Gem City Earns Gold at Level 3 State

haley and hopeSt. Charles, Illinois – Gem City’s Level 3 Gymnastics Team attended their USAG state meet on March 7-9, 2014. They ranked high in team standings and had many great individual performances.

With over 800 competitors, this state meet was a tremendously competitive. The Gem City team won 2nd place in the youth division and 6th place in the senior division. Most impressive was the 3rd place team finish all-around, which includes all competitors and teams competing.

In individual results, Molly Broughton finished an impressive 3rd all-around. While Ava Winking and Haley Woodyard were both All-Around State Champions in their age group. Woodyard had the bonus of scoring a 39.025. This was the highest all-around score of all competitors at the meet.

 Haley Woodyard and coach Hope Cernea celebrate after a great beam routine. Woodyard had the highest all-around score of over 800 competitors.

Team Results:

3rd Place All-Around of Meet

2nd Place Youth Division

6th Place Senior Division

Individual Results:

Haley Woodyard – 1st Place, State Champion

*Highest State Score of over 800 athletes 

Ava Winking – 1st Place, State Champion

Molly Broughton – 3rd Place

Kielyn Ott – 4th Place

Annabelle Hilgenbrink – 4th Place

Eleanor Spooner – 6th Place

Brooklynn Howell – 8th Place

Taylor Routh – 8th Place

Shannon O’Neil – 9th Place

Brianna Barnes – 9th Place

Qualified & Advanced to State:

Abigail Barnes

Lily Barthel

Olivia Brown

Katelyn Dixon

Isabella Douglas

McKenzie O’Brien

Hannah Worstell

Abby Pilkington

Linnea Brown

Avery Lake

Katy Cole

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