A Strong Showing at Chatham Tumbling Meet

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The tumbling team traveled to Chatham, Illinois, for a large meet with over 700 competitors on Sunday, May 6. All competitors placed in the top ten of their flight!

 

TUMBLING TEAM MEET RESULTS
CHATHAM, ILLINOIS

Dawson Nash – 1st place, 37.80

Logan Covert – 1st place, 35.90

Dakota Bradshaw – 3rd place, 36.60

Blayde Terrill – 3rd place, 36.70

Reagan Smyser – 3rd place, 37.80

Jaden Essig – 4th place, 35.90

Rylee Mellon – 4th place, 38.20

Faith Manion – 5th place, 36.70

Alexis Mellon – 6th place, 37.40

Abbey Redd – 7th place, 34.90

Emily Lennox – 7th place, 36.30

Kadence Haskins – 8th place, 35.90

Kennady Fleet – 9th place, 35.60

All Tumblers Finish Top 3 at Monmouth Meet!

Monmouth, Illinois – Gem City’s tumbling team rocked it at their meet on Sunday, March 8. All athletes finished in the top 3! Good work, tumblers. Individual results are listed below.

TUMBLING TEAM MEET RESULTS

Maggie Schutte – 1st Place, 39.50

Dawson Nash – 1st Place, 30.50

Faith Manion – 1st Place, 37.50

Blayde Terrill – 1st Place, 35.00

Logan Covert – 1st Place, 36.70

Emily Lennox – 1st Place, 38.30

Rylee Mellon – 1st Place, 36.70

Kadence Haskins – 1st Place, 35.10

Hailey Simmons – 2nd Place, 33.20

Ava Soltwedel – 3rd Place, 33.50

Dakota Bradshaw – 3rd Place, 35.10

Abbey Redd – 3rd Place, 35.80

Alexis Mellon – 3rd Place, 34.00

Sophia Soltwedel – 3rd Place, 35.00

Strong Showing at Edwardsville Tumbling Meet

thumbs-upThe Gem City tumbling team made a strong showing at the Edwardsville YMCA “Tumble Bowl” meet on Sunday, February 2. Read below for individual results.

Meet Results

Gage Woolen – 1st Place

Logan Covert – 1st Place

Maurice Silas – 1st Place

Maggie Schutte – 3rd Place

Kadence Haskins – 4th Place

Emily Lennox – 4th Place

Kobi Cookson – 4th Place

Claire Bartley – 4th Place

Ashley Leonard – 5th Place

Faith Manion – 6th Place

Hailey Simons – 6th Place

Abbey Redd – 7th Place

Reagan Smyser – 8th Place

Tumbling Team Competes in First Meet of the Year

This past weekend Gem City’s tumbling team had its first meet of the year in Woodhull, Illinois. We’re very proud of each competitor! Keep up the good work.
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Results for WOODHULL, ILLINOIS
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2013
Rylee Mellon – 1st
Claire Bartley – 1st
Gage Woolen – 1st
Logan Covert – 1st
Maurice Silas – 1st
Abbey Redd – 2nd
Alexis Mellon – 4th
Reagan Smyser – 5th
Ashley Leonard – 6th
Audrey Kaufman – 7th
Kadence Haskins – 8th

Tumbling Team Competes at USTA Southern Illinois State

great jobGem City’s tumbling team competed this past Sunday at the USTA Southern Illinois State competition in Highland,Illinois.

This is our biggest tumbling meet of the season with over 900 athletes competing! Our downstate competitors performed well with nearly all qualifying for USTA nationals. Athletes must place 10th or higher to qualify. Find out about individual athlete placement below.

USTA Souther Illinois State Results:

1st – Maggie Schutte, Sub-advanced girls ages 13-14

2nd – Dawson Nash, Advanced boys all ages

3rd – Mick Bramlett, Advanced boys all ages

3rd – Brianna Barnes, Novice girls age 12

6th – Bella Soltwedel, Sub-novice girls ages 13-14

6th – Audrey Kaufman, Novice girls age 10

6th – Reagan Smyser, Sub-novice girls age 10

10th – Emily Lennox, Novice girls age 7

11th – Abbey Redd, sub-novice girls age 7

19th – Jaden Essig, sub-novice girls age 10

28th – Sierra Nash, intermediate girls ages 11-12


Don’t know what this tumbling team thing is? Read more about Gem City’s tumbling team here.

WGEM Films Athlete Profiles

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WGEM filmed athlete profiles in preparation for the AAU Illinois State Tumbling Champion, which Gem City will host this May. It will be the second time our gym and the Quincy community hosted the state competition. The athlete profiles will air in the spring as the date of the competition approaches.2013-AAU-State

Gem City Competes at Huge Edwardsville Tumbling Meet

On February 9th and 10th Gem City competed at the Tumbling & Trampoline Winter Circus meet. It was hosted by the YMCA of Edwardsville. It was a great meet that ran ahead of schedule. We really loved this. This was especially impressive considering over 900 athletes competed! Needless to say the competition was fierce, but we fared well.

Scroll dow to read the results. Oh! As an added bonus you’ll find a video of one of Mick Bramlett’s passes below! Enjoy.

Results Tumbling & Trampoline Winter Circus meet 
Maggie Schutte: 4th – 38.8
Ryan McElroy: 2nd – 24.1
Abbey Redd: 3rd – 37.0
Leslie Dhom: 1st – 37.5
Carey Rodas: 5th – 35.6
Kobi Cookson: 7th – 34.7
Jaden Essig: 6th – 36.0
Reagan Smyser: 1st – 37.6
Bella Soltwedel: 6th – 35.4
Emily Lennox: 8th – 33.0
Mick Bramlett: 1st – 35.8
Kadence Haskins: 4th – 35.2
Olivia Brown: 6th – 35.8
Shelby Turgeon: 7th – 33.6
Kennady Fleer: 5th – 32.5
Katelyn Nelson: 8th – 35.6

A Strong Showing at Champaign, IL Meet

Top Star Training Center hosted the meet in Champaign, Illinois.

This past Sunday, January 13, the Gem City tumbling team competed at large invitational meet in Champaign, Illinois. 

Our Gem City athletes did great! This meet is one of the biggest meets of the season with over 700 competitors in attendance and many other strong tumbling programs represented. Needless to say, we’re proud of their performance.

Please read the results below to find out how individual athletes placed.

Double Mini 

Name Level Score Place
Dawson Nash Sub Advanced 57.30 1st Place
Zachary Naughton Sub Advanced 55.30 1st Place
Mick Bramlett Sub Advanced 56.00 3rd Place
Olivia Brown Novice 34.80 7th Place

Tumbling

Name Level Score Place
Reagan Smyser Sub Novice 37.00 1st Place
Brianna Barnes Novice 36.60 1st Place
Zachary Naughton Sub Advanced 1st Place
Dawson Nash Advanced 35.90 1st Place
Mick Bramlett Advanced 33.70 2nd Place
Maggie Schutte Sub Advanced 37.90 2nd Place
Audrey Kaufman Novice 33.00 2nd Place
Emily Lennox Novice 31.40 2nd Place
Isabella Soltwedel Sub Novice 36.60 2nd Place
Madelyn Frericks Sub Novice 36.80 2nd Place
Abbey Redd Sub Novice 36.90 2nd Place
Sierra Nash Intermediate 35.00 5th Place
Ashley Leonard Novice 32.90 7th Place
Olivia Brown Sub Novice 34.40 7th Place

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