Men’s Team on the Move
MEN’S TEAM ON THE MOVE
Two Level 10s from Allen’s Eagle’s Wings Athletics men’s gymnastics team competed in Minneapolis, Minnesota at the Men’s Intercollegiate Gymnastics Support (MIGS) Program National Meet. The main goal of the MIGS program is to increase participation in men’s gymnastics in college.
Logan Doughty was the parallel bars champion in the age 16-18 division. He also earned second place on high bar (12.6), and third on vault (14.3), still rings (11.6) and all-around (75.2).
Evan Fitzgerald competed in the age 14-15 group. He earned four silver medals - all-around (74.7), vault (14.2), floor exercise (13.7), and pommel horse (12.4), and bronze on high bar (11.2).
“With only our two boys competing, we still received third place team out of the four teams,” remarked EWA’s head men’s team coach Greg Schram.
Boys from the Levels 4 and 5 teams competed in Euless at the Empire Last Chance Meet. Brian Le was the Level 5, age 12 and over all-around champion, earning 88.5 total. He was also the pommel horse/mushroom champ (14.8) and tied for first on parallel bars (14.6). He earned silver medals on floor exercise (15.0), high bar (14.9) and vault (14.8). His parallel bars tie was with teammate Chance Melancon, who also placed third on floor exercise (14.7). Andy Hoover won bronze on vault (14.7) and rings (14.6).
Jake Sikora, who competed in the 10-11 division, tied for second on high bar (14.5) and vault (14.2), and earned third on pommel horse/mushroom (14.6), rings (14.5), and all-around (86.4). Gavin McCallister tied for third on rings (14.9) in the age 7-8 division.
On the Level 4 team, Ethan Tibbs won third on pommel horse/mushroom (12.0) and fourth all-around (84.0). Braxton Brooks placed third on parallel bars (14.8), while Garrett Ganakos tied for third on vault (14.3).
“The Level 4 boys showed a lot of improvement at this meet from their last meet,” said Coach Schram. “They were more focused and dedicated.”
EWA Gymnast is State Champion
March 29, 2010 by admin
Filed under USAG Girls Team
EWA GYMNAST IS STATE CHAMPION
Casey Dreyer got a surprise several days after competing in the USA Gymnastics (USAG) Level 10 State Championships held at TWU in Denton March 20.
According to a chart posted online by Texas USAG, the Eagle’s Wings Athletics (EWA) gymnast was assigned to and competed in the Jr. B session, earning second place all-around. However, due to an error by Texas USAG, Dreyer competed in the wrong age group. The error was not made public until results from the meet were posted online a few days later.
When her scores were put with those of her age group, she learned that she had tied for the honor of Level 10 Jr. C balance beam state champion. She also placed fourth all-around (37.525) after tying for fourth place on vault (9.45), and earning 9.525 (7th) on floor exercise and 8.925 (9th) on uneven parallel bars.
Makenzie Johnson also competed, tying for fourth place all-around (37.375) in the Sr. A division. She earned 9.4 on floor (6th), 9.35 on bars (6th) and beam (9th), and 9.275 on vault (8th). Both girls qualified to advance to the Region 3 Championships to be held in New Mexico in April.
They are coached at EWA by Helen Verucchi and Head Coach Alex Atamas.
Houston Meet Draws World Athletes
HOUSTON MEET DRAWS WORLD ATHLETES
Top gymnasts from around the world gathered at the George Brown Convention Center March 4–7 for the 16th Annual Houston International Invitational. Among those competing were the trampoline and tumbling team (T & T) and the men’s gymnastics team from Eagle’s Wings Athletics (EWA) in Allen.
Several members of EWA’s T & T team took part in the synchronized trampoline competition. Cole Kirby and Wyatt Sharp were right in sync, and came away as the Level 7 winners. In the Level 9 division, Rebecca Clouthier and Hannah Green won a silver medal, while Caden Kirby and Isaac Rowley won bronze. Coming in second place for Level 6 were Caeley Black and Tyler Dunning.
Cole Kirby and Dunning also earned gold medals in individual events in the 9 and 10 year-old group. Kirby won first on double mini in the Level 7 division, and placed second on trampoline. Dunning won his gold in Level 5 tumbling, and added a silver medal for Level 6 trampoline, and a bronze for Level 7 double mini.
In the Level 9 age 11-12 division, Rowley took second on double mini, while Caden Kirby took third. Rowley also took third on trampoline.
In the 15 and over group, Bryan Bashrum earned two bronze medals – Level 10 double mini and Level 9 trampoline. Hannah Green and Kelsey Dock took second and third, respectively, on Level 9 double mini. Sara Stewart competed level 7 tumbling where she earned a silver medal for second place.
Level 10’s Melissa Courtad and Sydney Wendt won bronze medals. Courtad earned hers on trampoline in the 17 and over age group, while Wendt, in the age 13-14 group, earned third on tumbling and trampoline.
Brittany Stout won second place in level 8 tumbling and Macey Levine took silver medals on both Level 7 double mini and Level 5 tumbling.
The EWA men’s gymnastics team also had their day at the Invitational. Level 7 Cole Wilhelm won second place on high bar with a score of 14.8, and tied for second on vault (14.4). Out of the 15 competitors in the age 12 and over group, he place fifth all-around (83.0). Drew Huck and Christopher Bowling competed in the age 10-11 division, with 56 other athletes. Huck took sixth place on pommel horse, tied for eighth on vault, and tied for ninth on floor exercise to earn ninth place all-around (85.3).
Level 8 Chandler Guvernator was one of 43 gymnasts in the age 12 and over division. He tied for eighth place on pommel horse and eleventh place all-around (66.5).
Cameron Lake, Level 9, tied for 12th place on floor exercise out of the 78 competitors in his age group.
Johann Handszer and Evan Fitzgerald competed Level 10 in the age 14-15 group. Handszer tied for fifth place on floor exercise (13.7), earned sixth on pommel horse (13.5), tied for eighth on still rings, and tenth on parallel bars and high bar to place sixth all-around (78.2). Fitzgerald placed tenth on vault out of the 48 competitors. On high bar in the age 16-18 division, Justin Muenz earned the seventh spot and Logan Doughty tied for ninth, out of the 57 athletes competing.
On The Road Again
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
ALLEN, TX: The men’s gymnastics team at Eagle’s Wings Athletics (EWA) had a busy weekend February 26 and 27, competing in meets in New Orleans, Louisiana and in Garland.
Several Level 9 and 10 boys traveled to Tulane University to take part in the New Orleans Jazz Invite. Cameron Lake was the Level 9 all-around champion in the age 12-13 division, earning a score of 72.4. He took gold medals on four events – floor exercise (13.0), parallel bars (12.5), pommel horse (12.2) and high bar (11.5) - and silver on vault (12.7).
Logan Doughty, Evan Fitzgerald, and Adam Templin competed Level 10. Doughty earned first place on parallel bars (13.7) and pommel horse (12.9) in the age 16-18 group. Fitzgerald won vault (14.3) and pommel horse (12.6), and placed second on high bar (12.4) and parallel bars (12.1) in the age 14-15 division. The combined Level 9 and 10 team earned second place in the team awards.
At the Garland Classic Invite the next day, Level 10 Justin Muenz took third place all-around by winning gold on floor exercise (13.5), pommel horse (13.1) and still rings (13.0) and silver on high bar (11.8).
The Level 6 team earned the third place team award. Bradley Weatherford was the vault champion, earning 15.0 on that event in the age 10-11 group. He also placed third on floor exercise (14.4). Carter Frederick, in the age 8-9 division, took two silver medals on parallel bars with a 15.4 and high bar with a 14.5. In the older group, Brian McCray earned a 14.4 on high bar for third place.
The Level 5 team also earned third place. Brian Le was the all-around champion in the age 10 and over division, taking second on parallel bars (15.2) and high bar (14.8), and third on floor exercise (14.6) to help him earn an 87.7 all-around score. Chance Melancon won the vault (15.5) and tied for second on still rings (14.8) with teammate Jake Sikora. In the age 7-8 group, Logan Cobb earned a silver medal on vault for his 15.2 score.
Boys Team in Austin
BOYS TEAM IN AUSTIN
The men’s gymnastics team spent the weekend in Austin, where the Level 5 boys, ages 10 and over, earned the first place team award. Brian Le earned the title of all-around champion with a total score of 88.0. He also won gold on high bar (15.2), silver on floor exercise (14.7) and parallel bars (14.5), and bronze on vault (14.7) and still rings (14.5). Teammate Jake Sikora won gold on parallel bars (14.6) and silver on pommel horse/mushroom (14.7). Chance Melancon was the runner up on vault with a score of 14.8. Andy Hoover rounded out the winning team.
The Level 5, 9 year-olds won second place team, just .1 behind the first place team. Devan Arvidson took second place on high bar (14.9) and Mac Stout placed third on vault (14.50). Ryan Phillips also contributed by getting the highest all-around score (81.2) of the three boys on the team.
Only two EWA boys competed in the 7-8 year-old division, one shy of having enough to compete for the team award. Both boys earned medals – Logan Cobb took gold on still rings (15.3) and Gavin McAllister took silver on high bar (14.9) and bronze on rings (15.0).
The Level 4 team, with only three boys, took third place in the team award. Ethan Tibbs earned third place on still rings (15.3), and Braxton Brooks and Garrett Ganakos contributed to the team score. “Each boy went up from before,” said head coach Greg Schram. “And the team score went up 12 points!”
Women Compete at Natia Comaneci Invite
March 2, 2010 by admin
Filed under USAG Girls Team
WOMEN COMPETE AT NADIA COMANECI INVITE
The Bart Conner Gymnastics Academy hosted the annual Nadia Comaneci Invitational in Oklahoma City, where two EWA gymnasts received the Spirit Award. Makenzie Johnson and Isabella Gordillo received custom Nadia Comaneci Invitational watches, from Comaneci herself, for their outstanding performances on floor exercise.
Level 10 Johnson also won first place on vault with a score of 9.475, and third on floor (9.45) and uneven parallel bars (8.8) to win silver all-around (36.375) in the age 15 division. Casey Dreyer was the floor exercise champion in the age 13-14 group, winning that event with a score of 9.45. She also took second place on vault (9.05).
Natalie May won silver on both floor (9.6) and bars (9.075), and bronze on vault (9.3) to earn second place all-around (36.55) in the Level 7, 12 and over division. Gordillo took second on floor (9.55) and third on vault (9.3) in the 11-year old group, while Sierra Thain took silver on bars (9.175) in the age 9-10 division.
Level 4 gymnast Abbie Haigwood was the vault champion with a score of 9.5. Abigail Johnston won floor exercise (9.3) and took third place on vault (9.375) and balance beam (8.7). Both girls competed in the age 6-7 division.
Flyers at the Top
FLYERS AT THE TOP
The Eagle’s Wings Athletics (EWA) cheer team has added yet another title to their undefeated season repertoire, the National Cheerleaders Association (NCA) National Championships. Held this past weekend in Dallas, the Flyers took first place in the Level One Small Team division. Coaches Anthony Thomas and Dabney Eiland received the Best Choreography award for the division.
Tumbling at Trevino’s
TUMBLING AT TREVINO’S
The Trampoline and Tumbling (T & T) team competed at Trevino’s and brought home 19 medals. Bryan Bashrum, in the age 15-16 division, brought home gold medals for level 9 tumbling and trampoline, and a silver medal for Level 10 double mini.
Several athletes competed Level 7, all earning bronze medals. Wyatt Sharp earned his on double mini in the 9 – 10 year-old group. Morgan Johnson and Charlotte Pearce also earned theirs on double mini, Pearce in the age 13-14 group, and Johnson in the 15 and over division. Pearce’s other bronze was on trampoline, while Veronica Prior took bronze on trampoline in the 11-12 year-old division.
Level 6 Kylie Harris won first place for tumbling and second on trampoline in the 9-10 group. Also in that age group, Caeley Black won gold on trampoline, and Wyatt Sharp took silver on tumbling. Tyler Dunning and Gaby Williams earned silver in the age 11-12 group. Dunning earned his on trampoline and Williams earned hers on tumbling and double mini.
Black also competed Level 5 tumbling, where she took first place in her age group. Macy Levine earned first on tumbling in the age 11-12 division.
Abigail Stewart placed third in Level 4 trampoline and Level 2 tumbling.
Summer Is Coming!!!
March 2, 2010 by admin
Filed under General Info
Summer is coming faster than we know it! Take advantage of early registration rate for our NEW AND IMPROVED EWA Summer Adventure Camps! The information is on the web now…just click here!
We have added a ton of stuff to this year’s camps to make them more exciting than ever! Campers will have goal sheets to fill in over the weeks of summer with an awards ceremony every Friday for family and friends to come and see what they have accomplished!
Don’t miss out on the fun!
