USA Gymnastics awards 2015 USA Gymnastics Championships to Greensboro, N.C.

Greensboro, N.C., will host the 2015 USA Gymnastics Championships, which showcases more than 1,600 of the country’s best gymnasts in acrobatic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, and trampoline and tumbling. Scheduled for June 24-28, the five-day competition, which includes both Junior Olympic and elite levels, will be held at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex. This will be the second major gymnastics event to come to Greensboro, which played host to the AT&T American Cup, the premier international event held in the United States, and the Nastia Liukin Cup earlier this year.

"The facilities at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex make Greensboro the perfect East Coast location for this event," said Steve Penny, president of USA Gymnastics. "The USA Gymnastics Championships has something for everyone, from the beauty of rhythmic gymnastics to the amazing feats of strength and balance in acrobatic gymnastics to the highflying excitement of the trampoline and tumbling events, all under one roof. We knew Greensboro would be a great setting for this event based on the excellent job they did with the 2014 AT&T American Cup."

The local hosts for the event are the Greensboro Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, Greensboro Coliseum Complex, Tournament Hosts of Greensboro, Greensboro Sports Commission and Sports & Properties, Inc.

"We are thrilled to be selected to host one of USA Gymnastics’ premier events for the second consecutive year," said Greensboro Coliseum Complex Managing Director Matt Brown. "The success we had in hosting the 2014 AT&T American Cup, recording its highest attendance total in a non-Olympic year since 2000, as well as the all-time attendance record for the Nastia Liukin Cup, demonstrates that Greensboro is an outstanding market for elite gymnastics events. We are excited to build on those successes with the 2015 USA Gymnastics Championships."

"Landing the USA Gymnastics Championships is a significant accomplishment for Greensboro, and this is a big event with more than 1,600 athletes expected to compete," said Hill Carrow, CEO of Sports & Properties, Inc.

"We look forward to welcoming gymnastics fans from around the country to Greensboro," said Greensboro Convention & Visitors Bureau CEO Henri Fourrier. "Our local tourism industry is eager to demonstrate our special brand of ‘southern hospitality’ to all the visitors coming to this exciting event."

For the junior and senior elite levels for each discipline, the athletes will be vying for national titles. Performances will determine berths on the junior and senior U.S. National Teams for rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline and tumbling. The Junior Olympic division has several different levels, and national titles will be awarded for each level and age group for each discipline. The Junior Olympic levels for each of the disciplines are: acrobatic gymnastics – Levels 6-10; rhythmic gymnastics – Levels 7-8; and trampoline and tumbling – Levels 8-10.

Tickets for the event, which was first held in 2014 at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky., will go on sale in 2015. For more information on the USA Gymnastics Championships, please go to usagymchamps.com.

The schedule, outlined below, has the junior and senior elites compete June 25-27, with Junior Olympic sessions running all five days. NOTE: Level refers to the Junior Olympic competition level.

Tuesday, June 23

Special Events Center

1:30-4:30 p.m. Rhythmic gymnastics, Level 7

6-9 p.m. Rhythmic gymnastics, Level 7; Synchronized trampoline, prelims and finals

Wednesday, June 24

Special Events Center

9 a.m.-12 p.m. Acrobatic gymnastics, Level 7; Rhythmic gymnastics, Level 7; Trampoline, tumbling and double mini-trampoline, Levels 9-10/Youth Elite and Open Elite

1:30-4:30 p.m. Acrobatic gymnastics, Level 8; Rhythmic gymnastics, Level 7; Trampoline, tumbling and double mini-trampoline, Levels 9-10/Youth Elite and Open Elite

6-9 p.m. Acrobatic gymnastics, Level 7; Trampoline, tumbling and double mini-trampoline, Levels 9-10/Youth Elite and Open Elite

Thursday, June 25

Special Events Center

9 a.m.-12 p.m. Acrobatic gymnastics, Level 8; Trampoline, tumbling and double mini-trampoline, Levels 9-10/Youth Elite and Open Elite

1:30-4:30 p.m. Rhythmic gymnastics, Level 8

Greensboro Coliseum

9 a.m.-12 p.m. Rhythmic gymnastics, junior and senior elite preliminaries

1:30-4:30 p.m. Trampoline, tumbling and double mini-trampoline, junior elite preliminaries

6-9 p.m. Acrobatic gymnastics, junior and senior elite preliminaries/event final; Rhythmic gymnastics, senior elite preliminaries/event final; Tumbling and double mini-trampoline, senior elite preliminaries

Friday, June 26

Special Events Center

9 a.m.-12 p.m. Acrobatic gymnastics, Level 6; Trampoline and tumbling, Level 9 and Open Elite finals

1:30-4:30 p.m. Acrobatic gymnastics, Levels 9-10; Rhythmic gymnastics, Level 8; Trampoline and tumbling, Level 10 and Youth Elite finals

Greensboro Coliseum

9 a.m.-12 p.m. Rhythmic gymnastics, junior event/all-around finals and senior elite preliminaries/event final

6-9 p.m. Acrobatic gymnastics, junior and senior elite preliminaries/event final; Rhythmic gymnastics, senior elite preliminaries/event final; Trampoline, senior elite preliminaries

Saturday, June 27

Special Events Center

9 a.m.-12 p.m. Acrobatic gymnastics, Level 6; Trampoline, tumbling and double mini-trampoline, Level 8

1:30-4:30 p.m. Acrobatic gymnastics, Levels 9 and 10; Rhythmic gymnastics, Level 8

Greensboro Coliseum

9 a.m.-12 p.m. Rhythmic gymnastics, senior elite all-around finals

1:30-4:30 p.m. Trampoline, tumbling and double mini-trampoline, junior elite finals

6-9 p.m. Acrobatic gymnastics, junior and senior elite finals; Rhythmic gymnastics, senior elite all-around finals; Trampoline, tumbling and double mini-trampoline, senior elite finals

Sunday, June 28

Special Events Center

9 a.m.-12 p.m. Rhythmic gymnastics, Level 8; Trampoline, tumbling and double mini-trampoline, Level 8

1:30-4:30 p.m. Rhythmic gymnastics, Junior Olympic group; Trampoline, tumbling and double mini-trampoline, Level 8

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