The competitive season for our optional team levels 7-10 has officially come to a close.  Our season finished on a very positive note and we are now looking forward to continuing our success into our summer training and into next season.  We are so proud of all our girls and can’t wait for what the future holds. 

Here are a few spotlights to the finish of our season.  We graduated 3 seniors from our level 9/10 team.  Katie Ch, Julie C, and Alayna E.  Katie and Julie finished out the season and have decided to pursue other interests.  Alayna will be continuing her gymnastics career with Northern Illinois.  We wish all three girls the best as they pursue their goals in college.  Their presence in the gym will be missed.  Also, first year level 9 Traci P qualified and competed in her first regional competition.  Congrats to Traci! 

Level 8s Katie Bliss and Courtney Nuckols both had great state meets qualifying them onto regionals!  Courtney, who has not competed in a couple years because of injuries, handled the pressure of level 8 beautifully.  I know there are great things in store for her.  Katie B had the season of a lifetime, winning all the regular meets we attended.  At state, she stumbled a bit, but walked away with the State bars title and qualified to compete on Ohio’s state team at regionals.  Not only did Katie accomplish her best all around score of the season at regionals, it was also good enough to crown her as Region 5’s all around champion!!  Congrats to Katie on her amazing season! 

Our level 7 team had an also amazing season, capped off with a 6th place team finish at state and 2 individual state champions.  Makenzie G is a state champion on the balance beam, and Amanda T won vault and the all around titles.  All the girls achieved personal bests, and had a fantastic year.  We are so excited to see how they develop further into optional gymnasts. 

The compulsory teams will finish up this weekend with the level 4 / 5 State meet.  Good luck to all the girls and check back for an update on our compulsory programs!