Northwest High School senior Kayla DiCello secured a spot on the 2021 U.S. Women’s Gymnastics World Championship Team.
Yesterday DiCello was announced along with Leanne Wong, Konnor McClain, and eMjae Frazier as members of Team USA.
Earlier this summer she made the Olympic team as an alternate and participated in the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
DiCello practices gymnastics at Gaithersburg’s Hills Gym off of Lindbergh Drive and has represented the U.S. over a half dozen times as a USA National Team member.
As a sophomore, DiCello accepted a full athletic scholarship to the University of Florida, where she’ll be headed after this school year.
Featured photo courtesy of Inside Gymnastics Magazine.
Kayla DiCello, a Junior at Northwest High School, Places Third in GK U.S. Classic
Kayla DiCello of Boyds, Md./Hill’s Gymnastics, finished third in the all-around at the 2021 GK U.S. Classic. She also topped the field on uneven bars with a 14.600.
Simone Biles came in first. The four-time Olympic gold medalist edged teammate Jordan Chiles of Spring, Texas/World Champions Centre in successful defense of her 2019 GK U.S. Classic all-around title (there was no competition in 2020 due to Covid-19).
DiCello, a junior at Northwest High School, is part of the United States women’s National gymnastics team. She is the 2019 Junior World Champion on vault and the 2019 U.S. Junior National Champion.
She will be at the Olympic trials next month.
Photos courtesy of USA Gymnastics.
