Lake's Gymnastics Academy in Wheat Ridge had a strong showing at the Colorado EAGLES State Championships held June 13 and 14 in Castle Rock, Colorado. Madeleine Seib was the Junior Division Optional 5 All-Around Champion and the Optional 5 gymnastics took Second Place in the team competition improving on last year's third place finish.

Kelsi Berumen, Ann Marie Vigil, Natalie Williamson, Kelly Whitaker, Sierra Rebchook, Madeleine Seib, and Camille Anthony comprised the Optional 5 team.

Lake's had many notable finishes in addition to the team victory. At the optional 5 level on Balance Beam Sierra Rebchook placed 5th and Ann Marie Vigil took the bronze. In addition to her All-Around championship, Madeleine Sieb took the bronze on floor and the gold on the uneven bars. Lakes had an exceptionally strong showing on vault with Kelsi Berumen taking 5th place in the child division. In the Junior Division Sierra Rebchook took the gold, Kelly Whitaker won silver, Madeleine Seib walked away with the bronze, and Ann Marie Vigil won 4th place. Camille Anthony won the gold on Vault in the Senior division.

The level 4 compulsory team comprised of Nikki Berumen, Karla Nino, Greta Sandberg, and Cymry Sweet also performed well at state. Nikki Berumen placed 5th on both vault and bars and Cymry Sweet placed 10th in the All-Around competition.

MEET HIGHLIGHTS

According to their website, the purpose the Colorado EAGLES league gymnastics is "to provide a low-pressure, positive meet experience to beginning gymnastics competitors". In the EAGLES league Lake's has both compulsory and optional gymnasts.

In the compulsory level all gymnasts compete the same routines on all four events; vault, uneven bars, balance beam, and floor. The Colorado EAGLES program uses the same compulsory routines as USA Gymnastics (USAG) and Lakes will have level 4 through 6 compulsory girls competing USAG in the fall. Gymnasts are judged on their execution of each routine and receive up to a 10.0 on each individual event for a total possible all-around score of 40.0. The gymnasts must receive a 30.0 all-around score at some point during the season to participate in the state meet.

In the optional levels gymnasts create their own routines on each of the four events and can choose tricks that they enjoy performing. The girl's favorite part of the optional levels is choosing their own floor music. The Lake's gymnasts this year leaped, danced, and flipped to selections from The Monkees, Shakira, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Mission Impossible, and Miley Cyrus. The scoring system is the same but these gymnasts must receive a 32.0 all-around score to participate in the state meet.

Lake's Gymnastics Academy is located in Wheat Ridge and the girls are coached by Emily Bostwick-White, Heather Draudt, Andrea Rau, and Scott Land.