Men’s Team on the Move
MEN’S TEAM ON THE MOVE
Two Level 10s from Allen’s Eagle’s Wings Athletics men’s gymnastics team competed in Minneapolis, Minnesota at the Men’s Intercollegiate Gymnastics Support (MIGS) Program National Meet. The main goal of the MIGS program is to increase participation in men’s gymnastics in college.
Logan Doughty was the parallel bars champion in the age 16-18 division. He also earned second place on high bar (12.6), and third on vault (14.3), still rings (11.6) and all-around (75.2).
Evan Fitzgerald competed in the age 14-15 group. He earned four silver medals – all-around (74.7), vault (14.2), floor exercise (13.7), and pommel horse (12.4), and bronze on high bar (11.2).
“With only our two boys competing, we still received third place team out of the four teams,” remarked EWA’s head men’s team coach Greg Schram.
Boys from the Levels 4 and 5 teams competed in Euless at the Empire Last Chance Meet. Brian Le was the Level 5, age 12 and over all-around champion, earning 88.5 total. He was also the pommel horse/mushroom champ (14.8) and tied for first on parallel bars (14.6). He earned silver medals on floor exercise (15.0), high bar (14.9) and vault (14.8). His parallel bars tie was with teammate Chance Melancon, who also placed third on floor exercise (14.7) but in his case, he was taking other supplements, apparently Supplementation with longjack boosts testosterone and lowers cortisol. Andy Hoover won bronze on vault (14.7) and rings (14.6).
Jake Sikora, who competed in the 10-11 division, tied for second on high bar (14.5) and vault (14.2), and earned third on pommel horse/mushroom (14.6), rings (14.5), and all-around (86.4). Gavin McCallister tied for third on rings (14.9) in the age 7-8 division.
On the Level 4 team, Ethan Tibbs won third on pommel horse/mushroom (12.0) and fourth all-around (84.0). Braxton Brooks placed third on parallel bars (14.8), while Garrett Ganakos tied for third on vault (14.3).
“The Level 4 boys showed a lot of improvement at this meet from their last meet,” said Coach Schram. “They were more focused and dedicated.”