Area gymnasts from local TNT Gymnastics facility compete in State Meet, qualify for Regional Meets
Floor gold medal, regional qualifier ... Ava Hooten of Waterville won a gold medal in the floor exercise competition while competing for TNT Gymnastics at the USA Gymnastics Wisconsin State Championships March 23-25. Hooten has now qualified for the Level 6-7 Regional Championships to be held in Minneapolis, MN April 21-22. Submitted photo.
TNT Gymnastics traveled to the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, WI March 23-25 for the 2018 Wisconsin State Championships for both the Junior Olympic (J.O.) and Xcel teams. There were 66 gymnasts in attendance from TNT, who had gymnasts come together from all four of its training locations: Richland Center, Prairie du Chien and Mauston in Wisconsin, as well as Waukon, with four competitors from the Waukon TNT Gymnastics training location qualifying for regional competitions.
The team as a whole had the most decorated State Championships in TNT’s program history with 19 Individual Event State Championship titles and 16 Runner-Up Individual Event finishes. TNT ended up coming home with some team banners as well, including the following: Xcel Bronze Team - first place out of 13 teams; Xcel Silver Team - sixth place out of 28 teams; and Xcel Gold Team - seventh place out of 28 teams.
TNT Gymnastics’ competitive Xcel and J.O. team programs are lead by Tracy Troxel, Danielle Mueller and Kristen Brooks. Coach Troxel and Coach Mueller look forward to growing the competitive team with additional training at their new facility in Prairie du Chien, WI as well as another permanent training location in Sauk City, WI.
Individual results (including even score and placewinning) by TNT gymnasts include the following:
Level 7: Ava Hooten of Waterville - 9.15 vault (4th), 9.5 bars (4th), 9.525 floor (1st), 37.05 AA (4th). Hooten also qualified for the Level 6-7 Regional Championships in Minneapolis, MN April 21-22.
Xcel Silver: Skyler Check of La Crescent, MN - 8.925 vault (5th tie), 9.35 bars (6th), 9.25 floor (4th tie), 36.175 AA (9th); Brynn Weymiller of Harpers Ferry - 9.325 bars (8th), 9.2 beam (3rd), 9.3 floor (3rd tie), 36.375 AA (5th); Mallory Berns of Waukon - 8.95 vault (6th), 9.55 bars (1st), 9.175 beam (7th), 36.675 AA (4th). Skyler Check, Brynn Weymiller and Mallory Berns each qualified for the Xcel Region IV Championships in Cedar Rapids April 20-22.
