Boys Team in Austin

BOYS TEAM IN AUSTIN

The men’s gymnastics team spent the weekend in Austin, where the Level 5 boys, ages 10 and over, earned the first place team award. Brian Le earned the title of all-around champion with a total score of 88.0. He also won gold on high bar (15.2), silver on floor exercise (14.7) and parallel bars (14.5), and bronze on vault (14.7) and still rings (14.5). Teammate Jake Sikora won gold on parallel bars (14.6) and silver on pommel horse/mushroom (14.7). Chance Melancon was the runner up on vault with a score of 14.8. Andy Hoover rounded out the winning team.

The Level 5, 9 year-olds won second place team, just .1 behind the first place team. Devan Arvidson took second place on high bar (14.9) and Mac Stout placed third on vault (14.50). Ryan Phillips also contributed by getting the highest all-around score (81.2) of the three boys on the team.

Only two EWA boys competed in the 7-8 year-old division, one shy of having enough to compete for the team award. Both boys earned medals – Logan Cobb took gold on still rings (15.3) and Gavin McAllister took silver on high bar (14.9) and bronze on rings (15.0).

The Level 4 team, with only three boys, took third place in the team award. Ethan Tibbs earned third place on still rings (15.3), and Braxton Brooks and Garrett Ganakos contributed to the team score. “Each boy went up from before,” said head coach Greg Schram. “And the team score went up 12 points!”