PHOENIX (AP) — Skye Blakely’s return to the all-around competition at the elite level got off to a fabulous start. The 21-year-old posted a total of 55.600 to tie Claire Pease atop the leaderboard during the opening night of the U.S. women’s gymnastics championships on Friday. Pease, who won the 2025 U.S. Classic last summer, is even with Blakely after four solid and occasionally spectacular rotations. Hezly Rivera, the defending national champion and a 2024 Olympic gold medalist, is fourth. Two-time Olympic gold medalist Jade Carey, competing in her hometown while beginning her bid for a third Olympics in two years in Los Angeles, is fifth.