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Gem City has 19 athletes out of the 25 that qualified at State advancing on to United States Trampoline & Tumbling Association (USTA) National Championships. It’ll be held in Charleston, West Virginia, on June 17-22.
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Gem City is proud to announce the members of our 2019-2020 Gem City All-Stars! We are very excited to have a bigger squad this upcoming season with a ton of great talent!
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Bree Barnes will graduate from Quincy Senior High School this year. She is the daughter of Brian and Cinda Barnes and a part of the Gem City family for almost 12 years. She was on gymnastics team, tumbling team, and just this past year on the Gem City All-Star squad. In 2012, Bree qualified and competed in the AAU Junior Olympics.
Sophia Soltwedel, long-time presence at Gem City as an athlete and employee, will graduate from Quincy Senior High School this year. She tumbled at the gym for 10 years, competing for seven of those years on the Tumbling Team. Sophia also danced for 10 years at Beth Heinze Dance Academy and was very involved in high school.
The gym is closed for classes May 15 – June 5, but Preschool Playtime will play on.
Before we start summer classes on June 6, we’ll be taking a quick break at Gem City.
Preschool Playtime will be available each Wednesday during the gym break during its regularly scheduled time. It’s every Wednesday from 9:30-11:30 am for only $5. Gem City’s Preschool Playtime provides open, unstructured time for kids age 6 and under to play in the gym
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Gem City’s All Star Squad earned 7th place out of 19 squads in their division at Nationals! Their score of 96.033 out of 100 was their best score all season. They competed with over 500 other teams at the 2019 US Finals-Cheer and Dance National Competition in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
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Twenty-seven of Gem City’s tumbling athletes traveled to Springfield for the 2019 USTA Southern Illinois State Championships on April 28, 2019. Five athletes earned state championships!
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Gem City Athletes competed at the 2019 Level 7 and Level 8 Region 5 Championships in Bourbonnais, Illinois, to close out the competitive season. We are so thankful and proud of our athletes hard work this season.
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Abigail Hildebrand, a Unity Middle School student, is the winner of our Good Grades Quarterly Drawing for the third quarter of the 2018-2019 school year! We’re always excited by the opportunity to share in our athlete’s success at school with our Good Grades Quarterly Drawing.
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Riley Brown, Level 8 gymnast, competes at the 2019 Region 5 Championships in Bourbonnais, Illinois, this weekend. She will represent both Gem City gymnast and the DREAM TEAM for the State of Illinois!
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You can now register for Gem City’s 2019 summer classes, which start on June 6 and run to August 8. Call 217.224.8491 or drop in at the gym to get your spot reserved.
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Twenty-four of Gem City’s tumblers competed in Monmouth, Illinois, on April 14. Our advanced girls swept the age 11-12 division when they earned the top 3 places.
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Ava Winking earned her best All-Around score of the season at the USAG 2019 Region 5 Championships in Battle Creek, Michigan, this weekend. She finished in 13th place in the All-Around.
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