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Jacksonville Gymnastics USAG Competitive Team
Levels Three - Nine
ASSISTANT HEAD COACH - ERIN WUNDERL
LOIS BRYAN, CHRISTY ELLIS, and
LINDSEY SWEET
Level Three Level Four Level Five Level Six
Level Seven Level Eight Level Nine
Jacksonville Gymnastics Team was begun ten years ago when Ms. Laurel worked with recreational gymnastics students and by the end of that year, she had eleven Level Four gymnasts ready to compete in the fall (1998 - 1999). With lots of hard work and dedication and more coaches, the team has grown to be one of the largest competing teams in Arkansas. The team competes Levels Three - Nine.
During the 2007 - 2008 competition season, the team won 21 top or first-place team awards, seven - second-place awards and five third-place team awards. Also, 174 (first or second-place) individual all-around placements have been awarded to team gymnasts during this season.
Jacksonville Gymnastics Team, Level Six, won the 2008 State Championship Banner. Jax Gym has nine State Champions and 33 Event State Champions - 2008 State Meet. The Level Five Team won Third-Place State Championship; Level Seven won Fifth Place (Our team won the Fifth-Place Team Banner with a score of 111.15. The fourth, third, and second-place teams all had scores in the 111.00 range, ending with the second-place team having 111.875 - so for less than three-fourths of a point, we missed second place, as well as fourth and third for less. But we are very proud to place fifth against very strong Arkansas teams and we congratulate all the teams). Level Eight team won Third Place and Kayla, our Level Nine gymnast won Third-Place Individual All-Around.
Jacksonville Gymnastics Team, Level Five, won the 2007 State Championship Banner.
Jacksonville Gymnastics Team, Level Six, won the 2006 State Championship Banner.
We at Huff ‘n Puff are very excited about the progress our gymnastics team continues to make. Our girls’ team has been actively competing for nine seasons and our team continues to grow in number and accomplishments.
Our USAG Junior Olympic Competitive Team, known as Jacksonville Gymnastics, participated in nine competitions, including the Shreveport Meet and the Tyler, Texas meet and ended the 2007-2008 season at the Arkansas State Competitions. This will be our tenth year to compete and our team has continued to grow and thrive each season.
We began competing Level Three gymnasts three years ago and these young gymnasts have been doing so well. Team awards are not always given for Level Three teams but our Level Three gymnasts mostly swept the meets in which they had been entered last year.
In the 2007 – 2008 competitive season, the team won 21 First-Place Team Awards; seven Second-Place Team Awards; five Third-Place Team Awards; two Fourth and two Fifth-Place Team Awards, (including the Tyler, Texas meet.) Several of the meets that our Level Three team attended did not give team awards but we know that our Level Three Team had the highest scores (except for our own meet, where they won second place) and would have won, had team awards been presented. The team members earned 174 top (first or second place) individual all-around honors for the season. In addition to our Level Six Team winning the State Championship, we also had nine Individual All-Around State Champions and 33 Event State Champions. Additionally, all five of our competing Level Eight gymnasts were chosen to attend the Regional Three Championship Meet in Texas, as well as Kayla qualified to attend the Level Nine-Ten Regional Championship meet in Wichita, Kansas.
We at Huff ‘n Puff are so proud of our competitive team, all levels. Credit for our growing championship team goes to our highly qualified, safety certified and Olympic judge-accredited coaches. The team again worked extra hours this summer and made strides comparable to last summer. They worked nine to twenty hours a week under the tutelage of Coaches Laurel, Erin, Christy, Lois, Lindsey and Bonnie. The parents attribute the team’s success to the positive discipline and attitudes exhibited by our coaches. And it was that positive attitude shown by our coaches that has brought other competing gymnasts to join our team.
Much credit is also attributed to Mr. Bobby who inspires the young gymnasts in the pre-level one, level one and especially Level two classes to work even harder to achieve the skills to make it to the Level Three Team.
For any questions regarding the team, please contact Ms. Laurel at 985-1818.
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