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Kristina Comforte In Eighth Place At USA Championships

Gymnastics

Incoming freshman gymnast Kristina Comforte (Burr Ridge, Ill.) stands in eighth place in the all-around after the first day of competition at the 2005 USA Championships at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indian

Aug. 12, 2005

Incoming freshman gymnast Kristina Comforte (Burr Ridge, Ill.) stands in eighth place in the all-around after the first day of competition at the 2005 USA Championships at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind. Comforte scored a 35.849 in the all-around in Thursday night's round.

Comforte, who was a member of the National Team in 2002-03 and 2003-04, scored a high of 9.333 on vault and also had a 9.15 on the uneven bars.

Two-time World gold medalist Chelsie Memmel leads the field with a score of 38.382, followed by Jana Bieger (37.615), Nastia Liukin (37.515), Alicia Sacramone (37.016) and Kassi Price (36.814). Comforte is less than one-tenth of a point behind sixth-place Annie DiLuzio (35.932) and seventh-place Kayla Hoffman (35.915).

Thursday's scores count 50 percent toward the total all-around and event scores used to determine individual national champions and the National Team. The other 50 percent will come from scores in Saturday evening's competition at 6 pm ET. The Top 12 overall finishers will form the USA National Team.

The first day of competition will be broadcast on NBC on Saturday, Aug. 13 at 8 pm. The final day's event will air on NBC on Sunday, Aug. 14 at 7 pm.