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Ultimate Gymnasts Shine at Illinois Judges Cup

The annual Judge's Cup is a unique "critique meet" where team coaches receive verbal feedback from the judges on individual performances and an opportunity to ask questions after each rotation. Because this meet is held very early in the season, high-school age gymnasts who will compete with their respective school teams during the IHSAA season also have the prospect of earning qualifying scores for the 2018 USAG state competition to be held in March 2018.

At Level 8, Ultimate athlete Jenna Ritzert qualified for the USAG state competition, placing second on vault, third on beam, second on floor and fourth all-around in her age division. Level 8 teammate Gianna Pasquesi finished fourth on vault, beam and floor for her division. Laken Ritzert who competes at Level 9, won gold on beam, second on floor exercise and third in the all-around event for her age division. Abbie Bosko finished fourth in the all-around.

Ultimate's Level 6 gymnasts, competing at this level for the first time, did not fail to impress -- securing a second-place team finish. Ten team members qualified to compete at the USAG Level 6 State Championships in March 2018. Maya Roiland struck gold, collecting beam, floor and all-around titles for the 12-year old age group. Teammate Mackenzie Liebau took the 11-year old vault crown. Individual placements are as follows:

10 Years and Under

Angelina Appelbaum: Vault (4th); Bars (6th)

Alyssah Arends: Vault (4th); Bars (2nd); Beam (5th); Floor (5th); All-Around (3rd)

Gaby Carvajal: Vault (2nd); Beam (4th); Floor (5th); All-Around (5th)

Lyla Drowne: Beam (6th)

Ava Fendel: Floor (4th)

Ellie Haas: Vault (6th)

Caile Painter: Floor (3rd)

Livy Tran: Floor (5th); All-Around (6th)

Nora Werner: Bars (6th); Beam (3rd); Floor (5th); All-Around (5th

11 Years

Josie Gates: Floor (3rd)

Hailey Krueger: Beam (2nd); Floor (2nd); All-Around (4th)

Kenzie Liebau: Vault (1st); Beam (4th); All-Around (3rd)

12 Years

Maya Roiland: Vault (2nd); Bars (3rd); Beam (1st); Floor (1st); All-Around (1st)

Lauren Schneider: Beam (7th); Floor (2nd); All-Around (7th)

Becca Tran: Vault (6th); Bars (5th); Beam (2nd); Floor (2nd); All-Around (3rd)

Ultimate's Level 4 team had an outstanding season debut, bringing home a first-place team finish for their session. In the 8-year old category, Allie Mietus was all-around champion, with gold medals on both bars and beam. In the 10-year old age group, Olivia Stolzer was beam champion and Hailey Hamann earned gold in the vault, bars and floor events and claimed the all-around title. The team of eleven celebrated even more success with an impressive 23 first, second or third place medals - for individual events and all-around. Seven team members qualified to compete at the USAG Level 4 State Championships in March 2018. Individual placements are as follows:

8 Years and Under

Camryn Clark: Vault (2nd); Bars (3rd); Floor (3rd); All-Around (5th)

Kaylei Davis: Beam (5th)

Allie Mietus: Vault (2nd); Bars (1st); Beam (4th); All-Around (1st)

Grace Reimers: Bars (2nd); Beam (2nd); Floor (3rd); All-Around (3rd)

Arianna Riley: Bars (4th); Floor (6th); All-Around (6th)

9 Years

Eila Arkin: Vault (2nd); Bars (2nd); Beam (3rd); All-Around (2nd)

10 Years and Over

Olivia Auriol: Vault (5th); Bars (2nd); Beam (2nd); Floor (7th); All-Around (2nd)

Hailey Hamann: Vault (1st); Bars (1st); Beam (5th); Floor (1st); All-Around (1st)

Ava Pasquesi: Vault (3rd); Bars (5th)

Olivia Stolzer: Vault (4th); Bars (7th); Beam (1st); All-Around (5th)

Ultimate's Level 3 Team posted strong numbers in their first competitive performance ever, with 11 members qualifying for the Level 3 USAG State Championships in May 2018. Ashley Applebaum secured first place on vault in the 7-year old age category. Individual placements are as follows:

7 Years

Ashley Applebaum: Vault (1st); Bars (4th); Floor (7th); All-Around (3rd)

Skye Chaseley: Vault (8th); Bars (6th); Beam (3rd); Floor (7th); All-Around (5th)

Lydia Fakhoury: Beam (8th); Floor (9th); All-Around (9th)

Layla Kadera: Vault (9th); Bars (3rd); Beam (9th); All-Around (7th)

Caitlin Lanners: Bars (10th); Floor (10th)

Abby Leverenz: Beam (9th); Floor (5th)

Halie Stubblefield: Vault (10th); Bars (7th); All-Around (10th)

Annika Vanden Biesen: Vault (5th); Beam (9th)

Emma Watts: Vault (2nd); Beam (6th); All-Around (8th)

8 Years

Leah Arceo: Vault (10th)

Caylah Sanchez: Beam (3rd)

Sienna Szechinski: Vault (6th); Beam (7th); Floor (9th); All-Around (7th)

9 Years

Geneva Carlson: Vault (2nd); Beam (7th); Floor (5th); All-Around (5th)

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