SGA Xcel Results for the 2019/2020 Season

2020 All-American Invitational, Puyallup WA (Feb 9th)

SGA XCEL teams competed at the 2020 All-American Invitational at the Washington State Fair & Events center in Puyallup last weekend! This was a huge meet with over 900 gymnasts competing in many different levels and divisions. We are just reaching that halfway point in the season and we are really noticing everyone’s hard work come through!

Here are some highlights from each of the SGA XCEL teams!

BALLARD

Khloe and Merrick competed at the Gold level for the first time and also qualified for State! We also had new skills attempted by Mia and Courtney! We might have had a couple interesting falls but the girls all picked themselves up and continued on #SGAstrong! Silver took 3rd place and Gold took 4th place.

First Place: 

Claire S- BB

Zoe G- AA

Nour S- V

Lauren F- BB & AA

Ella C- FX

Audrey D- BB

Alissa M- UB

Second Place:

Claire S- FX & AA

Zoe G- BB & FX

Hana W- BB

Nour S- FX

Lauren F- V

Ella C- BB & AA

Nina L- FX

Cameron M- UB

Lucy B- V & AA

Addie S- UB

Third Place:

Jillian G- FX

Hana W- AA

Nour S- BB & AA

Lauren F- FX

Courtney L- V & AA

Everly D- BB

Merrick B- BB

LAKE CITY

Great results and hard work from all the teams!

Silver Division:

Brea Wong – 2^ndplace vault and bars, 1^stplace beam, floor and AA

Berlin Lyman – 1^stplace bars

Ihriel Gabaldon – 3^rdplace vault

Naomi Weber – 2^ndplace floor

Eloise Hamilton – 3^rdplace vault

Stella Feaver – 3^rdplace bars

Maddy Walls – 3^rdplace floor, 2^ndplace vault and bars, 1^stplace beam and AA

Anna Lai – 3^rdplace vault and beam, 2^ndplace floor

Eliana Bruington – 3^rdplace vault and beam

Freja Skov 3^rdplace bars, 1^stplace beam

Gold Division:

Elise Garnet – 1^stplace bars

Emmy Thurlow – 2^ndplace floor

Platinum Division:

Olivia Johnston – 1^stplace vault, bars, floor, and AA

Cameron Moskovitz – 3^rdplace floor

Nellie Faucett – 2^ndplace bars

Maya Schultz – 2^ndplace vault

Olivia Cocoro – 3^rdplace floor

COLUMBIA CITY

Silvers:

Only 1 more gymnast needs to qualify for state, and McKenna Smith got 4th place AA! The judges thoroughly enjoyed all of the Silver’s floor routines. They hammed it up which was entertaining to watch, and made the meet a lot more fun! Plus all vaults improved, which was a goal for us!

Golds:

The golds stayed at the gym through awards until 10:30 – they were troopers! Everyone’s floor performances were so much better! It was great to see they were having fun.

Bianca Butler got 3rd on Vault, Aliah Ford got 3rd on beam, and Elena Kussmann-Carter got 3rd on Floor!

Platinums:

Says Coach Kim, “Power and amplitude were our goals for this meet. Beam was still a bit shaky for us, but after beam we went to floor, where they recovered! Their energy levels were much improved – we’ve been focusing on that a lot. All teams improved their performances, even if their scores didn’t necessarily reflect it. I’m proud of them!”

Roni got 2nd on Vault, Renee got 2nd on Vault & 3rd on floor, Maggie got 3rd on bars, and Zari got 4th on floor – which is the first time she’s placed all season! Plus we had Izzy Brown compete with us for the first time and she did great – she qualified for State!

VEGA Challenge 2020 – Battle Ground, WA (January 18-19th)

LAKE CITY

The Lake City XCEL girls had a great time at their first travel meet of the season! Silver placed 4^th, Gold placed 5^th, Platinum placed 3^rd, and our Diamond would have placed 2^nd(Diamonds did not hand out team awards due to the small numbers of gymnasts per team). Way to go ladies!

Here are the top three placements for each event an, division, and group:

Silver Division

Jr A Group

Berlin Lyman – 3^rdplace vault and beam

Natalie Kubler – 2^ndplace bars

Maggie Faucett – 3^rdplace vault

Jr B Group

Naomi Weber – 3^rdplace bars and floor, 2^ndplace vault, 1^stplace AA

Ihriel Gabaldon – 2rd place vault

Sr A Group

Eloise Hamilton – 2^ndplace vault, bars, floor, and AA

Fiona Rothwell – 1^stplace floor

Sr B Group

Anna Lai – 2^ndplace bars, 1^stplace beam, floor and AA

Maddy Walls – 3^rdplace beam, 1^stplace floor

Sr C group

Darby Greene – 1^stplace beam, floor and AA

Sr C Group

Eliana Bruington – 3^rd place vault and AA, 2^ndplace bars

Sophie Gibson – 2^ndplace bars, 2^ndfloor

Freja Skov – 3^rdplace beam, 1^stplace bars

Gold Division

Jr A Group

Sydney Kerr – 2^ndplace vault, floor, and AA, 1^stplace bars

Jr C Group

Anna Catife – 3^rdplace AA and 2^ndplace beam

Emmy Thurlow – 1^stplace floor

Jr D Group

Alexa Miller-Klein – 2^ndplace beam

Platinum Division

Jr B Group

Olivia Johnston – 2^ndplace bars, 1^stplace vault, beam, floor, and AA

Maya Schultz – 2^ndplace vault

Summer Lombard – 2^ndplace floor

Sr A Group

Poppy Montgomery – 3^rd place floor

Sr B Group

Olivia Cocoro – 3^rdplace floor, 2^ndplace beam

Platinum Division

All Diamond

Katie Chaleunphonh – 3^rdplace AA, 2^ndplace bars, 1^stplace floor

Juna Markhotok – 3^rdplace floor, 1^stplace bars

BALLARD

Ballard XCEL had so much improvement across the board and our floor routines were especially exciting to watch. Our Platinum team took fourth place, Silver took second and Gold walked away with FIRST place. All the sweat and chalk has paid off and we are improving continuously! It was amazing to watch the girls cheer each other on from the sidelines and pick each other up when they “fell” down. We left the weekend with excitement for the next meet and determination to work hard and continue on the upward climb.

First Place: 

Brooklin- Vault & Beam

Stella- Vault

Zoe- AA

Hana- Vault, Bars, Beam & AA

Nour- Vault, Bars, Floor & AA

Lauren- Beam & AA

Ella- Bars, Floor & AA

Nina- Beam  Amy- Vault, Bars & Floor

Audrey- Beam & Floor

Merrick- Bars

Cameron- Bars & AA

Alissa- Beam

Divia- Vault

Margot- Floor

Carmen- Vault & Floor

Carli- AA

Second Place:

Brooklin- AA

Claire S- Beam & AA

Zoe- Vault

Claire H- Vault, Floor & AA

Calli- Beam

Hana- Floor

Nour- Beam

Lauren- Floor

Courtney- Vault

Amy- AA

Kiera- Floor

Audrey- AA

Cameron- Floor

Alissa- Vault, Bars & AA

Khloe- Vault

Third Place:

Zoe- Beam

Stella- Bars

Claire D- Floor

Lauren- Vault

Courtney- AA

Mia- Bars

Everly- Vault & Bars

Kiera- Bars

Merrick- AA

Margot- Bars

Addie S- Floor

COLUMBIA CITY

The XCEL teams from SGA Ballard, Columbia City and Lake City all trekked down to the Vancouver, WA area on Jan 19-20 for the VEGA Challenge, hosted by Vancouver Elite and held at Battle Ground High School. Each team had a great showing and we are so proud of them! Read more about each team’s results below, and check out the highlighted Instagram stories from this meet on our IG bio pages for more pics!

Xcel Silver – Bianca qualified for Gold with the high team score of 36.85! She has also been working on her nerves at meet and going slow: she was able to maintain control and showed us some of her best routines! Our goal as a team was just to clean up our routines and improve on last meet, which we definitely did. Almost every single gymnast qualified for State! We are especially proud of Jensen and Edith, who were unfortunately sick for the last meet, making this their first meet. Can’t wait to see how we improve!

Xcel Gold – While everyone at some point had a routine or performance they weren’t proud of, everyone was able to recover very well, brush it off, and either compete well at the next event or show their team support by cheering loudly. The team support and vibe was awesome. These girls are starting to see the benefits of brushing it off, thinking mistakes are OK, and taking each event and each skill as it comes. Caitlin had one of her best meets and was able to take 3rd on Vault, Beam, and Floor! Manon, who competed Gold for the very first time at this meet, placed 2nd on Vault, Beam, and All-around!

Xcel Platinum – This team rocked it! We struggle sometimes with our nerves as a team, and they have a tendency to get the better of us. However, the team support was SUPER strong this time, and the girls all seemed revved up by it! Renee not only landed everything on floor for the first time as a Platinum (it has been a 2 season struggle), she got 1st on floor as well! She also competed – and stuck – her backhand spring on beam for the first time at a meet! Maggie competed Platinum for the first time ever in this competition, and she received 2nd on bars, and 6th on floor! Our goal specifically was to hit our cast requirement on bars and everyone did!! Almost everyone qualified for State as well! Shae received 4th on BB.

Xcel Diamond – Josie was our only Diamond, due to our others staying home to study. She received 3rd on Vault and 3rd on floor! She also had a crazy fall on beam: her foot slipped in her dismount, which caused her to miss a requirement. It was our first event, and she was clearly disappointed. However, we went to floor next where she was able to find a lot of joy in her routine, and she was able to finish the meet strong!

Holiday Express at Metropolitan Gymnastics, Kent

LAKE CITY

COLUMBIA CITY

Columbia City had their full grit and perseverance on display at this meet; they not only had to battle to perform their best routines, and battle other competitors, they also had to battle the stomach flu! Some members of the team were understandably not able to finish the meet, but despite these challenges they had an amazing showing, and their strength is not something we will soon forget! True dedication to their sport for even showing up, let alone putting up some great routines and scores! Highlights include:

-We had 4 gymnasts competing their first meet as Silvers to qualify for Gold, and all 4 accomplished that! Next meet they’ll compete Gold and we are excited to see how they do!
-We had lots of new skills being competed for the first time, and I’m proud of everyone’s effort and ability to show them off at their first meet!
-Special shoutout to Josie in particular, who competed Diamond for the first time and had one of her best meets yet!

Plus some great finishes!

-Manon Kinhan tied for first place AA in her age division in Silver, and Elena Kussmann-Carter received 2nd! 
-McKenna Smith received 2nd on beam in Silver
-Aliah Ford in Gold placed 2nd on beam
-Josie Czeskleba placed 3rd AA at her first Diamond meet!

We are so, so proud of you all!

SGA Ballard at Reindeer Games (Auburn Gymnastics)

SGA Ballard attended our first Xcel competition of the season this past weekend (December 7, 2019) and it went great! This meet was a critique meet, which means we had the opportunity to get direct feedback from the judges. We were able to ask clarifying questions and hear first-hand what they are looking for this season. The girls were complemented on their fun floor choreography and were provided with corrections to take back to the gym and work on. We are so excited to kick off the season and cannot wait to see how our athletes improve! Awesome job to all the competitors this weekend!