Charity Choice at Greater Tacoma Convention Center (February 14-17th)
The SGA Ballard, Columbia City and Lake City JO Teams competed at Charity Choice Invitational hosted by Emerald City Gymnastics at the Greater Tacoma Convention Center on Feb 14-17th. This year we chose Mary’s Place as our chosen charity to represent. Each team is awarded points by dressing up to the meet and we used capes, long socks and colored wristbands as our accessories to show our support. Also, the All-Around winners on each session got an extra check with an extra amount donated to their charity. Congrats Annika, Hannah, Julie, Alana, Sylvia and Lauren for this extra achievement. We had so much fun competing for our team but also for this amazing charity.
All American Invitational in Puyallup, WA (February 8th)
The Level 2 Team had an awesome time at All American Invitational in Puyallup, WA and got First place as a team! The girls showed so much more confidence and worked hard to make all of the corrections from the last meet we had! They showed huge improvements and we are all SO proud! We had many placements in the top 3, and every girl on our team qualified for the State meet in April! Way to go Level 2s!!
Level 2 – 1st place team
Julie Bracamontes: 1st AA & BB, 3rd UB & FX
Olive Wenger: 2nd AA, UB & FX, 3rd BB
Kasey Sakata: 1st FX, 2nd AA, V & BB
Miray Dershewitz: 1st V, 3rd UB
Abby Daum: 1st UB, 2nd AA
Blakely Napier: 3rd V
Lucja Tucka: 1st AA (tie) 2nd UB (tie) 3rd BB (tie)
Edie Gunnell: 1st UB & BB, 3rd FX
Madison Taylor: 1st AA, UB & V(tie) 2nd BB (tie)
Kylin Sowa-Crowder: 3rd V
Mariana Stewart: 1st V (tie) 2nd AA, FX & UB (tie)
Caroline Titula-Boichenko: 2nd UB
Metroplex Challenge at Ft. Worth Convention Center (January 23-26th)
The SGA JO Girls Team, levels 3-9, traveled all the way to Ft. Worth, Texas to compete in the biggest competition in the nation. There were many top 3 individual and team finishes accomplished, as SGA competed against several other teams from around the country. SGA Ballard’s own, Annika Ferrick, even received the gym’s first 10.0 on vault! The JO Girls Team coaches and parents are all so proud of the girls and their achievements this past weekend in Texas.
Metroplex Challenge Results:
Level 3
Emimae Yamada-Morigeau: 2 UB, 2 BB, 3 FX, 3 AA
Alana Yi: 1 UB, 2 FX
Zoe West: 1 BB, 2 FX, 2 AA
Zara Saifee: 2 UB
Olivia Barnes: 3 VT
Marissa Mallon: 3 BB
Level 4 – 2nd place team
Hanna Terrell: 2 UB, 1 BB, 2 FX, 2 AA
Isabelle Allen: 2 UB, 2 FX, 3 AA
Logan Duncan: 1 VT, 2 UB, 2 AA
Quinn Morgan: 3 BB
Sophia Gerl : 1 BB
Graziella McGinley: 1 UB
Level 6 – 3rd place team
Harriet O’Twomney: 3 UB, 3 BB, 2 AA
Marja Puckett: 2 VT
Sylvia Kas: 2 UB
Lyla Miller: 2 BB, 1 FX
Mari Boswell: 2 BB
Violet Faull: 3 FX
Ayla Solomon: 2 VT
Sophie Schuppisser: 2 VT
Level 7 – 1st place team
Annika Ferrick: 1 VT. 2 UB, 2 BB, 1 AA
McKenzie Matsui: 1 UB, 1 FX, 3 AA
Quinn Heldridge: 2 AA
Makenna Mallon: 3 VT
Lily Miyoshi: 2 VT, 1 UB
Zoe Wong: 3 UB
Kiana Warren: 2 VT
Battle In Bellevue 2020 (January 17th)
The JO Level 2 Team had a great time at our first ever meet, Battle in Bellevue on Friday January 17th! Our gymnasts were SO EXCITED to get 2nd place as a team and had a blast seeing what meets are all about and we are already pumped for more competitions! We are so proud of all of our girls for starting the season off so strong, supporting their team mates, and being so focused and confident!
(R-L) Caroline Titula-Boichenko, Olive Wenger, Mariana Stewart, and Kylin Sowa-Crowder
Battle In Bellevue Individual Results:
Annie Hessler – 1st V and UB
Miray Dershewitz- 3rd V
Julie Bracamontes- 1st AA, 2nd V, 3rd UB, BB (tie) & FX
Olive Wenger- 1st UB 2nd AA and BB
Kasey Sakata – 3rd V and BB (tie)
Abby Daum- 1st UB, 2nd AA
Madison Bolin- 1st AA and BB, 2nd V, 3rd UB
Edie Gunnell- 3rd BB
Madison Taylor- 3rd AA
Mariana Stewart- 1st BB and UB, 2nd AA and V, 3rd FX
Gymnastics in Paradise 2020 in Honolulu, HI (January 10-12th)
Aloha from Hawaii! The Optional girls from Ballard and Columbia City competed in the Gymnastics in Paradise meet held in Honolulu, HI on Jan 10-12. It was a great meet, with some of the girls earning their best scores yet! The level 6, 7, 8 and 9’s performed some of their first routines of the season, earning individual medals, and the level 7’s placed 2nd as a team. Mahalo for all the hard work, everyone!
We have more photos and videos from Gymnastics in Paradise on our Instagram story highlights (@sgacolumbiacity & @sgaballard), be sure to check it out!
Level 6
Lyla Miller: 1 Vault, 1 Bars, 3 Beam, 1 Floor, 1 AA = 36.700
Mari Boswell: 1 Bars, 2 Beam, 1 Floor, 2 AA= 36.65
Sylvia Kas: 3 Bars, 3 Beam, 3 Floor, 2 AA = 36.550
Marja Puckett: 2 Vault, 2 Beam, 2 AA= 36.525
Maple Chambers: 3 Beam
Ayla Solomon : 2 Vault
Amelia Lui: 3 Bars, 3 Beam
Sophie Shuppisser: 3 Vault, 2 Bars, 3 Floor, 2 AA= 36.375
Harriet O’Twomney: 2 Bars
Level 7 – 2nd place team
Mckenzie Matsui: 3 Vault, 2 Bars, 2 Beam, 1 Floor, 1 AA= 37.525
Sydney Klein: 3 Vault, 3 Bars, 2 Floor, 2 AA = 36.800
Karlie Reichstein: 1 Beam, 2 Floor, 3 Vault, 3 Bars, 2AA=36.375
Eva Ortiz: 2 Beam
Annika Ferrick: 1 Vault, 2 Beam, 2 Floor, 2 AA=36.425
Zoe Wong: 3 Bars, 3 Vault
Quinn Heldridge: 2 Vault, 3 Floor, 3 AA =36.925
Aly Schenfelt: 2 Vault
Lily Miyoshi: 2 Vault, 1 Bars, 3 Floor,3 AA=36.025
Level 8
Lauren Supnet: 1 Vault, 3 AA=35.3
Snowball Classic 2020 at Grace Gymnastics Center (January 10-12th)
The JO Girls Team, levels 3 and 4, competed in their second meet of the season at the Snowball Classic meet in Lakewood. SGA girls had a
great meet and were excited to get back to competing after Christmas break!
Level 3 – Placed 2nd as a team
Lucy Nimmergut & Zoe West: 1st Bars (tied); Scotti Holmes: 1st Bars & 3rd Beam; Alana Yi: 1st Bars, 2nd Floor & 3rd AA; Nora Paige: 3rd AA; Misha Chan: 2nd Floor (tied); Chloe Chudzik: 2nd Bars (tied) & 3rd Beam; Maya Mirabueno: 3rd Vault & 4th Beam (tied); Marissa 
Mallon: 1st Bars; Zara Saifee: 1st Bars & 2nd AA; Olivia Barnes: 3rd Vault & 3rd Beam; Lena Ideen: 1st Floor (tied)
Level 4 – Placed 1st as a team
Hanna Terrel: 3rd Vault, 1st Bars, 2nd Beam, 1st Floor (tied) & 1st AA; Logan Duncan: 1st Vault, 2nd Bars, 1st Floor (tied) & 2nd AA; Annalise Kraback: 3rd Bars, 3rd Beam (tied), 3rd Floor & 3rd AA; Josephine Skoog: 2nd Vault & 1st Beam; Isabelle Allen: 2nd Vault, 3rd Bars & 3rd Floor; Vi-Anh Ngo: 2nd Bars (tied), 1st Floor & 3rd AA; Quinn Morgan: 3rd Beam (tied); Graziella McGinley: 2nd Bars (tied)
Reindeer Games 2019 at Auburn Gymnastics Academy (December 6-8th)
The JO Girls Team, levels 3-9, competed in their first meet of the season. The Reindeer Games, hosted by Auburn Gymnastics, was a critique meet in which the girls received judge’s feedback on details in their routines they need to work on before their regular competition season starts in January.
Congrats to the below gymnasts on their meet placements, and to all the SGA girls – they all accomplished a great start to the season!
Level 3
Emimae Yamada-Morigeau: 1st Bars; Nora Lynd: 2nd Beam; Mina Dogan: 2nd Vault; Lucy Nimmergut: 3rd Bars; Emma Allen: 3rd Beam
Level 4
Hanna Terrell: 1st Bars, 1st Beam, 1st Floor, 1st All-around; Isabelle Allen: 3rd Vault, 3rd Bars, 2nd Beam, 3rd All-around; Logan Duncan: 2nd Bars; Josephine Skoog: 2nd Vault
Level 5
Amelia Lui: 3rd Beam; Maple-Rane Chambers: 3rd Bars
Level 6
Sylvia Kas: 3rd Vault, 1st Bars, 3rd Floor, 1st All-around; Lyla Miller: 3rd Vault, 2nd Beam, 3rd Floor; Harriet O’ Twomney: 2nd Bars; Mari Puckett: 3rd Beam, 1st Floor; Mari Boswell: 1st Bars, 3rd All-around
Level 7
Annika Ferrick: 1st Vault, 3rd Beam, 3rd Floor, 2nd All-around; Quinn Heldridge: 3rd Bars; Eva Ortiz: 2nd Bars; McKenzie Matsui: 1st Vault, 3rd Floor