Tumblers headed to Normal, Ilinois, on February 16 for the 2024-2025 USTA Team Trial and Super Invitational. Gem City had two athletes win high point challenges with one earning a spot on the USTA National Team.
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19 of 24 Gem City tumblers had top 3 finishes at the their January 26th meet in Decatur, Illinois. 10 of those places were FIRST!
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A ton of first-time competitions for competitors at new levels attended the last meet of 2024. Gem City had two new elite athletes and three new advanced athletes. Both elite athletes registered their first elite qualifying difficulty scores and the advanced girls shined.
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Sixteen of Gem City’s tumblers started the season in East Moline, IL— ten of those athletes competed in their first competition ever!
The GCGT Tumbling Team competed in the 2024 USTA National Championships this past week. We had four days of competition over the six days of the event. We had 22 athletes attend after having 27 qualify at the State meet earlier in April.
The results of the USTA Southern IL State Championships are impressive: 4 State Champions, 15 top three finishes, and 27 of the 28 tumblers competing qualified for Nationals.
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Congrats to Maralea Stapp, the final winner of Good Grades Quarterly Drawing for the 2023-2024 schoool year! Maralea is in Gem City’s Prep Tumbling class and a student at Baldwin School.
We have seven graduating athletes this year at Gem City who are part of our team program or are staff here at the gym! Some of these athletes are new to us and some have literally been here almost their entire lives.
Gem City’s Tumbling Team competed at the “In My Tumbling Era” invitational in Effingham, IL on March 17. This was the last invitational meet of the 2023-2024 season! The tumblers have one month off before heading to the USTA Southern Illinois State Championships on April 21.
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Tumblers celebrated Coach Zeke’s birthday at the Emerald City Classic in Mascoutah, IL with nearly all athletes finishing in the top three. We are so proud of them and are amazed by their hard work and dedication.
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