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Level 5 GKWG STATE QUALIFIER March 17

Congratluations to Kelsey Heitzman Briwho competed in her first level 5 sanctioned competition. Kelsey also quslifeied to state meet and stuck all of her routines at her first meet! Bri Stechebar posted her personal best score on Vault of 8.60. Annie also posted her personal best on Vault scoring an 8.425, and Taylor an 8.825. Rachel McNeil posted her personal best on bars with an 8.0, Sophie posted her personal best on Bars with an 8.525.Melissa posted her personal best on beam with an 8.65. We also are celebrating with a pizza party because all 9 girls stuck their beam routines! 5 of the 8 were undertime. This is the most to finish unertime yet! Great job girls.

Congrats to our top 10 finishers:
Krista Walberer 3rd Place 36.375
Mackenzie Maas 7th Place 35.60
Bri Stechebar 9th Place 35.25
Annie Hill 10th Place 35.225

The team brought home the 2nd Place team trophy with a score of 108.35. Keep up the great work girls!

Level 5 Port Huron Pics

Way to go Sophie!

Level 5 Port Huron State Qualifier March 3rd

During this time in the season, emotions run high, and goal are set higher. We have a very determined group of level five athletes. They started the season out with a first place team finish and there have been many individual first place finishes. Because of the nature of the sport, people judging people, scores do not always make the most sense. Because these determines girls have set such high goals they sometimes forget that they need to go to a meet and have fun and put forth their best performance and not worry so much about scores and places. I myself am guilty of this as well. The girls want it so bad that I want it bad for them. We had three competitions in a row and the girls were getting tired. We started this meet on beam and the scores were tight. Several performances deserved slightly higher scores. The morale of the team was low. So when we got to floor, instead of reminding them of those last couple details they needed to pay attention to, I gave them a little pep talk. I reminded them that we don't do this to win. Winning is great and we do win because we work hard and train proper fundamentals, but somewhere along the way because we were winning we lost track of the sole purpose of our training. I reminded them that becuase they were winning they expected to keep winning and because they were winning it was natural for the parents and myself to just assume they would keep winning because we looked so good out there. I told them to forget all that and focus on the performance , not the score or places. I told them to smile through the whole routine and have FUN! Well they sure did have fun. I wish I had a camera to take pictures of the pretty smiles during their floor routines. They were able to let loose and allow themselves to get back on track. It was a great meet.

Congratulations to Melissa McWatters who qualified for state meet, Melissa also posted her personal best on Floor with an 8.65. Highlights included Mackenzie Maas posting her first ever 9 on the Vault, Melissa McWatters sticking her cartwheel in her beam routine and Annie and Krista both posting huge 9.5's on their bar routines.

Congrats to our top 10 finishers:
Krista Walberer 1st Place 37.425
Mackenzie Maas 8th Place 35.95

The team brought home the 2nd Place trophy with a score of 109.60!

Some of the girls the night before the meet having a little fun in the pool. Lisa Feist and Marie Stellini hanging out at the pool with their girls!

The girls receiving their team trophy and waiting for awards to begin!

More level 4 Port Huron Pics

The top picture was taken as the girls watched the race thorugh the giant inflatable, what a great shot of Erin Feist's excitement. The second picture is the whole team with the gym mascot Flicker, isn't he cute?

Level 4 Wildfire Challenge Port Huron March 4th

This was by far the neatest fun meet I have ever taken my athletes to. It was quite a distance for us to drive, but the hospitality and the little extras they did to make it an unforgettable experience made it all worth while. These pictures were taken of a huge inflatable obstacle course. They divided the competition into 4 teams and the team with the fastest average times through the course won a prize.

Now about the meet itself. Highlights for the day included Hayley Robinson's first all blue ribbon performance, Skylar Swifink's first blue performance on Floor, Kelly Momber's first blue performance on Beam, and of course then there was Livia Walberer stuck in a handstand on Vault and everyone in the crowd leaning to try to help her over. Hee, Hee, she was not going to give up, way to be a fighter Livie Lou! Kelsey heitzman performed her first level 5 bar and beam routines and posted reds on both performances. And we cannot forget Maddie Kragts first floor performance after achieving her round off back handspring, I am so proud of you Maddie! But the girls favorite part of the day was still the giant inflatable.

Rachel Heibel V-WHITE, B-WHITE, BB-RED, FX-RED
Anna Crysler V-RED, B-WHITE, BB- RED, FX-RED
Mackenzie Youngs V-RED, B-RED, BB-BLUE, FX- WHITE
Eve Hillman V-BLUE, B- RED, BB-BLUE, FX- RED
Leana Weiler V- BLUE, B-BLUE, BB- BLUE, FX- BLUE
Kelly McCauley V- BLUE, B- BLUE, BB- RED, FX- RED
Kelsey Heitzman V-RED, B- RED, BB- RED, FX- RED
Maddie Kragt V- BLUE, B- BLUE, BB- BLUE, FX- RED
Skylar Swifink V-RED, B- RED, BB- RED, FX- BLUE
Lydia Martin V-BLUE, B- BLUE, BB- BLUE, FX- RED
Erin Feist V-RED, B- RED, BB- BLUE, FX- BLUE
Kelly Momber V-BLUE, B- RED, BB- BLUE, FX- RED
Elizabeth Caterino V-RED, B- WHITE, BB- WHITE, FX- WHITE
Casey Buelken V-BLUE, B- RED, BB- BLUE, FX- BLUE
Hannah Jackson V- Red, B- RED, BB- RED, FX- WHITE
Morgan Hitchings V-RED, B- YELLOW, BB- RED, FX- WHITE
Samantha Glowacki V- RED, B- WHITE, BB- RED, FX- WHITE
Maddie Cook V- YELLOW, B- YELLOW, BB- YELLOW, FX- WHITE
Jordan Stellini V-BLUE, B- BLUE, BB- BLUE, FX- RED
Hayley Robinson V- BLUE, B-BLUE, BB- BLUE, FX- BLUE
Livia Walberer V- RED. B- WHITE, BB- RED, FX- WHITE

Congrats Ladies, we are so proud of you!

This could be a picture of Bri's 4th place Bar or Beam finish.

Annie and Taylor tie for fifth place on Vault. Krista takes 1st on Vault and Mackenzie takes 3rd on Vault.

Annie Hill on left 1st Place Bars, Taylor and Annie 1st and 3rd places on Beam.

Totally Rad Level 5 February 23-25

Rad was another great competition for our level five team. Bri Stechebar posted her personal best on beam with a 9.15, Melissa McWatters posted her personal best on Vault with a 7.80, Sophie also posted her personal best on vault with a 7.95, Mackenzie Maas posted her personal best on Vault with a 8.75. Melissa McWatters also overcame a fear on floor after taking a nasty fall in practice in January!

In the 7-9 year old age group:

1.Rachel McNeil

7.30 Vault
7.25 Bars
8.40 Beam
7.925 Floor
30.875 All Around

2.Annie Hill

5th Place Vault 8.20
1st Place Bars 9.30
1st Place Beam 9.10
3rd Place Floor 8.90
3rd Place All Around 35.50

3. Taylor Jangda

5th Place Vault 8.25
4th Place Bars 9.05
3rd Place Beam 8.95
4th Place Floor 8.85
4th Place All Around 35.10

In the 10 year age group:

1. Melissa McWatters

Vault 7.80
Bars 8.025
Beam 8.10
Floor 8.00
All Around 31.925

2. Sophie Jaffas

Vault 7.95
Bars 8.175
Beam 8.10
Floor 8.45
All Around 32.675

In the 11 year old age group:

1. Bri Stechebar

4th Place Bars 9.15
4th Place Beam 9.15
6th Place All Around 35.025

2. Mackenzie Maas

3rd Place Vault 8.725
3rd Place Bars 9.225
4th Place All Around 35.525

3. Krista Walberer

1st Place Vault 9.00
1st Place Beam 9.40
1st Place Floor 9.375
1st Place All Around 36.325

The team took home the 3rd Place Team trophy with a score of 108.40!

Mackenzie and Anna showing off thier handmade bear with a replica of our leotard painted on it.

Totally Rad February 23rd

Totally Rad

Totally Rad was a very fun meet. I competed in this competition as a gymnast and it was always a favorite. Competing underneath the shiny chandeliers was amazing. Several highlights included Kelsey Heitzman competing her first level 5 Vault and scoring a Blue! and Livia Walberer falling off the beam, taking a hard fall and composing herself to finish strong. What an inspiration! As always our girls showed their determination and poise. Great job girls.



Hannah Jackson RED, WHITE, YELLOW, BLUE
Anna Crysler RED, WHITE, RED, RED
Mackenzie Youngs RED, RED, RED, RED
Eve Hillman BLUE, RED, BLUE, BLUE
Leana Weiler BLUE, BLUE, BLUE, BLUE
Livia Walberer WHITE, YELLOW, WHITE, RED
Kelsey Heitzman BLUE, BLUE, BLUE, BLUE
Hayley Robinson BLUE, RED, RED, BLUE
Maddie Kragt BLUE, BLUE, RED, RED
Skylar Swifink BLUE, RED, RED, RED
Lydia Martin BLUE, BLUE, RED, RED
Jordan Stellni BLUE, BLUE, BLUE, BLUE
Elizabeth Caterino RED, WHITE, RED, RED
Kelly McCauley BLUE, RED, RED, BLUE
Casey Buelken BLUE, RED, RED, BLUE
Sam Cuneo BLUE, RED, RED, RED
Rachel Heibel RED, RED, WHITE, RED
Morgan Hitchings RED, WHITE, RED, WHITE
Samantha Glowacki RED, RED, WHITE, RED
Maddie Cook RED,WHITE,WHITE, RED
Kelly Momber BLUE, BLUE, WHITE, BLUE
Erin Feist RED, BLUE, RED, BLUE
Jazlyn C-Westers RED, RED, BLUE, BLUE

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