News

Twisters State Champions

The Charleston Twisters Junior Olympic Teams won big at the SC State Championships this year.

· Level 9, 13 year old, Victoria Ivey won floor exercise with a 9.50, placed second on beam with a 9.05, and second all-around with a 36.55. This score has qualified Victoria to the Level 9 Regional Championships being held at Clemson University April 8-11, 2010.

· Level 7, 9 year old, Alaina Raybon won bars with a 9.325, placed second on beam with a 9.325, second on floor with a 9.35, and second all-around with a 37.00 total. This performance has qualified Alaina to the Level 7 State Team at Regional Championships. 10 year old, Moria Ivey won bars with a 9.30 and scored a 36.60 all-around qualifying her to the Level 7 Regional Championships. 11 year old, Laney LeSchack won second on bars with a 9.25, second on beam with a 9.525, and second all-around with a 37.15 total. This performance has qualified Laney to the Level 7 State Team at Regional Championships. Rebecca Kovarik won first all-around in the older 11 year old age group with a 35.95. She won first on bars with a 9.10 and second on beam with an 8.95. Savannah Marx won second on beam with a 9.40, second on floor with a 9.35, and second all-around in the 12 year old age group with a 36.40. This performance has qualified Savannah to the Level 7 Regional Championships. Sommer McKenzie placed second on vault with a 9.225. The level 7 team won second place in the team competition with a team score of 111.475.

· Level 6 gymnasts, Reilly Keen tied for second place on floor with a 9.25. Danielle Perdue tied for second place on bars with a 8.65.

· Level 5, 8 years olds, Sydney Lima tied for sixth on floor with a 9.10 and Katie Shelton placed eighth on floor with a 9.075. Grace Price won third on floor with a 9.20 in the 10 year old age group. In the 11 year old age group, Dakota Cook won second on floor with a 9.175 and finished third all-around with a 35.825. Taylor Bone, in the 12 year old age group, won second on floor with an 8.90. Shakaria Bethea won second on vault with an 8.8, tied for first on bars with a 9.45, second on beam with an 8.95 and finished third all-around with a 35.875 total.

· The level 4 team won third place in the team competition with a team score of 111.775. Peyton Raybon won third on beam with a 9.20. Xena Williams won third n bars with a 9.425, second on floor with a 9.4, and second all-around with a 36.825. Emily Cooper won bars in her age group with a 9.50 and was second all-around with a 37.125. Jordyn Hyche won third on beam with a 9.175. Madison Kampwerth won third on floor with a 9.25. Nicole Pereza placed forth on beam with a 9.10. Britney Eads won forth on beam in age group with an 8.8. Mary Catherine Price won bars in her age group with a 9.475. Zaria Washington placed third on beam with a 9.10. Azlynn Frank won second on bars with a 9.45. Level 4, Megan Williams won first all around in her age group with a 36.675. Megan won bars with a 9.375 and placed second on beam with a 9.05. Emma Price won second on vault with a 9.2 and third on bars with a 9.1. Ashley Ivey won third on beam with an 8.725 and Anapaula Rospigliosi won second on beam.

The teams are coached by Davita Ivey, David Borden, Jennifer Vedder, Kristen Conlee, Bridgette Jernigan, Meagan McCardle, and Elizabeth Kovarik. They team trains at Davita’s Funtastic Gymnastics in Ladson.

Text Box: Victoria Ivey National Floor Champion Victoria Ivey has been competing gymnastics since she was four years old. Now, at age 13, Victoria has earned the title of Floor Exercise Champion at the Eastern National Championships, held in Charleston, West Virginia on April 30th, 2010. Though it has not been easy, her coach and mother, Davita Ivey, has been beside her daughter every step of the way. Victoria has won floor exercise at every competition she has competed in this year. To qualify to Nationals, she had to score in the top six at Regionals, which were held in Clemson, SC earlier this year. She is now training 29-30 hours per week at level 10, preparing for the upcoming season and is hoping to earn a gymnastics scholarship. She is a member of the Charleston Twisters Gymnastics Team in Ladson.