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!!!!

Level 7-10 Girls Team Compete in the first meet of 2010

The 2010 Competitions begin this weekend with our Level 7-10 Team Girls Competiting in the CrossRoads Classic in Bloomington, IL. This meet is hosted by Rising Stars Gymnastics. Stayed tuned for coverage of this meet. Meet scores and video will be posted during the weekend.

GOOD LUCK LADIES and GO PALMERS!!!

New Years Resolutions from our Palmers Gymnasts

Happy New Year everyone. I hope we have a great 2010. Here are some of our Palmers Gymnasts with their New Years Resolutions (or goals) for 2010.