EWA Rules at Lone Star Invite
ALLEN, TX: 28 gold medals earned two Eagle’s Wings Athletics (EWA) men’s gymnastics teams first place honors in the team competition at the Lone Star Invitational earlier this month.
Level 5
The Level 5 team led the pack with 20 golds earned by five boys. Gavin McCallister competed in the 7-8 year old group, taking first place on still rings (14.2), high bar (13.6), pommel horse/mushroom (14.6) and all-around (85.6). He tied for gold on vault (14.7) and parallel bars (13.8), and took silver on floor exercise (14.7). In the same age group, Logan Cobb earned bronze medals on rings, vault, parallel bars, and pommel horse/ mushroom.
Devan Arvidson, age 9, won the all-around with a score of 83.8. He took first place on rings (14.6), parallel bars (13.7),high bar (14.0) and tied for gold on floor (14.7). Mac Stout, also 9, tied for first place on vault with a 14.7.
Jake Sikora, the only EWA athlete in the level 5 age 10-11 division, was the rings (14.2) and pommel horse/mushroom (14.8) champion. He tied for silver on parallel bars, and earned bronze on vault.
Brian Le was the all-around champion in the 12 and over division. His first place wins on pommel horse/mushroom (15.2), floor exercise (14.6), rings (14.5), vault (14.8), and high bar (14.5) netted him 6 gold medals, including the all-around (85.6).
Andy Hoover earned silver on rings, parallel bars, and pommel horse/mushroom, and bronze on high bar and all-around. Chance Melancon took third place on rings, vault, parallel bars, and pommel horse/mushroom.
Level 6
The Level 6 team added 8 gold medals to the cache. EWA athletes were the champions of every event and the all-around in the 8-9 age division.
Nicholas Brocklesby earned half of the team’s gold medals by winning the all-around (80.10). He also won rings (14.6), vault (14.1) and pommel horse/mushroom (13.2),and took second on floor exercise and third on parallel bars. Landon Smith won floor (13.6) and parallel bars (14.1), while Quinn Maloney won high bar (13.5). Smith also took silver on rings and bronze on high bar and pommel horse/mushroom, while Maloney tied for third place on floor exercise.
Carter Frederick also competed in the age group, and earned silver on pommel horse/mushroom, vault, parallel bars and high bar, and bronze on rings.
In the 10-11 age division, Kade Cummings was consistent, and earned second place on four events (floor, rings, vault, and high bar), and third place on high bar and pommel horse/mushroom to take silver all-around. Bradley Weatherford tied for third on parallel bars.
Brian McCray, earned his gold medal on vault (14.4) and earned his silver all-around in the 12-13 age group by taking second place on rings, high bar, and pommel horse/mushroom, and third on parallel bars. Cole Carter tied for third on pommel horse/mushroom, and tied with teammate Karcen Raney for second place on floor exercise.
Level 4
Braxton Brooks, Garrett Ganakos and Ethan Tibbs competed in the age 6-7 division of Level 4. Tibbs earned silver on parallel bars and rings, and bronze on pommel horse/mushroom and all-around.
“The level 4 boys will naturally have it much tougher this season to place high in awards with only three boys – two of which are rookies,” noted Men’s team head coach, Greg Schram. “But they have great heart and dedication towards learning, having fun, and cheering each other on!”