Maksim Kan, Dante Reive dominate junior men’s field at U.S. Gymnastics Championships
FORT WORTH, Texas – They came, they saw, they dominated.
It wasn’t as simple as it sounds, but Maksim Kan (Junior 16) and Dante Reive (Junior 17) led after Day 1 of competition on Thursday and never relinquished those leads on Day 2, ultimately being crowned the U.S. all-around champions for their respective divisions.
Kan won the 16 division by nearly 8 points (156.516), with Hunter Simpson second (148.558) and Troy Holman third (147.550). Reive won the 17 division by nearly 3 points (157.678), with Justin Park second (154.710) and Nartey Brady third (154.142).
Both also took home individual titles, with Kan nearly sweeping the field. He won pommel horse, which he said he was most proud of despite a fall today, as well as floor, vault, and high bar.
Also in the 16 division, Kiefer Hong won still rings and Christian Bart-Williams won parallel bars.
Reive won parallel bars and high bar, saying he hadn’t felt “like that” on high bar “in a while.” He was the only athlete in the field to score over 13 both days on the event.
Also in the 17 division, Nathan Roman won floor, Wyatt Reynolds won pommel horse, Nartey Brady won still rings, and Chase Pappas won vault.
Of his dominating 8 point victory, Kan said it was “kind of a lot – way more than I expected to win by.”
The up-and-coming talent, who graduates in 2026 and hasn’t started the NCAA recruiting process yet, trains at Salto Gymnastics, where world medalist and longtime Team USA stronghold Donnell Whittenburg trains.
For the most part, Whittenburg has different practice times than the juniors, but occasionally they’ll be in the gym together. Kan said Whittenburg has been a great mentor to him and his teammates, trying to help them as much as he can while continuing to chase his own Olympic dream.
“When I get to [train with him], it’s incredible,” Kan said. “Just having that level of higher gymnastics to be practicing with, it’s just a completely different feeling.”
Reive is also in a motivating training environment as the son of Army head coach JD Reive. Him and his brother, Silas, train in the same gym as the Black Knights, with practices overlapping at times. They both spend time hanging out with the team in the gym and at other events.
While Reive did compete in the 17 division this week, he is also graduating in 2026 due to a late birthday in October. Most everyone else in the 17 field this weekend graduates next year.
The junior men’s U.S. national team was named after Saturday’s competition, with the following athletes making the team:
- Nartey Brady
- Ethan Cox
- Troy Holman
- Kiefer Hong
- Maksim Kan
- Danila Leykin
- Rahul Mandava
- Justin Park
- Divier Ramos
- Dante Reive
- Ty Roderiques
- Nathan Roman
- Hunter Simpson
- Jay Watkins
Keep reading for a play-by-play recap of both days of competition.
Sat. June 1 @ 3:55 p.m.
Junior Men’s National Team:
- Dante Reive
- Maksim Kan
- Kiefer Hong
- Ty Roderiques
- Justin Park
- Hunter Simpson
- Troy Holman
- Nartey Brady
- Ethan Cox
- Danila Leykin
- Rahul Mandava
- Divier Ramos
- Nathan Roman
- Jay Watkins
Remainder of team to be announced tonight during senior men’s competition.
Sat. June 1 @ 3:48 p.m.
Meet your new Junior 16 and Junior 17 all-around champs: Maksim Kan (16) and Dante Reive (17)!
Junior 16 event winners:
- FX: Maksim Kan
- PH: Kan
- SR: Kiefer Hong
- VT: Kan
- PB: Christian Bart-Williams
- HB: Kan
Junior 17 event winners:
- FX: Nathan Roman
- PH: Wyatt Reynolds
- SR: Nartey Brady
- VT: Chase Pappas
- PB: Dante Reive
- HB: Reive
Sat. June 1 @ 3:40 p.m.
Maksim Kan (Salto) FX: Double front, single step. Front double full to layout. Whip to 2.5. Stuck double full to the side. Triple full, fights for the stick, but just slightly under-rotated and takes a hop forward. 13.388.
Sat. June 1 @ 3:37 p.m.
Dante Reive (Army) SR: Finishes his day with an excellent rings set. Solid throughout and sticks the tucked double-double! 13.938.
Sat. June 1 @ 3:32 p.m.
Gavin Thomson puts up a big 13.950 on vault!
Other notable scores early in the sixth:
- Divier Ramos FX = 12.650
- Jay Watkins PH = 12.600
- Justin Park SR = 13.369
- Joseph Hale SR = 13.369
- Hunter Simpson PB = 12.550
Sat. June 1 @ 3:22 p.m.
Final rotation coming up! But the all-around champions have basically already been decided because of significant margins. Dante Reive for the 17s and Maksim Kan for the 16s unless something major happens.
Sat. June 1 @ 3:18 p.m.
Dante Reive (Army) PH: Seemed to mount the horse prematurely because his coach wasn’t off the podium. Don’t know if that will impact him. But he hits his set despite some tight hips, bit bent at the waist. 11.300.
Other notable scores from Rotation 5:
- Ty Roderiques FX = 12.604
- Justin Park PH = 11.650
- Nathan Roman PH = 10.904
- Nartey Brady SR = 13.902
- Jesse Hanny SR = 12.950
- Rahul Mandava SR = 12.400
- Kiefer Hong SR = 13.100
- Hunter Simpson VT = 13.150
- Maksim Kan HB = 12.854
- Divier Ramos HB = 12.500
- Troy Holman HB = 12.000
Sat. June 1 @ 3:10 p.m.
Nathan Underhill (Salto) HB: Clear hip. Flying giant. Stuck full-twisting double back. Clean exercise. 11.700.
Sat. June 1 @ 3:09 p.m.
Jay Watkins (GymTek) FX: BIG half-in, half-out, step. Double full. 2.5 twist, step forward. Layout to the side. Rudi, stuck. Stuck full. 12.200.
Sat. June 1 @ 2:56 p.m.
Score update:
- Ty Roderiques HB = 12.250
Sat. June 1 @ 2:55 p.m.
Dante Reive (Army) FX: Front double pike, small hop. Front double full to full. 2.5 to front lay, small hop back. Full to the side. Triple full, large single step back. 13.788.
Sat. June 1 @ 2:52 p.m.
Oleksandr Shybit (Lakeshore) FX: Tucked double-double. 2.5 to front layout, great amplitude. 1.5 to front full, small hop. Triple full, beautiful, just a single step. Outstanding tumbling. 13.300.
Sat. June 1 @ 2:50 p.m.
Nathan Roman (Agility) FX: Randi, solid. Double front, stuck. Flairs sequence. Whip to 2.5 to front layout. Punch front double full. Triple full, bit under-rotated. 14.113.
Sat. June 1 @ 2:46 p.m.
Score update:
- Divier Ramos PB = 13.000
- Justin Park FX = 13.300
- Kiefer Hong PH = 11.000
- Nartey Brady PH = 11.650
- Jesse Hanny PH = 10.150
- Hunter Simpson SR = 13.054
- Maksim Kan PB = 13.200
- Troy Holman PB = 13.050
- Gage Kalley HB = 12.200
- Jay Watkins HB = 12.200
Sat. June 1 @ 2:38 p.m.
Top 5 for the Junior 16 division at the halfway mark of Day 2:
Sat. June 1 @ 2:37 p.m.
Top 5 for the Junior 17 division at the halfway mark of Day 2:
Sat. June 1 @ 2:31 p.m.
Score update:
- Ty Roderiques PB = 12.550
Sat. June 1 @ 2:30 p.m.
Rahul Mandava (Cypress) FX: Double pike, hop back. Stuck 2.5 twist. Half to front full. Stuck layout to the side. Press handstand looked like he was struggling a bit. Stuck double twist. 12.600.
Sat. June 1 @ 2:28 p.m.
Nathan Roman (Agility) HB: Throwing some BIG skills. Kolman. Cassina. Both had form issues but he caught them. 11.702.
Sat. June 1 @ 2:26 p.m.
Score update:
- Nartey Brady FX = 13.069
- Jesse Hanny FX = 12.200
- Hunter Simpson PH = 11.750
- Troy Holman VT = 13.000
- Nathan Underhill VT = 14.305
- Gage Kalley PB = 12.450
- Jay Watkins PB = 12.950
Sat. June 1 @ 2:21 p.m.
Justin Park (Agility) HB: Straddle Tkatchev. Jam sequence. Full-twisting double layout. Great set from him! 13.561.
Sat. June 1 @ 2:19 p.m.
Divier Ramos (Interstate) VT: Yurchenko 1.5, small hop. 13.600.
Before him, 16 leader Maksim Kan earned a 13.600.
Sat. June 1 @ 2:18 p.m.
Kiefer Hong (Cypress) FX: Front full to front double tuck, small hop. Front double pike. Half-in, half-out, big hop back. Layout to the side. Double full to the side, bit under-rotated but sticks it nonetheless. 12.817.
Sat. June 1 @ 2:16 p.m.
Dante Reive (Army) HB: Straddle Tkatchev to Piked Tkatchev. Layout Tkatchev. Laid-out double-double, small hop, great amplitude. 13.088.
Sat. June 1 @ 2:09 p.m.
Nathan Roman, who was second after Day 1 for the 17s, just had a rough go of it on parallel bars. Sat down on the apparatus multiple times, form issues, missed handstands. Did get through without coming off the apparatus though, finishing with a double back and a step forward. That will be a very low score though. Maybe a conditioning issue – just seemed like he couldn’t muscle through the set.
Sat. June 1 @ 2:08 p.m.
Other notable scores from Rotation 2:
- Hunter Simpson FX = 12.900
- Nathan Underhill SR = 12.638
- Maksim Kan SR = 12.600
- Divier Ramos SR = 12.850
- Gage Kalley VT = 13.400
- Jay Watkins VT = 12.850
- Justin Park PB = 12.400
- Rahul Mandava HB = 11.250
- Kiefer Hong HB = 10.850
- Nartey Brady HB = 12.450
Sat. June 1 @ 2:02 p.m.
Jesse Hanny (Cypress Academy) HB: Straddle Tkatchev. Jam sequence, excellent. Inbar. Full-twisting double layout, heavily piked down and low chest but just a small hop. 11.519.
Sat. June 1 @ 1:59 p.m.
Dante Reive (Army) PB = 12.900
Sat. June 1 @ 1:59 p.m.
Ty Roderiques (GymTek) VT: BIG Kas 1.5 to score a 14.305.
Sat. June 1 @ 1:54 p.m.
Other notable scores from Rotation 1 of Day 2:
- Troy Holman PH = 12.150
- Maksim Kan PH = 13.219
- Divier Ramos PH = 12.600
- Justin Park VT = 13.850
- Kiefer Hong PB = 12.500
- Jesse Hanny PB = 12.917
Sat. June 1 @ 1:45 p.m.
Danila Leykin is on the floor in warmups. Looks like he has some of his left fingers splinted. Reminder that he scratched after a rough fall on parallel bars during rotation 1 on Thursday.
Sat. June 1 @ 1:43 p.m.
Hunter Simpson (EVO) HB: Straddle Tkatchev. Stalder, missed that handstand. Full-twisting double layout, comes up short and hits his knees, but he’s okay. 11.000.
Sat. June 1 @ 1:41 p.m.
Victor Ciesiun (Gravity Forged) FX: Double front, large stumble out of bounds, two feet. Front double full. Double back, hop back. Layout to the side. Front full. Double full, hop forward. 11.100.
Sat. June 1 @ 1:38 p.m.
Early score update:
- Dante Reive VT = 13.700
- Rahul Mandava PB = 12.650
- Ty Roderiques SR = 12.750
- Nathan Underhill PH = 11.400
Sat. June 1 @ 1:35 p.m.
Nathan Roman (Agility) VT: Kas full, clean, step hop back. 13.650.
Sat. June 1 @ 1:20 p.m.
We’re back for Day 2 of junior men’s competition! Intros are happening now.
Thu. May 30 @ 4:00 p.m.
We’ll be back Saturday afternoon for finals!
Thu. May 30 @ 3:56 p.m.
Junior Men 17 standings after Day 1
It’s tight at the top, but Dante Reive is in the lead! 2023 Junior 16 champ Nathan Roman is in the mix!
Thu. May 30 @ 3:55 p.m.
Junior Men 16 standings after Day 1
Maksim Kan has a significant lead!
Thu. May 30 @ 3:53 p.m.
Other top scores from Rotation 6:
- FX: Nathan Roman = 13.863
- PH: Isaac Koo = 11.417
- SR: Nartey Brady = 13.952
- VT: Ethan Cox = 13.750
- PB: Nathan Underhill = 13.350
- HB: Jay Watkins/Gage Kalley = 12.300
Thu. May 30 @ 3:39 p.m.
Other top scores from Rotation 5:
- FX: Isaac Koo = 12.538
- PH: Rahul Mandava = 11.600
- SR: Hunter Simpson = 12.954
- VT: Nathan Underhill = 14.405
- PB: Christian Bart-Will = 12.900
- HB: Nathan Roman = 13.752
Thu. May 30 @ 3:23 p.m.
Oleksandr Shybit (Lakeshore) HB: Huge straddle Tkatchev. Stalder. Laid-out double-double. 11.900
Thu. May 30 @ 3:08 p.m.
Other top scores from Rotation 4:
- FX: Nartey Brady = 13.669
- PH: Zac Myers = 12.450
- SR: Nathan Underhill = 12.738
- VT: Chase Pappas = 14.505
- PB: Dante Reive/Justin Park = 13.000
- HB: Ty Herzing = 11.400
Thu. May 30 @ 2:55 p.m.
James Sassine (New England Academy) FX: Stuck Rudi. Front layout, soft knees, large hop forward. Double back, step back. Layout to the side. Double full dismount.
Thu. May 30 @ 2:54 p.m.
Chase Pappas leading vault this rotation with a massive 14.505 – the highest of the competition so far!
Thu. May 30 @ 2:48 p.m.
Kiefer Hong (Cypress) FX: Front full to double front. Front double pike. Half-in, half-out, stuck. Layout to the side. Double full to the side, stuck. 13.054.
Thu. May 30 @ 2:46 p.m.
Other top scores from Rotation 3:
- FX: Ethan Cox = 12.938
- PH: Maksim Kan = 13.813
- SR: Ty Roderiques = 12.750
- VT: Luke Drummond = 14.050
- PB: Dylan Kramer = 12.750
- HB: James Sassine = 12.800
Thu. May 30 @ 2:30 p.m.
Dante Reive put up a big 13.650 on vault early in Rotation 3! Luke Drummond followed with an even bigger 14.050! Vault is on fire this rotation.
Thu. May 30 @ 2:29 p.m.
Other top scores from Rotation 2:
- FX: Nathan Underhill = 13.238
- PH: Jay Watkins = 12.254
- SR: Dante Reive = 13.738
- VT: Isaac Koo = 13.450
- PB: Jesse Hanny = 12.817
- HB: Zac Myers = 12.000
Thu. May 30 @ 2:25 p.m.
Troy Holman (Bakersfield Gym) FX: BIG double back, rebounds forward but doesn’t touch. 2.5 twist, clean. Stuck Rudi. Stuck layout. Half twist. Stuck double full dismount. 12.700.
Thu. May 30 @ 2:11 p.m.
Hunter Simpson (EVO) HB: Straddle Tkatchev, bit of a close catch. Stalder. Full-twisting double lay, DEEP in the knees, but stuck it! 11.600.
Thu. May 30 @ 2:07 p.m.
Unfortunately, both Leykin and Ruscheinsky have scratched from the competition after their falls.
Thu. May 30 @ 2:02 p.m.
Nathan Roman (Agility) SR – reigning 16 national champion: Nice opening L-sit. Clean Yamawaki. Tucked double-double – stuck! 13.688.
Thu. May 30 @ 1:58 p.m.
Other top scores from Rotation 1:
- FX: Gage Kalley = 13.267
- PH: Owen Cendana = 12.667
- SR: Cole Fallbacher = 12.050
- VT: Nartey Brady = 14.250
- PB: Zac Myers/Ethan Cox = 12.850
- HB: Maksim Kan = 13.054
Thu. May 30 @ 1:51 p.m.
We have another scary fall, this time on high bar. It’s Salto’s Anthony Ruscheinsky. He hit the mat and wasn’t moving. Medical is now attending to him and he’s rolled over, flat on his back, and they’re talking through what’s happened, making sure to not move anything. Looks like his coach is comforting him with a hand on his arm and signaling to him, ‘No, we’re not continuing.’ He walks off of his own accord.
Thu. May 30 @ 1:49 p.m.
Danila Leykin (EVO) PB: Leykin is off early in a scary fall and it looks serious. After sitting there for a moment under the bars, he gets up, walks over to the side of the podium and sits down on the mat, where medical is currently attending to him. It seemed like he was chalking back up but then his coach comes over to him. Looks like he’s point at his hand/wrist. Danila is clearly emotional. He then hops off the podium and will not finish the routine.
Thu. May 30 @ 1:42 p.m.
Kiefer Hong (Cypress) goes for the double front on vault and is way over-powered – roles forward onto his head. Seems to have a handle on it, despite what will count as a fall, and walks off.
Thu. May 30 @ 1:41 p.m.
Nartey Brady goes 14.250 on vault.
Thu. May 30 @ 1:41 p.m.
Divier Ramos (Interstate) HB: Straddle Tkatchev. Piked Tkatchev. Hop 1/1. Clear hip. STUCK full-twisting double back. Very clean set! 12.600 (9.1 E)
Thu. May 30 @ 1:38 p.m.
Rotation 1 is underway!
Thu. May 30 @ 1:00 p.m.
Welcome to our live blog of Junior Men Day 1 at the 2024 Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships! We’re live inside Dickies Arena and will have updates throughout today’s competition.
