MAT tumblers named No. 1 Power Tumbling Team nationally

MAT Tumbling and Trampoline recently competed at the 2015 USTA National Championships held in Rapid City, S.D., where more than 150 teams gathered to show off their talents in power tumbling, Olympic trampoline and double mini trampoline.

More than 60 athletes from the MAT Trampoline and Tumbling Team qualified and traveled to South Dakota to participate in the National Championships and compete against more than 2,300 athletes from all across the country. This year’s National Championships proved successful for the MAT Team as they took home the honor of being named the No. 1 Power Tumbling Team in the nation.

The MAT Team also came away with several Team Division awards which included: First Place Beginner Boys Power Tumbling, First Place Advanced Beginner Girls Power Tumbling, First Place Sub Novice Girls Power Tumbling, Second Place Novice Girls Power Tumbling, Second Place Sub Advanced Girls Power Tumbling, Second Place Advanced Girls Double Mini Trampoline and Second Place Advanced Synchronized Trampoline.

The Green Team participated in the Parade of Champions, an Olympic-style celebration and awards ceremony held each year to recognize all the athletes who are competing in the National Championships. Two MAT Team members were nominated for the Nissen-Griswald Athlete of the Year award during that ceremony: Mackenzie Schuster and Chelsea Trotter. The MAT Team had seven national champions: Joseph Rechtfertig, Beginner Boys Power Tumbling age 5-6; Kennedy Feldman, Advanced Beginner Power Tumbling age 8; Julianna Livingston, Advanced Beginner Power Tumbling age 11; Halie Hohnstein, Sub Novice Power Tumbling age 8; Dylann Beiner, Sub Novice Power Tumbling age 11; Kenna Winther and Chelsea Trotter, Advanced Synchronized Trampoline age 15-16.

This was a year of learning for this team, as it was the first year competing for many members, and many existing team members stepped up to compete in new levels that brought challenges. All the MAT athletes stepped up to the challenges and grew as athletes throughout the year. The following are the results for the 2015 USTA National Championships. These are the overall results; flight results would have been higher, as some groups had up to eight flights (80 competitors).

Tumbling Results

Sub Beginner Girls: age 4 — Avery Polley, fourth place; Jazmyn Rivera, 13th place

Beginner Girls: age 5 — Alyssa Kriegel, 10th place; Vera Sharpe, eighteenth place; age 6 — Annessa Morrison, 16th place; Elyse Ranson, 22nd place; age 7 — Paige Ward, seventh place; Kaylie Andrews, seventh place; Amelia Ranson, eighth place; age 9 — Olivia Hotchkin, ninth place; Kaisa Stanley, 10th place

Beginner Boys: age 5-6 — Joseph Rechtfertig, national champion; Tate Buck, second place.

Advanced Beginner Girls: age 7 — Allison Ward, fifth place; Lola Rivera, sixth place; Finley Allen, ninth place; Janiyah Jackson, 10th place; age 8 — Kennedy Feldman, national champion; Isabella Winther, seventh place; age 9 — Miranda Cheville, sixth place; Alexis Markham, 18th place; age 10 — Tatum Rechtfertig, second place; age 11 — Juliana Livingston, national champion; Lily Roberts, third place; age 12 — Titia Chesick, second place; age 13 — Mackenzie Peter, second place.

Sub Novice Girls: age 8 — Halie Hohnstein, national champion; Kylee Schuler, fifth place; Emma Fresh, 17th place; age 10 — Taylor Morley, third place; age 11 — Dylann Beiner, national champion; Brittany Sichra, eleventh place; Aaliyah Afuya, 26th place; age 12 — Autumn Tiernan, fourth place; Ashley VanSickle, fifth place; Mikayla Creech, 13th place.

Novice Girls: age 7 — Macy Lampe, second place; age 9 — Sara Huffman, third place; age 11 — Emma Bair, third place; Lyris Kapayou, fourth place; age 12 — Giavanna Gast, sixth place.

Intermediate Girls: age 11-12 — Kyah Siegert, sixth place; Shelby Slaven, 21st place.

Sub Advanced Girls: age 11-12 — Alexis Farrell, third place; age 13-14 — Alyvia Chadderdon, sixth place; Madison Kremer-Awes, eighth place; age 15-16 — McKenna Winther, third place.

Advanced Girls: age 13-14 — Samantha Trowbridge, eighth place; Stephanie Slaven, twelfth place; Allison Trowbridge, 13th place; Stacey Slaven, 17th place; Ag 15-16 — Chelsea Trotter, third place; age 17 and Over — Mackensie Schuster, fifth place.

Elite Girls: Mackensie Shuster, 17th place; Chelsea Trotter, 22nd place.

Double Mini Results

Beginner Girls: age 6 — Annessa Morrison, 22nd place; Elyse Ranson, 24th place; age 7 — Amelia Ranson, sixteenth place; age 8 — Isabella Winther, 24th place; age 9 — Kaisa Stanley, 11th place; age 10 — Tatum Rechtfertig, sixth place; age 11 and older — Emma Bair, fifth place; Mackenzie Peter, 15th place.

Beginner Boys: age 5-6 — Joseph Rechtfertig, second place

Novice Girls: age 7 — Macy Lampe, sixteenth place; age 12 — Giavanna Gast, third place; Mikayla Creech, 11th place.

Intermediate Girls: age 9-10 — Sara Huffman, fourth place; Kyah Siegert, seventh place; Ashley Vansickle, 12th place.

Advanced Girls: age 13-14 — Maddison Kruse, third place; age 15-16 — Chelsea Trotter, seventh place; McKenna Winther, ninth place; Kaydee Silva, 13th place; age 17 and Over — Jessica Bookhout, seventh; Mackensie Schuster, ninth place.

Elite Girls: Chelsea Trotter, 26th place; Mackensie Schuster, 29th place.

Trampoline Results

Beginner Girls: age 7 — Amelia Ranson, nineteenth place; age 8 — Isabella Winther, nineteenth place; age 9 — Kaisa Stanley, 21st place; age 10 — Tatum Rechtfertig, fifth place; age 11 — Emma Bair, eighth place.

Novice Girls: age 12 — Giavanna Gast, sixth place; age 13-14 — Mackenzie Peter, 13th place.

Intermediate Girls: age 9-10 — Sara Huffman, 13th place; age 11-12 — Ashley Vansickle, 16th place; Mikayla Creech, nineteenth place; Kyah Siegert, 28th place.

Sub Advanced Girls: age 13-14 — Maddison Kruse, third place.

Advanced Girls: age 15-16 — Chelsea Trotter, ninth place; Kaydee Silva, nineteenth place; McKenna Winther, 21st place; age 17 and older — Jessica Bookhout, eighth place; Mackensie Schuster, 13th place.

Elite Girls: Mackensie Schuster, 14th place; Chelsea Trotter, twentieth place.

Synchronized Trampoline: Chelsea Trotter and McKenna Winther, national champion; Mackensie Schuster and Jessica Bookhout, eighth place; Kaydee Silva and Dezirae Quass, sixth place.