Romanian Junior Nationals

This weekend the Junior Nationals for categories II and III took place in Bacau. No videos have emerged yet, but I have read that it was a pretty good one, with many nice surprises.

In the Junior II the competition was dominated by Ana Maria Ocolisan, who won the All around title and the Vault and Uneven Bars finals and Andreea Rotaru who won floor and medals on vault and uneven bars.

At level 3, the all around title was won by Laura Jurca. This is her floor routine from June:

I like this kid! She is only 11 and yes the choreo is not very complex, but I like how she uses her arms and the fact that she looks like a future power tumbler.

At level four, Irina Paun was the star: she won the All around and silver medals on all four apparatuses. What a great all arounder to have in the team after 2012! This is her beam set from last month at Resita:

Many wobbles, but pretty good for an 11 year old, huh! And that sheep jump!

You can find many pics from the meet on this website.

There are many, many routines of the Romanian juniors on andra000lumi's youtube channel (but not yet from this competition)

Complete results:

Juniors II

Vault

1. Ana Maria Ocolişan (CNS Cetate Deva) – 13,350

2. Andreea Rotaru (CSSG Focşani) – 13,100

3. Maria Răuţă (CSSG Focşani) – 13,050

Uneven Bars

1. Ana Maria Ocolişan (CNS Cetate Deva) – 13,300

2. Maria Răuţă (CSSG Focşani) – 12,350

3. Alexandra Marcu (CNS Cetate Deva) – 12,250

Balance Beam

1. Alexandra Marcu (CNS Cetate Deva) – 13,650

2. Maria Răuţă (CSSG Focşani) – 12,900

3. Andreea Rotaru (CSSG Focşani) – 12,850

Floor

1. Andreea Rotaru (CSSG Focşani) – 14,200

2. Ana Maria Ocolişan (CNS Cetate Deva) – 13,700

3. Alexandra Marcu (CNS Cetate Deva) – 13,600

Juniors Category III, Level III

Vault

1. Mădălina Blendea (CNS Cetate Deva) – 13,625

2. Larisa Culbece (CSS 1 Timişoara) – 13,300

3. Andreea Puiu (CSM Oneşti) – 13,200

Uneven Bars

1. Anda Butuc (CSS 2 Bucureşti) – 13,850

2. Mădălina Blendea (CNS Cetate Deva) – 13,800

3. Laura Jurcă (CNS Cetate Deva) – 13,400

Beam

1. Andreea Iridon (CNS Cetate Deva) – 13,450

2. Larisa Culbece (CSS 1 Timişoara) – 13,350

3. Laura Jurcă (CNS Cetate Deva) – 13,250

Floor

1. Andreea Iridon (CNS Cetate Deva) – 14,150

2. Mădălina Blendea (CNS Cetate Deva) – 14,000

3. Aida Orheanu (CSSG Focşani) – 13,900

JUN, Category III, Level IV

Vault

1. Silvia Zarzu (CSM Oneşti) – 13,450

2. Irina Păun (CSA Steaua Bucureşti) – 13,200

3. Diana Teodoru (SCM Bacău) – 13,100

Uneven Bars

1. Andreea Munteanu (CNS Cetate Deva) – 12,950

2. Irina Păun (CSA Steaua Bucureşti) – 12,700

3. Ioana Badea (CSS 1 Timişoara) – 12,600

ina Paun (photo Ionut Branzei)

Beam

1. Ioana Badea (CSS 1 Timişoara) – 13,700

2. Irina Păun (CSA Steaua Bucureşti) – 13,500

3. Denisa Năstase (CSSG Focşani) – 13,050

Floor

1. Denisa Năstase (CSSG Focşani) – 14,000

2. Irina Păun (CSA Steaua Bucureşti) – 13,850

3. Silvia Zarzu (CSM Oneşti) – 13,750