Amaya Adaranijo Amaya Adaranijo MD enters her senior season as one of Maryland’s most powerful athletes, coming off a standout season highlighted by a 37.775 season-high all-around score and a bronze-medal finish at State. Her power is especially evident on vault, where she earned a 9.800 at Nationals to finish fifth on the event. Amaya has competed both a Yurchenko full and Yurchenko 1.5, with her vaults flying off the table with impressive amplitude and distance. That explosive power carries throughout her gymnastics, but she also brings plenty of personality and performance quality to the competition floor. Her floor routine features a front double full, double tuck, switch side-Popa, and front layout-Rudi, with her personality shining through in her choreography. On beam, she combines an aerial and back handspring-two-foot layout with a round-off 1.5 dismount. Amaya has spent the summer refining her existing skills while pushing toward some major upgrades for her senior season. On floor, she’s been training a full-in, double layout and front through to double pike, while beam upgrades include a round-off-double tuck dismount and front tuck. She’s also been working a Yurchenko double full on vault and a Tkatchev on bars. With elite-level power, standout vaulting, and a dynamic personality on floor, Amaya has the tools to make her senior season an exciting one.

Region 7 gymnast Amaya Adaranijo, has been putting in work on floor, training a front through to round-off double pike and round-off back handspring full-in from the floor to a resi mat, as well as round-off back handspring double layout from the rod floor into the foam pit with excellent height. She competed a front layout double full and round-off back handspring double tuck last season, and adding these upgraded passes would raise her difficulty to an E. Adaranijo’s power and dynamic tumbling, paired with her showmanship and musicality make her a gymnast any college program would be lucky to recruit.

Amaya Adaranijo took a major step forward on vault last season, debuting a Yurchenko 1½ at Nationals and earning an impressive 9.800. The vault showcases explosive power off the table, with excellent height and dynamics that leave plenty of room for continued scoring potential. Her primary deduction came on the landing, where the same power that makes the vault so impressive occasionally results in a larger step. During this upgrade season, Adaranijo has already begun training a Yurchenko double, and the early progress is exciting, with exceptional block and lift off the table. While she is already an outstanding all-around gymnast, her vault alone has the potential to make her an immediate impact athlete for any collegiate program.