Gem City is excited to offer skill clinics this October and November! Skill clinics are one-hour group sessions focusing on a specific skill or set of skills for just $15 for each clinic.
Clinics are a great setting for learning because of the singular focus on technique and the variety of coaching voices that get to be heard. It’s not uncommon for athletes to pick up skills they’ve been working on just because a new face is working with them.
We’re getting excited for the 2015 Illinois AAU Trampoline & Tumbling State Championships! We’ll be hosting it in Quincy, Illinois, on Saturday, May 16, 2015 at the Oakley-Lindsay Civic Center. We hope to see you there!
Congrats to the Gem City Tumbling Team on a great competition in Arthur, Illinois. It was the biggest competition of the season so far with around 800 athletes in attendance. The Gymnastics Team competed in Cincinnati, Ohio, with two athletes.
Tumbling Team Results:
Rylee Mellon SubAdv 1st
Hailey Simons Int 1st
Abigail Phillips SubNov 1st
John Bohnenbust SubNov 1st
Blayde Terrill Nov 2nd
Lydia Schrand SubAdv 3rd
Logan Covert Nov 3rd
Ashley Leonard SubAdv 5th
Hayden Frankel SubNov 5th
Emily Lennox Int 6th
Kadence Haskins Int 7th
Lanie Privett SubNov 9th
Gymnastics Team Results, Individual:
Haley Woodyard, 1st All-Around Level 4
Ava Winking, 2nd All-Around Level 4
The Gem City staff is rested, energized, and ready for the new session. The spring session begins today, Monday, December 29.
Registration is open too, so call to reserve your spot today! (217)224-8491
It was a full weekend of competition for our gymnastics team in Bloomington!
December has been a huge month for Gem City! Check out how well our tumbling and gymnastics performed below.
Tumbling Team:
December 7 in Canton, Illinois – 30th Annual Christmas Classic
Kobi Cookson Int 1st
John Bohenbust SubNov 1st
Blayde Terrill Nov 2nd
Gage Woolen Int 2nd
Lauren Cornwell SubNov 2nd
Hayden Frankel SubNov 4th
Gymnastics Team:
Decmeber 6 & Sunday, December 7 in Bloomington, Illinois – Horton Invitational
Level 3 and 4 both got 2nd Place Team Awards
December 13-14 in Indianapolis
Level 3-4th place team
Level 4-1st place team
Our tumbling team performed well in St. Louis this last week with all top five placements! Congrats Gem City Tumblers!
Ashley Leonard, Sub-Advanced: 2nd
Rylee Mellon, Sub-Advanced: 1st
Reagan Smyser, Intermediate: 2nd
Gage Woolen, Intermediate: 2nd
Maurice Silas, Intermediate: 3rd
Logan Covert, Novice: 1st
Blayde Terrill, Novice: 2nd
Abigail Phillips, Sub-Novice: 4th
John Bohnenbust, Sub-Novice: 1st
Lanie Privett, Sub-Novice: 3rd
Emily Lennox, Intermediate: 5th
Kadence Haskins, Intermediate: 3rd
Tumbling team started the 2014-2015 meet season off big in Woodhull, Illinois on October 19. Congrats to the our athletes.
Woodhull, Illinois Meet Results
Sunday, October 19
Rylee Mellon – 1st Place, 40.30
Logan Covert – 1st Place, 34.10
Blayde Terrill – 2nd Place, 31.80
Abbey Redd – 3rd Place, 37.60
Kadence Haskins – 5th Place, 36.30
Lauren Cornwell – 6th Place, 37.40
Lanie Privett – 8th Place, 35.90
Reagan Smyser – 9th Place, 24.20
Several Gem City athletes competed this week at the AAU Junior Olympic Games in Des Moines, Iowa. All athletes performed great! Some particular highlights were the gold medal finishes by Maggie Schutte and Gage Woolen as well as the silver medal finishes by Maurice Silas and Emily Lennox.
2014 AAU Junior Olympics Results
DES MOINES, IOWA JULY 23-27, 2014
Maggie Schutte – Gold Medal, Advanced
Gage Woolen – Gold Medal, Sub-Novice
Maurice Silas – Silver Medal, Novice
Emily Lennox – Silver Medal, Novice
Brianna Barnes – 8th Place, Intermediate
Kadence Haskins – 10th Place, Intermediate
Reagan Smyser – 10th Place, Intermediate
Hailey Simons – 20th Place, Intermediate
Gem City has several athletes competing this week at the AAU Junior Olympic Games in Des Moines, Iowa.
Maurice Silas and Emily Lennox competed yesterday. Both finished in 2nd place and advanced to finals today. It’s a great start for Gem City Tumblers!
We’re getting back into the swing of things after a brief summer break.
Summer classes are now in session and we’re pumped! This is a great time of year for kids unfamiliar with gymnastics and tumbling to give it try! Summer is also a time that’s pivotal for established gymnasts and tumblers to learn new skills and routines.
Before we took our brief summer break, Gem City hosted the AAU Illinois State Trampoline & Tumbling Championship. It was a great time and our kids did an awesome job! We want to say a big Thank You to all the athletes, gyms, volunteers, and employees for making the meet a big success! We are now looking forward to the AAU Junior Olympic Games in Des Moines, Iowa, in July! Below you can find individual placements and scores.
Maggie Schutte – 1st Place, 41.00
Gage Woolen – 1st Place, 36.80
Dakota Bradshaw – 1st Place, 36.50
Maurice Silas – 1st Place, 33.70
Emily Lennox – 2nd Place, 36.20
Rylee Mellon – 3rd Place, 37.20
Alexis Mellon – 4th Place, 35.60
Abbey Redd – 4th Place, 34.80
Kennady Fleer – 5th Place, 36.30
Reagan Smyser – 5th Place, 36.00
Blayde Terrill – 5th Place 34.30
Kadence Haskins – 6th Place, 34.80
Jaden Essig – 7th Place, 33.60
Ashley Leonard – 8th Place, 35.30
Brianna Barnes – 8th Place, 34.80
Kobi Cookson – 9th Place, 34.60
Faith Manion – 10th Place, 36.20
Sophie Soltwedel – 10th Place, 34.20
Hailey Simons – 11th Place, 34.10