Austin, Texas -- In a battle between past and present national gymnastics champions, Dominique Moceanu edged Shannon Miller on Saturday night for the top qualifying spot in the World Team Trials.
Moceanu, the current champion, and 1993 winner Miller will be joined by 1994 champion Dominique Dawes, Jaycie Phelps, Kerri Strug, Amy Chow and Doni Thompson on the U.S. team for the World Championships in Japan on Oct. 1-10.
U.S. champion John Roethlisberger led the men's competition and will be joined by Blaine Wilson, Mihai Bagiu, Kip Simons, Jair Lynch and Josh Stein. John Macready and Brian Yee will compete for the final spot and the alternate position.
Roethlisberger, who won the national meet in New Orleans, led the horizontal bar competition in Saturday's optionals with a 9.8 and was among the best in the pommel horse (9.5) and still rings (9.5).
Wilson, the second-highest qualifier, had the top score on the rings (9.6) and a strong performance on the horizontal bar (9.7) to move past Bagiu.
The scores from the meet counted for 60 percent of the qualifying total, with the other 40 percent determined in the national meet. For the women, the meet counted 70 percent and the nationals 30 percent.
Moceanu had the highest score in any event with a 9.962 on the vault. She had a 9.95 in the floor exercise moments after Miller scored a 9.9. Miller had the top score in the balance beam (9.912) and shared the best score on the uneven bars (9.837).
Katie Teft, carried from the floor by stretcher after she landed on her neck while warming up for the vault, was released from Brackenridge Hospital on Saturday night after X-rays showed no significant injuries.