Meet the 2017 Dream Team | Region 5 Senior D’s
Jenna Swartzentruber, Buckeye
Bridget Killian, Legacy Elite
Wesley Stephenson, Legacy Elite
Abigail Matthews, Cincinnati
Ashley Hofelich, Oakland
Aleah Leman, Energym
Nicole Borkowski, New Heights
Kara Roberts, Splitz
Day 2 of the 2017 Level 9 Eastern National Championships started bright and early this morning with the rest of the Junior Age Group (7 &8) and the beginning to the Senior Age Groups (1-4) vying to take top honors and be crowned National Champion!
In the Junior 7 age group Region 5 placed 4 athletes in the top 10, with Sidney Washington of Gym America & Abigail Singh of Phenom tying for 4th place (37.475). Mia Lucero, Premier West Gymnastics Academy placing 6th (37.225) and Gigi Singh of Phenom taking 9th (36.875). Sydney Washington, hit a huge 9.675 vault, to become the 2017 Eastern National Vault Co-Champion.
Link to full Junior 7 results: https://myusagym.com/meets/live/61326/results/24191/
**The Junior 7 Age Group took 2nd Place as a team (149.225)**
The Junior 8 Age Group crowned Anna Winger, Perfection School of Gymnastics, the 2017 Eastern National All-Around Champion (37.800). Anna also added to her medal count by claiming the bars (9.775) and floor (9.550) National Titles! Grace Harrell of Cincinnati Gymnastics also landed in the top 5 placing 4th (37.425) and also taking 2nd in the bars (9.600). Region 5 also boosts another Junior Vault Champion with Olivia Butler of Cincinnati taking the title (9.650).
Link to full results for Junior 8 https://myusagym.com/meets/live/61326/results/24192/
**The Junior 8 Age Group took 1st Place as a team (150.200)**
Region 5 placed 4 athletes in the top 10 in the Senior 1 age group. Twistars Sophia Rios found herself in the top spot scoring an impressive 37.900 to take the all-around title, she also picked up a national beam title (9.425T) and a 3rd place finish on the vault (9.625). Lilian Cadwell of The Gymnastics Company finished 3rd overall (37.525) and 3rd on the balance beam (9.225). Meaghan O’Connor of Premier West Gymnastics Academy, finished 8th All-Around (36.675) followed by her regionmate Twistars Breckin Quoss (36.625). Congratulations to Aspire Gymnastics Academy’s Madelyn Knapp on her 2nd place finish on the bars (9.550).
Link to full Senior 1 results https://myusagym.com/meets/live/61326/results/24193/
**The Senior 1 Age Group took 1st Place as a Team (150.225)**
5 out of the top 10 athletes in Senior 2 were from Region 5! Izzabel Geig of Gymnastics World led the field claiming the all around title with a 37.925, she also picked up event titles on the bars (9.575T), floor (9.575) and finished 2nd on the balance beam (9.300T). Katie Kowalski of MMG captured the national vault title (9.675) as well as finishing 2nd place in the AA (37.575). Perfection’s Olivia Lynd finished 4th in the AA, but captured event medals on the vault (9.500 3rd) and the floor (9.500 2nd). Queen City’s Lydia Caggiano finished 6th (37.175) and claimed the national beam title with a 9.325. Hannah Hautala of Champion USA, previously an alternate, was called up to compete and had a great showing finishing 8th in the AA and 4th on the balance beam.
Link to full Senior 2 results https://myusagym.com/meets/live/61326/results/24194/
**The Senior 2 Age Group placed 1st as a team (150.575)**
The Senior 3 Age Group was led by Gym-Nation’s Kelsey Kollhoff who place 1st in the all-around (37.600) & snagged the balance beam title (9.450) as well. Emily Kirkham of Gymnastics Academy of Rockford (GAR), also took a podium spot placing 3rd in the all-around (37.400) as well as 2nd on the bars (9.475) & 3rd on the balance beam (9.225T). Rachel Uhlik of DeVeau’s School of Gymnastics added to the Region 5 medal count placing 3rd on the bars (9.450). Thomia Tomlanovich, Hunts Gymnastics, also added to the medal count by picking up the Senior 3 National Vault Title (9.725).
Link to full Senior 3 results https://myusagym.com/meets/live/61326/results/24195/
**The Senior 3 Age Group took 1st Place as a team 149.425**
In the Senior 4 Age Group 4 Region 5 athletes found themselves in the top 10 with Kiara Gianfagna of JPAC leading the way. Kiara, grabbed 2 National Titles, vault (9.600), floor (9.600) and a 2nd place finish on the bars (9.550) on her way to a 4th place all-around finish (37.525). Madeline Berry of North Canton YMCA tied for 2nd place on the bars (9.350) and 3rd place on the floor (9.550) with region 5 teammate Hope Stotts of the Gymnastics Company who also placed 8th in the all-around (36.950), en route to a 6th place all-around finish (37.325).
Link to full Senior 4 results https://myusagym.com/meets/live/61326/results/24196/
**The Senior 4 Age Group took 1st Place as a team 149.650**
Super Team Standings after 2 days of competition. (note: 4 points for 1st, 3 for 2nd, 2 for 3rd and 1 for 4th place).
1.Region 5 – 43 points
2.Region 8- 30 points
3.Region 7- 28 points
4.Region 6- 19 points
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The 2017 Eastern National Championships kicked off yesterday in Diamondale, Michigan hosted by Twistars Gymnastics. Easterns are comprised of the four regions east of the Mississippi River: Region 5, 6, 7, and 8. This is the first time Region 5 has hosted this championships since Branch Gymnastics hosted the event in 2013. Region 5, sporting our new regional color Magenta, for the first time, claimed 25 top 10 all around finishes with 3 Eastern National AA champions and leads the team standings after day 1.
Here are the team standings after day one. (note: 4 points for 1st, 3 for 2nd, 2 for 3rd and 1 for 4th place).
The championships started with the Junior 1 and 2 athletes. In Junior 1 , Region 5 all around champion, Twistars Kendell Abney (Junior1) took top honors with her 37.65. Kendall only had one top 3 finish on bars but was consistent across the board to take the all around crown. Olivia Coppola of Cincinnati Gymnastics finished 3rd all around but took home two individual national titles on bars (9.60) and floor (9.575). Legacy Elite’s Taylor DeVries finished 9th all around but swing her way to a 9.575 and a 2nd place finish on bars.
Link to Full Junior 1 Results: https://myusagym.com/meets/live/61326/results/24185/
In the Junior 2 competition, Perfection’s Piper Reed lead the way for Region 5 with her 6 place all around finish 37.275. Breaking into the top 10 as well was Ainsley Greever from Phenom Gymnastics who finished in 9th. We had two top 3 individual event finishes with regional all around champion Paige Yu of Medina taking 3rd on bars with a 9.525 and with the identical score, Cincinnati’s Ava Molina grabbed 2nd place on floor.
Link to full Junior 2 results: https://myusagym.com/meets/live/61326/results/24186/
Junior 3 and 4’s were up next and Region 5 went 2, 3, and 6 in the all around in Junior 3. Twistars Eliana Thompson finished 2nd in the all around 37.7 just .25 behind the leader and only .025 ahead of her Region 5 teammate Cami Whitaker from St Charles who also tied for the eastern title on vault with her 9.6. Isabelle Rivelli of Naperville was 6th with her 37.525. Other top finishers included Lily Clapper from Gym America who finished 2nd on floor (9.525) and 3rd on vault (9.55). Legacy Elite’s Grace Ladgenski had a rough go at it on beam but tied Clapper on floor with a 9.525.
Link to full Junior 3 results: https://myusagym.com/meets/live/61326/results/24187/
In the Junior 4 competition, Region 5 owned 5 of the top 10 all around spots. Emeth’s Shannon Case tied for the national all around title while claiming two individual titles along the way with her 9.7 on vault and 9.5 on floor. Twistars Alexia Xiromeritis finished 3rd 37.675, Paige Kirkham of Rockford tied for 6th 37.65, Madeline Kees of Energym 7th 37.4 and in 8th Mila Brush of Cincinnati with a 37.375. All five of these athletes finished in the top 3 on two individual events helping to put region 5 on top of the podium in the junior 4 team competition.
Link to full Junior 4 results: https://myusagym.com/meets/live/61326/results/24188/
The final 2 age groups of day one were the Junior 5 and 6’s. In Junior 5, Region 5 went 3 through 7 in the all around with Kaitlyn Dembie of Gym World leading the way with her 3rd place 37.525 and grabbed the gold on floor with her 9.55. Finishing in the 4th spot was regional all around champion Gabrielle Pierce from Aerial. Pierce however took home some gold of her own winning the eastern vault title with a 9.6 for her very nice layout yurchenko (wasn’t there but know its good). Grabbing the 5th spot in the all around was Julia Armburst of Gym Nasti 37.275 followed closely behind by her region 5 teammate Jaylee McCarthy of Hunts 37.2. In 7th was Bay Valley’s Kemeny Berthiaume with a 36.95.
Link to full Junior 5 results: https://myusagym.com/meets/live/61326/results/24189/
In the Junior 6 competition, Katya Sander of Perfection gave Region 5 another Eastern All Around Champion winning this age group a 37.7 and claiming the bar title as well with her 9.75. Sander’s Region 5 and club team Eliza Millar of Perfection finished 3rd all around but stole the show on beam (9.4) and floor (9.625) winning both events. Lucy Lehman of Phenom finished 5th all around 37.525 and 2nd on bars. Also finishing in the top 10 all around and making it 2 age groups with 5 in the top 10 on day 1, Karly Kim of Twistars was 8th 37.3 and Ariana Gilley fo Flip Zone was 10th 37.125. Kim and Gilley tied for 2nd on floor with a 9.5 while Kim grabbed 2nd on bars as well with her 9.5.
Link to full Junior 6 results: https://myusagym.com/meets/live/61326/results/24190/
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Meet the 2017 Dream Team Region 5 Junior D’s
Delanie Harkness, Twistars
Gillian Rutz, Perfection
Gianna Gerdes, Gym X-treme
Dani Petrousek, Rockford
Emma Pritchard, Gym-Xtreme
Alyssa Parlich, Aerial
Anna Grace McCullough, Branch
DeShanti Young, Cincinnati (Competing for Region 2)
Olivia Rapp, Universal Gymnasts not pictured (Competing for Region 2)
Sydney Hayashi, Buckeye not pictured (Alternate)
Each year at the conclusion of the Region 5 Championships I come up with my Top 10 Favorite Region 5 Leotards. This is normally done based on the Level 10 sessions of the competitions. However, since there are clubs out there that do not have a Level 10 competing they do not have the opportunity to be on the list. So this year I have decided to recognize those clubs with great leotards from the Level 9 sessions, that do not have a Level 10 counterparts. Please enjoy!
Water’s Edge Gymnastics (Michigan)
Heartland Gymnastics Academy (Michigan)
Extreme Gymnastics USA (Michigan)
Premier West (Illinois)
The Gymnastics Company (Indiana)
Integrity Gymnastics (Ohio)
Wrights Gymnastics (Indiana)
Dream Big (Indiana)
Quad City (Illinois)
Thank you for following Region 5 Insider! I hope everyone enjoyed all the great leotards this year! There were so many great ones on the competition floor!
