2010-2011 EWA Flyers Update
April 26, 2010 by admin
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Our EWA Flyers had an amazing 2009-2010 Season, and we want to congratulate all of the girls who tried out for our upcoming 2010-2011 season! It’s going to be another amazing year for EWA’s cheer teams!
First Practice for 2010-2011 Season: If you already tried out, please note that your first practice is Sunday May 2nd from 2p-4p. Girls need to wear athletic shorts, t-shirt or tank top, tennis shoes, and their hair must be pulled back.
Mandatory Parent’s Meeting: There will be a parent’s meeting to go over packet information on May 4th at 7:30p in our Mother’s Day Out room upstairs. Please note that this is mandatory.
If you want to be a part of this 5 time National Championship team who was undefeated in each competition they attended this year and on top of winning NCA Nationals, won “Best Choreography” at NCA Nationals, IT’S NOT TOO LATE! Check out the info below and get ready for tryouts!
Date & Time: Please call the office to set up an evaluation date & time 972.727.9911
Cost: $30
Details: Girls will attend a private evaluation to see what team they would best fit on. Girls need to wear athletic shorts, t-shirt or tank top, tennis shoes, and their hair must be pulled back.
Congrats!!
April 20, 2010 by admin
Filed under Girls Team
Winners at Regionals
WINNERS AT REGIONALS
Cole Wilhelm didn’t just win, he won big. Cole has had an extremely successful competitive season as a gymnast at Eagle’s Wings Athletics (EWA) in Allen. The season is not over yet, but Cole returned to Allen as Regional Champion times three. He won first place on parallel bars with a score of 15.0, first on high bar (14.7) and tied for first on vault (15.2). He earned a silver medal on floor exercise (15.5) and all around (87.7), and took 11th on pommel horse (13.0) and 12th on still rings (14.3) out of the 23 competitors in the Level 7, age 12-13 division.
The USA Men’s Gymnastics Regional Championships were held April 9-10 at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. Fifteen EWA gymnasts, levels 6 through 10, competed. Only Levels 9 and 10 are eligible to advance to Nationals, held in Tennessee next month, and all of EWA’s Level 9 and 10 athletes did just that.
On the Level 10 team, Evan Fitzgerald earned fourth on pommel horse (13.15), and eighth on floor exercise and high bar in the 14-15 year-old division. He earned 12th place all-around with a score of 75.05. Logan Doughty, in the 16-18 group, tied for seventh on parallel bars (13.75), placed ninth on floor exercise, and 12th on high bar. These two, along with teammate Justin Muenz, and Level 9 Cameron Lake, will be advancing to Nationals.
Chandler Guvernator competed Level 8, where he earned fourth place on high bar (11.15), fifth on vault (12.2) and rings (11.5), ninth on floor exercise, and 8th all-around (67.8).
Other notable finishes from the men’s team were Level 7 Drew Huck earning tenth on floor exercise, Level 6 Brian McCray (age 12-13 division) placing fifth on vault (14.2) and ninth on parallel bars, and Carter Frederick placing ninth on bars in the Level 6, age 8-9 division.
Women’s Regionals
April 20, 2010 by admin
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WOMEN’S REGIONALS
The USAG women’s Level 9 & 10 Regional Championships were held the same weekend in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. Level 10 Casey Dreyer competed in the Junior C division, taking bronze all-around (37.725) out of 14 competitors. She earned fourth place on balance beam (9.55), fifth on floor exercise (9.55), sixth on uneven parallel bars (9.225) and seventh on vault (9.4). As one of the top 7 all-around finishers in her age group, she qualified to the Level 10 Junior Olympic National Championships to be held in Dallas.
Makenzie Johnson, also Level 10, competed in the Junior D division. Competing against 24 other gymnasts, Johnson placed sixth on bars (9.3), eighth on vault (9.275), and ninth on floor (9.4) to earn tenth place all-around (36.85). She will compete at the National Invitational Tournament, held in conjunction with Junior Olympic Nationals next month.
Boys Level 6-10 State
BOYS LEVEL 6-10 STATE
The Men’s gymnastics team from EWA traveled to Austin for the Level 6-10 State Championships. Cole Wilhelm, a Level 7 athlete in the age 12-13 group, was a four-time State champion, earning first place wins on vault (15.1), parallel bars (14.8), pommel horse (14.0) and all-around (85.9). He tied for silver on high bar (14.3) and placed fourth on floor exercise (14.4) and seventh on still rings (13.3). Wilhelm, along with Level 7 teammates Drew Huck and Christopher Bowling, qualified to advance to the Regional Championships.
Level 8 Chandler Guvernator and Level 9 Cameron Lake also qualified for Regionals. Guvernator tied for eighth place all-around (67.6), earning fourth on vault (12.9), tying for seventh on rings (11.0), and placing eighth on parallel bars (11.9) and high bar (10.6).
Level 10 Justin Muenz tied for sixth on high bar and earned tenth all-around in the age 16-18 group. Johann Handszer took bronze on still rings (12.7) and pommel horse (12.6) and sixth on vault (13.75). He was injured during warm ups on high bar so scratched the last two events. Evan Fitzgerald, in the age 14-15 division, earned fifth place on floor exercise (13.3), tied for seventh on pommel horse (12.2) and tied for tenth on vault (13.4). Muenz, Fitzgerald, and Logan Doughty qualified to Regionals, while Handzser will petition straight to Nationals.
Several Level 6 gymnasts placed in the top ten as well. Carter Frederick tied for sixth place on parallel bars (15.0) in the 8-9 year old group. Bradley Weatherford, age 11, took seventh on vault (15.0), while in the age 12-13 group Brian McCray tied for sixth place on parallel bars (14.1), and took eighth place on high bar (14.5) and still rings (12.1).
Head Coach Greg Schram, along with Bob Martichuski, Wesley Cox, Craig Locke, and Evan Fitzgerald coach the men’s team at EWA.
Allen Gymnast Takes U.S. Gold Medal
ALLEN GYMNAST TAKES U.S. GOLD MEDAL
Mary Rossi was one of three U.S. women to earn a gold medal at the 2010 Trampoline and Tumbling (T & T) Pan American Championships held at the Daytona Beach (Fla.) Ocean Center March 26. Rossi, who trains at Eagle’s Wings Athletics (EWA) in Allen, won her gold on double mini trampoline in the Level 10, age 15-16 division. She beat out 19 other competitors to earn the top spot with a score of 63.60.
Other gymnasts at Eagle’s Wings made notable finishes in the Level 10, age 17 and over division. Emily Beasley placed fourth (28.3) in tumbling and Melissa Courtad took sixth (29.4) out of 34 on trampoline. Josh Williams earned 11th place on double mini with a score of 62.5.
The T& T team at EWA is coached by Amy McDonald, Bret Stout, and Josh Williams.
