The best of the best were there at the “The Black Jack Men's Championship & Winter Cup Challenge”. The three day invitational was held at the Riviera Hotel with over 400 teams.
Mini-Hops Gymnastics Level 8 Boys Team
Coached by; James Letzring and Doug Price
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All gymnasts competed as a team, however individually competed against each other by age group for awards. The brackets were (ages 11-12, 13-14 and 15-18).
Top score for age bracket 11-12 was Tyler S. (Plymouth) scored 11.600 and tied for 29th on floor, 9.800 and tied for 39th on pommel horse, 10.900 and tied for 33rd on rings, 11.800 and tied for 18th on vault, 11.700 and tied for 16th on parallel bars, 11.300 and tied for 5th on high bar. Final score was 67.100 and placed 19th on all-around.
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Ethan S. (Plymouth, age 11-12) scored 11.800 and tied for 20th on floor, 10.300 and tied for 32nd on pommel horse, 11.600 and tied for 13th on rings, 11.200 and tied for 37th on vault, 12.600 and placed 4th on parallel bars, 9.300 and placed 43rd on high bar. Final score was 66.800 and placed 22nd on all-around.
Top score for age bracket 15+ Carter P. (Wayzata) scored 10.800 and placed 3rd on floor, 10.800 and placed 1st on pommel horse, 11.700 and placed 4th on rings, 11.900 and placed 3rd on vault, 11.700 and placed 1st on parallel bars, 9.900 and placed 3rd on high bar. Final score was 66.800 and placed 2nd on all-around.
Team acquired a score of 200.700 to claim a 6th place standing.
Mini-Hops Gymnastics Level 9 Boys Team
Coached by; James Letzring and Doug Price
All gymnasts competed as a team, however individually competed against each other by age group for awards. The brackets were (ages 13-14 and 15-16).
Top score for age bracket 13-14 was Shane W. (Spring Park) scored 13.800 and placed 3rd on floor, 11.600 and tied for 7th on pommel horse, 14.050 and tie for 1st on rings, 13.600 and placed 2nd on vault, 13.700 and placed 2nd on parallel bars, 14.400 and placed 2nd on high bar. Final score was 81.150 and placed 2nd on all-around.
Alex W. (Chanhassen, age 13-14) scored 12.350 and tied for 31st on floor, 10.050 and placed 30th on pommel horse, 10.150 and placed 60th on rings, 11.200 and tied for 47th on vault, 11.450 and tied for 50th on parallel bars, 11.900 and tied for 26th on high bar. Final score was 67.100 and placed 42nd on all-around.
Jacob C. (Waconia, age 13-14) scored 12.350 and tied for 31st on floor, 9.700 and tied for 35th on pommel horse, 10.250 and placed 59th on rings, 10.450 and placed 57th on vault, 11.650 and tied for 44th on parallel bars, 11.100 and tied for 44th on high bar. Final score was 65.500 and placed 49th on all-around.
Connal K. (Chanhassen, age 13-14) scored 11.000 and tied for 55th on floor, 7.500 and placed 60th on pommel horse, 11.500 and tied for 33rd on rings, 12.050 and placed 20th on vault, 12.150 and tied for 24th on parallel bars, 11.100 and placed 44th on high bar. Final score was 65.300 and placed 50th on all-around.
Noah L. (Maple Grove, age 13-14) scored 12.600 and tied for 23rd on floor, 10.000 and tied for 31st on pommel horse, 10.000 and tied for 51st on rings, did not compete on vault, 11.900 and tied for 35th on parallel bars, 11.450 and placed 39th on high bar. Final score was 56.950 and placed 59th on all-around.
Top score for age bracket 15-18 was Matthew J. (Bloomington) scored 12.450 and placed 3rd on floor, 10.800 and placed 1st pommel horse, 11.050 and placed 8th or rings, 11.250 and placed 9th on vault, 13.100 and placed 1st on parallel bars, 9.300 and tied for 9th on high bar. Final score was 67.950 and placed 4th on all-around.
Team acquired a score of 221.500 to claim a 4th place trophy.
Congratulations to Shane W. (Spring Park) who also competed in a separated invitational - Winter Cup Challenge for Elite gymnasts. Shane scored 8.300 and placed 4th on Floor, 8.400 and placed 8th on pommel horse, 8.500 and tie for 2nd on rings, 9.700 and tied for 2nd on vault, 8.700 and placed 5th on parallel bars, 9.000 and tied for 1st on high bar. Final score was 53.600 and placed 3rd on all-around.
Mini-Hops Gymnastics Level 10 Boys Team
Coached by; Doug Price
All gymnasts competed as a team, however individually competed against each other by age group for awards. The brackets were (ages 15-16 and 17-18).
Top score for age bracket 15-16 was Peter M. (Golden Valley) scored 12.200 and tied for 23rd on floor, 10.350 and tied for 23rd on pommel horse, 12.900 and placed 6th on rings, 12.200 and tied for 24th on vault, 11.750 and placed 31st on parallel bars, 11.950 and placed 11th on high bar. Final score was 71.750 and placed 13th on all-around.
Adam S. (Minnetonka, age 15-16) scored 11.300 and tied for 37th on floor, 12.000 and tied for 7th on pommel horse, 11.400 and placed 18th on rings, 11.450 and tied for 32nd on vault, 12.600 and placed 15th on parallel bars, 10.600 and placed 29th on high bar. Final score was 69.350 and tied for 25th on all-around.
Josh B. (Plymouth, age 15-16) scored 11.700 and tied for 35th on floor, 9.250 and tied for 34th on pommel horse, 10.700 and placed 25th on rings, 11.200 and placed 39th on vault, 12.000 and placed 27th on parallel bars, did not compete on high bar. Final score was 54.850 and placed 38th on all-around.
Team acquired a score of 195.950 to claim a 10th place standing.
