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SECOND EMERALD CLASSIC MEET

- A BIG HIT

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Looking across at the parents and grandparents during the First Session on Sunday - the fifth of the meet. These were Level Two and Level Three parents and grandparents and other family members.

Three more sessions were held on Sunday. The first session was for 37 Level Two gymnasts from six teams--Acrosports, Flip Over, Hot Springs, Leah's, RiverCity Cabot, and Russellvile Dance and Gymnastics.

This little one was the youngest to compete at the meet - she was a four-year-old Level Two and she won First Place in Vault, Bars, Beam and Floor and First-Place All-Around. Congratulations, Annaclaire.

I was able to catch a photo of these two little cuties from Flip Flop in the Warmup Area.

There were also 57 Level Three gymnasts who also competed in this session from the seven teams of Acrosports, Flip Flop, Hot Springs, Mega, Russellville Dance and Gymnastics, Stars and Stripes and Tumble Town II.

Coach Chas stands nearby as this little one waits for her signal to compete on the vault.

Patiently awaiting while awards are being called out!!!! You might think that it would be pretty hard if you were just a young Level Two gymnast, but you would have thought these gymnasts had been competing for years and knew ALL about it!

The trophy for high-event score was awarded to a young gymnast from Russellville.

Session Six, that started with open stretch at 11:30, was another large session with 103 more Level Four gymnasts from fourteen teams competing. The teams were Acrosports, Champions, Dorsey's, Elite II, Flip Flop, Gym Stars, Hot Springs, Leah's, Mega, NLR superstars, RiverCity Cabot, Russellville Dance and Gymnastics, Stars and Stripes and Tumble Town II.

Some of the Level Four gymnasts are shown here stretching and warming up. This looks across the gym behind the awards stand.

There was a three-way tie with a score of 37.5 and the winner was determined by high event score. The tie was between two gymnasts from Dorsey's and a gymnast from Elite II, Tupelo and the trophy was awarded to a Dorsey's gymnast, who had the highest event score.

The last session of the meet began at 4:30, when 69 Level Three gymnasts from nine teams competed. Most of these teams were from nearby areas so parents and gymnasts didn't have so far to travel to get back home. These teams were from Dorsey's, Flip Over, Gym Stars, Leah's, Mega, NLR Superstars, RiverCity Cabot, Sonshine and Jacksonville. In Arkansas, team awards are not given for Level Two and Level Three teams, but all the gymnasts did great. Winner of the High-Point Trophy was Scarlett Frederic of Jacksonville, who won with a 36.9.

The highlight of the meet (at least for me) was when the little Sonshine Level Three was running her vault (for competition) and glanced over at her parents, grinned and gave a big wave - and kept right on running and vaulted!

The Jacksonville Gymnastics Level Three team members who competed were Lexi Brown, Chandler Dean, Sydney Fortson, Scarlett Frederic, Shelby Haver, Julia Hughes, Iona Kegler, Mayla Spoon, Elizabeth Thornhill, Alexis Truesdail, and Carson White. Also, many top honors were won by the team, as shown here.

LEVEL THREE	VAULT	PL	BARS	PL	BEAM	PL	FLOOR	PL	AA
Chandler Dean	Third		Second		First		First		First
Sydney Fortson	Third						Third
Elizabeth Thornhill	Second						First		Third
Lexi Brown	Second		Third
Mayla Spoon	First		First		Second		Second		First
Carson White	Third		First				Second		Second
Julia Hughes	First						Second
Iona Kegler	Third						Third		Third
Scarlett Frederic	Second		First		Third		First		First
Shelby Haver			First
Alexis Truesdail	Second		First		First		First		First

Jacksonville Gymnastics Level Three Gymnasts - We're so proud of you!!! Seated from left to right are Julia, Chandler and Iona. Standing are Shelby, Mayla, Sydney, Carson, Lexi, Elizabeth, Scarlett and Alexis.

PHOTO WALL OF FAME -

FIRST-PLACE ALL-AROUND WINNERS

LEVEL THREE

Chandler Dean - Level Three - First All-Around

Mayla Spoon - Level Three - First All-Around

Alexis Truesdail - Level Three - First-Place All-Around

Scarlett Frederic - Level Three - First Place All-Around; also please notice the special trophy - Scarlett got the highest all-around score for the session and won the trophy with a 36.9!!!!

LEVEL FOUR