Giving back to your community is important! We held a Giving Tuesday donation challenge with our team athletes and coaches. We encouraged our athletes to donate $1 to $5 to a cause they cared about and Gem City matched each dollar up to $5 for each athlete’s donation.
Gem City’s gymnastics team had a strong showing in Lake Barrington, Illinois, for the 20th Annual Ultimate Wish Gymnastics Classic on December 6-8, 2019.
The Gem City gymnastics team kicked off its first meet of the season with a first place finish for the Level 3 Team and some amazing individual performances at the Paul Hamm Thanksgiving Classic in St. Charles, Illinois.
There’s been much enthusiasm for Gem City’s Adaptive Gymnastics class for athletes with special needs. Based on feedback, we are now making it only a weekly commitment for $12 each class. No long-term commitment or membership fee!
Ava Winking, a soon-to-be freshman at Quincy High School, is the winner of our Good Grades Quarterly Drawing for the fourth quarter of the 2018-2019 school year! We’re always excited by the opportunity to share in our athlete’s success at school with our Good Grades Quarterly Drawing.
Bree Barnes will graduate from Quincy Senior High School this year. She is the daughter of Brian and Cinda Barnes and a part of the Gem City family for almost 12 years. She was on gymnastics team, tumbling team, and just this past year on the Gem City All-Star squad. In 2012, Bree qualified and competed in the AAU Junior Olympics.
Gem City Athletes competed at the 2019 Level 7 and Level 8 Region 5 Championships in Bourbonnais, Illinois, to close out the competitive season. We are so thankful and proud of our athletes hard work this season.
Riley Brown, Level 8 gymnast, competes at the 2019 Region 5 Championships in Bourbonnais, Illinois, this weekend. She will represent both Gem City gymnast and the DREAM TEAM for the State of Illinois!
Ava Winking earned her best All-Around score of the season at the USAG 2019 Region 5 Championships in Battle Creek, Michigan, this weekend. She finished in 13th place in the All-Around.
Gem City athletes Riley Brown (Level 8), Ayanna Douglas (Level 7), and Anna Venvertloh (Level 7) competed at the USAG State Championship in Dekalb, Illinois.
Brown came a Bars State Champion with a score of 9.675. Douglas earned 2nd Place on Vault, and both Douglas and Venvertloh earned their season high score for All-Around. All three athletes solidified spots to move forward to Regional on April 26-28 in Bourbonnais, Illinois.