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2008 LEVEL FOUR FUN MEET REALLY WAS FUN FOR THE
The 2008 Arkansas Level Four Fun Meet was recently held at Flame Gymnastics in Ft Smith. Over 200 gymnasts from 24 Arkansas teams competed in this meet that was held in several sessions. Eighteen of the 23-member Jacksonville Gymnastics Level Four Team competed in the meet. The State Fun Meet is comparable to the State Meet held for the higher levels; however, there are no team awards.
The ages of the gymnasts competing in the Fun Meet were from six years through thirteen and above. Because there were so many gymnasts of the same age, the groups were broken down into Flights for awards purposes. Competing in the meet at Level Four were eight six-year-old gymnasts, 23 seven-year-old gymnasts, 55 eight-year-old gymnasts, 63 nine-year-old gymnasts, 34 ten-year-old gymnasts, 12 eleven-year-old gymnasts, five twelve-year-old gymnasts and five thirteen and older gymnasts.
Competing for Jacksonville Gymnastics were seven-year-old gymnast, Allison Ramsey; eight-year-old gymnasts, Miranda Chambers, Sara Heil, Abby Houghtaling, Molly Johnson, Sydney McGill, Lakyn Powers, Sarah Seibel and Mattie Taylor; nine-year-old gymnasts, Sydney Baggerly, Sydney McClung, Lauren Osburn, Jadyn Perkins, Sierra Rohauer and Skylar Spaeth; ten-year old gymnasts, Ashley Hudson and Briyana Isaac; and eleven-year-old gymnast, Jessica Gardner.
Winning top honors were:
Allison Ramsey Age Seven Flight C Bars Second Place
Lakyn Powers Age Eight Flight F Bars First Place
Lakyn Beam First Place
Lakyn All-Around Second All-Around
Abby Houghtaling Age Eight Flight C Vault First Place
Abby Bars Third Place
Abby Beam Third Place
Abby Floor Third Place
Abby All-Around Third All-Around
Miranda Chambers Age Eight Flight F Beam Third
Miranda Floor Second
Miranda All-Around Third All-Around
Sara Heil Age Eight Flight A Floor Third
Molly Johnson Age Eight Flight G Beam Second Place
Sydney McGill Age Eight Flight D Vault Third Place
Sarah Seibel Age Eight Flight B Bars First Place
Mattie Taylor Age Eight Flight F Vault Third Place
Sierra Rohauer Age Nine Flight F Vault Second Place
Sierra Beam Third Place
Sierra All-Around Third All Around
Skylar Spaeth Age Nine Flight D Bars Second Place
Sydney Baggerly Age Nine Flight D Beam First Place
Briyana Isaac Age Ten Flight A Vault Third Place
Briyana Floor Third Place
Level Four Gymnasts - These are the Level Four Gymnasts at a prior meet. The Level Four Fun Meet is held in several sessions during the day and it would be difficult to obtain a team photo. From left to right on the front row are Sydney McClung, Abby Houghtaling, Natalie Donley, Allison Ramsey, Miranda Chambers and Sierra Rohauer. Second row, left to right are Sarah Seibel, Skylar Spaeth, Jadyn Perkins, Sara Heil, Briyana Isaacs, Sydney McGill, Lauren Osburn, Sarah Beavers, Mollie Johnson, Lakyn Powers and Maggie Lee. Third row is Jessica Gardner.
Jacksonville Gymnastics Level Four Team members shown here before State Fun Meet and after a very successful competitive year, where as a team they competed in seven meets (before State Fun Meet,) and won three First-Place Team Trophies, three Second-Place Team Trophies and one Fourth-Place Team Trophy (in Shreveport). The Level Four gymnasts won 49 top individual all-around honors in their competitions and too many event honors to even count.
After the Sweetheart Meet, four Level Three gymnasts were moved to Level Four and competed – those gymnasts were Keelee Curbo, Katlin Grace, Molly Johnson and Lauren Osburn.
The Jacksonville Gymnastics Level Four Team had a very successful competitive season and the gymnasts are already working to improve their Level Four skills and are also working on new skills for Level Five. The gymnasts will work out from now until the first week in June at the present schedule. The summer schedule will come out a little later and the gymnasts will probably be working out during the day during the summer hours. We are very proud of our Level Four gymnasts and their many accomplishments during this year.
Editor's Note: I apologize for being so tardy in reporting on the Level Four State Fun Meet - I was out of town as my two sisters and I reunited with a cousin that we had lost touch with for 46 years and another cousin whom we had not seen for 28 years. We had to schedule our reunion for spring break and it meant that I had to miss the meet - I would not have missed it otherwise. I am so proud of our gymnasts and we love to go watch them as they compete for Jacksonville Gymnastics. Sheryl