Jordan DeClerk at Boys 2011 JO National Championships

Congrats to Jordan DeClerk for competing on the Region V regional team at the 2011 Junior Olympic National Championships in Long Beach, California May 4th- 8th. Jordan had a great competition and qualified in preliminaries for All Around Finals! During Podium training Jordan tweaked his back on Vault but fought through each event for a very strong competition. These are his scores for Prelims:

FX- 12.20, PH- 13.250, SR- 13.650(10th), VT- 14.05, PB- 14.10(9th), HB- 13.15, AA- 80.40(26th)

The next days competition was All- Around finals and still dealing with a sore back was able to compete and finished 28th in the Nation! Congrats to Jordan for a fantastic 2011 Season!! Here are his event scores for All-Around Finals:

FX- 13.95, PH- 11.40, SR- 13.30, VT- 13.95, PB- 13.65, HB-12.55, AA- 78.80, and a combined Prelims and Finals score of 159.20

Palmer's Boys Level 8-10 Region 5 Championships

The Palmer's Boys team had their Regional 5 Championship April 15th- 17th 2011 at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. And had an outstanding competition!

Andrew Lewarchick is the Level 8 Region 5 All-Around Champion and Vault Champion!

scores: FX- 12.4, PH- 12.05(4th), SR- 12.15(3rd), VT- 13.55(1st), PB- 13.05(3rd), HB- 10.1, AA- 73.3(1st)

CONGRATS ANDREW!!!

Jordan DeClerk Placed 3rd All-Around and qualified for Junior Olympic National Championships in California and is part of the Region 5 level 10 ages 14-15 Team.

scores: FX-14.00(4th), PH- 13.00, SR- 14.50(2nd), VT- 15.30(2nd), PB- 13.65(4th), HB- 12.85, AA- 83.30(3rd)

Good Luck at Nationals!!

Connor Gonzales had his best competition of the season hitting all 3 events that he competed on!

Just missing out on qualifying for nationals.

scores: SR- 12.75, VT- 13.70, PB 13.40

Nice Job Connor!!

Day 2 of 2011 Level 8 Regionals

Day 2 for Palmers Gymnastics at the 2011 Level 8 Regionals at Twistars Gymnastics in Michigan was a up and down day but finished with both Jessica and Teagan taking home hardware for their performances.

Jessica who has competed in only 2 events this season due to an elbow injury again came out and hit both her beam (9.125) for 13th place finish and floor routine(9.075).



Teagan had a bit of an up and down day but finished with a tie for 2nd on Vault (9.4) and 3rd on floor (9.4). She also contributed to the Illinois State Team which took 2nd place in the regional team competition.



Congrats to all our level 8's on their accomplishments this season. Now time to train hard and perfect the Level 9 skills.