won 41 medals, including the 12 team division awards, at the 2012 Loule Cup and World Cup of Trampoline at the Loule (Portugal) Municipal Sports Hall in September.
THE WORLD CUP had events in trampoline, synchronized
trampoline and tumbling. Dakota Earnest of Plains, Texas/Acrospirits, and Alicia Powder of Ladera Ranch, Calif./World Elite Gymnastics, earned the silver medal for synchronized trampoline. Earnest also advanced to the finals for trampoline, where she finished sixth. In tumbling, Garret Waterstradt of Paxton, Ill./Irish’s Gymnastics, and Brittney Bernard of Bixby, Okla./Oklahoma Extreme Tumbling, both placed fifth in the finals.
poline, under 13 girls; Carly Townsend of Foothill Ranch, Calif./ World Elite – gold for double mini and silver for trampoline, under 13 girls.
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LOULE CUP U.S. MEDALISTS TRAMPOLINE
GOLD: SILVER:
Under 13 girls Alyssa Oh, Rocklin, Calif./ Technique T&T Carly Townsend, Foothill Ranch, Calif./World Elite
Under 13 boys BRONZE: Joseph Isenberg, Martinsburg, W.Va./Flip Over Gymnastics 13–14 girls Madeline Barba, Foothill Ranch, Calif./World Elite
GOLD:
Junior men Cody Gesuelli, Middletown, N.J./ Eta BRONZE: Sam Chiacchia, Colorado Springs, Colo./High Country Gymnastics Academy Photo by Crissy Lafollette.
SILVER:
WORLD CUP U.S. MEDALISTS WOMEN’S SYNCHRONIZED TRAMPOLINE
ALICIA POWDER
DAKOTA EARNEST
SILVER:
Dakota Earnest, Plains, Texas/ Acrospirits, and Alicia Powder, Ladera Ranch, Calif./ World Elite Gymnastics
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THE LOULE CUP
featured competition in trampoline, tumbling and double mini-trampoline for senior, junior and age group competition. The USA won 29 medals at the Loule Cup, including 11 gold. Three U.S. women won two medals each at the Loule Cup: Rachel Thevenot of Metairie, Texas/Elmwood, – gold for tumbling and bronze for double mini, under 13 girls; Alyssa Oh of Rocklin, Calif./Technique T&T – gold in tram tramRACHEL poline and silver for double mini-tram mini-tramTHEVENOT
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Junior women Charlotte Drury, Laguna Niguel, Calif./World Elite Gymnastics
GOLD:
Women’s open Audrey Ghanian, Holmdel, N.J./ ETA
GOLD:
DOUBLE MINI-TRAMPOLINE
Under 13 girls GOLD: Carly Townsend, Foothill Ranch, Calif./World Elite SILVER: Alyssa Oh, Rocklin, Calif./ Technique T&T BRONZE: Rachel Thevenot, Metairie, Texas/ Elmwood
GOLD:
Under 13 boys Patrick Lyell, Kenner, LA/ Elmwood
GOLD:
13–14 girls Hally Piontek, Warrensburg, Mo./ Kansas City Trampoline
SILVER:
13–14 boys Garrett Day, Bedford, Va./ Lynchburg Academy
Junior men Steven Harris, Chandler, Ariz./ Aspire Kids Sports Center BRONZE: Noah Orr, Phoenix/Air Sports Unlimited SILVER:
GOLD:
Junior women Madi Webster, Odon, Ind./ Tumbling Express
GOLD:
Senior women Kristle Lowell, Orland Park, Ill./ Branch Gymnastics
Open men BRONZE: Austin White, Newport Coast, Calif./World Elite Gymnastics
TUMBLING
SILVER:
GOLD: SILVER:
SILVER:
Under 13 boys Patrick Lyell, Kenner, La./ Elmwood Under 13 girls Rachel Thevenot, Metairie, Texas/ Elmwood Gretchen Schultz, Destrehan, La./ Elmwood 13–14 boys Quinn Ross, Reno, NV/Legacy T&T
13–14 girls Mandie DiMarco, Metairie, Texas/ Elmwood BRONZE: Isabella Rodriguez, Broken Arrow, Okla./Xtreme Elite SILVER:
SILVER:
GOLD:
Junior women Cheyenne Kelley, Broken Arrow, Okla./Oklahoma Extreme Tumbling Junior men Tyler Waller, Bloomington, Ill./ Gymnastics Etc.
BRONZE: Josh Browne, Gilbert, Ariz./Aspire Kids Sports Center
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