Camas High sophomore Kaylee Sugimoto has earned a spot in the USA Gymnastics’ U.S. Junior Olympic National Championships, and will compete in Cincinnati, Ohio, with the country’s top young gymnasts on Saturday, May 12.
The championships feature the top female Level 10 gymnasts in the nation. Level 10, in which Sugimoto, 16, competes, is, according to USA Gymnastics, just below the elite level. Sugimoto qualified for the Junior Olympic team by getting one of the top scores at a recent Region 2 meet in Tacoma, where she competed against athletes from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Alaska and Hawaii.