Konnor McClain

Konnor McClain (born February 1, 2005) is an American artistic gymnast and a member of the United States women's national gymnastics team. She is the 2019 City of Jesolo Trophy and the 2019 U.S. Classic Junior All-Around Champion.

Konnor McClain
McClain at the 2019 Junior World Championships
Personal information
Full name	Konnor McClain
Country represented	United States
Born	(2005-02-01) February 1, 2005 Las Vegas, Nevada USA
Hometown	Cross Lanes, West Virginia USA
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Junior International Elite
Years on national team	2018–present (US)
Club	Revolution Gymnastics
Head coach(es)	Susan Brown
Medal record Representing the  United States Junior World Championships 2019 Győr Team

Early life

McClain was born to Marc and Lorinda McClain in 2005 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She has three siblings. [1]

Gymnastics career

J.O. & HOPEs

2015–16

In 2015 McClain was part of the Junior Olympic Program and competed at various HOPEs competitions. She competed at the 2015 HOPES Championships where she placed second on balance beam, behind Ciena Alipio, fourth in the all-around, fifth on vault, and seventh on floor exercise.[2] In 2016 she competed the 2016 Hopes Championships where she placed first in the all-around, on vault, balance beam, and uneven bars, and second on floor exercise.[3]

Junior Elite

2017

In 2017 McClain qualified for junior elite status at the Brestyans National Qualifier.[4] She also competed at the KPAC National Qualifier and the Parkettes National Qualifier. She made her elite debut at the American Classic where she place 21st in the all-around.[5] In late July she competed at the 2017 U.S. Classic where she placed 24th in the all-around, tying with Kayla DiCello.[6]

2018

In early 2018 McClain competed at the Buckeye National Qualifier and International Gymnix, where she won silver on floor exercise behind Irina Alexeeva. In early July, she competed at the American Classic where she placed second in the all-around behind Kayla DiCello.[7] Later that month she competed at the 2018 U.S. Classic where she only competed three events but won bronze on the uneven bars behind DiCello and Jordan Bowers.[8] In August McClain competed at the 2018 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships. She finished in fifth place in the all-around and won gold on balance beam. As a result she was added to the national team for the first time.[9]

2019

In February, McClain was named to the team to competed at the 2019 City of Jesolo Trophy in Italy, alongside Kayla DiCello, Ciena Alipio, and Sophia Butler.[10] While there she helped the USA win team silver behind Russia and individually she gold in the all-around, ahead of Russian Vladislava Urazova, and on vault ahead of Russian Viktoria Listunova and teammate Alipio. She also won bronze on uneven bars, behind Urazova and Russian Elena Gerasimova and on floor exercise behind Listunova and Urazova.[11]

In June McClain competed at the Junior World Championships Trials where she placed fourth in the all-around and was named as the alternate for the inaugural Junior World Championships.[12] In July she competed at the U.S. Classic where she won gold in the all-around, on vault, and on balance beam.[13]

In August McClain competed at the U.S. National Championships. After the first day of competition she recorded a score of 56.500 and was in first place.[14] During the second day of competition scored a 56.100, giving her a total combined score of 112.600 which won her the silver medal in the all-around behind Kayla DiCello. McClain won gold on balance beam, silver on vault behind DiCello, and silver on uneven bars behind Olivia Greaves, and placed sixth on floor exercise. She was added to the junior national team.[15]

2020

In March McClain was selected to compete at International Gymnix, taking place in Montreal alongside Skye Blakely, Kaliya Lincoln, and Katelyn Jong.[16] While there she helped the USA win team gold and individually she won silver in the all-around behind Blakely and gold in all four event finals.[17]

Competitive history

Junior

Year	Event	Team	AA	VT	UB	BB	FX
2017	American Classic		21	11	6	34	17
	U.S. Classic		24	26	43	12	27
2018	International Gymnix		14			4
	American Classic			7			7
	U.S. Classic			11			23
	U.S. National Championships		5	9	4		9
2019	City of Jesolo Trophy					6
	Jr. World Championships Trials		4
	Junior World Championships	[lower-alpha 1]
	U.S. Classic				12		4
	U.S. National Championships						6
2020	International Gymnix

1. McClain was the team USA alternate

References

1. "Konnor McClain". USA Gymnastics.
2. https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_15susc_hopes10-11.pdf
3. https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_16hopeschamps.pdf
4. "2017 Brestyan's National Qualifier Results". The Gymternet. February 16, 2017.
5. "2017 American Classic Results". The Gymternet. July 9, 2017.
6. "2017 U.S. Classic Results". The Gymternet. July 31, 2017.
7. "American Classic Hopes Classic Meet Results" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. July 7, 2018.
8. "2018 GK U.S. Classic Meet Results" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. July 28, 2018.
9. "2018 U.S. Championships - Women Day 2 Meet Results - Multi" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. August 19, 2018.
10. "USA Gymnastics announces women's spring international team assignments". USA Gymnastics. February 24, 2019.
11. "USA wins senior team title at 2019 Jesolo Trophy, captures 14 other medals". USA Gymnastics. March 3, 2019.
12. "2019 U.S. Junior Worlds Trials Results". The Gymternet. June 15, 2019.
13. "Biles, McClain win all-around titles at 2019 GK U.S. Classic". USA Gymnastics. July 20, 2019.
14. "Biles leads women's all-around at mid-point of 2019 U.S. Championships". USA Gymnastics. July 9, 2019.
15. "Biles soars to sixth U.S. women's all-around title at 2019 U.S. Championships". USA Gymnastics. August 11, 2019.
16. "U.S. women to compete in 2020 Gymnix International". USA Gymnastics. March 3, 2020.
17. "USA wins senior and junior team titles, 10 individual titles at 2020 Gymnix International". USA Gymnastics. March 9, 2020.

External links

• Konnor McClain at the International Gymnastics Federation
• Konnor McClain at USA Gymnastics