Samantha Jerome brings a composed and confident presence to the all-around, showing poise through each event while continuing to build her difficulty. On beam, she competes a back handspring-back tuck, gainer layout stepout, and round-off 1.5 dismount, while bars features a toe handstand-Maloney, bail, stalder handstand-toe shoot handstand, and double pike dismount. Her floor routine includes a double pike, whip-1.5, and 1.5-front pike, and she competes a Yurchenko layout on vault. Jerome is also expanding her routines with upgrades such as a gainer layout stepout-split jump, back tuck-split jump-beat jump, and aerial on beam, switch side-Popa and front Rudi on floor, and a Yurchenko 1/2 on vault. With her calm confidence and continued progression, Jerome is an athlete who has the tools to make her presence felt across the all-around and should be firmly on coaches’ radar this season.

Summer training is in full swing for Samantha Jerome who has been working beam upgrades. Jerome competed a gainer step-out last season but is looking to add a split jump connection to increase the difficulty. She also has been training side aerials for a single skill D element and switch leap to straddle jump ½ connection, increasing her difficulty compared to last season’s dance elements. Jerome shows to be a promising recruit with her skill progression on beam and added consistency across all four events.

At camp 2, Samantha showed a wide range of high level skills across the four events. Her technique was confident and precise, which stood out on beam and floor. I noticed impressive extension on leaps and jumps with many of her dance elements containing 180 degree splits or straddles. Samantha did a great job on floor as well, exposing her natural ability to show control and strong landings in her tumbling.