Austin, Texas -- U.S. gymnastics champion Dominique Moceanu held the top spot in qualifying for the World Championships with strong performances Friday night in the compulsory portion of the World Team Trials.
Shannon Miller was second and Dominique Dawes third with Saturday's optionals remaining in qualifying for the World Championships, while John Roethlisberger remained the leader in the men's competition.
The top seven men and women in the competition, which includes scores from the national championships in August, qualify for the World Championships in Sabae, Japan, on Oct. 1-10. The team trials count for 70 percent of the women's totals and 60 percent of the the men's scores.
Monceau had the top performances in the vault (9.9 of 10) and the balance beam (9.9), and among the best in the floor exercise (9.862) and uneven bars (9.687). Miller led the floor exercise (9.9) and uneven bars (9.9) and also did well in the vault (9.825) and balance beam (9.775).
Theresa Kulikowski made the biggest move, climbing from 14th in the nationals to eighth after the compulsories, paced by the third-best performance on the balance beam (9.662). Amy Chow moved from eighth to fifth after the second-best performance on the uneven bars (9.712).
Roethlisberger began the meet almost three points ahead of Mihai Bagiu, but Bagiu closed the gap to 85.534-84.562 with strong performances in the pommel horse (9.250), horizontal bar (9.650) and vault (9.6).
