Riley Mccusker Biography, Age, Floor, Gymnastics, Awards And Instagram.
Mia Horton
Published Feb 27, 2026
Riley Mccusker Biography
Riley McCusker is an American artistic gymnast and a three-time member of the United States women’s national gymnastics team between 2016-2019. She is a two-time U.S. national all-around bronze medalist (2017, 2018) and the 2017 U.S. national uneven bars champion.
Riley Mccusker Age
Riley McCusker was born on July 9, 2001, on Monday in the united states. Her birth sign is cancer. She is 18 years of age as of 2019.
Riley McCusker Family
Her parent’s name’s are Tom and Jessica McCusker. Her sibling’s names are Owen, Erin, and Jamison McCusker.
Riley McCusker Education
She went to home school High school and graduated in 2019. Then She graduated in theUniversity of Florida.
Riley McCusker Junior Career
In 2014 Mccusker moved to level 10 at the age of 14. At the time she was training at Dynamic Gymnastics in Mohegan Lake, New York under the Watch of Teodora Ungureanu. At the New York State Championships, she won the all-around title for the Junior A division.
Also, she as well won as titles on bars, beam, and floor. Two weeks later she participated in the 2014 Region 6 Championships. This is where she won the all-around and vault title for the Junior A division. She consequently qualified for the 2014 J.O. Nationals. At Nationals, held in Jackson, Mississippi, McCusker finished 30th in the all-around.
Riley McCusker height and weight
Her height and weight are unknown.
Riley McCusker floor music
“This is Halloween” from The Nightmare Before Christmas (as covered by the Vitamin String Quartet)
How tall is Riley McCusker gymnastics
McCusker moved up to Level 10 in gymnastics.
Riley McCusker Career
In 2015, McCusker left her training base near her home in Connecticut to work with Haney. She had seen the success of Haney’s two protégés – Hernandez and Jazzy Foberg – and wanted a piece of the action. Hernandez went on to win team gold and balance beam silver at Rio 2016 while Foberg, a surprise U.S. junior champion in 2014, is currently a stand-out gymnast at the University of Florida. The move, however, did not come without sacrifice.
McCusker lived away from her family, staying with a host family near MG Elite for a year. But the chance to train with Haney was worth it Riley even commented on that that “It’s been amazing – she’s the best coach in the world.”- Riley McCusker on Maggie Haney.
“I just have so much respect for her. We all have our personal relationship with her, and I think that’s really special.”
McCusker traveled back to Connecticut on weekends before her family relocated to New Jersey in November 2016. The move came after some impressive results in a short time, with McCusker not even considered an elite gymnast before hooking up with Haney. In June 2016, McCusker finished second in the junior elite all-around at the U.S. nationals in St. Louis. That marked her out as one to watch in the year after the Olympics when the stars of Rio stepped away.
Riley McCusker Seniors
McCusker made her senior international debut in early 2017 at the American Cup, representing the United States along with the 2016 Olympic alternate Ragan Smith. The competition, held near her new homes in New Jersey, was to be her coming-out party, a chance to show the world that Haney had another budding champion.
But the occasion got to her, and mistakes on the uneven bars and balance beam dropped her down the standings before she finished strongly on the floor. Haney said, “She had never competed internationally. The focus was really on learning how to compete and how to prepare for competition, and, then, handle competitions.
Riley McCusker Awards
McCusker certainly looked ready at the end of July, beating 2017 all-around world champion Morgan Hurd to take second in the all-around at the U.S. Classic. Only the great Simone Biles finished ahead of her in Columbus, Ohio.
The 17-year-old won the uneven bars and was runner-up to Biles in the balance beam. As good as they were, the results were not the focus.McCusker just wanted to get back into competition after almost a full year away, focus on her technique and see what happened.
Needless to say, Haney was happy with the result but said it was no surprise to her as she has always believed that McCusker has what it takes to be one of the top gymnasts in the United States. The bigger challenge in 2018 has been reassuring McCusker that their hard work will not go to waste as uncertainty grips USA Gymnastics following the Larry Nassar scandal.
“I just try to tell her that USA Gymnastics is going to put a team out at Worlds, and they’re going to put a team out at the Olympics. That’s definitely going to happen,” Haney said.”There’s going to be a governing body that wants our best athletes to compete at Worlds and to compete at the Olympics.”And a year after injury denied McCusker a first tilt at glory on the world stage, she is ready to take another step toward that goal at this week’s national championships in Boston.McCusker is the defending champion in the uneven bars and was second in the balance beam and third in the all-around 12 months ago.
Riley Mccusker Social Media
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