After competing one season at Oklahoma, Brenna Dowell has returned to elite and was named to the training squad for the 2015 World Championships. Dowell deferred one year of college to vie for an opportunity to represent the U.S. at worlds. Dowell competed at the 2015 P&G Championships and placed seventh on floor and ninth on bars. In the all around, she finished first day in seventh, but dropped to 11th after the final day of competition. Dowell’s 6.7 difficulty score on bars was the highest of all the competitors, but a fall on the second day hurt the combined total on which individual event titles are based. Her routine, which included a Tweedle to Ejova, was much more difficult than the one she competed four months ago in the collegiate season. She also upgraded her vault to a double twisting Yurchenko. In 2013, Dowell qualified to worlds, but did not compete and in 2014, she was the non-traveling alternate. This year’s World Selection Camp will take place Oct. 6-9 in Huntsville, Texas. In her return to elite, Dowell is competing for GAGE, the club where she trained prior to attending college. She will return to Oklahoma as a sophomore for the 2017 season.
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