Makarri Doggette talked to the Insider after winning the AA at Circle of Stars and earning her 4th trip to the Nastia Cup. She has a new floor routine this year that fits her well with of course the big tumbling to match. She talks about how her injury that took her out of JO Nationals last year has given her more motivation in 2017. She has some new skills and some big goals for 2017.
Legacy Elite Wins Big, Doggette Victorious In Battle For Nastia Cup Qualifying….
The Circle of Stars has become one of those invitationals that teams in Region 5 and around the country look to fit into their competition schedule each year. There were many great performances in Hall A all day on saturday with the level 10 athletes. The morning session is always a tough one to get going but that didn’t stop Karlie Franz (9.65) and Olivia Amodei (9.6) from Hunts Gymnastics from putting up two of the best floor routines of the weekend and leading their team to dominate team win for the session.
Rachel DeCavitch from Gym World in Ohio had the highest all around score from session 2 led by her 9.6 on floor and 9.4 on bars. Highest score of the session was a (9.7) on floor from Palmers Gymnastics Payton Murphy. Perfection gymnastics led by Gillian Rutz finished 2nd as a team behind Everest Gymnastics.
The third and final session of the day provided some exciting gymnastics as well as tight fought race for senior Nastia Cup qualifier. Buckeye’s Makarri Doggette took top honors across all sessions with her 38.75 which featured a rocked (9.85) floor set, qualifying to her 4th Nastia Cup. Legacy Elite’s Andrea Li, who already qualified to Nastia, put up another impressive all around score this season with her 38.65. Her (9.775) on bars was the highest score given on the event and 2nd highest score of the weekend on all events. Ella Cesario from Legacy Elite won the JRA all around with 37.05 which included a (9.5) on floor.
There was a battle at the SR B age group between Coast Elite’s Lexi Graber and Legacy’s Nia Dennis. The two athletes traded event wins between them each claiming two events but Graber edged Dennis for the all around win 38.5-38.45. Nia competed on floor for only the 2nd time since her achilles injury and posted a (9.725). Legacy Elite went on to win the overall team title for the weekend followed by Buckeye Gymnastics.
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Click here for full results for sessions 4A-6A http://www.meetscoresonline.com/results/19602
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The 2017 Athlete Warrior Challenge, hosted by Olympia Gymnastics Academy, did not draw the normal Level 10 competition that it has in years past, however the Level 9/10 session was still entertaining nonetheless. The Athlete Warrior Challenge meet has always been one of my favorite competitions to attend, I absolutely love the theme of the meet. The athletes receive a karate belt representing each year they have competed, with the first year being a white belt and the 7th year (2017) being the red belt. The session may have been small, but there were a lot of stand out performances.
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Senior Lauren Bottrell is ending her gymnastics career in the same place she started it, at Splitz Gymnastics in Canton, Michigan. Lauren has found success with Region 5 presenting our great region at the JO Nationals multiple times. Lauren is halfway through her last season as a JO gymnast, still undecided on her plans for college, I hope college gymnastics will be in her future. Lauren could contribute to many teams around the country. I look forward to seeing where she will continue her gymnastics career after graduation. Let’s get to know Lauren a little bit better as she gets ready to close this chapter in her story and move forward to the next.
How did you get into gymnastics? How old were you? got into gymnastics because I would always be running around the house and jumping on things so my parents put me in a class. I was 3 years old when I started.
What is your favorite event? My favorite event is bars.
What is your favorite part of gymnastics? My favorite part of gymnastics is being able to see my teammates everyday and make friendships that will last forever.
What college do you plan on attending? I am undecided what college I will be attending next year.
What is your favorite meet to compete at? My favorite meet to compete at is JO Nationals.
Biggest accomplishment in gymnastics so far? My biggest accomplishment in gymnastics so far is making it to JO Nationals as a level 10.
Favorite skill to train and/or compete? My favorite skill to compete is my bar dismount, which is a half in half out.
Dream skill? My dream skill is a front Aerial on beam.
Who do you admire most in the sport of gymnastics? I admire Laurie Hernandez.
What is your all-time favorite leotard? Do you still have your very first
leo? My all time favorite leotard is my team leotard this year. I don’t think I have my very first leotard.
What is your favorite movie? My favorite movie is Safe Haven.
What is your go to playlist or song before meets? I always listen to Chris Brown before meets.
What do you want to be when you grow up? I’m undecided what I want to be when I grow up.
Where do you go to High School? I go to North Farmington High
School.
What is your favorite color? My favorite color is purple.
What do you like to do outside of gymnastics? Outside of the gym I like to hang out with friends and go to hockey games.
Favorite gymnastics moment? My favorite gymnastics moment is the first time I made Eastern Nationals as a level 9.
If you weren’t a gymnast, what sport would you do or try? If I wasn’t a gymnast I would play hockey.
If you could live anywhere in the world where would you live? If I could live anywhere I would live in Paris.
If you could have a lunch with anyone dead or alive who would it be and why? If I could have lunch with anyone dead or alive, it would have to be Theo James because
he’s very good looking.
Tell me something interesting about yourself…..Something interesting about myself is I used to play hockey when I was younger.
Lauren competing on her favorite event at the 2016 JO Nationals
This Senior Saturday features Cincinnati level 10 Gracen Standley. Gracen is JO National Qualifier and medalist on the Uneven Bars. Gracen fills the role of leader of her team at CGA and is always there to help and support her teammates and the upcoming gymnasts. She talks about her CGA family as well as the Region 5 family. Gracen wants to go out with a bang and represent Region 5 one more time at JO’s before heading off to Baton Rouge and the LSU Tigers in the fall.
