Class of 2029 gymnast Alivia Hess is a rising recruit with a strong foundation and impressive difficulty across all four events. She competes a clean Yurchenko layout on vault, while bars features a Pak salto, 1/2 pirouette, and a well-executed double tuck dismount that she sticks with confidence. On beam, Hess showcases consistency with a back handspring-layout stepout series and back handspring to full-twisting dismount, and she’s developing even more difficulty through front toss connections, a front tuck, back tuck connection, and Gainer dismount. Floor highlights her power and extension with a 1.5 twist and dynamic leap series, while training upgrades including a double tuck, double full, and 1.5 to front tuck point to an exciting trajectory. With advanced skills already in place and more on the way, Hess is a talented young athlete to watch as she progresses through the recruiting pipeline.