Boys Level 6-10 State
BOYS LEVEL 6-10 STATE
The Men’s gymnastics team from EWA traveled to Austin for the Level 6-10 State Championships. Cole Wilhelm, a Level 7 athlete in the age 12-13 group, was a four-time State champion, earning first place wins on vault (15.1), parallel bars (14.8), pommel horse (14.0) and all-around (85.9). He tied for silver on high bar (14.3) and placed fourth on floor exercise (14.4) and seventh on still rings (13.3). Wilhelm, along with Level 7 teammates Drew Huck and Christopher Bowling, qualified to advance to the Regional Championships.
Level 8 Chandler Guvernator and Level 9 Cameron Lake also qualified for Regionals. Guvernator tied for eighth place all-around (67.6), earning fourth on vault (12.9), tying for seventh on rings (11.0), and placing eighth on parallel bars (11.9) and high bar (10.6).
Level 10 Justin Muenz tied for sixth on high bar and earned tenth all-around in the age 16-18 group. Johann Handszer took bronze on still rings (12.7) and pommel horse (12.6) and sixth on vault (13.75). He was injured during warm ups on high bar so scratched the last two events. Evan Fitzgerald, in the age 14-15 division, earned fifth place on floor exercise (13.3), tied for seventh on pommel horse (12.2) and tied for tenth on vault (13.4). Muenz, Fitzgerald, and Logan Doughty qualified to Regionals, while Handzser will petition straight to Nationals.
Several Level 6 gymnasts placed in the top ten as well. Carter Frederick tied for sixth place on parallel bars (15.0) in the 8-9 year old group. Bradley Weatherford, age 11, took seventh on vault (15.0), while in the age 12-13 group Brian McCray tied for sixth place on parallel bars (14.1), and took eighth place on high bar (14.5) and still rings (12.1).
Head Coach Greg Schram, along with Bob Martichuski, Wesley Cox, Craig Locke, and Evan Fitzgerald coach the men’s team at EWA.