We have six graduating athletes this year that are part of our team program or are staff here at the gym!
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Gem City Phoenix competed on April 1 at the US Finals in Galveston, Texas, and earned third place!
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Effingham, IL – Gem City’s Tumbling Team finished their last competition of the regular season on Sunday, April 2.
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The gym is closed for evening practices and classes on Friday, March 31, due to weather. Please stay safe today!
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Gem City’s Level 7 gymnasts, Sylvia Winking & Eden Mayes, competed at USAG State in Libertyville on March 24, 2023, and BOTH of them qualified for Regionals April 21-23 in Grand Rapids, Michigan!
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Gem City’s senior squad, Gem City Phoenix, is headed to Nationals from March 31 – April 2 in Galveston, Texas! The squad qualified for Nationals after attending their first invitational of the season on November 5 in Peoria, Illinois. Our squad is the DEFENDING CHAMPION from last year, so we are rooting them on!
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Congrats to Emma Crockett, our third winner of the 2022-2023 Good Grades Quarterly Drawing! Emma is in Gem City’s Level 1 gymnastics class and a student at Rooney Elementary School.
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Bloomington, Illinois- We are very proud of this group of athletes! Gem City is especially excited by Lucy Biggs, Level 3, sweep of State! She earned FIRST on every event and the all-around!! It’s a first in Gem City history.
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Two of Gem City’s Level 7 gymnasts had a great meet season by qualifying to advance to the USAG Illinois State Championships. The meet will be hosted by Ultimate Gymnastics on March 24-26 in Libertyville, Illinois.
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March means one thing at Gem City— the start of State Championships!
Gem City’s Level 4 & Level 5 State qualifiers traveled to Bourbonnais, Illinois for State on March 10-12! We are very proud of this group of young ladies. 
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Gem City’s Level 3 & 9 gymnasts had a great meet season with 11 athletes qualifying to advance to the USAG Illinois State Championships. The meet will be hosted by Gymnastics, Etc. on March 17-19 in Bloomington, Illinois.
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Eighteen of Gem City’s team members competed at the Camelot Classic in Belleville, IL and eight of those 18 athletes finished in 1st place in their divisions. Thirteen of those 18 finished top three in their divisions.
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The Gem City Phoenix (senior squad) brought home a win while the Gem City Diamonds (junior squad) earned the squad’s highest score ever! They competed in Athletic Championship Nationals, a two-day meet in Kansas City.
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Gem City’s Level 4 & 5 gymnasts had a great meet season with 13 athletes qualifying to advance to the USAG Illinois State Championships. The meet will be hosted by Aspire Gymnastics on March 10-12 in Bourbonnais, Illinois.
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