Level 7 Erin 1st Place Bars Pineapple Classic

Score: 9.1

Level 7 Katelyn 1st Place Floor Pineapple Classic

Score: 9.425

Annelise Level 7 1st Place Bars and Beam Pineapple Classic

Bars Score: 9.3 Beam Score: 9.1

Level 7 Teagan 1st Place Beam Routine Pineapple Classic

Score: 9.05

Level 10 CJ Vault Pineapple Classic

Level 10 Jordan PBars Pineapple Classic

Level 10 Connor Floor Pineapple Classic

Level 10 Jesus Rings from Pineapple Classic

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Palmers Gymnasts tell us their Favorite Christmas Gift Ever

Level 5 and 6 Results from Pineapple Classic

Level 5/6 Results from the Pineapple Classic.

5's
7/8 yr old Payton V 8.775 3rd B 8.7 9th B 9.175 1st F 8.75 10th 35.4 6th
Nina V 7.75 B 8.6 11th B 8.825 10th F 8.55 33.725 12th
Cassi's first meet V 7.8 B 8.325 B 8.05 F 8.35 32.525

10 yr olds Sam first meet V 8.35 B8.05 B7.95 F 7.65 32.0
Amanda V 8.55 6th B 8.0 B 8.75 6th F 8.45 6th 33.75 7th
Kennedy V 8.45 B 9.25 1st B 8.925 5th F 8.25 34.825 5th
12 yr Amber V 8.725 1st B 8.9 1st B 9.225 1st F 8.65 1st 35.5 1st


6's

Sarah V 9.0 1st B 8.6 2nd B 9.1 1st F 8.65 3rd 35.35 1st
Alex V 7.9 B 8.45 4th B 7.2 F 8.275 8th 31.825

Great Job level 5's and 6's. Congrats to Sam and Cassi on their first level 5 meet.
If you have video please leave it for me at the office and I would be happy to put it up for you.

I will post video of Sundays performances on Monday. Sorry long weekend very tired. Christmas Party tomorrow!!!!

Level 8's finish the weekends competition with some pineapple shape medals of their own

The level 8's competed in the last session of the weekend but last they were not. The girls did a good job for their first meet of the year. Alexis and Meghan brought home a win or two while Krystal was the bridesmaid on 3 of the 4 events (actually tied her sister on beam). They have a bunch of new skills in their routines this year and hit most of them. This threesome is going to be very tough in coming months watch out. Here are their results

Alexis 2nd bars 8.7, 1st on beam 8.3, 1st Floor 9.2, 1st AA 33.9(state qualifying score)

Krystal 2nd vault 8.25, 2nd beam 8.3, 2nd on floor 9.0, AA 33.1(state qualifying score)

Meghan 3rd bars 8.725 1st beam 9.225

Level 7's take 2nd place at Pineapple Classic

Our level 7 team finished in 2nd place as a team, Annelise Frank wins 2 events and the All Around at pineapple on sunday morning. The girls had a pretty good competition under tight scoring. Balance beam was a bit shaky as we had a little too many dismounts today. I am sure Debbie will be working on cutting out some of those dismounts. Here are some results from todays meet.

Annelise 1st bars 9.3, 1st on beam 9.1 , 1st AA 35.8

Erin 1st bars 9.1, 4th AA 34.775

Isabella 1st vault 9.1 , 3rd bars 8.825 , 3rd beam 8.8 .2nd AA 35.525

Jaemie 2nd bars 8.95 , AA 34.925

Jessica 2nd on floor 9.175 , 4th AA 35.15

Kaitlyn 3rd vault 8.8 , 2nd beam 8.85, 1st floor 9.425, 2nd AA 35.425

Teagan 1st Beam 9.05 , 3rd AA 35.5

Veronika 4th bars 8.55 AA 34.325

Zoe- Vault 9.2 , 4th Beam 8.8, AA 34.45

Emily 3rd place bars Pineapple

Kylie 1st Place floor passes

Kylie 1st place vault Pineapple Classic

Level 10's start their season off at the Pineapple Classic

The Palmers Level 10's started the 2010 Competition season with the dreaded 8:00am session at the Pineapple Classic. The scores were tight as they always are at the beginning of the competition season. Overall the girls did a good job for the first meet of the year. Maggie Lundeen placed 4th on bars and 2nd on floor. Kylie Fischer won vault and floor both scoring 9.15. She also finished 2nd on bars and 2 all around with a 34.25(state qualifying score). Emily Ryan placed 3rd on bars and beam and 4th all around with a 33.8(state qualifying score).

Caitlin 1st Place Beam Pineapple Classic

Caitlin Skills from her beam routine. File size to large to upload. Sorry Caitlin

Erica 1st Place Beam Pineapple Classic

Here are the skills from Erica's Beam routine. The full routine is too long to upload onto blogspots server. SORRY ERICA

Amanda Quinns 2nd Place Bars Routine From Pineapple Classic

Palmers Gymnasts Compete Hawaiian Style

The Palmers level 5-10 and Boys team are competiting in the Hawaiian Pineapple Classic this weekend in Schamburg at the Renessiance Convention Center. On Friday December 18th the Level 5 girls, Level 10 boys, and the Level 9 Girls competed.

In the Level 9 girls competition Amanda Quinn finished 2nd in her age group on bars. Erica Carone won her age group on balance beam. Caitlin Grega won beam in her age group with a 9.1 and qualified to state. Caitlin is the only Palmer Level 9 that competed in the all around competition.

Results from the Level 5's and Boys will be posted soon. Stay tuned for results for our team gymnasts as they compete in their respective sessions through out the weekend.

Looking for Meet Pictures and Video Clips

If you have any great meet pics or video clips you think would be good for our blog please let me know or put them in my box in the office. These kids work very hard and I think their deserve some recognition. So please take those meet photos and videos.

Make a Wish Results

Two of our gymnasts won their age group at the Make of Wish classic. Level 6 Sarah DeStefano won with a 36.5. On the boys side Jordan DeClerk won his first Level 10 meet with a score of 76.4. Congrats again to all Palmers Gymnasts who competed. Here are the remaining scores from the Make a Wish Classic.

Level 5-

Amber Broucek 36.075

Payton Murphy 35.55

Kennedy O Neill 34.775

Amanda Arendt 34.15

Nina Gallichio 34.15

Level 6-

Alex Linsenmann- 33.8 (State Qualifying Score)

Sarah DeStefano- 36.5

Boys-

Kyle Kravitz (Level 4) 82.4

Andrew Lewarchick (Level 7) 74.00

Level 10-

Jordan DeClerk 76.4

C. J. Patton 61.2

Connor Gonalez (Competed on 3 events) Floor 12.3, Rings 12.1, P-bars 13.0

Palmers gymnasts compete to help Make a Wish Kids

The Palmers Gymnastics Girls Level 5-7 and Boys Level 4-10 competed in the Wish Classic at Harper College in Palatine the weekend of December 4-6. All of the Wish Classic proceeds go to the Make a Wish foundation. The Wish Classic is hosted by Ultimate Gymnastics in Gurnee, Illinois.

Our Level 7 Girls started their season with a win in the team competition over some very strong teams. All 9 girls qualified to the state championships which will be held in Dekalb, IL on March 12-14. Here is a list of the all around scores from the meet.

Erin- 35.325

Veronika- 35.875

Jaemie- 35.15

Zoe- 35.825

Jessica- 35.70

Katelyn- 36.65

Annelise- 35.475

Teagan- 36.9

Isabella- 36.275

Great Job Level 7's. Keep it up

More Results and Video soon to come.

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