The month of March was eventful for the Women's Team at Eagle Gymnastics Academy. Eight of nine of our athletes were able to qualify for their respective Region 3 Championships in the Month of April. 

Level 8 Elise and Zaria qualified  to compete in Oklahoma City, OK the weekend of April 21-23, 2023. Level 7s Emmeline, Alena, Maliah, Maycie and Reghan qualified to compete in Little Rock, AR the weekend of April 28-30th. Level 10 Ryan narrowly missed out on qualifying to Regionals after uncharacteristic mistakes on beam. She did however post personal bests on bars and floor. 

The USA will send eight trampoline gymnasts to represent the country at the 2023 Senior Pan Am Championships on May 12-14, 2023 in Monterrey, Mexico. The roster of selected National Team athletes features Olympians and World Champions and medalists. 

The men's roster includes Olympian Aliaksei Shostak, 2022 World team all around silver medalists Cody Gesuelli and Isaac Rowley and reigning World and U.S. double mini champion Ruben Padilla.

Olympian Nicole Ahsinger is set to represent the women in trampoline competition along with last year's US individual and synchronized trampoline champion Sarah Webster, 2022 World team all around silver medalist Jessica Stevens, and 2022 U.S. individual and synchro trampoline bronze medalist Ava Hernando. 

Each athlete will compete in the individual and synchronized trampoline divisions.

Pan American Gymnastics Championships are the official continental gymnastics championships for North, South and Central America and the Caribbean. The Trampoline Championships serve to qualify countries to the 2023 Pan American Games to be held in Santiago, Chile in November. The championships feature Men's and Women's artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, acrobatic gymnastics, trampoline and tumbling, as well as aerobic gymnastics. U.S rosters in other disciplines will be announced later on this spring. 

Over the weekend of April 14-16, 2023, Team Eagle's Tumbling and Trampoline Team participated in the North Texas Trampoline and Tumbling State Championships in North Richland Hills, TX. 

Team Eagle came home with 30 STATE CHAMPIONS, 16 2nd place finishes, 10 third place finishes and 27 other top 10 finishes. In addition, to individual titles, Eagle athletes also won 4 overall state titles, and 8 team event titles. 

Over All State Champions include:
Level 6: Elliott Mc.
Level 7: Sorian Sk.
Level 8: Tatum U.
Level 10: Rocki C.

Event Team Champions include:
Level 6: Tumbling and Trampoline
Level 7: Double Mini and Trampoline
Level 8: Tumbling
Level 9: Double Mini and Tumbling
Level 10: Double Mini

For the level 5-Elite, State Championships is the first opportunity for athletes to qualify for the Stars and Stripes Championships and/or USA Championships. 100% of our eligible athletes qualified for at least one event for their respective competitions. 

Congratulations to everyone!

Up next, the team heads to Fort Worth, Texas to participate in Region 3 Championships on May 5-6, 2023. Good luck to everyone!

After a long season of hard work, dedication, and training, the boy's team as ready to show it off at the biggest compulsory meet of the season, Regionals. 

The level 3s started off strong on Friday, highlighted by Knox L. winning second place all around. He also finished 4th on high bar, 3rd on floor, and 2nd on parallel bars. Ayaan K. had a great rings which placed him on the podium and Asa H. earned third on high bar. 

On the second day of competition, the 5s and 6s greatly improved their scores from the State meet. Yuva B. led the group winning 2nd place all around and taking home the GOLD and become the REGIONAL CHAMP on parallel bars. Mason had one of his best meets in recent memory which improved his AA score and Matthew Mulhardt exploded on pommel horse to take the GOLD and become REGIONAL CHAMPION.

The level 4s were in charge of finishing the job and Cayson M. fought through a tough warm up on parallel bars to compete a very clean routine. Clark G. took home the silver medal on high bar after a beautiful routine. Way to go!

Over the weekend of May 5-7, 2023, the Tumbling and Trampoline team participated in the Region 3 Regional Championships in Fort Worth, TX. Team Eagle came home with 12 REGIONAL CHAMPIONS, 14 2nd place finishes and 22 other top 10 finishes. 

REGIONAL CHAMPS
Ezra F.: Age 9-10 yrs, Level 3 Tumbling, Level 4 Double Mini, Level 4 Trampoline
Blakeli M. : age 9-10 yrs. Level 6, Trampoline
CJ Uldrich: Level 8 trampoline
Quinn Mc.: age 11-12, level 9, Double Mini
Cate D.: age 15+, Level 9, Tumbling
Grace E.: age 13-14yrs, Level 10, Youth Elite, Double Mini
Maya G.: age 15-16 yrs, Level 10, Tumbling
Channing K, and Grace E.,: Youth Elite Synchro Trampoline
Kate A.: Jr. Elite Trampoline

In addition to the competition results, Coach Drew was the recipient of an academic scholarship for coaches and judges in the Region. Way to go Everyone. 

Up next for the team, our Level 10s and up will compete in the Elite Challenge taking place in Irving, TX. This will be the second of the three competitions where our Elite's will have the opportunity to earn points for the upcoming World Championships and World Age Groups Competition. For the Level 10 and Open athletes, they will compete against other top competitors in their respective levels and age groups across the Nation. Best of Luck to Everyone. 

Lastly, Coach Isaac will be traveling to Montery, Mexico to participate in the Pan American Championships along with other Team USA members. This will be the first step in qualifying the United States a spot at the 2024 Olympic Games. Best of luck to him and his teammates on the US National Team. 

Congratulations to our Men's team who will wrap up competition at the Men's Developmental Nationals in Oklahoma City over the weekend of May 11-14, 2023. 

Andrew and Simon competed in the Level 9 Junior Elite Division and Simon earned 4th place on high bar and 7th on Rings.

In the Level 10, sixteen-year-old division, Tyler placed 6th on rings and Zach H. placed 10th on high bar. In the Level 10, eighteen-year-old category, Caleb earned 6th place on parallel bars. 

Congratulations to the boys and the coaches for an incredible showing at Nationals. What a fantastic way to wrap up a memorable season, we are so proud of each of you!

Over the week of June 19-25, 2023, our Tumbling and Trampoline team attended the USA Gymnastics Championships in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This is the final competition of the season for the majority of our upper level groups. Of the 19 athletes that Eagle had attend, Eagle had amazing results. 

Eagle athletes came home with 5 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS, four second place finishes, two bronze medalists and 12 other top 10 finishes. After the long week, Eagle returned to Texas with TWO SENIOR NATIONAL TEAM MEMBERS, Isaac Rowley in trampoline and Hope Bravo in Tumbling. Eagle is also proud to announce that in the JUNIOR NATIONAL TEAM MEMBER category, Kate Arakawa qualified in Trampoline and Skye Hawk in Tumbling. Congratulations to our entire team who had an incredibly successful competition. 

Once all the points have been added up and the committee has scrutinized all the competitions, they will announce the team for World Championships and World Age Group Competition. We have our fingers crossed that Eagle athletes will be selected through this process. 

Eagle also has three of our athletes that have their bags packed and ready to go to Portugal for World Cup. Isaac Rowley will be first to compete over July 1-2 in Santerem, Portugal and Skye Hawk and Kate Arakawa will compete the following week in Coimbru, Portugal over July 7-8th. Good luck and we are so proud of them already! 

More than 30 trampoline and tumbling athletes will represent their country at the Santarem World Cup in Santarem, Portugual. Our very own Isaac Rowley, represented USA in the synchronized trampoline competition with Cody Gesuelli as his synchro partner. The young men, flipped and twisted to earn a bronze medal! Congratulations, we are so proud of Isaac and Cody for representing USA, Eagle and themselves in this competition of the best in the world! 

So many exciting things happened over the past week for our trampoline and tumbling team. We had three athletes go to Portugal to compete in international competitions.

Isaac Rowley competed in the Santarem World Cup and the Coimbra World Cup where he had and exceptional showing. Isaac placed 6th in the individual trampoline and 3rd in synchronized trampoline in Santarem and 31st in individual trampoline. Isaac and his synchro partner placed 8th in the preliminary round in synchro, but because of the one pair per country rule, they were bumped out of the finals into 10th place. Isaac completed 100% of his competition routines during this trip.

Kate Arakawa and Skyelar Hawk also traveled to Portugal, and they competed in the Scalibus Cup. It was Kate's first international competition, and she completed all her routines. She made finals and finished 7th place in individual trampoline in the U16 group. Teammate Skyelar also made finals in tumbling and is bringing home the bronze medal for the U17 group in tumbling. For the team awards, Kate and Skye are also coming home with team awards. Kate and her USA trampoline teammates are bringing home the gold medal and Skye and her USA tumbling teammates secured the silver medal. 

In other news, USA Gymnastics announced their jumpstart, Elite Development Program (EDP) World Age Group and World Championships team over the July 4th weekend. We are proud to announce that Casen Kim (double mini), and Quinn McCraw (trampoline) were selected for the jumpstart team. Grace Encalade (trampoline) and Casen Kim (trampoline) were selected for the EDP team. These athletes will participate in National Camp with the National coaching staff in Peoria, IL on Labor Day weekend. 

We have two athletes who will be joining Team USA at the trampoline and tumbling World Championships and three athletes who will be competing at the World Age Group competition held in Birmingham, England in November. Eagle will be represented at World Championships by Hope Bravo in tumbling and Isaac Rowley in individual and synchronized trampoline. Kate Arakawa and Grace Encalade will be competing in individual trampoline and synchronized trampoline while Skyelar Hawk will be competing in tumbling at the World Age Group competition. 

Finally, two of our trampoline and tumbling coaches have been selected to coach these Team USA athletes. Coach Jared has been selected to coach trampoline at the Pan American Championships in Chile in November and Coach Drew has been selected to coach trampoline at the World Age Group competition in Birmingham, England. 

We are so proud of our trampoline and tumbling athletes and coaches and wish them the best of luck in their future camps and competitions. 

On June 23, 2023 Eagle Gymnastics had a group of young gymnasts from our recreational classes perform for the residents of Victoria Gardens. Thank you to Hayley, Daisy, Dottie and Nicole for a spectacular performance! The residents and staff were grateful and excited to watch our gymnasts show off their skills and our girls were proud and excited to make the residents smile.

Thank you to our girls, and Coach Myke, for bringing smiles and joy for all those who watched your wonderful handstands and cartwheels The residents truly appreciated you taking the time to visit with them. 

Our Level 5-7 athletes attended their final competition of the season in beautiful West Palm Beach, Florida. This was an amazing end to a great season for the 9 athletes that attended. Team Eagle came home with one STARS CHAMPION, two second place finishes, 5- 3rd place and 7 other top 10 finishers. All the coaches are very proud of these athletes and are excited to start working towards next season. 

Following the Stars and Stripes competition, USA National Team Members- Hope B., Kate A., Isaac R. and Skye H. all participated in their first National team camp of 2023-2024 season. Following this camp, Hope and Isaac will compete in World Cup. This is the second Olympic Qualifier for countries to secure their country a spot in the 2024 Games in Paris. Best of luck to both athletes this up coming week. 

Our compulsory teams shined at Pretty in Pink this past weekend at Texas Dynamics.

The level 3 team took home 1st place in Small Team Division. The girls earned this title with several top 5 finishes and multiple gold medals. Destiny (Jr. C) earned 1st place on beam and had top 5 finishes on vault and all around. Hannah (Sr. A) earned 1st on bars, 3rd on floor and had top 5 all around finish. Makena (Sr. A) earned 3rd on vault had top 5 finishes on beam, floor and the all around. Zoe M competed in achievement division and had a great showing. 

Our Level 4 team competed next. Sofia (Jr. C) earned first place on bars, beam and the all around. She also earned 3rd on floor and had top 5 finishes on vault and floor. Rounding out our team in the achievement division, Ryleigh, Emilie, and Ella, had strong showing on all 4 events.

The level 2 team finished out our weekend with 1st place in Medium Team Division. This was the first meet for many of these competitors. The girls had a wonderful competition with many getting to sign the special "score achievement" boards upon return. Our level 2 team members are Ava, Christina, Zoe. W. Geneva, Marlie Ann, Scarlett, Raegan and Claire.

Congratulations to all our compulsories on a great start of the season!