Ignite Gymnastics competed in the XCel Bronze and Silver the state meet this past weekend at Active Athletics in Littleton, and returned to Ignacio with some gold, silver and bronze. As a team, Ignite’s silver team also finished fourth out of the 14 squads competing.
“The most exciting thing next to the state champions and placing so many gymnasts, was that the silver team won fourth place team out of 15 teams,” said coach Liz Herring. “We only had seven competitors and almost every other team had 10 to 30 members. They take the top-three event scores so we only had seven scores to choose from while the other teams had dozens to take from, especially in the top-three teams. This is a huge accomplishment for our little team. We were over the moon!”
Reagan Oelschlaeger, 10, won both the Colorado Silver State Championship on the beam with a 9.375 and also on floor exercise with a 9.475. Oelschlaeger also won silver on bars (9.25), placed sixth on vault (9.0). In the all-around competition, Oelschlaeger won silver with a 37.10, missing gold by less than .2 points.
Zoe Gabb, 12, won the Colorado Silver State Championship on vault with a 9.3. Gabb also finished fifth on beam with a 9.325 in the Senior C Age Division and placed eighth all around with a 36.275.
Kate Juliano, 10, won a bronze medal in the Junior C Age Division’s all-around competition with a 36.575. Juliano was the silver medalist on floor (9.2) and bronze medalist on vault (9.15) while placing fourth on both bars (9.175) and beam (9.05).
Macy Robinette, 11, won Colorado Silver State bronze on beam with a 9.45. She also placed sixth on floor with a 9.25 in the Senior A age division to place fifth all around with a 36.475.
Karver Brown, 10, placed fourth on bars with a 9.225, fourth on floor with a 9.2 and finished eighth all around with a 34.95 in the Colorado Silver Junior B age division.
Rose Baxter, 11, placed sixth on bars with a 9.125, sixth on beam with a 9.0 and finished seventh all around with a 35.975 in the Colorado Silver Senior B age division.
Paisley Moore, 8, placed eighth on beam with an 8.675 in the Colorado Silver Junior B age division.
In the Colorado Bronze State Meet, Briar Oelschlaeger, 6, won silver on vault (9.05), placed fifth on floor (8.375) and seventh all around with a 34.075 in the Bronze Child A age division.
Hayden Sutter, 7, placed fifth on beam with an 8.925 in the Colorado Bronze Child D age division.
Reagan Zink, 7, placed seventh on beam with an 8.675 in the Colorado Bronze Child B age division.
In the Colorado Bronze Child A age division, Brooke-Lynn Smith placed seventh on beam with an 8.425.
In the Colorado Bronze Senior D age division, Maddie Juliano, finished eighth on the vault with an 8.925.
