Xcel Gold, from left: Finley Watson, Alyssa Landino, Jade Emick, Avonlea Johnson, Abby Dodson, Millie Boyd, Hannah Rudzki
PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — Flipstar Gymnastics Center, 5905 W. US 10, recently had 17 gymnasts travel to the Chicago area to compete in the Midwest Regional Championship meet with some of the best gymnasts from eight states. Although 45 gymnasts qualify for the meet, due to timing and location, only 17 were able to make the competition.
The 17 Flipstar gymnasts represented Flipstar and Michigan well earning 61 regional championship medals with 25 of them being Top-3 podium medals.
Since the event was a regional championship, there were no team placement awards. “Regional Team” awards were earned by gymnasts having a top score out of all competitors of their level, regardless of age.
“We had one gymnast at each level earn this prestigious ‘Regional Team’ honor,” said Coach Amy Rohrbach, co-owner of Flipstar Gymnastics. The honor was earned by Nina Frick at the Xcel Platinum level, Abby Dodson at the Xcel Gold level, Oriana Hill at the Xcel Silver level and Davony Glenn at the Xcel Bronze level.
Xcel Platinum, from left: Laney Bottrell, Nina Frick, Cara Siemiaszko
Three gymnasts competed at the Xcel Platinum level. Nina Frick earned the Regional Champion title on both the balance beam and floor exercise. She also earned medals for second place on vault and fourth on uneven bars for a Regional All-Around Champion Runner-Up title. Cara Siemiaszko earned medals for second place on uneven bars, fourth place on vault and fifth place on balance beam for a fourth place all-around medal. Laney Bottrell earned event medals for fourth on floor exercise and sixth on balance beam for a sixth place all-around award.
At the Xcel Gold level, Abby Dodson earned the Regional All-Around Champion title as well as the Champion Title on Uneven Bars and Floor Exercise. She also earned a second place medal on vault and a fifth place medal on balance beam. Jade Emick earned a Regional Champion title on balance beam. She also earned medals for third place on uneven bars, fourth on vault and fifth on floor exercise for a third place podium all-around finish. Finley Watson earned medals on all events with a second place podium medal on uneven bars as well as fifth place on vault and sixth place on balance beam and floor exercise for a sixth place all-around award. Avonlea Johnson earned a podium medal for second place on balance beam, fourth on uneven bars and ninth place all-around. Alyssa Landino and Hannah Rudzki each earned an eighth place all-around medal in their respective age divisions. Alyssa also earned event medals for fourth on floor exercise, fifth on vault and seventh on balance beam. Hannah earned event medals for fifth place on vault and sixth place on balance beam and floor exercise. Mille Boyd earned medals for fourth place on balance beam and 13th all-around.
Xcel Silver, from left: Braelynn Sanders, Oriana Hill, Olivia Machen, Maple Prescott
At the Xcel Silver level, Oriana Hill earned the Regional All-Around Champion title. She also earned the Regional Champion title on vault, uneven bars and balance beam. She earned second place on floor exercise, just .025 away from the Champion title on that event and a full champion sweep. Maple Prescott earned the Regional Champion title on floor exercise. She also earned a second place podium medal on balance beam as well as sixth place on uneven bars for a third place podium all-around finish. Olivia Machen earned two podium medals with third place on both uneven bars and floor exercise. She also earned a fifth place all-around medal. Braelynn Sanders earned medals for fifth on vault, seventh on balance beam and 10th place all-around.
At the Xcel Bronze level, Davony Glenn had a second place podium finish and also earned an 11th place all-around medal. Evie Witkowski earned medals for fifth place on floor exercise and eighth place all-around. Ella Lloyd also brought home two medals for seventh on balance beam and 10th place all-around.
“We couldn’t be more proud of these girls for all of their hard work this season,” Rohrbach said. “For all of them to bring home at least two regional medals against such tough competition is amazing. Also, most of them were competing at their current level for the first year and for many this was their first regional meet.
“They walked into the meet with lots of nerves, but with support from each other through the nervousness and a few uncharacteristic mistakes, they all left with multiple medals, a great experience and lots of smiles. They are now looking forward to summer training which brings a break from routines and lots of new and upgraded skill work.
“We would like to thank our wonderful community for all of the support this gymnastics season. We appreciate everything from following us on Facebook (FlipstarLudington) to purchasing from our fundraiser to attending our meets. Your support means everything.”
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Xcel Bronze, from left: Evie Witkowski, Davony Glenn, Ella Lloyd
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