Great West Gym Fest 2009

We are lucky to have a high quality meet just up the road in Coeur d' Alene. Teams from all over the country including Canada come to compete at GWGF. The big draw is the possibility of making it to finals. There were eight former Olympian on site including Shannon Miller, Missy Marlow and Kyle Shoefeldt. They talked to the girls about setting goals and having fun in gymnastics. They also handed out the awards.
PEG had two age group All-Around Winners - Shannon in Level 7 and Tori in Level 5

In Level 7 Shannon was 1st on bars (9.05), 1st on Floor (9.1), 2nd on Vault (9.1) and 1st All-Around (35.00). Teammates Kayla and Casey both performed new tricks on bars and beam respectively. Kayla was a solid 3rd place finisher on vault (9.2), bars (9.0) and beam (9.025)


In Level 5, Tori was 1st on vault (8.9), 2nd on bars (8.85), 1st on floor (9.7) and 1st All-Around (35.2) Individual Event Winner, Kelsey scored a 9.225 to win the balance beam title in the Senior A Division. Other top performances from the Level 5 team included Cheyenne's 2nd place on bars (9.15) Anra's 9.0 on beam and Sonya's 8.8 on bars. Marissa scored a 9.0 on bars and 9.075 on beam.


Abby (Level 8) had high hopes of making it to finals, she scored a 9.325 on floor but came up short by only .2 . Overall, she was 3rd All-Around with a 2nd on vault (8.875), beam (9.2) and floor.


The Team will have the next weekend off and then the Level 5, 6, 7 and RecOpt teams will compete at Desert Gymnastics, while the Abby and Elizabeth (Level 8) head to Portland for the Rose City Challenge.

Level 5 Team Wins at Home Meet

Our Level 5 Team won the second session of the Level 5 team competition at our home meet. The girls had an incredible meet with huge improvements on beam. The team was led by Marissa who won the All-Around in the Jr A division with a score of 35.525. she was 1st on bars (9.0) and beam (9.025) and 2nd on vault (8.525) and floor (8.575). In the Jr B division, Tori was 1st on vault (8.75), 3rd on beam (9.025), floor (8.7) and All-Around (35.175), Sonya was 1st on Floor (9.05) and Kelsey was 3rd on vault (8.3). Cheyenne Kramer was 3rd All-Around (34.3) in the Sr B Division with a 1st place on beam (9.0) and 3rd on vault (8.35) and bars (8.85)

The Level 6 team was 3rd in a field of 11 teams. PEG's top All-Arounder was Oliva with a 2nd place finish (34.475) in the 10 and under age group. In the 11 yr old age group, Skylar was 1st on vault (9.3) and 2nd on bars, floor and All-Around. Taylor was 3rd on bars and beam in the same ages group. Victoria won the vault competition with a 9.4 in the 12 yr old age group. She was 3rd on floor and 3rd All-Around. Also in the 12 yr old age group Kailtyn placed 2nd on bars.


Our Level 7 team was led by Casey. She scored a 9.15 on vault for 1st

In the Level 8 competition, Abby was 2nd on floor (9.475) and 3rd on bars (9.25) for the 12 and under age group. in the 13-14 age group, Elizabeth was also was 3rd on bars.

Overall the meet was a great success and the girls did great. We have a few weeks to train for Great West Gym Fest in Coeur d'Alene.

Girls Team in Boise

Palouse Empire Gymnasts competed in their second meet of the season at the Gem State Invitational in Boise.

Individual highlights came from Abby with a 2nd place finish in bars (9.35), floor (9.1) and the All-Around in the Level 8 division.

Kayla placed a solid 3rd place on bars, beam, floor and All-Around for the Level 7 team. Shannon won the beam competition with a score of 9.05. Overall she tied for 2nd place in the All-Around competition.

In the Level 6 division, Olivia was 3rd on bars (8.75) in the 10 yr old age group. In the 12 year old age group Victoria was also 3rd on bars (8.3), while teammate Kaitlyn was 2nd with a score of 8.4. Taylor was 3rd on Beam (8.525)

Tori 1st place on vault (9.05) and 3rd place All-Around in the Level 5 division. Teammates Kelsey and Marissa were 3rd on Beam (8.8) and 2nd on bars (8.775) respectively.

13 girls travelled to Boise for the Gem State Invitional. One of the highlights of the trip was going to watch the Boise State Gymnastics meet. Former PEG gymnast Heather Hitch is working hard to make the lineup on floor.