FACES IN THE GYM t Madyson Marlow and Christina Troy
t Tia Gin
Mady, 9, and Christina, 11, are the 2010 Level 6 Women’s Pair Acro National Champions. It was Mady’s first year in acro, and Christina’s second. They’re currently training Level 7 at USA Aerial Athletics and are coached by Jennifer Banowsky.
Tia, 10, is the 2010 Level 5 Nor-Cal AllAround State Champion. She also won every event. She trains at Performance Athletics Gymnastics and her coaches are Nickole Sutter, Stevie Blum, and Lorraine Tang.
San Luis Obispo, California
San Antonio, Texas
Aubrianna Salas u Royal Oak, Michigan
Aubrianna, 10, is a Level 10 power tumbler and a Level 9 women’s gymnast. At the 2010 JO National Championships for TT, Aubrianna took first with a score of 139.90. Aubrianna trains at AGT FlipCity and is coached by Peter Roberts.
t Saga Vallow Lauren Thomas p Loveland, Colorado
Lauren, 8, is the Level 4 Colorado State Champion in the all-around and all four events. She’s from Premier Gymnastics of the Rockies. Lauren scored a 10 on vault, 9.925 on bars, 9.75 on beam and 9.85 on floor for a 39.525.
Riley Ammenhauser u Aurora, Illinois
Riley, 7, is a Level 5 gymnast and trains at the American Institute of Gymnastics. Riley won the 2010 Level 4 State All-Around Championship in the 6-7 year old division.
New Lenox, Illinois
Saga, 9, is a Level 4 gymnast and trains at FlipStar Gymnastics Academy. She took first place in each event and in the all-around at the Crossroads Classic. She’s coached by Drew Tsokatos and Julie Stepanchenko.
Heather Cox p DeWitt, New York
Heather, a Level 5 of CNY Gym Centre, won the all-around title at the PInky Stone Memorial Invite for the second year. Heather also placed first on floor and beam. She’s coached by Danielle White, Kelly Porcaro and Megan Quinn.
Ashley Chu u
Portland Oregon
Ashley, 10, is a Level 6 rhythmic gymnast coached by Nadine Davies at Oregon Gymnastics Academy. She has been competing four years and is a three-time J.O. competitor and a 2010 Future Stars member.
t Ginger Hansen
Middletown, New Jersey
Ginger, 10, traveled with the ODP National Team to the Loule Cup in Portugal and won the silver medal in the 13 and under age group as a L10 in trampoline. She’s a member of the Ultra Twisters team and trains with Tatiana Kovaleva and Kyle Bowen.
Kelsey Walker p Tampa, Florida
Kelsey, 8, is a training Level 6 gymnast at Victory Gymnastics Training Center. She completed her Level 5 season by taking first on floor and in the all-around at the 2010 Level 5 Florida State Meet. Kelsey is coached by Viktor Savitsky, Cathy Breen and Philippe Flegeau.
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