Palmers Boys compete in Iowa; DeClerk finishes 3rd AA

This weekend our Level 8,9,10 Boys competed at the Iowa Boys Invitational in Iowa City, Iowa. Level 8 Joey Simon had a good competition finishing 7th All Around with a 68.0. Joey finished 6th on Pommel Horse, 5th on rings, 6th on vault(12.6) and 3rd on High Bar. Sam Minark finished with an All Around score of 59.3.

Level 9 Andrew Lewarchick scored a 12.8 on P-bars to finish 5th on that event. Andrew also achieved scores above the 12.0 mark on floor(12.3), rings(12.0), vault(12.8) to finish with a 70.3 in the All Around.

The Level 10's had a great showing at the meet each achieving their highest AA around scores of the season. Jordan DeClerk finished 3rd All Around with a 82.5. This included a 1st place rings performance of 14.7, 4th place on floor (14.3), 4th on vault(14.8), and 2nd on High Bar(13.2).
Connor Gonzales finished in 6th Place with his highest AA score as a Level 10 at 79.0. He had scores over the 13.0 mark on Floor(13.4),rings (13.4), vault (14.0), and a 3rd place high bar performance of a 13.4.

Congrats to all the Palmers Optional Boys Team members on a great meet in Iowa.

Level 4 Team finishes on top!

The AAU Level 4 Team won 1st Place at St. Charles!

Wow, what a great meet!!  The level 4 girls hit ALL of their routines.  We did not have a single fall or missed element.  They have been working hard and it shows with their 1st place finish against 6 other teams.  Below are some of our top finishes individually:

6-7 Year Olds:
Allegra 1st
Michela B. 2nd

8 Year Olds:
Paris 1st
Mikaela K. 2nd

9 Year Olds:
Agiina 1st
Brooke 3rd

11-12 Year Olds:
Tiphany 3rd

Level 3 Team 1st Place at St. Charles

The Palmer's level 3 AAU team won first place at the St. Charles invite!  The girls did a great job and have shown great improvement since the first meet.  Below are some of the highlights:

6-7 Year Olds
Catherine 1st Place
Angelina 2nd Place
Natalie 3rd Place

8-11 Year Olds
Brigitte 1st Place
Yadira 2nd Place
Lexi 3rd Place

Keep up the hard work and good luck at the Prairie Gymnastics Meet on February 4th!!

Level 8's place 3rd at Circle of Stars

Our level 8's competed at the Circle of Stars this past weekend and finished third in a very competitive session. We started the competition on balance beam and had some good performances with Erin and Payton grabbing the top scores for the team with equal 9.325's. Bailey turned in a 9.2 and Kennedy scored her first score over 9 on beam this season with a 9.175.

On floor Payton scored a 9.225, Cassi 9.2, Erin 9.1 and Veronika 9.05. We had some trouble on vault but Erin posted a 9.0 and Payton landed her tuck yurchenko vault for a 8.8.

On bars Veronika scored our teams highest score and a 3rd place finishing 9.325. Cassi was the only other score above 9.0 scoring a 9.15 on bars.

We had 2 place in the top 4 All Around in their respective age groups. Veronika finished 3rd with a 36.05 and Erin finished 4th with a 36.25. Payton also broke the 36 mark in the AA with a 36.275 but did not place.

Here are the video highlights from the Level 8's at Circle of Stars