Region 3 Athlete of the Month: Avery Pivoda

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Avery Pivoda enters her junior year ready for her third Level 10 season, and she's an athlete who should already be firmly on college coaches' radars. Across every event, Pivoda stands out for a defining quality of exceptional form. She combines clean lines, beautiful body positions, and impressive power to create gymnastics that looks both polished and effortless.<br></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>On beam, Pivoda competes a back handspring-layout stepout, front toss, back tuck-split jump, and round-off 1.5 dismount. She has a natural ability to make each skill look controlled, with beautiful form carrying from one element to the next. She's also training an impressive collection of upgrades, including a back handspring-layout-layout, front aerial, aerial, back handspring-back handspring-layout, switch leap-switch 1/2, and Barani.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Her floor routine showcases the power behind her polished gymnastics, highlighted by a sky-high double pike, front Rudi, and front double full. Pivoda's tumbling has the amplitude to immediately catch your attention, while her execution keeps the routine looking clean and precise. She's working toward even more difficulty with a piked full-in and front through to double tuck.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":62982,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"none"} --> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://prepgymnastics.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2026/08/Avery-Pivoda.jpg?w=680" alt="" class="wp-image-62982"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Photo: photo sent by athlete</figcaption></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>On vault, Pivoda's Yurchenko full is a standout. She generates huge power and distance from the table while maintaining a perfectly extended body position, creating the kind of vault that makes an immediate impression. She's continuing to raise the ceiling with a Yurchenko 1.5 and Yurchenko double full in training.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Her bars routine is equally polished, featuring a toe handstand-Maloney and double tuck dismount, with beautiful lines throughout. Pivoda is also training a Ray release along with upgraded dismount options, including a double layout and full-twisting double layout.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Entering her third Level 10 season, Pivoda has already developed a style that makes her gymnastics easy to recognize. The combination of power, precision, and impeccable form across all four events makes Pivoda a standout junior and a recruit college coaches should have on their radar.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->