MAT named No. 1 power tumbling team in the nation

MAT Tumbling and Trampoline recently competed at the 2016 USTA National Championships held in Knoxville, Tenn. 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 Tennessee to participate in thenational championships. The 2016 national championship was the largest ever in USTA history with more than 2,500 athletes competing from all across the country in power tumbling, Olympic trampoline and double mini trampoline events. 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 for the second year in a row.

The MAT Team also came away with several Team Division awards which included: First Place Beginner Boys Power Tumbling, Third Place Beginner Girls Power Tumbling, First Place Advanced Beginner Girls Power Tumbling, Second Place Novice Girls Power Tumbling, Second Place Intermediate Girls Power Tumbling, Second Place Advanced Girls Power Tumbling and Second Place Elite Girls Power Tumbling. MAT also had six national champions: Vera Sharpe — Beginner Tumbling Halie Hohnstein — Novice Tumbling: Kyah Siegert — Intermediate Tumbling, Joseph Rechtfertig — Beginner Tumbling, Novice Double Mini Trampoline and Novice Olympic Trampoline. Rechtfertig had a “sweep” at Nationals, winning all three of his events. Siegert was also High Point Winner in Intermediate Tumbling receiving the highest score out of all Intermediate tumblers.

Mackensie Schuster was nominated for and received the Kevin Ballenger Memorial Scholarship. Mackensie Schuster and Chelsea Trotter were also nominated for the Nissen/Griswold Athlete of the Year. Stephanie Slaven was nominated for the Dennis Harget Memorial Scholarship and coach Ron Brooks was nominated for Coach of the Year.

During the Awards Ceremony, MAT tumbler Stacey Slaven performed a routine and demonstration with the USTA Elite National Team. Stacey has been selected as an Elite National Team Member and will be attending a camp and clinic in September. She will remain a member of the National Team for two years.

Five other MAT Team members also performed a routine and demonstration on Wednesday as a part of the USTA’s All Star Team. Those team members were: Chelsea Trotter, Emma Bair, Kyah Siegert, Mia Giannetto, and Joseph Rechtfertig. Just like the Elite National Team, those MAT athletes will be a part of the All Star Team for two years.

The following are the results for the 2016 USTA National Championships. These are the overall results; flight results would have been higher, as some groups had up to eight flights (80 competitors).

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Tumbling results

Sub Beginner Girls: age 4 — Kerrigan Huegel, fourth place; Landrey Harris, 18th place

Sub Beginner Girls: age 5 — Cami Ward, 14th place; Brooke Ward, 17th place

Beginner Girls: age 5 — Jazmyn Rivera, fifth place; Avery Polley, 15th place: age 6 — Vera Sharpe, national champion; Alyssa Kriegel, seventh place: age 7 — Lauren O’Neal, eighth place; Elyse Ranson, 16th place: age 8 — Mia Giannetto, national champion runner up, Kiance Roberts-Keahna, 30th place

Beginner Boys: age 5-6 — Joseph Rechtfertig, national champion; Zayne Gast, national champion runner up

Advanced Beginner Girls: age 5 & Under, Brooklyn Smith, seventh place: age 8 — Lola Rivera, national champion runner up; Finley Allen, third place; Amelia Ranson, thirty third place; Paige Ward, 34th place; age 9 — Mariah Wood, fifth place: age 10 — Miranda Cheville, ninth place; Kaisa Stanley, 31st place: age 13 & over — Mackenzie Peter, national champion runner up; Titia Chesick, fifth place

Sub Nov Girls: age 8 — Janiyah Jackson, ninth place; Allison Ward, 18th place: age 9 — Isabella Winther, third place: age 10 — Isabella Storjohann, 15th place: age 11 — Zaida Farrell, ninth place: Avery Mull, 14th place: age 12 — Shye Johnson, seventh place; Lily Roberts, 12th place: age 13-14 — Mikayla Creech, sixth place

Sub Novice Boys: age 7-8 — Tate Buck, eleventh place

Novice Girls: age 9 — Halie Hohnstein, national champion: Kylee Schuler, third place: age 12 — Lyris Kapayou, national champion runner up; Dylann Beiner, sixth place: age 13-14 — Giavanna Gast, twenty third place

Intermediate Girls: age 8 — Macy Lampe, 14th place: age 9-10 — Sara Huffman, 14th place: age 11-12 — Kyah Siegert, national champion, high point winner; Emma Bair, fourth place: age 13-14 — Shelby Slaven, 14th place

Sub Advanced Girls: age 11-12 — Hannah Taylor, 10th place: age 13-14 — Madison Kremer-Awes, 10th place

Advanced Girls: age 13-14 — Stacey Slaven, sixth place; Alexis Farrell, sixteenth place: age 15-16 — Stephanie Slaven, fourth place: age 17 & over — Chelsea Trotter, third place; Mackensie Schuster, fourth place

Elite Girls: all ages — Stacey Slaven, eighth place: Stephanie Slaven, 10th place: Chelsea trotter, 20th place

Double mini trampoline results

Beginner Girls age 5 — Jazmyn Rivera, 10th place: age 7 — Elyse Ranson, 20th place: age 8 — Amelia Ranson, fourth place; Paige Ward, sixth place; Lola Rivera, seventh place; Janiyah Jackson, tenth place: age 10 — Kaisa Stanley, 18th place: age 11 & above — Tatum Rechtfertig, eighth place; Madison Kremer Awes, 20th place

Beginner Boys: age 5-6 — Zayne Gast, sixth place

Novice Girls: age 9 — Isabella Winther, thirteenth place; age 12 — Emma Bair, seventh place: age 13-14 — Mackenzie Peter, fourteenth place

Novice Boys: age 6 & Under — Joseph Rechtfertig, national champion

Intermediate Girls: age 8 & Under — Macy Lampe, ninth place: age 11-12 — Hannah Taylor, ninth place; age 13-14 — Giavanna Gast, ninth place; Mikayla Creech, 11th place

Sub Advanced Girls: age 9-10 — Sara Huffman,national champion runner up; age 11-12 — Kyah Siegert, fifth place

Advanced Girls: age 17 & over — Mackensie Schuster, eighth place; Jessica Bookhout, tenth place; Chelsea Trotter, 16th place

Elite Girls: all ages — Chelsea Trotter, 32nd place; Mackensie Schuster, 35th place

Trampoline results

Beginner Girls: age 5 — Jazmyn Rivera, seventh place: age 8 — Amelia Ranson, eighth place; Janiyah Jackson, 16th place; Paige Ward, 21st place; Lola Rivera, 27th place: age 10 — Kaisa Stanley, ninth place: age 11 & Over, Madison Kremer Awes, 11th place

Beginner Boys: age 5-6 — Zayne Gast, sixth place

Novice Girls: age 9 — Isabella Winther, 17th place; age 11 — Tatum Rechtfertig, 21st place: age 12 — Emma Bair, 13th place: age 13-14 — Mackenzie Peter, 11th place

Novice Boys: age 6 & Under — Joseph Rechtfertig,national champion

Intermediate Girls: age 8 & Under — Macy Lampe, 14th place: age 11-12-Hannah Taylor, 18th place: age 13-14 — Giavanna Gast, 11th place; Mikayla Creech, 23rd place

Sub Advanced Girls: age 11-12 — Kyah Siegert, fifth place

Advanced Girls: age 17 & Over — Jessica Bookhout, sixth place; Mackensie Schuster, 25th place; Chelsea Trotter, twenty sixth place

Elite Girls: all ages — Mackensie Schuster, 21st place; Chelsea Trotter, 28th place

Synchronized Trampoline: Mackensie Schuster and Chelsea Trotter, 10th place.