Gem City has several athletes competing this week at the AAU Junior Olympic Games in Des Moines, Iowa.
Maurice Silas and Emily Lennox competed yesterday. Both finished in 2nd place and advanced to finals today. It’s a great start for Gem City Tumblers!
We’re getting back into the swing of things after a brief summer break.
Summer classes are now in session and we’re pumped! This is a great time of year for kids unfamiliar with gymnastics and tumbling to give it try! Summer is also a time that’s pivotal for established gymnasts and tumblers to learn new skills and routines.
Before we took our brief summer break, Gem City hosted the AAU Illinois State Trampoline & Tumbling Championship. It was a great time and our kids did an awesome job! We want to say a big Thank You to all the athletes, gyms, volunteers, and employees for making the meet a big success! We are now looking forward to the AAU Junior Olympic Games in Des Moines, Iowa, in July! Below you can find individual placements and scores.
Maggie Schutte – 1st Place, 41.00
Gage Woolen – 1st Place, 36.80
Dakota Bradshaw – 1st Place, 36.50
Maurice Silas – 1st Place, 33.70
Emily Lennox – 2nd Place, 36.20
Rylee Mellon – 3rd Place, 37.20
Alexis Mellon – 4th Place, 35.60
Abbey Redd – 4th Place, 34.80
Kennady Fleer – 5th Place, 36.30
Reagan Smyser – 5th Place, 36.00
Blayde Terrill – 5th Place 34.30
Kadence Haskins – 6th Place, 34.80
Jaden Essig – 7th Place, 33.60
Ashley Leonard – 8th Place, 35.30
Brianna Barnes – 8th Place, 34.80
Kobi Cookson – 9th Place, 34.60
Faith Manion – 10th Place, 36.20
Sophie Soltwedel – 10th Place, 34.20
Hailey Simons – 11th Place, 34.10
Decatur, IL – Gem City’s Tumbling Team has two State Champions and nine athletes who qualified for Nationals on Sunday, April 27, at the USTA Southern Illinois State Championship. Athletes had to have a top ten finish to advance to nationals.
Individual results below.
The tumbling team traveled to Chatham, Illinois, for a large meet with over 700 competitors on Sunday, May 6. All competitors placed in the top ten of their flight!
TUMBLING TEAM MEET RESULTS
CHATHAM, ILLINOIS
Dawson Nash – 1st place, 37.80
Logan Covert – 1st place, 35.90
Dakota Bradshaw – 3rd place, 36.60
Blayde Terrill – 3rd place, 36.70
Reagan Smyser – 3rd place, 37.80
Jaden Essig – 4th place, 35.90
Rylee Mellon – 4th place, 38.20
Faith Manion – 5th place, 36.70
Alexis Mellon – 6th place, 37.40
Abbey Redd – 7th place, 34.90
Emily Lennox – 7th place, 36.30
Kadence Haskins – 8th place, 35.90
Kennady Fleet – 9th place, 35.60
Monmouth, Illinois – Gem City’s tumbling team rocked it at their meet on Sunday, March 8. All athletes finished in the top 3! Good work, tumblers. Individual results are listed below.
TUMBLING TEAM MEET RESULTS
Maggie Schutte – 1st Place, 39.50
Dawson Nash – 1st Place, 30.50
Faith Manion – 1st Place, 37.50
Blayde Terrill – 1st Place, 35.00
Logan Covert – 1st Place, 36.70
Emily Lennox – 1st Place, 38.30
Rylee Mellon – 1st Place, 36.70
Kadence Haskins – 1st Place, 35.10
Hailey Simmons – 2nd Place, 33.20
Ava Soltwedel – 3rd Place, 33.50
Dakota Bradshaw – 3rd Place, 35.10
Abbey Redd – 3rd Place, 35.80
Alexis Mellon – 3rd Place, 34.00
Sophia Soltwedel – 3rd Place, 35.00
The Gem City tumbling team made a strong showing at the Edwardsville YMCA “Tumble Bowl” meet on Sunday, February 2. Read below for individual results.
Meet Results
Gage Woolen – 1st Place
Logan Covert – 1st Place
Maurice Silas – 1st Place
Maggie Schutte – 3rd Place
Kadence Haskins – 4th Place
Emily Lennox – 4th Place
Kobi Cookson – 4th Place
Claire Bartley – 4th Place
Ashley Leonard – 5th Place
Faith Manion – 6th Place
Hailey Simons – 6th Place
Abbey Redd – 7th Place
Reagan Smyser – 8th Place
Gem City’s tumbling team competed this past Sunday at the USTA Southern Illinois State competition in Highland,Illinois.
This is our biggest tumbling meet of the season with over 900 athletes competing! Our downstate competitors performed well with nearly all qualifying for USTA nationals. Athletes must place 10th or higher to qualify. Find out about individual athlete placement below.
USTA Souther Illinois State Results:
1st – Maggie Schutte, Sub-advanced girls ages 13-14
2nd – Dawson Nash, Advanced boys all ages
3rd – Mick Bramlett, Advanced boys all ages
3rd – Brianna Barnes, Novice girls age 12
6th – Bella Soltwedel, Sub-novice girls ages 13-14
6th – Audrey Kaufman, Novice girls age 10
6th – Reagan Smyser, Sub-novice girls age 10
10th – Emily Lennox, Novice girls age 7
11th – Abbey Redd, sub-novice girls age 7
19th – Jaden Essig, sub-novice girls age 10
28th – Sierra Nash, intermediate girls ages 11-12
Don’t know what this tumbling team thing is? Read more about Gem City’s tumbling team here.
WGEM filmed athlete profiles in preparation for the AAU Illinois State Tumbling Champion, which Gem City will host this May. It will be the second time our gym and the Quincy community hosted the state competition. The athlete profiles will air in the spring as the date of the competition approaches.
On February 9th and 10th Gem City competed at the Tumbling & Trampoline Winter Circus meet. It was hosted by the YMCA of Edwardsville. It was a great meet that ran ahead of schedule. We really loved this. This was especially impressive considering over 900 athletes competed! Needless to say the competition was fierce, but we fared well.
Scroll dow to read the results. Oh! As an added bonus you’ll find a video of one of Mick Bramlett’s passes below! Enjoy.
Results Tumbling & Trampoline Winter Circus meet
Maggie Schutte: 4th – 38.8
Ryan McElroy: 2nd – 24.1
Abbey Redd: 3rd – 37.0
Leslie Dhom: 1st – 37.5
Carey Rodas: 5th – 35.6
Kobi Cookson: 7th – 34.7
Jaden Essig: 6th – 36.0
Reagan Smyser: 1st – 37.6
Bella Soltwedel: 6th – 35.4
Emily Lennox: 8th – 33.0
Mick Bramlett: 1st – 35.8
Kadence Haskins: 4th – 35.2
Olivia Brown: 6th – 35.8
Shelby Turgeon: 7th – 33.6
Kennady Fleer: 5th – 32.5
Katelyn Nelson: 8th – 35.6