Tumblers find success in Minnesota at USTA Nationals
Gem City’s competitive tumbling team qualified and advanced to the USTA National Championships in Rochester, Minnesota from June 14-19. Twenty-nine of our athletes qualified for Nationals at the State Championships, and 17 advanced to Nationals.
Some high points of the competition: Ellie Lithila is a National Champion, our Novice girls team is 2nd in the nation (out of the 116 teams attending nationals), and our Advanced girls team is third in the nation (again, 116 teams attending nationals)!
Below are some photos and full rundown of results from our fantastic week! Here’s a quick key to the emojis: 
- indicates flight finish and 
- indicates top 10 overall finish
Day 1
Dorothy Boehmer kicked us off and did an amazing job. She placed 5th in her flight and 11th out of 32 athletes! Congratulations to a great athlete and teammate.
RESULTS DAY 1
- Dorothy Boehmer – SubNov
5th in her flight 11th of 32
Day 2
Ten of our athletes competed today and GCGT collected eight top 10 finishes including a National Champion! Congrats to our great athletes and all of their hard work.
RESULTS DAY 2
- Ellie Lithila – Nov
1st in flight 1st overall of 23 National Champion - Ellisyn Stratman – Nov
3rd in flight
3rd overall of 14 - Lydia George – Nov
1st in flight
4th overall of 14 - Josalyn Miller – Nov
4th in flight
5th overall of 14 - Lauryn George – Nov
3rd in flight
6th overall of 14
- Mae Pitman – Nov
2nd in flight
6th overall of 23 - Madilynn Wiseman – Nov
4th in flight
8th overall of 14 - Aubrey Cress-Grote – Nov
2nd in flight
9th overall of 22 - Ruby Akerson – Nov
4th in flight
12th overall of 40 - Millie Stewart – Nov
7th in flight
12th overall of 23
Day 3
Three of our advanced athletes competed today hoping to qualify for finals tomorrow by finishing top ten in their divisions. All three GCGT advanced athletes are headed to finals! As if that isn’t exciting enough, the GCGT novice girls team placed 2nd in the team competition! There are 116 competitive teams at Nationals this year and that is quite the accomplishment! Congrats to our great athletes and all of their hard work. (Novice team info below.)
RESULTS DAY 3
- Sophia Slater – Adv
4th in flight 4th overall going into finals - MaryKate McReynolds – Adv
2nd in flight 3rd overall going into finals - Ashlyn Akerson – Adv
3rd in flight 4th overall going into finals
- GCGT Girls Novice Team – 2nd overall of 116 teams
- Josalyn Miller
- Ellie Lithila
- Mae Pittman
- Lydia George
- Lauryn George
- Ellisyn Stratman
- Aubrey Cress-Grote
- Millie Stewart
- Madilynn Wiseman
Final day
Three of our advanced athletes competed today at finals and finished strong. We also had five intermediate athletes compete and they were awesome. We are extremely excited to announce that the GCGT advanced girls team placed 3rd in the all around team competition! There are 116 competitive teams at Nationals this year so that is an amazing accomplishment! We also enjoyed having honorary teammates from Gymnastics Academy of Charleston competing with our Gem City athletes today! It’s always fun to make new friends! Congrats to our great athletes and all of their hard work.
RESULTS DAY 4
- Sophia Slater – Adv
4th in flight4th overall going into finals 5th place finish overall of 9 Advanced team overall 3rd place - MaryKate McReynolds – Adv
2nd in flight
3rd overall going into finals
3rd overall of 23 Advanced team overall 3rd place - Ashlyn Akerson – Adv
3rd in flight
4th overall going into finals
3rd overall of 15 Advanced team overall 3rd place - Morgan Mueller – Int
3rd in flight
5th overall of 20
- Laken Hudnut – Int
2nd in flight
7th overall of 43 - Nyla Joiner – Int
5th in flight
17th overall of 43 - Finnigan Morehead – Int (Gymnastic Academy of Charleston athlete)
2nd in flight
2nd overall of 5 - Abigail Glass – Int (Gymnastic Academy of Charleston athlete)
9th in flight
14th overall of 20 - Advanced Team
- MaryKate McReynolds
- Sophia Slater
- Ashlyn Akerson
