Mackenzie Caquatto


Mackenzie Caquatto is a former artistic gymnast who represented the United States at the 2010 World Championships and competed for the University of Florida. Her younger sister, Bridgette Caquatto, is also a former elite gymnast.

Gymnastics career

2007–9

Caquatto first qualified as an elite gymnast in 2007 and competed at the National Championships that year, finishing 17th.
Her first senior competition was the 2008 National Championships, where she placed 10th in the all-around. She was named to the national team and qualified to the Olympic Trials, but competed only on the first day, finishing 12th.
In 2009, she competed at her first international meets as a member of the national team and placed 5th at the National Championships, despite a knee injury. At the Toyota International in Japan, she competed on the uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise and won the silver medal on bars with a score of 14.675, behind world silver medalist Koko Tsurumi of Japan. She was also the first alternate to the U.S. team for the 2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

2010

Caquatto started her 2010 season at the City of Jesolo Trophy in Italy, where she had the highest beam score but missed a medal in the all-around because of mistakes on floor exercise. At the 2010 U.S. Classic, she placed 3rd in the all-around, with the second-highest scores on vault and uneven bars but a fall on balance beam. She qualified to the National Championships, where she placed 5th in the all-around after falling on a simple grip change on the uneven bars, her best event.
Based on her performance at Nationals, Caquatto advanced to the team selection camp for the 2010 World Championships. She went on to win the all-around at a second selection camp and was named to the team.
At the World Championships, she placed 9th in the all-around in qualifications but did not advance to the individual all-around final because only two athletes per country can qualify, and her teammates Aly Raisman and Rebecca Bross scored higher. In the team final, she scored 14.666 on bars and 15.000 on vault to help the U.S. win the silver medal, behind Russia but ahead of China.

2011

After competing for the University of Florida for the 2010–11 season, Caquatto decided to train for a comeback to elite gymnastics. At the 2011 U.S. Classic, she competed on bars, scoring 14.750, and performed a somewhat watered-down routine on balance beam, scoring 14.100.
At the National Championships, she competed in the all-around and finished the first day of competition in sixth place with a score of 56.000, counting a fall on beam. However, with solid performances on the second day of competition and injuries to Chellsie Memmel and defending national champion Bross, she placed fourth behind Jordyn Wieber, Raisman, and McKayla Maroney. She also took second place on the uneven bars, just 0.050 behind Wieber.
Caquatto earned a spot on her fourth national team and was invited to the first world team selection camp, but she injured her ankles on a beam dismount at the camp. After sitting out the beginning of the NCAA season, she began competing on the uneven bars again in early 2012.

Skills

Caquatto performed the following skills in 2010:
ApparatusSkillsD ScoreTop Score in World Championship/World Cup/Olympic Competition
VaultDouble-twisting Yurchenko5.815.000
Uneven BarsJump to high bar mount, kip cast to reverse grip handstand, Jaeger, kip cast to handstand, toe-on piked Tkatchev to Pak salto, kip cast to handstand, Maloney to bail to toe-on full pirouette to toe-on shoot to high bar, kip cast to handstand, Tkatchev, kip cast to handstand, giant, full-twisting double tuck dismount 6.214.666
Balance BeamLeap mount, side somi, front aerial to back handspring to layout step-out, full turn with leg at horizontal, split jump to sissone, switch split leap 1/2 to back tuck *, front pike with takeoff from one foot, switch split leap to back tuck or pike, roundoff to double pike dismount 5.7 14.266
Floor ExerciseRoundoff back handspring to full-in double pike , roundoff back handspring to a triple twisting back layout to full twisting front layout, double turn with leg at horizontal, tour jete 1/2, switch split ring leap to switch split leap 1/2, roundoff to 1 twisting back layout to full twisting front layout , roundoff back handspring double pike dismount 5.6 13.533

Senior career history

YearCompetition DescriptionLocationApparatusRank-FinalScore-FinalRank-QualifyingScore-Qualifying
2011CoverGirl ClassicChicago, ILUneven Bars414.750
2011CoverGirl ClassicChicago, ILBalance Beam1214.100
2011U.S. ChampionshipsSaint Paul, MNAll-Around4112.500656.000
2011U.S. ChampionshipsSaint Paul, MNUneven bars229.750215.000
2011U.S. ChampionshipsSaint Paul, MNBalance Beam12T26.7001812.650
2011U.S. ChampionshipsSaint Paul, MNFloor Exercise1027.2006T13.650

YearCompetition DescriptionLocationApparatusRank-FinalScore-FinalRank-QualifyingScore-Qualifying
2010CoverGirl ClassicChicago, ILAll Around356.450
2010CoverGirl ClassicChicago, ILVault214.850
2010CoverGirl ClassicChicago, ILUneven Bars215.050
2010CoverGirl ClassicChicago, ILBalance Beam2012.950
2010CoverGirl ClassicChicago, ILFloor Exercise813.600
2010U.S. ChampionshipsHartford, CTAll-Around5T113.3505T56.800
2010U.S. ChampionshipsHartford, CTUneven bars228.900415.000
2010U.S. ChampionshipsHartford, CTBalance Beam7T27.550913.500
2010U.S. ChampionshipsHartford, CTFloor Exercise827.70010T13.700
2010World Gymnastics ChampionshipsRotterdam, The NetherlandsTeam All-Around2175.1963233.643
2010World Gymnastics ChampionshipsRotterdam, The NetherlandsAll-Around957.198
2010World Gymnastics ChampionshipsRotterdam, The NetherlandsVault15.000 614.933
2010World Gymnastics ChampionshipsRotterdam, The NetherlandsUneven Bars14.666 1214.466
2010World Gymnastics ChampionshipsRotterdam, The NetherlandsBalance Beam2114.266
2010World Gymnastics ChampionshipsRotterdam, The NetherlandsFloor Exercise3913.533

YearCompetition DescriptionLocationApparatusRank-FinalScore-FinalRank-QualifyingScore-Qualifying
2009CoverGirl ClassicDes Moines, IAUneven Bars913.350
2009U.S. ChampionshipsDallas, TXAll-Around5111.950556.000
2009U.S. ChampionshipsDallas, TXUneven bars329.000414.450
2009U.S. ChampionshipsDallas, TXBalance Beam1726.0001513.000
2009U.S. ChampionshipsDallas, TXFloor Exercise1027.350913.850
2009Toyota InternationalToyota City, JapanUneven bars214.675
2009Toyota InternationalToyota City, JapanBalance Beam1212.275
2009Toyota InternationalToyota City, JapanFloor Exercise1112.100
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YearCompetition DescriptionLocationApparatusRank-FinalScore-FinalRank-QualifyingScore-Qualifying
2008U.S. Olympic Team TrialsPhiladelphia, PAAll Around1257.100
2008U.S. Olympic Team TrialsPhiladelphia, PAVault614.950
2008U.S. Olympic Team TrialsPhiladelphia, PAUneven Bars1214.450
2008U.S. Olympic Team TrialsPhiladelphia, PABalance Beam1613.800
2008U.S. Olympic Team TrialsPhiladelphia, PAFloor Exercise1813.900
2008U.S. ChampionshipsBoston, MAAll Around10114.850858.100
2008U.S. ChampionshipsBoston, MAUneven Bars1028.950814.400
2008U.S. ChampionshipsBoston, MABalance Beam1528.2001014.800
2008U.S. ChampionshipsBoston, MAFloor Exercise1928.5001814.100
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