Houston Meet Draws World Athletes
HOUSTON MEET DRAWS WORLD ATHLETES
Top gymnasts from around the world gathered at the George Brown Convention Center March 4–7 for the 16th Annual Houston International Invitational. Among those competing were the trampoline and tumbling team (T & T) and the men’s gymnastics team from Eagle’s Wings Athletics (EWA) in Allen.
Several members of EWA’s T & T team took part in the synchronized trampoline competition. Cole Kirby and Wyatt Sharp were right in sync, and came away as the Level 7 winners. In the Level 9 division, Rebecca Clouthier and Hannah Green won a silver medal, while Caden Kirby and Isaac Rowley won bronze. Coming in second place for Level 6 were Caeley Black and Tyler Dunning.
Cole Kirby and Dunning also earned gold medals in individual events in the 9 and 10 year-old group. Kirby won first on double mini in the Level 7 division, and placed second on trampoline. Dunning won his gold in Level 5 tumbling, and added a silver medal for Level 6 trampoline, and a bronze for Level 7 double mini.
In the Level 9 age 11-12 division, Rowley took second on double mini, while Caden Kirby took third. Rowley also took third on trampoline.
In the 15 and over group, Bryan Bashrum earned two bronze medals – Level 10 double mini and Level 9 trampoline. Hannah Green and Kelsey Dock took second and third, respectively, on Level 9 double mini. Sara Stewart competed level 7 tumbling where she earned a silver medal for second place.
Level 10’s Melissa Courtad and Sydney Wendt won bronze medals. Courtad earned hers on trampoline in the 17 and over age group, while Wendt, in the age 13-14 group, earned third on tumbling and trampoline.
Brittany Stout won second place in level 8 tumbling and Macey Levine took silver medals on both Level 7 double mini and Level 5 tumbling.
The EWA men’s gymnastics team also had their day at the Invitational. Level 7 Cole Wilhelm won second place on high bar with a score of 14.8, and tied for second on vault (14.4). Out of the 15 competitors in the age 12 and over group, he place fifth all-around (83.0). Drew Huck and Christopher Bowling competed in the age 10-11 division, with 56 other athletes. Huck took sixth place on pommel horse, tied for eighth on vault, and tied for ninth on floor exercise to earn ninth place all-around (85.3).
Level 8 Chandler Guvernator was one of 43 gymnasts in the age 12 and over division. He tied for eighth place on pommel horse and eleventh place all-around (66.5).
Cameron Lake, Level 9, tied for 12th place on floor exercise out of the 78 competitors in his age group.
Johann Handszer and Evan Fitzgerald competed Level 10 in the age 14-15 group. Handszer tied for fifth place on floor exercise (13.7), earned sixth on pommel horse (13.5), tied for eighth on still rings, and tenth on parallel bars and high bar to place sixth all-around (78.2). Fitzgerald placed tenth on vault out of the 48 competitors. On high bar in the age 16-18 division, Justin Muenz earned the seventh spot and Logan Doughty tied for ninth, out of the 57 athletes competing.