USA Gymnastics has announced the men’s rosters for the 2026 Junior Pan American Championships and Berlin Junior Team Cup. Selections were made following the 2026 Development Program National Championships in Oklahoma City.

INDIANAPOLIS (May 14, 2026) – USA Gymnastics has announced the men’s rosters for the 2026 Junior Pan American Championships and Berlin Junior Team Cup. Selections were made following the 2026 Development Program National Championships in Oklahoma City.

Junior Pan American Championships

Led by reigning U.S. junior champion Maksim Kan, five juniors will join the U.S. delegation and the senior men’s team in Rio de Janeiro for the 2026 Pan American Championships June 18-20 in Brazil.

Kan will take on junior competition alongside 2025 U.S. junior pommel horse silver medalist Ori Reilly; 2026 Men’s Development Program National Championships horizontal bar champion Anthony Ruscheinsky; and 2025 U.S. junior still rings champion Hunter Simpson. 2025 U.S. junior all-around bronze medalist Jay Watkins will travel with the team as a replacement athlete.

Information on the Junior Pan American Championships is available on the World Gymnastics website.

Berlin Junior Team Cup

Five juniors are on tap to represent the country abroad at the 2026 Berlin Junior Team Cup July 2-4 in Germany.

Set to compete in Berlin are 2026 Men’s Development Program National Championships titlists Julian Cabrera (AA, SR, PB, HB), Cal Sanchez (AA, VT, HB) and Azai Tamzil (FX), and 2025 U.S. junior all-around fourth place finisher Lincoln Dubin. Kiefer Hong was selected as a non-traveling replacement athlete.

Visit the event website for complete information on the competition.

Athletes are listed alphabetically below by event.

Junior Pan American Championships
Maksim Kan — Muskego, Wis./Salto Gymnastics Center
Ori Reilly — Windermere, Fla./Gymnastics USA
Anthony Ruscheinsky — Summit, Wis./Salto Gymnastics Center
Hunter Simpson — Palmetto, Fla./EVO Gymnastics
Jay Watkins — Dandridge, Tenn./GymTek Academy *

Berlin Junior Team Cup
Julian Cabrera — Sarasota, Fla./EVO Gymnastics
Lincoln Dubin — Bellefonte, Pa./EVO Gymnastics
Kiefer Hong — Tomball, Texas/Cypress Academy of Gymnastics ^
Cal Sanchez — Cypress, Texas/Cypress Academy of Gymnastics
Azai Tamzil — Davie, Fla./Nova Gymnastics

*Denotes traveling replacement athlete
^Denotes non-traveling replacement athlete