EWA Winners at State Meets
EWA WINNERS AT STATE MEETS
Five first place team awards, and 37 national qualifiers on three events mean a very successful state championship for the trampoline and tumbling (T & T) team at Eagle’s Wings Athletics (EWA).
The state competition, held April 23-24 in Paris, Texas, awarded first place team to EWA for level 5 tumbling, levels 9 and 10 trampoline, and levels 7 and 9 double mini. Level 6 tumbling and level 7 trampoline teams earned third place as a team.
On individual events, in the age 15 and over division, Mary Rossi won gold for the Level 10 trampoline and in the Junior division on double mini. Level 9 Kelsey Dock took second place on trampoline, and third on double mini. On Level 7 tumbling and trampoline Sara Stewart earned second and third place respectively, and on level 8 double mini added another bronze medal.
The athletes ages 13 and 14 were in another group, where Sydney Wendt competed level 10 on tumbling and trampoline, and earned first and third respectively. Rebecca Clouthier earned fourth place on level 9 trampoline, while Charlotte Pearce placed second on Level 7 double mini. Brittany Stout earned fourth place on level 8 tumbling and double mini.
In the 11 and 12 year-old division, Caeley Black was the Level 7 trampoline champion. Gabi D’annunzio took bronze in Level 6 tumbling, and Macy Levine took third in Level 5 tumbling and fourth on level 7 double mini. On Level 7 trampoline, Veronica Prior earned fourth place.
EWA’s oldest female competitor, Melissa Courtad, competed Level 10, age 17 and over, on trampoline, where she earned a silver medal. The youngest, Gaby Williams, in the age 9-10 division, placed fourth in level 6 tumbling.
Three EWA boys competed in the age 9-10 division. Cole Kirby was the level 6 tumbling champion, and earned silver on level 7 trampoline and bronze on level 7 double mini. Tyler Dunning earned first place on level 6 trampoline and third in level 5 tumbling. Wyatt Sharp took silver in level 6 tumbling.
Isaac Rowley, in the 11-12 year-old division, was the champion on all three events – level 9 trampoline and double mini, and level 6 tumbling. Caden Kirby took silver on level 9 double mini and level 6 tumbling, and bronze on level 9 trampoline.
In the 15 and over group, Bryan Bashrum was the level 10 double mini champion, and took second on both level 9 trampoline and tumbling. Brian Schmidt earned a bronze medal for level 10 trampoline and placed fourth on level 9 double mini. Josh Williams was the Level 10 double mini champion in the 17 and over division.