Level 9 and 10's compete at St Nick Invite

This past weekend our Level 9 and 10's competed at the Annual St Nick Invite held at Northern Illinois University. This year we only had 2 compete. Level 9 Sam competed in her first meet since last January and qualified to the state meet. Here are some of the video highlights from her competition.
Level 10 Emily Ryan got her competition started off with a consistent performance that qualified her to this years state meet. Here is some of the video highlights.

Palmers Gymnasts had a strong showing at Make a Wish

Palmers Level 6,7,8's and Boys team competed at the Make a Wish Ultimate Wish Classic over the weekend. The Level 7's and 8's start the weekend off on friday night with strong performances on two events and a little shaky on two events.

Level 7 Kennedy ONeill scored a 9.4 on floor

Kennedy also scored a 9.225 on vault and finished with an AA of 36.075(6th place).

Level 7 Bailey Bloom scored a 9.3 and finish 3rd with this bar routine.

She also scored a 9.15 on floor to finish with an AA of 36.3(5th place)

The level 8's started strong on vault and end strong on floor (video to come) to finish 4th over all as a team. Other highlights from the Level 8 session Teagan Ziegler had scores of 9.275 (1st place) on vault and 9.55(1st place) on floor to tie for 1st AA with a 35.45. Katelyn Murphy and Annalise Donati tied for 1st place on floor exerise with a 9.5 in their age group. Isabella Shaw finished with a 9.1 (2nd place) on vault and 9.4 (3rd place) on floor exercise.

On Saturday the Boys team and Level 6's competed. The Level 4's competed in their first gymnastics competition with a good showing. Here is a look at their ring routines.

Level 10 Jordan DeClerk start his 2010-11 competition off with a good showing on floor 13.5 (1st place), rings 14.8(2nd place), and high bar 12.4 (1st Place).

He finished 2nd in the AA with a 77.00.

The Level 6's Girls team competed on Saturday night and finished 3rd as a team with a strong team effort on balance beam.

Amber Broucek finished 1st on vault 9.25 and 1st on beam with a huge 9.6 to finish 2nd AA with a 36.275. Nina Gallichio also finished 1st in her age group on beam with a 9.4. Payton Murphy won 3 events vault 9.325, bars 9.15, floor 9.175, and was 2nd on beam with a 9.3 to finish 1st AA with a 36.95

Great Job to all the Palmers Gymnasts for a great job at this years Make a Wish.

Palmers Gymnasts compete to help Make a Wish Kids

This weekend our Palmers Level 6-8's and our Boys Team will compete in the Ultimate Wish Classic hosted by Ultimate Gymnastics. The competition will feature gymnasts from around the chicago area as well as Wisconsin. This is an annual competition hosted by Ultimate to raise money for the Make a Wish Foundation. Palmers Gymnastics is proud to helping out such a great cause.

This weekend begins the 2010-11 competition season for our Level 8 girls as well as all our Boys team. The Ultimate Wish Classic is the second meet of the season for our Level 6 and 7's who are coming off a strong performance at the judges cup last month. We wish all our Palmers Gymnasts the best of luck this weekend. GO Palmers.

USAG Level 5 and 6 Girls Kick off the Season!!

November 13th and 14th Palmer's Level 5 and 6 girls participated in the North Judges Cup Meet at UIC. Top all- around placements were earned by Amber (1st), Payton (2nd) and Samantha (8th). Great Job Girls!!!

Terra Garcia competed in her first and only USAG level 5 meet, qualifying into level 6. She will compete as a level 6 for the remainder of the 2010-2011 season. Way to go Terra!

This meet was unique in that the girls received direct feedback from the judges and are now working on making improvements to their routines for the next meet. Keep up the hard work ladies!

Level 7 Bailey Bloom 2010 Judges Cup

Level 7 Duo win All Around at Judges Cup

Our level 7 duo Kennedy O'Neil and Bailey Bloom won the All Around at Judges Cup, the first competition of the year. Kennedy finished 1st on beam and floor as well as 4th on vault and 5th on beam. Bailey finished first on bars beam and floor as well as 4th on vault. Congrats to both you you, what a great way to start off the season.

Kennedy- V: 8.85, B: 9.1, BM: 8.6, Fl: 9.3, AA: 35.85

Bailey- V: 8.525, B: 9.125, BM: 9.2, Fl: 9.05, AA: 35.9

Video Highlights coming soon

Palmers Gymnasts to compete in Illinois Judges Cup to kick off 2010-11 Season

The 2010- 2011 competition season is set to begin this weekend at the Illinois North Judges Cup at the Physical Education Building on the campus of UIC. Competing this weekend will be our USAG Level 5 and 6's along with our Level 7 gymnasts. These gymnasts have been working hard all off season to learn and perfect their new skills and routines. They are very excited to get this years competition season off to a great start. Good Luck to all our Level 5-7 gymnasts as well as Coach Cathy and Coach Debbie. GO PALMERS!

GIJO Optional Team 1st in State!

The GIJO Optional girls had a great state meet and took first place as a team! Here are a few of the highlights:



Ashley, Tarah and Alyssa had their highest all around score of the year! Meicie and Tae Tae did their tsuk vaults for the first time in a meet and won first and second place on that event! Casey also won the vault for her age group. Eleni had her highest score of the year on beam and Adina had a great bar routine and made her giants.





Results: Vault Bars Beam Floor AA

14 Year Olds:

Meicie 8.5 (1st) 9.05 (2) 8.9 (3) 9.1 (2) 35.55 (2)

Tae Tae 8.2 (2) 9.2 (1) 9.1 (2) 9.25 (1) 35.75 (1)

Eleni 7.85 (6) 7.65 8.2 (6) 7.4 31.1 (9)

Adina 8.2 (4) 8.9 (4) 7.8 8.75 (4) 33.65 (4)



13 Year Olds:

Alyssa 8.2 (2) 8.6 (2) 8.6 (3) 7.65 33.05 (4)

Casey 8.45 (1st) 7.7 (6) 8.6 (5) 8.1 (6) 32.85 (6)

Ashley 8.0 (3) 8.1 (5) 8.75 (1st) 8.55 (4) 33.4 (2)

12 Year Olds:

Tarah Schomer 8.1 (1) 9.3 (1) 9.1 (1) 9.3 (1) 35.8 (1st)



We are so proud of you girls! Good luck to Meicie, Tae Tae and Eleni who will be competing for their high schools next year!

Level 10 Maggie 2010 JO Nationals

Maggie finished 6th on floor and help her SR A team to the National Championship.

Level 10 Kylie at the 2010 JO NIT in Dallas Texas

Jordan 8th on P-Bars at JO Nationals

Jordan DeClerk competed in the JO National Event Semifinals on Paralle Bars in Knoxville,TN Saturday May 8th. He finished in 8th Place and just missed Qualifying for the event finals by .1 . Good Job Jordan and Congrats on an great Competition Season!

Boys 2010 Junior Olympic National Championships

2010 J.O. Nationals takes place in the Knoxville Convention Center in Knoxville,TN. Jordan DeClerk had an awesome competition in the Prelims Thursday and qualified to Semifinals on Parallel Bars by placing 4th! Semifinals will be Saturday May 8, GOOD LUCK JORDAN! here are the rest of his scores from nationals

FX- 14.05 PH- 12.15 SR- 12.15 VT- 14.00 PB- 14.70 (4th) HB- 12.55 AA- 79.60 (55th)

Level 5's Rock at State Meet!

The USAG level 5 girls had a great State Championship meet! Congratulations to Amber (36.7), Kennedy(36.7), Payton(37.5), Nina(36.125), Cassi(35.175), Sam(35.0) and Amanda(35.425)! Below are some of the highlights!

Amanda (senior D age group): 3rd in the All-Around (36.7), and 2nd on beam(9.5)
Kennedy (senior A age group): 4th in the All-Around (36.7), and 2nd on bars (9.35)
Payton (child D age group): 6th in the All-Around (37.5), 1st on bars (9.55)

We are so proud of you all! Keep up the hard work!

Level 4 Flippin' FiEsTa!

Bars

Maddie 8.95

Shaye 9.05

Julia 9.3

Megan 9.25

Beam

Maddie 8.65

Shaye 9.35

Julia 9.25

Megan 9.00

Vault

Maddie 9.3

Shaye 9.3

Julia 9.45

Megan 9.25

Floor

Maddie 8.7

Shaye 9.3

Julia 9.05

Megan 8.4

All Around

Maddie 35.60 3rd place

Shaye 37.00 2nd place

Julia 37.05 1st place

Megan 35.90

Level 8 Alexis 2010 Region 5 Championships

Alexis had a good end to her 2010 season with 9.025 on floor, 9.075 on bars, 8.825 on beam, and 35.35 AA.

Level 8 Krystal 2010 Region 5 Championships

Krystal ended her season with her best vault of the season and 9.175

Level 8 Meghan 2010 Regionals

Meghan finished her 2010 season off with a 10th place finish on floor and 11th in the All Around

V- 9.175, UB-8.975, BB-9.125, FX- 9.125, AA- 36.35

Level 10 Maggie 2010 Regionals

Maggie finished 3rd on floor (9.4) and 7th All Around (37.025) and qualified to the 2010 Level 10 JO National Championships

Level 10 Kylie 2010 Regionals

Level 10 Emily 2010 Regionals

Level 9 Caitlin 2010 Regionals

Caitlin was the regional champion on floor 9.225, 3rd on beam 9.025

Level 9 Erica 2010 Regional Championships

Erica finished 3rd on beam with 9.35

Bars- 8.675, Beam 9.35, Floor 9.15, Vault 9.05, AA 36.225

Boys 2010 Region Championship

The Palmer's boys levels 7 and 10 competed in Indianapolis, IN for the Region 5 Championships this past weekend and did an awesome job! Andrew Lewarchick, Jesus Soto and Jordan Declerk each competed and gave it their all. Congrats to Jordan for qualifying to J.O. National Championships being held May 4-9 in Knoxville, TN!

Their Scores:

Andrew Lewarchick FX- 13.1 PH- 11.3 SR- 14.7 VT- 14.1 PB- 12.1 HB- 13.1 AA-78.4

Jordan Declerk FX- 14.15 PH- 12.15 SR- 13.8 VT- 13.95 PB- 13.75(3rd) HB- 12.3 AA-80.1(11th)

Jesus Soto PH- 13.8 SR- 13.3 VT- 14.2

Way to go Boys and Good Luck Jordan at Nationals!

Amanda Quinn Level 9 Regional Championships

Amanda finished 5th on bars (9.05), 7th on Vault (9.1) and 8th AA 35.375

Its Regional Weekend for the Boys and Level 9/10 Girls

This weekend our Level 7 and 10 Boys compete at their regional championships in Indianapolis Indiana. The level 10's are aiming at the qualifying score to the National Championships in Knoxville Tennessee in May.

Jordan and Jesus (Level 10) compete Saturday

Andrew (Level 7) competes Sunday

The Level 9 and 10 girls team members will compete at their regional championships this weekend in Lansing Michigan. They are looking to score high enough to make the region 5 national squads for their age groups.

Amanda (Level 9) competes Friday

Kylie (Level 10) competes Saturday Morning

Maggie and Emily (Level 10) compete Saturday Afternoon

Erica (Level 9) competes Saturday late afternoon

Caitlin (Level 9) competes Saturday night

I will post same day video of the girls regional competitions. We will boys coverage up by the middle of next week.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL OUR COMPETITORS AND GO PALMERS!

Level 10 Jesus 2010 State Meet

Level 10 Jordan 2010 State Meet

Level 7 Andrew 2010 State Meet

Boys Team Rocks State Championships!

Palmers Boys had a great State Competition! All Level 7's and 10's qualified for the Region 5 Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana April 10th and 11th. Level 4 Kyle Kravitz ended his 2010 season with one of his best meets of the year, Way to go Kyle! Good Luck Andrew Lewarchick, Jordan Declerk and Jesus Soto at Regionals! Here are their scores from state meet

Kyle Kravitz FX- 14.2 PH- 13.0 SR- 14.3 VT- 14.9 PB- 14.2 HB- 13.9 AA-84.5

Andrew Lewarchick FX- 14.1 PH- 10.5 SR- 14.7 VT- 14.0 PB- 14.1 HB- 12.0 AA-79.4

Jordan Declerk FX- 14.1 PH- 10.9 SR- 13.6 VT- 14.0

Jesus Soto PH- 12.6 SR- 13.6 VT- 13.7

Level 4 Geneva Meet Results

Bars
Maddie 8.10
Shaye 9.10
Julia 9.20
Megan 9.10

Beam
Maddie 8.45
Shaye 9.35
Julia 9.00
Megan 8.80

Floor
Maddie 8.90
Shaye 9.00
Julia 8.70
Megan 8.40

Vault
Maddie 9.05
Shaye 9.30
Julia 9.25
Megan 9.00

All Around
Maddie 34.50 3rd place
Shaye 36.75 1st place
Julia 36.15 2nd place
Megan 35.90 3rd place

Alumi Courtney Gonzales Division 3 Nationals

Here are Courtney Gonzales Routines from the 2010 Division 3 Nationals which Wisconsin LaCrosse won.

Gymnastics Videos on Gymnastike

BARS

BEAM

VAULT

Congrats Awesome Job!! We are proud of you.

Palmers Alumni Courtney Gonzales Division 3 Nationals Interview

Here is an interview with Palmers Alum Courtney Gonzales from Division 3 Nationals this weekend. This video is from Gymnastike.com.

Gymnastics Videos on Gymnastike

Level 6 State Meet

The level 6 girls wrap up their season with a great state meet. Sara finished 10th in the all around with a 35.725 and also placed 9th on bars. Alex took 4th place on the bars with an 8.9. Great job girls! Go Palmer's!

GIGO 5's go 4 for 4 in Geneva

GIJO level 5's, Terra Garcia and Brandy Sterns, had a good showing on Sunday, March 21st. Both girls stuck their beam routines and had great routines on bars. Terra placed second in the all around and Brandy was 4th. Keep up the hard work girls!

GIJO Optionals place 1st in Geneva

The GIJO Optional team placed first overall at Geneva Meet on Saturday, March 20th. Great job ladies! Below are some highlights:

Tarah Schomer won the all-around for the 11 year olds.

Ashley Ryon won the all around for the 12 year olds, with Alyssa Yurgil and Casey Boksha taking 2nd and third. Go Palmers!

Meicie Bennett and Tae Tae went 1 and 2 in the all around for the 13 and up age group.

Eleni Galanopulos hit her floor routine and her all around score improved. Adina Crawford hit her new bar routine and scored a personal best (9.0) on that event.

2009-10 Intrasquad Montage

Here is the montage from the intrasquad in November

Level 8,9,10 State Videos

Click on the name of the video you want to watch:

Level 8 Bars

Amanda

Caitlin

Erica

Emily

Kylie

Maggie

Level 7 State Videos

Click on the gymnasts name to watch her video:

Annelise

Katelyn

Teagan

Veronika

Erin

Isabella

Jaemie

Zoe

Jessica

Boys Team Solid at Joe Giallombardo Invite!

The Boys Team this past weekend competed at the annual Joe Giallombard Invite in Downers Grove, Il. Kyle Kravitz and Andrew Lewarchick did a great job! here are their results.

Kyle Kravitz- FX- 14.7 PH- 13.7 SR- 15.1 VT- 15.1 PB- 14.7 HB- 14.3 AA-87.6

Andrew Lewarchick- FX- 11.5 PH-11.1 SR- 14.7 VT- 14.3 PB- 13.4 HB- 11.1 AA- 76.1

Good Job Boys! Next up State Meet!

Level 9 Caitin and Level 10 Maggie win state titles all 8-10 Make Regionals

The 2010 Level 8-10 State is now in the history books. Palmers fared well in the competition with everyone qualifying to their regional championships. Level 9 Caitlin Grega and Level 10 Maggie Lundeen each won the floor exercise in her age group with a 9.35 and 9.7 respectfully.

Level 8

Krystal Sotis placed 5th on bars and 7th All Around (35.00)

Alexis Sotis placed 6th on bars and 13th All Around (34.5)

Meghan Davidson placed 10th on beam and 12th All Around(35.4)

Level 9

Amanda Quinn placed 2nd on vault (9.425), 2nd on floor(9.325) and 9th AA (35.7)

Caitlin Grega placed 1st on floor(9.35) and 15th AA (34.00)

Erica Carone placed 7th on floor (9.225), AA 34.635

Level 10

Kylie Fischer Vault 9.225, Beam 9.175, Floor 9.175, AA 36.00

Emily Ryan Vault 9.025, Bars 8.725, Floor 9.175 , AA 35.35

Maggie Lundeen Vault- 9.275, Bars 8.65, Beam 9.425 (7th), Floor 9.7 (1st), AA 37.05 (9th)

Congrats girls Now REGIONALS TIME!

Level 7's finish 8th at State

The Level 7 Girls competed at state on Sunday and finished 8th overall. The Senior age group finish in 4th with the juniors finishing 9th. Veronika Srey finishes the highest of the weekend for the palmers team with a 3rd Place All Around finish. Erin Bregman finishes first on bars to become the state champion. Here are the results.

Veronika V- 9.275, B- 9.525, Bm 9.5, Fx- 9.2

Erin V- 9.025, B- 9.575, Bm- 8.65, Fx- 9.2

Jaemie V- 9.175, B- 8.8, Bm- 8.975, Fx-8.775

Zoe V-9.225, B-9.025, Bm-9.1, Fx-9.275

Jess V- 9.025, B-8.95, Bm- 9.3, Fx- 9.35

Isabella V- 9.1, B- 9.175, Bm- 9.125, Fx- 9.325

Teagan V- 9.325, B-9.5, Bm-9.225, Fx-9.35

Katie- V- 9.2, B-9.35, Bm- 8.175, Fx-9.375

Annelise V- 8.8, B-9.425, Bm- 9.25, Fx- 9.175

Great Job ladies at State and through out this season

Level 9 Erica Arnold Classic

Level 9 Amanda Arnold Classic

Level 9 Caitlin Arnold Classic

Level 8 Alexis Arnold Classic

Level 8 Krystal Arnold Classic

Jesus Soto finishes well at Arnold

Level 10 Jesus competed at the Arnold Classic taking a weekend off of his high school gymnastics schedule. He competed well taking 3rd place in his age group on rings. Here are his results:

Pommel Horse 11.7 (5th)

Rings 13.7 (3rd)

Vault 13.6 (5th)

Level 9's Finish 3rd as a team Amanda makes Vault Finals at Arnold

The Level 9's finished 3rd as a team at the Arnold Classic this past weekend. Amanda qualified to the event finals on vault with her 9.4 which placed 4th overall on the first day and won the All Around in her age group. Caitlin won beam for her age group. Here are the rest of the results:

Erica Carone- V 9.175, B- 8.575, BM- 9.025(3rd), Fx- 8.4, AA- 35.175 (5th)

Caitlin Grega- V 8.6, Bm- 8.9(1st), Fx- 9.225(3rd), AA 33.175

Amanda Quinn- V 9.4(2nd), B 8.425(3rd), Bm 8.025(5th), Fx 9.25(2nd), AA 35.1(1st)

Level 8's compete at Arnold Classic

The Level 8's Alexis and Krystal Competed in the Arnold Classic today in Columbus Ohio. Here are the results:

Alexis- V- 8.325, B- 8.9(4th), Beam 9.0(3rd), Floor 9.05(3rd), AA- 35.275(3rd)

Krystal V- 8.7(4th), B-8.35, Beam- 8.8, Floor-8.925(6th), AA-34.775(6th)

Maggie has 3rd best floor score at Nastia Cup

The girls have finished competing in the first Nastia Super Girl Cup. The competition was tough with a lot of good girls and tight scores. Maggie was the last gymnast to compete on floor and in the meet. Her routine scored from the judges a 9.45 which would have finished 3rd but her heal stepped out of bounds before her 2nd tumbling pass giving her a 9.35. Kylie struggled a little but finished with a good floor routine and had a nice vault. Here are the results.

Maggie V- 8.95, B- 8.75, Beam-9.1, Floor- 9.35, AA- 36.15

Kylie V- 8.825, B- 8.0, Beam- 8.35, Floor 8.65

Banquet Lunch at the Nastia Cup

We had our Nastia Liukin Luncheon today and the girls each got to take pictures with Nastia. There were also the flags of the countries in the American Cup so they wanted to take a picture with the Japan Flag.

Warm-ups get underway in about 2 hours.

Nastia Cup Training goes well for Kylie and Maggie

Training went well yesterday for the Nastia Luikin cup. The girls got their new nastia cup apparel which included a training leo, competition leo, warm-up suit, pink adidas back pack, visor, and covergirl make-up. The equipment is nice and bouncy on the podium so hopefully floor will be good.

Quote from Kylie: I am hoping to learn from this experience and go out and have fun.

Quote from Maggie: I feel like a superstar. I feel honored to be here.

Quote from Jason: This is a great experience for the girls and me. I have been a part of this level of competition as a judge on the men's side but as a coach it is a lot different. I am looking forward to coaching my first live televised event.

Tune in to Universal Sports or universalsports.com at 6:00pm central time (7:00pm easterntime)

I will post pictures from the meet and video footage(if able to tape) tonight.

GOOD LUCK TO MAGGIE AND KYLIE!! GO PALMERS

Palmers gymnasts head East this weekend

Our Palmers Level 8-10 Girls and Level 10 Jesus Soto travel east to compete in the final meets of the regular season.

This weekend we have girls competiting in 2 different meets:

Level 10's Kylie Fischer and Maggie Lundeen head to Worcester Ma outside of Boston to compete in the 1st Nastia Liukin SuperGirl Cup. This meet will feature 36 of some of the best Level 10's/elites in the country. The competition will take place this friday and is Live on Universal Sports and Universalsports.com at 6:00pm.

Also our Level 8's and 9's are heading to Columbus Ohio for the Arnold Sports Fest. This sports fest features many different sports and body building competitions. The gymnastics competition is also unique in that there are event finals on Sunday for the top kids on each event.

Level 10 Jesus Soto is taken a weekend off from High School Competition to participate in the Arnold Classic as well.

GOOD Luck to all Palmers Gymnasts this weekend and remember to tune in to the Nastia Cup on Universal Sports friday to cheer on Kylie and Maggie.

Boys Level 10 Jordan Circle of Stars AA

Boys Level 7 Andrew Circle of Stars Pbars, Hbar, P Horse

Level 7 Zoe vaults to 1st Place at Circle of Stars

V-9.525(1st), BM-9.05(5th), BM- 9.325(3rd), AA- 35.675(4th)

Level 7 Veronika Circle of Stars Vault, Beam, Floor

V- 9.275(4th), BM-9.2(2nd), FX-9.35(2nd)

Level 7 Teagan Circle of Stars Floor Champion and 3rd AA

Teagan scores season high and team high All Around Score of the season.
V-9.4(5th), B-9.3(5th), BM-9.05(6th), FX-9.6(1st), AA-37.35(3rd)

Level 7 Kaitlyn Circle of Stars Bars

B- 8.975

Level 7 Jessica Circle of Stars AA

V- 9.425(4th), B-9.125, BM- 8.9, FX- 9.25, AA- 36.7(6th)

Level 7 Jaemie Circle of Stars Vault, Beam, Floor

V-9.125, B-8.0, BM-9.1, FX-9.25(6th), AA-35.475

Level 7 Isabella Circle of Stars AA

V-9.275, B-8.875, BM-8.775, FX-9.35(4th), AA- 36.275

Level 7 Erin Circle of Stars AA

V-9.025, B-9.45(3), BM-8.9, FX- 9.225, AA-36.6(6th)

Level 7 Annelise Circle of Stars Vault, Beam. Floor

V- 9.375, B- 8.5, BM- 9.075(3rd), FX- 9.25(4th), AA-36.2(4th)

Level 10 Maggie COS 1st Place All Around

Maggie finished 3rd on vault 9.05, 1st on bars 8.85, 2nd on beam 9.075, 2nd on floor 9.325, and 1st AA with a 36.3.

Level 10 Kylie COS Vault and Floor

Kylie was 2nd on vault 9.175, 4th on beam with a 8.425(fall), 4th on floor 9.325 and 3rd AA with a 34.825.

Level 10 Emily COS Vault and Floor

Emily finished 5th on vault with a 9.0, 3rd on bars 8.05(with a fall), 4th on floor 8.75 and 3rd AA with a 34.25.

Level 8 Krystal COS All Around

Krystal finished 4th on vault 8.625, 6th on bars 8.55, 2nd on beam 9.0, 8.8 on floor and 5th AA with a 34.975.

Level 8 Alexis COS Bars, Beam

Alexis finished 4th on bars with a 8.975, 2nd on beam with 9.0. Her AA was a 34.975 which finished 8th.

Level 8 Meghan COS Bars and Floor

Meghan competed in her first full meet of the year and qualified to state. She was 2nd on bars with an 8.6, 1st on beam with 8.7 (w/a fall), and scored a 9.025 on floor. Her AA was 34.25.

Level 9 Erica Circle of Stars All Around

Erica had her best meet of the year. She won beam with an 8.85, 3rd on vault with 9.0, 4th on bars with 8.575, and 2nd on Floor with a 9.125. She placed 3rd AA with a 35.55

Level 5 and 6's hold their own against the competition at the Circle of Stars

Our Level 5 and 6's competed this weekend at the Circle of Stars meet and did very well against some stiff competition. In the level 5 competition Amber finished first in 3 events and the all Around Vault-9.275, Bars 9.2 and Beam 9.1 AA- 36.45. Cassi also came home with a championship as she took first place of floor in her age group with a 9.15. Here are the results for the 5's

Nina- Floor 8.775 (8th)
Cassi- V 9.125, Bars 8.725, Beam 8.925(8th), Floor 9.15(1st) AA 35.925(4th)
Payton- V 8.7 (6th), B 9.225(2nd), Bm 8.75(8th), Fx 8.75, AA 35.425(5th)
Sam- V 8.35(5th), Bm 8.85, Fx 8.525, AA 33.65
Amanda- V 8.7(12th), Bm 8.6, Fx 8.675 AA 33.875
Kennedy- V 9.4(2nd), B 8.825(7th), Bm 8.75(8th), Fx 8.75, AA 35.725(5th)
Amber- V 9.275(1st) , B 9.2(1st), Bm 9.1(1st), Fx 8.875(7th), AA 36.45(1st)


The level 6's also did a great job each placing on multiple events. Alex came home with the gold medal on bars with her 8.775. Here are the rest of the results.

Sarah- V 9.075(5th), B 8.35(3rd), Bm 8.85(6th), Fx 8.9(5th), AA 35.175(4th)
Alex- V 8.05, B 8.775(1st), Bm 8.725(3rd), Fx 8.55, AA 34.1 (3rd)

That is the last regular season meet for the 5's and 6's. The level 5's will have an in gym intrasquad meet before state. Level 6's compete at state in 3 weeks.

Great Job this weekend.

Boys Results from this weekends Circle of Stars

Level 7 Andrew Lewarchick and Level 10 Jordan DeClerk were the only two boys to compete this weekend at the Circle of Stars meet held at the Indianapolis Convention Center. Here are there results.

Andrew- Fx 11.6, PH 10.4, Rings 14.5 (10th place), V 13.8(10th), PBars 13.7(10th), and HB 12.8 AA 76.8

Jordan- Fx 13.3, PH 11.0, Rings 13.8, V 13.0, Pbars 12.8, HB 12.2 AA 76.1


Video highlights will be posted later in the week

GIJO Level 3 Caitlin Super Sunday Tumbledown 1st Place AA

Level 5 Floor Chicago Style

Level 5 Bars Chicago Style

Level 5 Beam Chicago Style

Level 7 Annelise Chicago Style Vault Beam Floor

Annelise scored a 9.125 on vault, 3rd on beam with a 9.125 and AA 35.825

Level 7 Katelyn Chicago Style Floor and Bars

Katelyn finished 3rd on Bars (9.25) and Floor (9.175)

Level 7 Isabella Chicago Style Vault, Beam, Floor

Isabella scored a 9.175 on vault and 9.075 on floor

Level 7 Teagan Chicago Style AA

Teagan scored a 9.275 on vault, 9.175 on bars, 8.85 on beam, and 9.0 on floor. AA 36.3

Level 7 Jessica Chicago Style 4th Place AA

Jessica scored 9.2 on vault, 8.925 on bars, 9.3 on beam (2nd Place), 9.3 on floor (2nd place) AA 36.725

Level 7 Zoe Chicago Style Vault and Beam

Zoe finished 3rd on vault 9.35, 9.075 on beam, and 35.55 AA

Level 7 Jaemie Chicago Style Vault, Beam

Jaemie scored a 9.0 on vault and a 9.275 on Bars. AA score 35.75. Check out her flight series on beam

Level 7 Erin Chicago Style Bars,Beam

Erin scored a 9.325 on bars and 9.05 on beam. AA score of 35.875

Level 7 Veronika Srey Chicago Style Bars Beam

Veronika finished 6th on bars (9.4) and 5th on beam(9.125) AA (36.075)

Level 8 Krystal Chicago Style Floor, Vault, Bars

Level 8 Krystal had her best vault performance of the year with a 8.95. Her all around was a 34.8.

Level 8 Alexis Chicago Style Floor, Bars, Beam

Level 8 Alexis Floor (9.025) AA 35.05

Level 9 Erica Chicago Style Floor, Bars, Beam

Level 9 Erica 1st Place Beam (8.8)

Level 9 Amanda Chicago Style Floor, Vault, Bars

Level 9 Amanda finished in a tie for 1st of Floor (9.15), and 4th on bars (8.75)

Level 10 Maggie Chicago Style Bars, Floor, Vault

Level 10 Maggie 5th on vault (9.075), 1st on bars (8.75), 3rd on floor (9.325) and 3rd All Around 35.175.

Level 10 Kylie Chicago Style Bars, Beam, Vault

Level 10 Kylie finished 3rd on vault (9.1) and 2nd on beam (9.1). Her all around score was a 34.5

Level 10 Emily Chicago Style Bars, Floor, Vault

Emily had her best meet of the season. She finished 5th on Floor with 8.975. Her all around total was 34.275

Level 4 Sokol Tumbledown Meet

Vault
Maddie 8.9
Megan 9.1
Shaye 8.9
Julia 9.2

Bars
Megan 9.3
Maddie 8.4
Julia 9.5
Shaye 9.2

Beam
Julia 9.5
Shaye 9.3
Maddie 8.9
Megan 9.4

Floor
Shaye 9.15
Megan 8.25
Julia 8.80
Maddie 8.95

All Around
Maddie 35.15 4th place 8 y/0
Megan 36.05 1st place 10 y/o
Shaye 36.55 2nd place 8 y/o
Julia 37.00 1st place 8 y/o

Chicago Style at Navy Pier next up for our Level 5-10 Gymnasts

This weekend our Level 5-10's will compete in the Chicago Style Invite hosted by IGI down at Navy Pier. This meet is one of the largest meets in the country with 3 sessions a day Friday thru Sunday with 6 different gyms going on at the same time.

The schedule for our palmers girls is as follows:

Saturday- Level 10 8:00am

Level 5 12:30pm

Level 8 5:00pm

Sunday- Level 7 8:00am

Level 6 12:30pm

Level 9 5:00pm

Good Luck to our Palmers Gymnasts

Super Sunday Tumbledown Success!

The GIJO Optional Team showed team spirit and support during this weekends meet! The girls did well and we had many improvements from the first meet. Meicie and Eleni added new tumbling passes to floor, and Tae Tae stuck her beam routine for a great score of 9.0! Tae Tae and Meice finished 1st and 3rd in the all-around respectfully.Keep up the hard work girls!

GIJO Level 5's win 1st and 2nd!

GIJO Level 5 gymnasts, Terra Garcia and Brandy Sterns, won first and second place in the All-Around this weekend at the "Super Sunday Tumbledown" meet! The meet was held at the Elite Sports Complex on Super Bowl Sunday. The girls had a great meet and represented Palmer's Gymnastics well. Both girls were in the 11+ age group.

Terra- 8.9 (bars) 9.15 (beam) 34.25 (aa) 1st
Brandy- 9.2 (beam) 33.75 (aa) 2nd

Level 7 Annelise Frank Vacation Classic 1st place All Around

Level 7 Jessica Cahill Vacation Classic Vault, Beam, Floor

Level 7 Jaemie Bennett Vacation Classic Floor and Vault

Level 7 Teagan Zeigler Vacation Classic Beam Vault

Level 7 Veronika Srey Vacation Classic Bars, Beam

Level 7 Zoe Marmitt Vacatiin Classic BM, V

Level 7 Isabella Shaw Vacation Classic Bm V

Level 4 Kyle Kravitz Vacation Classic PB, FX, PH

Level 7 Andrew Lewarchick Vacation Classic R,V,PB,FX

Level 10 Jordan DeClerk Vacation Classic Floor

Level 10 Jesus Soto Vacation Classic Rings and Vault

Boy's Team Meet Results from the Dells!

The Boy's team had a good showing at the Vacation Classic. Level 10's Connor, Jordan and Jesus kicked off the competition on Saturday night. Followed by Level 4 Kyle and Level 7 Andrew Sunday Morning and Afternoon.

RESULTS

Level 10's

Jordan Declerk- FX score 13.700 (1st) PH score 10.900 (4th) SR score 12.700 (2nd) VT score 13.400 (3rd) PB score 11.500 (3rd) HB score 11.300 (1st) AA score 73.500 (2nd)

Connor Gonzales- PH score 10.800 (5th) SR score 10.800 (4th) VT score 11.800 (5th)

Jesus Soto- PH score 11.00o (3rd) SR score 13.100 (1st) VT score 13.700 (2nd)

Level 7's

Andrew Lewarchick-FX score 12.900 (5th) PH score 11.300 (7th) SR score 14.200 (4th) VT score 14.300 (7th) PB score 13.000 (5th) HB score 10.900 (8th) AA score 76.600 (7th)

Level 4's

Kyle Kravitz- FX score 14.500 (3rd) PH score 11.000 (9th) SR score 14.600 (2nd) VT score 15.100 (2nd) PB score 14.300 (6th) HB score 14.600 (4th) AA score 84.100 (6th)

Way to go Boys! Rock n' Roll and get Pump for your next meet in Indianapolis!

Level 8 Krystal Sotis Vacation Classic 1st Place All Around

Level 8 Alexis Sotis Vacation Classic Bars, Beam, Floor

Level 8 Kelly Frank Vacation Classic 9.15 Bars

We have added a new gymnast to our Palmers Family. I am proud welcome Kelly Frank from Geneva, IL to our gym. She has been with us for about 2 weeks and we are very happy to have her on our team. This was Kelly Frank's first bar routine as a Palmer Gymnast.

WELCOME KELLY

Level 9 Sam Millikan Vacation Classic All Around

Level 10 Emily Ryan Vacation Classic 3rd Place Bars

Level 10 Kylie Fischer Vacation Classic Vault and 1st Place Floor

Level 5 and 6 Girls have a great meet at the Dells!

The Level 5 girls won 1st Place at the meet with a team score of 108.125! Congratualtions! The Palmer's gymnasts also did well individually with Payton and Kennedy taking 1st in the all-around in their age groups. Go Palmers!

Cassi- Bars 8.3 (5th)
Nina- Beam 8.75 (3rd) Floor 9.2 (7th)
Payton- Bars 9.425 (1st) Beam 8.85 (2nd) Floor 9.525 (2nd) AA 35.95 (1st) 9 yrs and under
Amanda- Floor 9.175 (4th)
Sam- Vault 8.375 (3rd)
Kennedy- Bars 9.45 (1st) Beam 8.875 (4th) Floor 9.375 (2nd) AA 36.0 (1st) 11 yrs and up
Amber- Bars 9.25 (2nd) Beam 9.15 (1st) Floor 9.1 (5th) AA 35.85 (2nd) 11 yrs and up


Palmer's Level 6 gymnasts, Sarah and Alex also had a good meet with strong finishes in the All- Around.

Sarah- Bars 8.55 (2nd) Floor 9.2 (4th) AA 34.925 (4th) 11-12 yrs
Alex- Bars 8.5 (2nd) Beam 8.725 (1st) AA 33.05 (3rd) 13 and over

Level 9 Amanda Quinn Vacation Classic 1st Place Bars and Floor

Level 9 Erica Carone Vacation Classic 1st Place Beam

Level 10's Kylie and Maggie qualify to compete in the Nastia SuperGirl Cup

Level 10's Kylie Fischer and Maggie Lundeeen qualified to the inaugural Nastia Liukin Super Girl Cup this weekend at the Wisconsin Dells Vacation Classic. Kylie and Maggie are 2 of 36 Level 10 Gymnasts competing in this cup which is being held at the DCU Center in Worcester, Mass. Each gymnast in the cup receives a Nastia designed leo and warm-up suit. They will also have the opportunity to meet Nastia and take a team photo. This is a wonderful opportunity for Kylie and Maggie. Good Luck and Go Palmers.

Level 8 Twins finish 1, 2 in their age group

In the second session of the day Palmers Level 8's Krystal and Alexis Sotis finished 1 and 2 in the All Around in their age group. Both received their season high scores in the AA as well as some of of the individual events. Krystal scored a 35.25 while Alexis scored a 35.05.

In her first meet as Palmer gymnast Level 8 Kelly Frank scored a 9.15 on bars.

Here are the full results

Krystal Vt- 8.45 Bs- 9.1(2nd) Bm- 8.7 Fx- 9.0(1st) AA- 35.25(1st)

Alexis Bs- 9.275(1st) Bm- 8.925(2nd) Fx- 8.95(2nd) AA- 35.05(2nd)

Kelly Bs- 9.15(6th)

Level 7's Finish in 2nd Place as a team at the Vacation Classic

Our Level 7's started the Vacation Classic Weekend off with a 2nd Place finish as a team. The team was split into 2 groups with one group beginning on bars and the other on beam. We had a shaky start with both groups but finished very strong performance on the last events vault and bars. Annelise Frank had a great meet winning the All Around in her age group with a 36. 025 with a 1st place effort on bars (9.325) and beam (9.075). Erin Bregman won her age group on bars (9.5). Kaitlyn Murphy won her age group on floor (9.3). Jessica Cahill finished 2nd in the All Around for her age group with a 36.6. Here are the rest of the scores.

Annelise Frank- Br- 9.325 Bm- 9.075 Fx 9.15 (3rd) AA- 36.025

Erin Bregman Br- 9.5 AA- 35.5

Isabella Shaw Fx- 9.425(4th) AA- 35.875(5)

Jaemie Bennett Br- 9.15(4th) Fx 9.175 (5th) AA- 35.35

Jessica Cahill V-9.15 Bs- 9.05 Bm- 9.05 Fx- 9.35 (5th) AA- 36.6

Kaitlyn Murphy Fx 9.3

Teagan Zeigler Vt- 9.275(3rd) AA- 35.35

Veronika Bs- 9.4

Zoe Marmitt Vt 9.25 (4th) AA- 35.1

Palmers Gymnasts Head to the Dells for next meet

Palmers USAG Level 5-10 Girls and Level 4,7,10 Boys are going up to the Wisconsin Dells for the Vacation Classic held at the Chula Vista Waterpark Resort. We are looking forward to a great competition along with some fun in the water. Theres nothing like a waterpark in the middle of winter. The general schedule of our gymnasts is posted below. Good Luck to all of our gymnasts. GO PALMERS!

Saturday- Level 7 Girls
Level 8 Girls
Level 9/10 Girls
Level 10 Boys

Sunday- Level 4 Boys
Level 7 Boys
Level 5 Girls
Level 6 Girls

GIJO Optionals 1st Place at IGI Winter Delight

Palmer's GIJO Optional Team won 1st place as a team at the IGI Winter Delight meet January 9th. The girls did a great job at their first competition of the season. Listed below are a few of the highlights. Keep up the hard work!


Tarah Schomer, Tae Tae Patton, and Meicie Bennett each took 1st Place All Around in their age groups!

Alyssa Yurgil and Adina Crawford took 1st on vault

Ashley Ryon was 1st on beam and floor

Emily Flores had a great floor routine and took 4th place and Eleni Galanopulos was 5th on the vault. Casey Boksha also had a great floor routine and earned 2nd place!

GIJO Level 3's IGI Winter Classic Floor

GIJO Level 3's IGI Winter Classic Beam

GIJO Level 3's IGI Winter Classic Vault

Level 7 Andrew Windy City Invite

Level 4 Winter Delight Results

Bars
Megan-8.6
Shaye-8.7
Maddie-8.4
Julia-8.8

Beam
Julia-9.4
Maddie-8.4
Shaye-9.3
Megan-8.6

Floor
Shaye-9.05
Megan-8.5
Julia-9.0
Maddie-8.85

Vault
Maddie-9.2
Julia-8.7
Megan-8.9
Shaye-8.4

All-Around
Megan-34.6 3rd place 10yr
Shaye-35.45 2nd place 8yr
Maddie-34.85 3rd place 8yr
Julia-35.90 1st place 8yr
Team-140.80 1st place!

Good job! I'm so proud of you, girls!

Level 10 CJ Floor Windy City

Level 10 Connor Windy City Invite

Level 10 Jordan Windy City 8th All Around

Level 7 Gymnasts win special awards at the CrossRoads Classic

Palmers Level 7's Zoe Marritt and Annelise Frank each received a special award at the end of the meet last weekend at the CrossRoads Classic. Zoe won the award for the best stick on vault and Annelise won most original choreography on floor. Way to go Zoe and Annelise!

Boys Compete at the Windy City this weekend

Our Boys team get the competition started in 2010 at the Windy City Invitational which is one of the largest boys invitationals in the country. The Windy City takes place at the PE Building on the campus of UIC.

Our level 4's compete on friday

Our level 10's compete on saturday

Our level 7's compete on sunday

Palmersgym Insider will have video hightlights of the competition posted by the end of the weekend.

Good Luck to all the boys and GO PALMERS!!

Crossroads Level 7 Zoe 1st Place Vault, 9.05 Floor Routine

Crossroads Level 7 Kaitlyn 1st Place Beam

Crossroads Level 7 Annelise Floor 9.1

Crossroads Level 7 Jessica 2nd place floor

Crossroads Level 7 Veronika 1st Place Bars

Level 7's Finish 3rd at the Cross Roads Classic

The Level 7's competed in the last session of the crossroads classic this weekend and finished 3rd in the Team competition. The team started the competition a little tentative on bars and beam but came back with the best floor performance as team this year. They finished on vault with a good enough team total to walk away with a trophy. Three gymnasts took home first place honors on individual events. Zoe Marritt won vault with a 9.25, Veronika Srey won bars with a 9.2 and Kaitlyn Murphy won beam with 9.175. Other top 3 finishes include Isabella Shaw finished 3rd on floor with a 9.25, Jessica Cahill finished 2nd on floor with a 9.3, Kaitlyn Murphy finished 2nd on floor with 9.425, and Veronika Srey finished 3rd All Around with a 35.725. Here are some of the other highlights of the meet.

Annelise- 9.1 on Floor, 34.85 AA
Erin- 34.65 AA
Isabella- 34.625 AA
Jaemie- 33.975 AA
Jessica- 9.075 on Vault, 35.275 AA
Kaitlyn- 35.40 AA
Teagan- 9.25 Vault, 35.7 AA
Zoe- 9.05 Floor, 34.8 AA
Veronika- 35.725 AA

Meet Video will be posted by Tuesday morning

Crossroads Level 10 Emily 3rd Place Vault 2nd Place Bars

Crossroads Level 10 Kylie 2nd Place Floor and Vault

Crossroads Level 10 Maggie 1st Place Floor

Crossroads Level 9 Sam Vault and 2nd Place Floor Routines

Crossroads Level 9 Erica 2nd Place Beam

CrossRoads Level 9 Amanda 2nd Place Bar routine

Crossroads Level 8 Krystal Bars

Crossroads Level 8 Meghan Bars and 1st Place Beam Routines

CrossRoads Level 8 Alexis Floor

Level 8,9,10 Results from Crossroads classic

Our level 8-10 gymnasts competed in the first meet of 2010. This meet had the look of a beginning season meet with some early season mistakes. The girls enjoyed competed as a full group which we don't get to do very often. They're usually split into their respective levels but they got to compete together. Here are the top scores of the meet.

Alexis Sotis(Level 8) 8.95 bars, 8.8 Floor

Krystal Sotis (Level 8) 8.875 bars

Meghan Davidson (Level 8) 8.7 Bars, 8.95 Beam (1st Place)

Amanda Quinn (Level 9) 8.825 Vault (2nd Place), 9.05 Bars (2nd Place), 8.60 Floor (3rd Place) 34.55 All Around (2nd Place)

Erica Carone (level 9) 8.675 Beam (2nd place)

Sam Millikan (Level 9) 8.7 Floor (2nd Place)

Emily Ryan (Level 10) 8.525 Vault (3rd place), 8.5 Bars (2nd Place)

Kylie Fischer (Level 10) 8.825 Vault (2nd place), 8.65 Beam (2nd Place), 8.95 floor (2nd Place), 34.525 All Around (2nd Place)

Maggie Lundeen (Level 10) 8.725 Beam (1st Place), 9.1 Floor (1st place)

Video Highlights will be up Sunday night or Monday

Level 7's compete on sunday Good Luck and GO Palmers

Our GIJO Level 3,4 and Optional Gymnasts begin their meet season

Our GIJO Level 3, 4 and Optional gymnasts begin their 2010 Gymnastics Season at the IGI Winter Delight. This also is the first Palmers meet for Coach Amy. Scores will be posted on the blog by beginning of next week.

If parents have any video you want posted please leave it for me at the front office.

Good Luck to the GIJO girls, Coach Sue, April and Amy. GO PALMERS!!!!