Reese Esponda is the name attached to the 2026 US Classic Live Blog as the senior session gets underway at 7:00pm ET. The scores are being streamed on Peacock and USAG YouTube, and the meet is already functioning as a qualifier check rather than a full-team showcase.
Peacock and USAG YouTube
52.500 AA, 39.600 3-event, and 26.800 2-event are the thresholds in play while scores and routine notes come in live. Most of the top elite names are already qualified to nationals through other methods, so the session is being used to sort out the remaining score lines instead of reshaping the field from scratch.
13.800 on beam put Anzola on top after the first rotation, and the live blog then noted that she scored solidly on floor exercise after that opening turn. In the same stream of updates, Moreau posted 13.250 on floor exercise, Caylor earned 11.900 on uneven bars, Rose hit 13.600 on vault, Carey went 12.900 on balance beam, Drusch scored 13.350 on uneven bars, and Richardson landed 12.800 on floor exercise.
Ohashi and the qualifying line
Ohashi is the gymnast with the clearest pressure point here: she still needs a score at the meet. That detail sits against a field where Skye Blakely is slated for bars and beam, Leanne Wong is on beam only, and Skylar Draser and Anya Pilgrim are both going in the all-around.
The live blog also puts the road to Los Angeles language right next to the scoring sheet, with Balance Beam Situation writing, “THE ROAD TO LOS ANGELES GOES THROUGH HARTFORD IF YOU DON’T HAVE MAPS.” The meet sponsor is AARP, but the real business is the score list, because this session is about who clears the numbers and who still has work left.
Hartford score watch
“Just a typical Friday night Florida start list update.” That line captures the cadence of the evening better than any recap could: routines, scores, and lineup changes are arriving in real time, and the order matters because every event score can change who leaves with a qualifying mark and who does not.
“How does Vanessa Atler eat a Reese’s? Secretly, so that Bela doesn’t find out.” The joke lands inside a meet that is otherwise all about procedural detail, but the practical takeaway is straightforward: watch the live scores, track Ohashi’s mark, and treat the remaining rotations as the only path to a cleaner qualification picture.
