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She finished ninth in the all-around, and qualified for the Junior National Championships.
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Madison Desch
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She trains at the Great American Gymnastics Express club in Blue Springs, Missouri alongside Brenna Dowell. 2011
Desch"s elite debut was at the 2011 CoverGirl Classic. She tied for third on vault and placed eighth on balance beam.
At the 2011 Junior Visa Championships, Desch placed tied for seventh on vault, nineteenth on bars, seventeenth on beam, and fifth on floor exercise.
She was added to the Junior National Team. 2012
At the start of the year, Desch competed at the City of Jesolo competition with teammates Katelyn Ohashi, Bailie Key, Lexie Priessman, and Amelia Hundley.
At the United States. Secret Classic, she placed 2nd in the all-around behind Simone Biles. At the Visa National Championships, Desch placed second in the all-around behind Lexie Priessman.
2013
Desch"s senior debut was at the Secret United States Classic.
She only competed on balance beam, where she placed sixth. At the P&G National Championships, she placed ninth in the all-around and fourth on floor exercise. However, she was not added back to the National team until the November training camp.
2014
At the City of Jesolo Trophy, she contributed to the United States of America"s gold medal finish, and placed eighth in the all-around.
Desch competed two events at the 2014 Secret United States. Classic, finishing 13th. In August and September, Desch competed at the Pan American Championships in Mississauga, Canada.
She helped the American team place first in the team competition. Individually, she placed fifth in the all-around competition with a score of 54.900.
Desch was selected to compete at the 2014 World Championships in Nanning, China, but she was later named the alternate.
2015
Desch competed at the 2015 City of Jesolo Trophy for the United States. National team On April 10, 2015, Desch announced that she is committed to the University of Alabama and their gymnastics team to do collegiate gymnastics. On August 13, Desch competed at the P&G Championships where she competed on 3 events (not vault).
She started on bars and had trouble on her stadler full pirouette and struggled to stay in handstand and fell over the wrong way and she fell.
She dismounted with a tucked full-in and came awfully close to the high Barometer She scored a 13.100. She had a sub-par beam routine and scored a 13.850.
On floor, she downgraded her routine since the Pan Am Games and had trouble on her landings, especially on her double tuck dismount and scored a 13.500. She withdrew from the remainder of the competition because of a back injury.
However, Desch was invited to the Worlds training camp at the Karolyi Ranch.
On November 11, 2015, she signed the National Letter of Intent to the University of Alabama.
