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2018 Battle of Champions

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Kim Dowis
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This past weekend Region 5 Insider traveled to Toledo, Ohio for the Battle of Champions Invitational hosted by Pam Halker. Pam along with Meet Integrity and Midwest Gym Supply put on a terrific event once again for over 1200 kids. R5 Insider was on hand for the Level 9/10 session saturday night. Teams competing were Gym World, Gym X-Treme, GTC, Hunts Gymnastics, and Queen City with smaller groups like Gem City, All-Around Gymnastics, Next Level, American, Phoenix, Gym Nation and Youngstown rounding out the competition.




Results below are from Saturdays Level 10 competition.
Full Results  Level 10:  Age Group A  |  Age Group B  | Age Group C | Team
Level 9(Session 7B):   Age Group A | Age Group B | Age Group C | Age Group D | Team
Level 9 (Session 8B)   Age Group A | Age Group B

Level 10

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Age Group A

Vault

  1. Gianna Gerdes, Gym X-Treme 9.675 Video
  2. Naomi German, GTC 9.450 (T)
  3. Amelia Knotts, GTC 9.450 (T)

Bars

  1. Kathryn Luers, Queen City 9.175 Video
  2. Gianna Gerdes, Gym X-Treme 9.100 Video
  3. Kennedy Weinpert, All-Around 9.025

Beam

  1. Naomi German, GTC 9.475 Video
  2. Gianna Gerdes, Gym X-Treme 9.450 (T) Video
  3. Kathryn Luers, Queen City 9.450 (T) Video

Floor

  1. Naomi German, GTC 9.425 Video
  2. Gianna Gerdes, Gym X-Treme 9.375 (T) Video
  3. Amelia Knotts, GTC 9.375 (T) Video

All-Around

  1. Gianna Gerdes, Gym X-Treme 37.600
  2. Naomi German, GTC 37.000
  3. Kennedy Weinpert, All-Around 36.350

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Age Group B

Vault

  1. Molly Parris, Gym World 9.475 Video
  2. Annabelle Holiday, GTC 9.400
  3. Alex Skocic, Gym World 9.375

Bars

  1. Izzabel Geig, Gym World 9.125
  2. Molly Parris, Gym World 9.075
  3. Alex Skocic, Gym World

Beam

  1. Arianna Mamelka, Hunts 9.600
  2. Maya McRae, GTC 9.575
  3. Annabelle Holiday, GTC 9.425

Floor

  1. Molly Parris, Gym World 9.325 Video
  2. Annabelle Holiday, GTC 9.250 Video
  3. Izzabel Geig, Gym World 9.100 Video

All-Around

  1. Molly Parris, Gym World 36.950
  2. Izzabel Geig, Gym World 36.700
  3. Alex Skocic, Gym World 35.825

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Age Group C

Vault

  1. Olivia Amodei, Hunts 9.800
  2. Samantha Sworst, GTC 9.650 (T) Video
  3. Stefanie Schweikert, Queen City 9.650 (T) Video

Bars

  1. Avery Stoll, Gym X-Treme 9.350
  2. Caitlin Banick, Gym X-Treme 9.275 Video
  3. Samantha Sworst, GTC 9.00

Beam

  1. Anna Haigis, Queen City 9.625
  2. Caitlin Banick, Gym X-Treme 9.400
  3. Abby Carpenter, GTC 9.300

Floor

  1. Abby Carpenter, GTC 9.400 Video
  2. Anna Haigis, Queen City 9.350 Video
  3. Olivia Amodei, Hunts 9.250

All-Around

  1. Anna Haigis, Queen City 37.275
  2. Caitlin Banick, Gym X-Treme 36.875
  3. Abby Carpenter, GTC 36.625

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Team

1. Gym X-Treme 111.525

2. GTC 111.425

3. Gym World 110.725

 

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20 Questions with GAR’s Reese Samuelson

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Kim Dowis
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Our next 20 questions athlete is Gymnastics Academy of Rockford’s Reese Samuelson. Reese is a young athlete with big skills, pretty lines and beautiful presentation. Reese, who has competed at the JO Nationals, is now testing the waters at the Elite Level. Let get to know Reese a little better as she embarks on the new competition season. I cannot wait to see what the future holds for this talented young athlete. 




How did you get into gymnastics? How old were you? My mom had done gymnastics as a girl, so she had me tested for Hot Shots, which was invite only at Rockford and I qualified. I was 5 years old.

What is your favorite event? My favorite event is bars (watch Reese bar routine from the gymnasts perspective)

Favorite Skill to train/compete? My Favorite skill to train is a Full In on floor and my favorite skill to compete is my Flip Lay Lay on beam.

Dream Skill? The “Samuelson” working on inventing it and also the Amanar vault.

What is your favorite part of gymnastics? Flipping through the air and defying gravity.

What college do you plan on attending? Undecided, just turned 13.

What is your favorite meet to compete at? St. Jude gymnastic meet hosted by Gymnasti Gymnastics Why? Because it is a great cause and it was near and dear to my heart, having a teammate that had leukemia, who overcame the disease with help from St. Jude.

Biggest accomplishment in gymnastics so far? Winning 2016 Level 10 Regionals and making it to 2016 Level 10 Nationals and Hopes Championships in 2015.

Who do you most admire in the sport of gymnastics? Ashton Locklear for her beautiful bars and being a really nice person to me when I met her in North Carolina at a meet and then later having dinner with her.

What is your favorite Region 5 Insider Feature or Series? R5 All Access

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What is your go to playlist or song before meets? The Rock of Ages soundtrack or Guardians of the Galaxy soundtrack

3 Things you could not live without? Food(Dessert), Books(Rick Riordan, JRR Tolkien, and Tui T. Sutherland) and a phone (which my parents won’t let me have yet)

If you could be any animal, what animal would you be and why? I would be a horse, because they are my favorite animals and I have two at home.

5 Most Important or Must have Items in your gym bag? Grips, snacks, water, an extra leo and lots of tiger balm.




Do you have any pre-meet rituals or superstitions? I eat pasta for dinner the night before meets.

What do you like to do outside of Gymnastics? Build Architectural Legos, play with my dog, Zuko, bake and visit my friends.

Most embarrassing meet moment or gymnastics moment? So excited after landing my Piked Yerchenko for the first time in a meet at Level 8 Regionals, that I hugged my coach before remembering to salute the judges.

If you weren’t a gymnast, what sport would you do or try? Track and Volleyball

Which athletes (any sport) do you respect the most and why? Oksana Chusovitina. Because she has been to 7 Olympics. She continues to try new skills at 42 years old. She’s an inspiration and that there can be longevity in the sport.

What is the most valuable piece of advice or wisdom your coach has given you? Trust the process, use your words, and keep calm. Positive and patient.

 

Bonus Question:   Tell me something interesting about yourself….  I was born with a broken collarbone and I like music from the 70’s & 80’s.

Best of…. 2018 Twistars Invite

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Jason MacDonald
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Highlights from the Level 10 sessions at the 2018 Twistars Gymnastics Invitational

Region 5 Insider’s Best of 2017 Highlights

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Jason MacDonald
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Here is a look back some of the stand out moments from Region 5 in 2017. Region 5 was very successful with the Nastia Cup champion, 4 JO Individual AA Champions, 2 JO National Team Champions, 9 JO National Team Members, 6 Elites qualifying to the P&G Championships, 2 Elite National Team Members.

**Nastia Cup and PG Championships videos courtesy of USA Gymnastics**

2018 Twistars Invite Meet Coverage

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Kim Dowis
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This past weekend some of Region 5’s best gathered in Diamondale, Michigan for the first meet of 2018. Twistars has hosted this January Invitational for over 20 years and many have made a tradition out of attending this fantastic event. As usual there were so many level 10 teams that the session had to be split into two. The first Level 10 Session featured Gym America, Michigan Elite Gymnastics Academy (MEGA), Branch Gymnastics, Midland Gymnastics, Gym Kinetics and Above the Barre. The second Level 10 Session of the night included some hard hitting teams Cincinnati Gymnastics (CGA), Jaycie Phelps Athletic Center (JPAC), Bay Valley Academy, GymQuarters, Future Gymnastics, Splitz, Xquisite (PA) and the home team Twistars USA.  This meet as usual did not disappoint, it was a great start to the 2018 Gymnastics Season and the road to Nationals!




Below you can find results of the top finishers from both Level 10 Sessions.
Full Results click here

Session 1

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Level 10 A

Vault

  1. Sidney Washington, Gym America 9.700 Video
  2. Halle Faulkner, Gym America 9.450 Video
  3. Lily Clapper, Gym America 9.400 Video

Bars

  1. Sidney Washington, Gym America
  2. Lily Clapper, Gym America
  3. Halle Faulkner, Gym America

Beam

  1. Sidney Washington, Gym America 9.500 Video
  2. Kaia Tanskanen, MEGA 9.450 Video
  3. Lily Clapper, Gym America 9.075 Video

Floor

  1. Kaia Tanskanen, MEGA 9.325 Video
  2. Sidney Washington, Gym America 9.275 Video
  3. Anna Grace McCullough, Branch Gymnastics 9.175

All-Around

  1. Sidney Washington, Gym America 36.50
  2. Lily Clapper, Gym America 35.075
  3. Kaia Tanskanen, MEGA

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Level 10 B

Vault

  1. Leah Clapper, Gym America 9.800 Video
  2. Madeleline Grobmeier, Gym Kinetics 9.450 Video
  3. Rylie Johnstone, Midland Gymnastics 9.200 Video

Bars

  1. Leah Clapper, Gym America 9.300 Video
  2. Madeleine Grobmeier, Gym Kinetics 9.025 Video
  3. Corey Melcher, Gym America 8.80

Beam

  1. Leah Clapper, Gym America 9.700 Video
  2. Emily Carless, Branch Gymnastics 9.525 Video
  3. Madeleine Grobmeier, Gym Kinetics 9.175 Video

Floor

  1. Leah Clapper, Gym America 9.475 Video
  2. Rylie Johnstone, Midland Gymnastics 9.150 Video
  3. Madeleine Grobmeier, Gym Kinetics

All-Around

  1. Leah Clapper, Gym America 38.275
  2. Madeleine Grobmeier, Gym Kinetics 36.100
  3. Rylie Johnstone, Midland Gymnastics

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Session 2

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Level 10 A

Vault

  1. Jacey Vore, JPAC 9.600
  2. Alyssa Al-Ashari, Twistars USA 9.525 Video
  3. Mila Brusch, CGA 9.375

Bars

  1. Marguerite (Maggie) Mace, CGA 9.475 Video
  2. Alexia (Lexi) Xiromeritis, Twistars USA 9.425 Video
  3. Victoria (Tori) Ferguson, JPAC 9.250 Video

Beam

  1. Alyssa Al-Ashari, Twistars USA 9.600 (T) Video
  2. Kendall Abney, Twistars USA 9.600 (T)
  3. Jacey Vore, JPAC 9.400

Floor

  1. Alexia (Lexi) Xiromeritis, Twistars USA 9.500
  2. Victoria (Tori) Ferguson, JPAC 9.375
  3. Jacey Vore, JPAC 9.325

All-Around

  1. Victoria (Tori) Ferguson, JPAC 36.875
  2. Alexia (Lexi) Xiromeritis, Twistars USA 36.850
  3. Jacey Vore, JPAC 36.775

 

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Level 10 B

Vault

  1. Aria Brusch, CGA 9.775
  2. Cassidy O’Neill, CGA 9.650
  3. Emily Cyphers, Xquisite (PA) 9.600

Bars

  1. Delanie Harkness, Twistars USA 9.550 Video
  2. Aria Brusch, CGA 9.475 (T) Video
  3. Mickayla Stuckey, CGA 9.475 (T) Video

Beam

  1. Mickayla Stuckey, CGA 9.700
  2. Aria Brusch, CGA 9.675 Video
  3. Hannah Nam, CGA 9.650

Floor

  1. Aria Brusch, CGA 9.500
  2. Makenna Clarke, JPAC 9.475 Video
  3. Hannah Nam, CGA 9.350 (T)
  4. Hannah DeMers, Splitz 9.350 (T) Video

All-Around

  1. Aria Brusch, CGA 38.425
  2. Hannah Nam, CGA 37.750
  3. Mickayla Stuckey, CGA 37.225

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Level 10 C

Vault

  1. Kai Rivers, Twistars USA 9.825 Video
  2. Jori Jackard, Twistars USA 9.675 Video
  3. Asia Rose DuVernay, Twistars USA 9.625

Bars

  1. Kai Rivers, Twistars USA 9.750 Video
  2. Sarah Hargrove, Twistars USA 9.500 (T) Video
  3. Jori Jackard, Twistars USA 9.500 (T) Video

Beam

  1. Kai Rivers, Twistars USA 9.450 Video
  2. Brianna Sting, Bay Valley Academy 9.425
  3. Anna Mariacher, JPAC 9.375

Floor

  1. Kai Rivers, Twistars USA 9.750 Video
  2. Asia Rose DuVernay, Twistars USA 9.500
  3. Brianna Sting, Bay Valley Academy 9.400 Video

All-Around

  1. Kai Rivers, Twistars USA 38.775
  2. Asia Rose DuVernay, Twistars USA 37.275
  3. Natalie Hamp, Twistars USA 37.250

 

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Level 10 Team


Twistars USA 115.325


Cincinnati Gymnastics 114.500


Jaycie Phelps Athletic Center 112.425

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Check out our photo gallery from the Level 10 sessions of the 2018 Twistars Invitational

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