USA Yoga National Yoga Asana Championship

San Diego July 19th-21st

Tickets are free for the event. Athletes who march in the Opening Ceremonies parade get into the event for free. Bring family and friends! If you cannot be there, watch live on USA Yoga's YouTube channel.

The event is at Four Points Sheraton Diego, 4 miles from the University of San Diego main campus. 

Schedule for the Championships

• Sunday

• 7 - 8:30am / Open Gym & Qigong @ the Venue ( in the warm-up room

• 9 - 9:30am Opening

• 9:30 - 9:50am 12 - 14 Boys

  Subramanean	Babu Meiyappan
  Ernesto	Betancourt
  Seamus	Lee
  Ketan	Valluru

  
  

• 9:50 - 10:05am 12 - 14 Girls

  Guia	Betancourt
  Soumini	Kandula
  Aryana	Vanaparti

  
  

• 10:05 - 10:20am 15 - 17 Boys

  Satvik	Rachagani
  Suraj	Ramesh
  Aadhi	Vel

  
  

• 10:20 - 10:40am 15 - 17 Girls

  Gia	Gupta
  Ananya	Kumar
  Anya	Mahesh
  Amisha	Poojari

  
  

• 10:40 - 10:55am  Break / Youth demo Liam Luce

• 10:55 - 11:10am  Scores posted

• 11:10 - 11:35am  50+ Men

  Ramesh	Anji
  Anthony	Burkart
  Victor	Clement
  Tim	Mizerak
  James	Pfeffer

  
  

• 11:35 - 11:50am  Break

• 11:50am - 12:40pm  50+ Women Finalists

  Helen Park
  

  Barbara Randa

  Joanne Martin

  Donna Stallard

  Lisa Lawrence

  Dominque Well

  Justine Mancuso

  Sarah Gnerre

  Ayanna Brown

  Keri Palasz

  
  

• 12:40 - 12:55pm  Break 

• 12:55 - 1:10pm  Scores posted

• 1:10 - 2:25pm  18 - 49 Men

  Rob	Bachus
  Ernesto	Betancourt
  Quincy	Chang
  Roger	Chen
  Jack	Cox
  George	Diamond
  Selden	Dickinson
  Ian	Johnson
  Michael	Lubbert
  David	Oliver
  Armando	Osuna
  Angel	Sandoval
  Jack	White
  Jake	Wilson
  John	Zurek

  
  

• 2:25 - 2:40pm  Break

• 2:40 - 3:35pm 18 - 49 Women Finalists 

  Allie Moscarelli

  Clara McGrail

  Alison Colquitt

  Jasmine Pinson

  Molly rooney

  Brianna Miller

  Kendall Geist

  Marcia Hetrick

  Tara Johnson

  Jordan Lydia Verla

  
  

• 3:35 - 4pm  Demos and Break Michael & Cat, Ayanna, Kendall

• 4 - 4:15  Scores posted

• 4:15 - 4:45pm Awards and Closing        

  
  

Prior Days of the Championship

Friday

• 4 - 5pm Athlete meeting
  

• 6 - 7:30pm Judges meeting 

• 6:30 - 8:15pm Athlete Parade

  Saturday

• 7-8:30am / Intermediate Yoga Class in the warm-up room with Cat Koo, $10 for members, $20 for non-members

  10 - 10:30am Opening
  

• 10:30am - 12: 05pm 50+ Women

  Maggie	Anderson
  Myra	Aronson
  Ayanna	Brown
  Kyle	Citrynell
  Darlene	DiLorenzo Baldwin
  Susannah	Everlund
  Sarah	Gnerre
  Lisa	Lawrence
  Justine	Mancuso
  Joanne	Martin
  Daisy Chan	Oliver
  Keri	Palasz
  Helen	Park
  Barbara	Randa
  Leesann	Shefa
  Donna	Stallard
  Maho	Tuites
  Dominique	Well
  Kristine	Williams

  
  

• 12:05 - 12:20pm Break 

• 12:20 - 12:35pm Scores posted

• 12:35 - 2pm 18-49 Women ( group A )

• Janis	Bell
  Jessica Amelia	Bernstein
  Stephanie	Chen
  Alison	Colquitt
  Faye	Gault
  Kendall	Geist
  Tiffany	Girgis
  Marcia	Hetrick
  Elizabeth "Liz"	Homes
  Katy	Hoogendam
  Kiri	Jewell
  Alice	Johnson
  Tara	Johnson
  Maggie	Julian
  Michelle	Machamer
  Jessica	McBenge
  Clara	McGrail

  2 - 2:15pm Break

• 2:15 - 3:40pm  18-49 Women ( group B )

• Briana	Miller
  Allie	Moscarelli
  Tessa	Nesis
  Margaret	OMalley
  Kimberly	Page
  Efthemia	Papadopoulos
  Tiffany	Parker
  Jasmine	Pinson
  Molly	Rooney
  Courtney	Schlessiger
  Malory	Sforza
  Cheryl	Siebert
  Letisha	Smith
  Inna	Vassina
  Jordan Lydia	Verla
  Alexandra	Winner-Bachus

  3:40 - 4pm break & Demos Tim Mizerak and Ayanna & Glenn Brown

• 4 - 4:15pm Scores posted

• 4:15 - 4:30pm Closing 

• 5:30 - 7pm Workshop: Embrace, Embody, Empower with Rajashree Choudhury  $50 members / $55 non-members. All welcome!

  Locations throughout the city will host 18,000 athletes this July for the biennial State Games of America.  
  

ABOUT STATE GAMES OF AMERICA

The State Games of America is an Olympic-style event featuring competition between State Games medal winners (gold, silver, bronze) from across the nation. There are currently 30 states conducting or organizing statewide sports festivals known as State Games. 

The State Games of America have been conducted biennially since 1999, with host cities including:

St. Louis (1999, 2001)
Hartford (2003)
Colorado Springs (2005, 2007, 2009)
San Diego (2011)
Hershey-Harrisburg, PA (2013)
Lincoln, NE (2015)
Grand Rapids, MI (2017)
Lynchburg, VA (2019) and Ames, IA (2021)

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