Mackenzie Caquatto

Mackenzie Caquatto
Mackenzie Caquatto
	Caquatto in September 2020
Personal information
Full name	Mackenzie Caquatto Jaworski
Nickname(s)	Mack, Macko, Quatto, Calquettra, Calcutta, Quattro, Calquatto
Born	March 26, 1992 (age 32)
Hometown	Naperville, Illinois, U.S.
Residence	Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	United States
Years on national team	2008–11 (USA)
College team	Florida Gators
Level	Senior International Elite
Gym	Legacy Elite Gymnastics
Head coach(es)	Jiani Wu; Yuejiu Li
Former coach(es)	Rhonda Faehn
Music	Laylet Houb (2009-2010)
Retired	April 20, 2014
Women's gymnastics
Representing the United States
World Championships
Visa Championships

Mackenzie Caquatto Jaworksi (born March 26, 1992) is a former artistic gymnast who represented the United States at the 2010 World Championships and competed for the University of Florida. Her younger sister, Bridgette Caquatto, is also a former elite gymnast. She married former elite runner Griffin Jaworski on September 4, 2020.

Gymnastics career

2007–9

Caquatto first qualified as an elite gymnast in 2007 and competed at the National Championships that year, finishing 17th.

Her first senior competition was the 2008 National Championships, where she placed 10th in the all-around. She was named to the national team and qualified to the Olympic Trials, but competed only on the first day, finishing 12th.

In 2009, she competed at her first international meets as a member of the national team and placed 5th at the National Championships, despite a knee injury. At the Toyota International in Japan, she competed on the uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise and won the silver medal on bars with a score of 14.675, behind world silver medalist Koko Tsurumi of Japan. She was also the first alternate to the U.S. team for the 2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

2010

Caquatto started her 2010 season at the City of Jesolo Trophy in Italy, where she had the highest beam score but missed a medal in the all-around because of mistakes on floor exercise. At the 2010 U.S. Classic, she placed 3rd in the all-around, with the second-highest scores on vault and uneven bars but a fall on balance beam. She qualified to the National Championships, where she placed 5th in the all-around after falling on a simple grip change on the uneven bars, her best event.

Based on her performance at Nationals, Caquatto advanced to the team selection camp for the 2010 World Championships. She went on to win the all-around at a second selection camp and was named to the team.

At the World Championships, she placed 9th in the all-around in qualifications but did not advance to the individual all-around final because only two athletes per country can qualify, and her teammates Aly Raisman and Rebecca Bross scored higher. In the team final, she scored 14.666 on bars and 15.000 on vault to help the U.S. win the silver medal, behind Russia but ahead of China.

2011

After competing for the University of Florida for the 2010–11 season, Caquatto decided to train for a comeback to elite gymnastics. At the 2011 U.S. Classic, she competed on bars, scoring 14.750, and performed a somewhat watered-down routine on balance beam, scoring 14.100.

At the National Championships, she competed in the all-around and finished the first day of competition in sixth place with a score of 56.000, counting a fall on beam. However, with solid performances on the second day of competition and injuries to Chellsie Memmel and defending national champion Bross, she placed fourth behind Jordyn Wieber, Raisman, and McKayla Maroney. She also took second place on the uneven bars, just 0.050 behind Wieber.

Caquatto earned a spot on her fourth national team and was invited to the first world team selection camp, but she injured her ankles on a beam dismount at the camp. After sitting out the beginning of the NCAA season, she began competing on the uneven bars again in early 2012.

Skills

Caquatto performed the following skills in 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 mount, side somi (D), front aerial (D) to back handspring (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 with takeoff 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 11⁄2 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 11⁄2 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)

*Variation competed for 2011.

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
	CoverGirl Classic	Chicago, IL	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

References

"2010 CoverGirl Classic field set". USA Gymnastics. July 9, 2010. Retrieved July 24, 2010.

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