Two School make history with first program wins, Status Quo in the BIG 10, Close battles in the SEC and BIG 12 and a 10 explosion in the PAC 12. We are breaking down all the conference championships and giving you the 411 on how our Region 5 Alums did across the country. NIU made history at home and we sit down with MAC Beam Champ and NIU Sophomore Mia Lord for our Alumni Conversation.
3:18 MIC Championships (Midwest Independent Conference)
* Cami Topp MIC Floor Champ ( Kim choreographed this routine)
7:51 ECAC Championships (2 different competition/sites)
We are recapping all five state meets in Region 5. Illinois state meet was one of the most competitive meets in many years. Makarri Doggette scores big and tops all level 10’s in Region 5. Michigan and Kentucky both were tight for the team championship. Indiana vaulted and tumbled circles around their bars and beam scores. We are talking the rise of the 2 pass routines, and who can remember all those comp deductions. Also Megan Bingham , Elaina McGovern, Sierra Brooks and Payton Richards talked to the Insider about their individual state performances.
Topic Discussion
4:50 2 Pass Floor Routines at Level 10
*Are we taking the comp deductions?
*Are we a getting the 10.1 if earned?
* Are there too many comp deductions to remember?
15:55 Artistry vs the Big E Pass
* Are there so many little deductions that they just aren’t taken?
* Impressive Tumbling over shadows artistry?
23:09 Major Single Bar Release….. Special Requirement or Compositional
* Routines like Kai Rivers and Andrea LI
* Maloney Pac/Bail Routines
* Higher value to single bar release
Breaking Down the State Meets
30:16 Indiana Level 10 State
*2 Senior Age Groups…. No Juniors?
* Handspring Front Vaults
* Reasons for lower bars and beam
36:52 Ohio State Meet
* Makarri Doggette highest score for all states 39.375
* Tory Vetter- 2 pass routine, Talking composition on floor
* Gabby Van Freyen bars set
* Olivia Rapp example for two pass routine
* Mickayla Stuckey artistry on floor
Joshua Tree Skin Care (Heals Like a Rest Day) order here
50:09- Kentucky State Meet
* Increase in major releases and Yurchenko 1/1’s
* Elaina McGovern (Legacy) Senior State AA Champion- Interview (51:57)
* Megan Bingham (Champion) Junior State AA Champion- Interview (54:32)
Region 5 Insider Classic coming to Fort Wayne in March 2020 (Link to Meet Page)
* Kendall Abney- bars composition, beautiful Toe Full into maloney
* Sarah Morraw- Quiet Storm, Huge Tumbler, Consistent
* Pac out of Maloney combos are very impressive this year
* Paige Thaxton bar spreader issue Yahtzee Award Nominee
* No Alyssa Al-Ashari for regionals but Beam State Champion
* Senior B’s dominate 4+ 38’s
* Sidesomurry!!!!
* Smiling with Twistars Beam Routines
* Karlie Franz Velcro stuck Double Arabian 9.825
* Matti Waligora new floor routine could make you cry in joy!
* Best Illinois State Meet 149 Level 10 entered into state
* Triple Flight Explosion- 14 triple flights on beam
* Rhyley Pitts- Triple Flight will be entering elite after JO Session
* Faith Torrez then WHO?
* S Triple E- Skyla Schulte, Ella Cesaria, Ellie Lazzari, Erika Penamante all over 38.5
* H 2 O T- Hannah Oliveros, Haley Tyson each have a new big skill/combo
* Trump your Ace with a Q- Sierra Brooks, Andrea Li and JerQuavia Henderson
– Double Layout alert…. Andi warmed-up a Double Layout on Floor, Sierra has double layout
in her back pocket
– Sierra Brooks talk to us about graduating early and winning her first state AA title
(1:36:27)
* Richards for 4- Payton Richards wins her 4th State AA title in a row
– Power of Linda Zivat
– Payton talked to the Insider about her 4th state AA title and her bars routine (1:43:17)
Senior Saturday profile with JPAC level 10 Hadyn Crossen 2013 Level 9 Eastern National Champion and 2016 JO National Qualifier. Hadyn came to JPAC after her level 8 season and she credits her coaches for help shape her into who she is today. All her hard work and perseverance has paid off as she has earned a college scholarship at Eastern Michigan University
This weekend Michigan’s best level 10s came together in Grand Rapids Michigan to vie for the coveted Level 10 Team Title. There were 2 sessions of 10s this weekend with the 2nd session being a complete nail bitter with both Olympia and Twistars battling back and forth for the top spot, Olympia came out on top for the 2nd year in a row my the narrowest of margins 115.600 to Twistars 115.525. This was a great meet with lots of fantastic gymnastics! I cannot wait to watch these Level 10 Athletes fight it out with the rest of Region 5 for a place on the 2019 JO Nationals Dream Team.
photo: NIU Athletics
