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World Class Gymnastics in the News - 2007

NN GYMNAST SHINES AT NATIONALS
Daily Press (Newport News, VA)
BY ED RICHARDS
247-4645
May 22, 2007
 
Only 12 years old, Kiera Brown of Newport News is being hailed as one of the top up-and-comers in local gymnastics.  It's easy to see why. In two years, she's skipped two levels of competition, 6 and 8, in moving up from Level 5 to Level 9 for World Class Gymnastics. And she's proved herself more than capable of the difficult challenges during that time, especially this season.  At the Virginia State Championships, she took the all-around, vault and beam titles for the 12-year-old age division.  At regionals, she placed second on vault and third in the all-around.  Then in the biggest meet of her young career, the Passage Middle School sixth-grader placed second on vault at the Level 9 Eastern Nationals in Orlando, Fla., May 11-13. She achieved the vaulting honor by posting a score of 9.575 among a field of 48 competitors in the Jr. A Division.

"For her first nationals, Kiera did great," said World Class head coach Tami Harrison.

On another of her strongest events, Brown tied for eighth on floor (9.45).  A fall on beam, resulting in a score of 8.225, ended her chances of a high finish in the all-around. She tied for 22nd in the AA (36.40).

"If she had stayed on the beam, she would have been fourth in the all-around," Harrison said.

At the state meet, Brown had won the beam title with a score of 9.4.  With the way her young star has performed throughout the year, Harrison said she plans to move her up again to another level.

"She's a real strong, powerful gymnast and will be a great Level 10 gymnast next year," Harrison said.

GYMNASTICS
Daily Press (Newport News, VA)
May 29, 2007
Author: ED RICHARDS

Ten members of World Class Gymnastics came away with titles at the Level 4 State Meet at Hampton University May 21. Haley Bolton, Hannah Mahanes and Jacqueline Patterson topped the Newport News-based club with all-around titles.

Bolton, in a small field of four gymnasts in the age 14 class, won the AA with a score of 38.075, bars (9.550), beam (9.6) and floor (9.5). Mahanes, among a field of 51 in the 101/2 age division, captured the AA (38.675), vault (9.675) and floor (9.65). Patterson, 12, won the AA (37.875), bars (9.675) and vault (9.575).

Other winners included Lindsey Gdovic, Jessica Scott, Madison Norville, Emma Sears, Jessi Wright, Kristen Williamson and Julia Hoback. World Class placed second among 23 clubs in the large team competition. Ocean Tumblers was first with 156.675 points; World Class had 155.050.

GYMNASTS LAND REGIONAL TITLES
Daily Press (Newport News, VA)
May 8, 2007
Author: Ed Richards
erichards@dailypress.com 247-4645

They faced tougher challenges, but state champions Steven Rochelle and Kyle Brogan of World Class Gymnastics still came home with regional titles from Allentown, Pa., on April 28.  Rochelle, competing on Level 6 for the 10-11 age group, brought home a title on the parallel bars with a score of 9.65. He also placed second in all-around (55.9), second on floor exercise (9.2), second on the high bar (9.6) and third on rings (9.1).  Brogan, in the 12-and-over competition, took the top prize on the high bar (9.4), placed second on the parallel bars (8.9), second on floor (9.05) and third in the all-around (54.5)

On Level 5 the next day in Allentown, Wesley Estrada topped the field of 78 competitors on the parallel bars with a score of 9.8. Chris McCord placed third on the pommel horse and fourth on rings and parallel bars.

The same weekend, the World Class girls made their presence known at the Level 7 state championships in Chesapeake by finishing second in the 30-team field.  Annabelle Hovater gave World Class its only all-around champ, topping the 9-year-old class in 37.775. She also won bars (9.625) and beam (9.6). Teammate Brooke Ealey was a close second in the AA (37.725) with a first on floor (9.6) and a second on beam (9.525).  Other individual champs were Megan Feltham, age 11, on bars (9.850); and Katherine Schuff, 16, on bars (9.125) and floor (9.350).

Jazmyne McBride gave Gymnastics Incorporated of Hampton a title for 14-year-olds on beam (9.625) and placed second in AA (36.925) against a field of 34 competitors. Teammate Suzanne Schindler placed second in the age 16 all-around (35.875).

On Level 6, there were only two competitors in the 16-year-old class, which Baillie Anton of World Class won with an AA score of 33.275. Teammate Hunter Gillespie took first on floor (9.425) for age 11.

Fun Meets are Here (Revised 02/04/2007)

World Class Gymnastics and the World Class Gymnastics Parents' Association are sponsoring a series of Fun Meets for all Hampton Roads area Recreational Gymnasts. Our top level gymnasts will judge each developmental gymnast. Everyone will receive scores to track their progress and medals to reward their efforts. Boys Beginner and Intermediate gymnasts and girls Level 1, 2, and 3 gymnasts will be provided an appropriate list of skills that will be evaluated. This is intended to be a no-pressure event that will give beginning gymnasts a taste of competition. Our next Fun Meet is scheduled for Sunday, April 15, 2007.  All recreational gymnasts in the Hampton Roads area are invited to participate.

2007 Sand Dollar/Whitlow Invitational

January 31, 2007 - World Class Gymnastics competed at the Sand Dollar Invitational on January 19-21, 2007, at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida. World Class gymnasts had an outstanding meet with 16 individual and all around first place performances. Congratulations to the following gymnasts on their accomplishments:

The Sand Dollar Invitational is hosted by Orlando Metro Gymnastics and the EGO Booster Club.

World Class Invitational
Daily Press (Newport News, VA)
January 9, 2007
Author: ED RICHARDS

World Class Gymnastics made an impressive showing in its first major meet of the season, with nine all-around champions and three team titles in its own invitational Dec. 17 at Christopher Newport University.

The meet attracted a field of more than 300 gymnasts from nine gyms in Virginia and Maryland.

All-around champs for World Class, based in Newport News, included: Elizabeth Durkac, Level 10, ages 15-and-up; Katherine Locher, Level 8, ages 9-13; Brianna Underwood, Level 7, ages 7-11; Shelly Morse, Level 5, 12-and-up; Adrianna Cervantes, Level 5, age 9; Hannah Mahanes, Level 4, ages 10-11; Julia Hoback, Level 4, 12-and-over; Athena Gibson, Level 4, ages 7-8; and Lindsey Gdovic, Level 4, age 6.

World Class took team titles for Levels 7, 8 and 10.  The Level 10 team, the reigning state champ, was led by Nicole Wright, Jennifer Glaze and Durkac. Wright had the highest all-around score for World Class with 36.300. She finished second in the Level 10, ages 13-14 competition behind Danielle Kram of MarVaTeens (36.500).

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