota, Fla./EVO Gymnastics
- Dante Reive — West Point, N.Y./West Point Gymnastics
- Nathan Roman— Poway, Calif./University of Oklahoma
- Hunter Simpson — Palmetto, Fla./EVO Gymnastics^
Senior Men’s National Team Presented by Xfinity
- Fuzzy Benas — Richmond, Texas/University of Oklahoma
- Taylor Burkhart — Arvada, Colo./Stanford University
- Crew Bold — Delray Beach, Fla./University of Michigan
- Brandon Dang — San Jose, Calif./University of Illinois
- Asher Hong — Tomball, Texas/Stanford University
- Patrick Hoopes — Lehi, Utah/U.S. Air Force Academy
- Jun Iwai — Lewisville, Texas/Stanford University
- Josh Karnes — Erie, Pa./Penn State University
- Riley Loos — El Dorado Hills, Calif./ Stanford University
- Brody Malone — Aragon, Ga./EVO Gymnastics
- Kameron Nelson — Columbus, Ohio/Ohio State University
- Dante Reive — West Point, N.Y./West Point Gymnastics
- Frederick Richard — Stoughton, Mass./University of Michigan
- Donnell Whittenburg — Baltimore, Md./EVO Gymnastics
- Colt Walker — Austin, Texas/Stanford University
Senior Men’s Development Team Presented by Xfinity
- Sasha Bogonosiuk — Buffalo Grove, Ill./University of Oklahoma
- Danila Leykin — Sarasota, Fla./EVO Gymnastics
- Preston Ngai — Elk Grove, Calif./University of Illinois
- Alex Nitache — Knoxville, Tenn./University of Nebraska
- Nathan Roman — Poway, Calif./University of Oklahoma
Junior Men’s National Team Presented by Xfinity
- Peyton Boerner — Mayfield Heights, Ohio/Gym World
- Hayden Brown — Corona Del Mar, Calif./SCATS Gymnastics
- Lincoln Dubin — Bellefonte, Pa./EVO Gymnastics
- Hunter Egan — Montgomery, Texas/Cypress Academy of Gymnastics
- Cooper Gunderson — Delano, Minn./Mini-Hops Gymnastics
- Elijah Gutierrez — South Lyon, Mich./Infinity Gymnastics Academy
- Kiefer Hong — Tomball, Texas/Cypress Academy of Gymnastics
- Maksim Kan — Muskego, Wis./Salto Gymnastics Center
- Jakson Kurecki — Nokomis, Fla./EVO Gymnastics
- Jovan Jimeno — Manassas, Va./Capital Gymnastics
- Ori Reilly — Windermere, Fla./Gymnastics USA
- Hunter Simpson — Palmetto, Fla./EVO Gymnastics
- Anthony Ruscheinsky — Summit, Wis./Salto Gymnastics Center
- Jay Watkins — Morristown, Tenn./GymTek Academy
*Denotes traveling replacement athlete
^Denotes non-traveling replacement athlete
The Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships conclude Sunday with the final day women’s competition. The 2025 Junior and Senior Women’s National Teams will be determined along with national titles.
