Mackenzie Caquatto

Mackenzie Caquatto
— Gymnast —
Full name Mackenzie Caquatto
Nickname(s) Mack, Macko
Country represented United States
Born (1992-03-26) March 26, 1992
Residence Naperville, Illinois
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Level Senior International Elite
Years on national team 2008-11
Gym Legacy Elite Gymnastics
College team Florida
Head coach(es) Jiani Wu & Yuejiu Li
Music Laylet Houb (2009-2010)
Medal record
Women's gymnastics
Representing the  United States
World Championships
2010 Rotterdam Team
Visa Championships
2010 Hartford Uneven bars
2011 St. Paul Uneven bars
2009 Dallas Uneven bars

Mackenzie Caquatto (born March 26, 1992) is an American artistic gymnast. She was formerly on the US National Team. Her younger sister, Bridgette Caquatto, was also an elite gymnast on the senior US National Team. She first qualified as an elite gymnast in 2007 and competed at the 2007 US National Championships, where she finished 17th.

Mackenzie competed as a senior for the first time at the 2008 US National Championships and placed 10th overall. She was selected to be a member of her first national team and qualified to the 2008 US Olympic Team Trials, but competed only on the first day of competition, placing 12th in the all-around on that day.

In 2009, Caquatto competed at her first international meets as a member of the national team. Caquatto suffered a knee injury shortly after but managed to place 5th at the 2009 US National Championships. She was then invited to the world championships selection camp. She was named as the first alternate for the team. In addition to her status as an alternate, she was sent to the Toyota International in Toyota City, Japan. At this competition, she competed on the uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise; winning the silver medal on the uneven bars with a score of 14.675, only behind world silver medalist on the event, Koko Tsurumi of Japan.

Caquatto started her 2010 season by competing at the City of Jesolo Trophy, where she had the highest beam score but made mistakes on the floor which kept her from medaling in the all-around. Caquatto competed at the 2010 CoverGirl Classic and placed 3rd in the all-around, scoring the second highest on vault and the uneven bars but falling from the balance beam. She had qualified to compete at the 2010 US National Championships. At the 2010 US National Championships, Mackenzie placed 5th in the all-around. She fell on a simple change grip skill on the uneven bars, her best event, placing 4th.

After the US Nationals, Mackenzie was selected to attend a selection camp for the 2010 World Championships. From there, she advanced to the second camp where she won the all-around competition. She was eventually selected to compete.

At the World Championships, Mackenzie competed in the all-around in the qualifying round. After hitting all her routines without major error, she placed 9th individually and 3rd with the team. Although the top 24 qualifiers advance to the individual all-around final, she was left out because fellow American athletes Aly Raisman and Rebecca Bross had qualified ahead of her and only two athletes from each country can qualify to a final.

After the qualifying round, Mackenzie was selected to compete on the uneven bars and the vault during the team finals. She contributed a 14.666 on the bars and a 15.000 on the vault to help the team win the silver medal behind Russia and ahead of China.

She competed as a Florida gator at the NCAA level for the 2010–2011 season where she became injured but still competed the all-around for her team at the NCAA Championships. After finishing the NCAA season, Mackenzie decided to train for a comeback to elite gymnastics for the 2011 season.

Mackenzie began her 2011 elite season by competing at the CoverGirl Classic. At the classic, she competed a slightly watered down balance beam routine and a solid uneven bars routine; scoring 14.100 and 14.750, respectively.

At the 2011 US Visa National Championships, Mackenzie surprised many by competing in the all-around. On day 1 of the competition, Mackenzie was in second place after the two rotations; after scoring a 14.700 and 15.000 on vault and uneven bars, respectively. Unfortunately, she counted her first fall on the balance beam. After having a solid floor exercise, she finished her night in sixth place with an all-around score of 56.000. On the final day of competition, Mackenzie competed solidly on all her events. Taking advantage of injuries to defending national champion Rebecca Bross and Chellsie Memmel, Mackenzie went on to finish the championships in fourth place behind Aly Raisman, McKayla Maroney, and champion Jordyn Wieber. She also took second place on the uneven bars just behind Wieber by 0.050.

Mackenzie was given a spot on her fourth national team and has been invited to compete at the first world team selection camp. She was considered to be a likely pick for the world team, but injured her ankles when dismounting the beam at the selection camp and therefore lost her chance of going to Tokyo. After sitting out the beginning of the NCAA season, she competed on the uneven bars in early 2012 and is expected to reintroduce her beam routine soon.

Competition skills

Mackenzie performed the following skills on bars, beam, floor, and vault as of 2010.

Apparatus Skills D Score Top Score in World Championship/World Cup/Olympic Competition
Vault Double-Twisting Yurchenko 5.8 15.000
Uneven Bars Jump to high bar mount, Kip cast to reverse grip handstand, Jaeger (D), Kip cast to handstand, toe on piked Tkatchev (E) to Pak Salto (D), Kip cast to handstand, Maloney (D) to Bail (D) to toe-on full pirouette (D) to toe-on shoot to high bar, Kip cast to handstand, Tkatchev (D), Kip cast to handstand, giant, full twisting double tuck dismount (D) 6.2 14.666
Balance Beam Leap on to beam mount, side sommie (D), front aerial (D) to flip flop (B) to layout step-out (C), full turn with leg at horizontal (C), split jump to sissone, switch split leap 1/2 (D) to back tuck (C)*, front pike take off from one foot (C), switch split leap (C) to back tuck (or pike) (C), roundoff to double pike dismount (E) 5.7 (5.8*) 14.266
Floor Exercise Roundoff back handspring to full-in double pike (E) (triple twisting back layout (E)*), roundoff back handspring to a triple twisting back layout (E) (roundoff to 1 1⁄2 back layout (C) to full twisting front layout (C)*), double turn with leg at horizontal (D), tour jete 1/2 (C), switch split ring leap (C) to switch split leap 1/2 (C), roundoff to 1 1⁄2 twisting back layout (C) to full twisting front layout (C) (front handspring to double twisting front layout (D)*), roundoff back handspring double pike dismount (D) 5.6 (5.5*) 13.533 (With slightly watered down exercise)

Competitive history

Senior career history

Year Competition Description Location Apparatus Rank-Final Score-Final Rank-Qualifying Score-Qualifying
2011 CoverGirl Classic Chicago, IL Uneven Bars 4 14.750
Balance Beam 12 14.100
U.S. Championships Saint Paul, MN All-Around 4 112.500 6 56.000
Uneven bars 2 29.750 2 15.000
Balance Beam 12T 26.700 18 12.650
Floor Exercise 10 27.200 6T 13.650
Year Competition Description Location Apparatus Rank-Final Score-Final Rank-Qualifying Score-Qualifying
2010 CoverGirl Classic Chicago, IL All Around 3 56.450
Vault 2 14.850
Uneven Bars 2 15.050
Balance Beam 20 12.950
Floor Exercise 8 13.600
U.S. Championships Hartford, CT All-Around 5T 113.350 5T 56.800
Uneven bars 2 28.900 4 15.000
Balance Beam 7T 27.550 9 13.500
Floor Exercise 8 27.700 10T 13.700
World Gymnastics Championships Rotterdam, The Netherlands Team All-Around 2 175.196 3 233.643
All-Around 9 57.198
Vault 15.000 (team finals) 6 14.933 (no average)
Uneven Bars 14.666 (team finals) 12 14.466
Balance Beam 21 14.266
Floor Exercise 39 13.533
Year Competition Description Location Apparatus Rank-Final Score-Final Rank-Qualifying Score-Qualifying
2009 CoverGirl Classic Des Moines, IA Uneven Bars 9 13.350
U.S. Championships Dallas, TX All-Around 5 111.950 5 56.000
Uneven bars 3 29.000 4 14.450
Balance Beam 17 26.000 15 13.000
Floor Exercise 10 27.350 9 13.850
Toyota International Toyota City, Japan Uneven bars 2 14.675
Balance Beam 12 12.275
Floor Exercise 11 12.100
Year Competition Description Location Apparatus Rank-Final Score-Final Rank-Qualifying Score-Qualifying
2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials Philadelphia, PA All Around 12 57.100
Vault 6 14.950
Uneven Bars 12 14.450
Balance Beam 16 13.800
Floor Exercise 18 13.900
U.S. Championships Boston, MA All Around 10 114.850 8 58.100
Uneven Bars 10 28.950 8 14.400
Balance Beam 15 28.200 10 14.800
Floor Exercise 19 28.500 18 14.100

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