Level 8 All Star Team 2nd at Regionals!

With a little bit of a rough start on vault the Idaho All Star team pulled together and hit some excellent routines placing 2nd in the Region 2 Level 8 All Star Competition.  They were able to string one hit routine after another to receive 10's on Bars, Beam and Floor.  Aleksei Dingel of Bronco received a 10 on Beam, Emma Byrd also of Bronco picked one up on Bars and Abby Webb of Palouse received one on  floor.  There were also 4 special Judges awards one for each event.  Idaho picked up 3 of those!  Jessie Blackburn of Idaho Elite got the "best shapes" award on bars, Cydney Calvin got the "big air" award on vault and Abby Webb received the "artistry and presentation" award for floor. 

And even though another team who we won't mention was talking smack, :-)  We beat them on both Beam AND Floor! 

The Idaho Team Consisted of:

Aleksei Dingel - Bronco

Emma Byrd - Bronco

McKenna Bird - Bronco

Cydney Calvin - Bronco

Madison Ward - Idaho Elite

Jessie Blackburn - Idaho Elite

Katey Oswalt - Danik

Abby Webb - Palouse

Idaho Coach of the Year

Idaho voted Brandon Paine of Bronco as Coach of the year.  Brandon has done an excellent job of producing quality gymnastics and Idaho is proud of him and his staff.  Way to go Brandon!  This picture is from a Mt. Biking excursion during Regionals and yes, this is mud.  More funny is that he is riding Rachel Tart of Funtastics bicycle and he is wearing Lizzy's shorts from Missmo.  It's nice to know Brandon has a good sense of humor.