fullname country gym level natlteam discipline music birth_date nickname residence article_title name headcoach collegeteam
mackenzie caquatto united states legacy elite gymnastics senior international elite 2008-11 wag laylet houb -lrb- 2009-2010 -rrb- 26 march 1992 mack , macko naperville , illinois mackenzie caquatto
 mackenzie caquatto jiani wu & yuejiu li florida
mackenzie caquatto

mackenzie caquatto -lrb- born march 26 , 1992 -rrb- 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 .
