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aces In the gym A IVAN ALPIZAR Yorba Linda, California ~ PAIGE TUCKER AND MADISON PUGLISI
Vestal, New York Paige Tucker, age 10, and Madison Puglisi, age 9, on the righ~ are both level 4gymnasts at Aero Gymnastics Academy. Each girl received aperfect 10.00 score on vault Paige received her 10.00 at the leatherstocking Invitational and Madison received her 10.00 at the I love NY Cup. They're coached by Nancy Donley and Geno Pyfrom.
A AMERICAN ELITE GYMNASTICS Scottsdale. Arizona American El~e Gymnastics paired with the Make-A-\'M Foundation to host the inaugural Make-A-\'M Oassic competition, where aportion of the proceeds from the meet were donated to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The girlswere excited to compete in these spedal~ designed Make-A-Wish leotards made by Dreamlight Activewear.
~VANESSA
Ivan, 8, isin levelS at Yorba linda Gymnastics Academy. He won first place at the 2008 So Cal State Championships with an all-around score of 56.375. He placed first on floor and rings. His coaches are Alexey and Vladimir Dmitriyenko. Ivan will be competing Level 6during 2008-09.
A 5280 GYMNASTICS A MORE TI-lAN GYMNASTICS ACRO TEAM H. Wayne, Indiana
Wheat Ridge, Colorado 5280 Gymnastics Level 4won the 2007 Colorado State Championship with ateam score of 194.65.Team members from left to right include
The More than Gymnastics Aero Team in Ft. Wayne, Ind., performed in apre-game show for the Mad Ants, which is the NBA Development league team in Ft. Wayne.The experience was wonderful for the team and the audience really enjoyed it! To our knowledge, this is the first Aero club in Indiana.
(front) Anna Hamelin, Taylor Hickox, Elizabeth Belecky, Claire HarTis, logan O'Donnell, (middle) KariWinkelried, Rachel Heald, Sydney Hauffman, Haley Simpson, (back) coaches Iryna Gryshayeva and Rick Dunn. Not present were Jiang Braley, Katya Raska Victoria Milczek, and Tabitha Taormina.
AND DESTINV DENIZ Whippany, New Jersey Sisters Vanessa and Destiny Deniz are the 2008 New Jersey level 4State Champions. Vanessa, 6, took gold in the all-around with a35.60 while Destiny, 8, won the all-around with a38.65. Both girls helped their gym, Go for the Gold Gymnastics, to place third as ateam. They're coached by Juan Carlos Agudelo, Viviana Blanco, Monica Vargas, Jaime Galindo and Dennis Moreno.
~ KERRY ARONE
Westampton, New Jersey Kerry is the 2008 level 7 All-Around New Jersey State Champion for the 11 year old Junior division. In addition to being the allaround State Champion, she placed third on bars and floor, fifth on beam and seventh on vault. She is currently training Level 8 at YViIl-Moor School of Gymnastics in Mt Laurel, NJ.
~ NICOLE
~ TYLER
ROSEMOND Fresh Meadows, New York Tyler is arhythmic national team member and trains at Aviator with her coach Lucy Kerznerman. She took second all-around at the 2008 Rhythmic Challenge in the junior division. She was also a member of the gold-medal team at the Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships.
COUKART Portage. Pennsylvania Nicole,8, has been in gymnastics for on~ one year and is a state champion in Level 4 with ascore of37.275. Nicole also captured first place in floor and beam at the state championships, March 2, 2008. She trains at Uzelac Gymnastics and is coached by Kristal and Brenda I Himes.
.... RAYMOND ALTMEYER 1:1 Cajon, California Ray, 10, is aLevelS gymnast and anends Elite Gymnastics Academy. He's coached by Greg McCalester. At the 2008 California State Championships, Ray placed fourth on rings and sixth all-around with a55.35. Ray's performance at State earned him aspot on the Southern California All Star Team for the 2008 Region 1 Championships.