Not far behind was, Ariana Barksdale who placed first in the All-Around category in the Junior F division scoring an outstanding 39.175. She tied for second place on bars with an exceptional routine to include a stalder to endo circle to half pirouette and double layout dismount. Barksdale also had an excellent day on beam scoring a 9.800 and earning third place, with a wonderful backhandspring step-out backhandspring step-out layout step-out connection and swing though front aerial. Barksdale talent extends across all four events, and has committed to University of Florida for 2027.