Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te timatanga o te tau i tohua a Thomas ki te whakataetae i te Tokyo World Cup, i reira i wikitoria ai ia i te hiriwa i muri i a Mai Murakami o Hapani. I te Paenga-whawha i kii ia i tana pono ki te Whare Waananga o Florida me to raatau roopu whakapakari tinana. I te marama o Akuhata i whakataetae a Thomas i te
Ko te 2018 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships i te wa e tu ana ia i te tuawaru i te katoa-a tawhio noa, te tuawha i runga i nga paepae, me te tuaono i runga i te poutū me te papa, a i whakaingoatia ano ia ki te tiima a motu matua. I te Akuhata 20, 2018 i whakaingoatia a Thomas ki te kapa ki te whakataetae i te Pan American Championships i te taha o Grace McCallum, Jade Carey, Kara Eaker, me Shilese Jones. I reira i wikitoria ia i te koura i te mutunga o te roopu me te hiriwa i te katoa-a tawhio noa me nga pae kore. I karangatia a Thomas ki te haere ki te puni Whiriwhiri Rōpū o te Ao engari kaore i whakaae.