MAT No. 1 power team in nation for third straight year

More than 65 athletes from the MAT Trampoline and Tumbling Team qualified and traveled to Madison to participate in the national championships. The 2017 national championships was the largest ever in USTA history with more than 2700 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 third year in a row.

The MAT Team also came away with several Team Division awards which included: third place Advanced Beginner Girls Power Tumbling, second place Sub Novice Girls Power Tumbling, second Place Intermediate Girls Power Tumbling and third Place Elite Girls Power Tumbling.

MAT also had six national champions: Journey McCartt — Beginner Tumbling; Mikayla Creech -Novice Tumbling; Halie Hohnstein — Intermediate Tumbling; Lyris Kapayou, Intermediate Tumbling Madison Kremer Awes — Novice Double Mini Trampoline; and Giavanna Gast — Intermediate Double Mini Trampoline. Chelsea Trotter received the Athlete Memorial Scholarship, and was a finalist for the Nissen-Grisswold Athlete of the Year! Stephanie Slaven was nominated for the Dennis Harget Memorial Scholarship.

During the Awards Ceremony, MAT power tumbler Stacey Slaven performed a routine and demonstration with the USTA Elite National Team. Stacey has been selected as an Elite National Team Member for the last two years. This year will be another selection year for our Elite athletes.

Four 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, Kyah Siegert, Mia Giannetto, and Joseph Rechtfertig. Just like the Elite National Team, those MAT athletes have been a part of the All Star Team for two years. This upcoming year is also a selection year for the All Star Team.

The following are the results for the 2017 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

Beginner Girls: age 5 — Landrey Harris, national champion runner up; Whitney Hawkins, 20th place: age 6 — Jazmyn Rivera, sixth place; Jalyn Ridout, tenth place; Brooke Ward, 21st place; Avery Osgood, 33rd place: age 7 — Ellison Wittkop, 26th place: age 8 — Journey McCart, national champion; Desiray Popelka, third place; Anessa Morrison, sixth place; Harlie Thatcher, seventh place: age 9 — Katherine Stanish, 10th place: age 10 — Ruby Arana, fifth place. Beginner Boys: age 5-6 — Zayne Gast, third place

Advanced Beginner girls: age 7 — Vera Sharpe, 15th place; Alyssa Kriegel, 29th place: age 8 — Lauren O’Neal, 22nd place: age 9 — Kiance Roberts-Keahna, thirteenth place: age11 — Miranda Cheville, fourth place; Kaisa Stanley, seventh place: age 12 — Moriah Groth, national champion runner up: age 13 and Over — Mackenzie Peter, third place; Jordyn Cremeans, fifth place

Sub Novice Girls: age 9 — Mia Gianetto, fourth place; Finley Allen, sixth place; Allison Ward, 19th place; Paige Ward, 33rd place: age 10-Tasia Eicher, third place; Mariah Wood, fourth place: age 11 — Josie DeNeui, 12th place: age 12 — Zaida Farrell, thirteenth place: age 13-14 — Mikayla Creech, national champion

Novice Girls: age 9 — Janiyah Jackson, 21st place: age 10 — Bella Winther, fourth place; Kennedy Feldman, 12th place: age 13-14 — Gia Gast, 24th place

Intermediate Girls: age 10 — Halie Hohnstein, national champion, Kylee Schuler, third place: age 11 — Sara Huffman, 28th place: age 13-14 — Lyris Kapayou, national champion; Shye Johnson, 23rd place: age 15 and Over — Anna Hernandez, eighth place:

Sub Advanced Girls: age 9-10 — Hanna Marting, 14th place: age 15-16 — Grace Fisher, fifth place

Advanced Girls: age 13-14 — Ella Marting, 13th place; Emma Marting, 14th place; Lexi Farrell, 19th place: age 15-16 — Stacey Slaven, sixth place; Stephanie Slaven, eighth place; Noa Marting, 14th place; Madison Kremer-Awes, 18th place: age17 and over — Chelsea Trotter, fourth place

Elite Girls: Stacey Slaven, 17th place: Stephanie Slaven, 22nd place: Chelsea Trotter, 27th places: Emma Marting, 31st place

Double mini trampoline results

Beginner Girls: age 5 — Landrey Harris, 11th place: age 6 — Avery Polley, sixth place; Jazmyn Rivera, 27th place: age 7 — Vera Sharpe, 13th place; Ellison Wittkop, eighteenth place: age 8 — Elyse Ranson, 23rd place; Anessa Morrison, 28th place: age 9-Paige Ward, eighth place; Lola Rivera, 11th place; Janiyah Jackson, 12th place; Mia Gianetto, 13th place; Kiance Roberts Keahna, 14th place: age 10 — Tasia Eicher, sixth place; Ruby Arana, nineteenth place: age 11 and over — Josie DeNeui, seventh place; Maddi Grossnickle, eighth place; Samantha Schneider, tenth place. Beginner Boys: age 5-6 — Zayne Gast, third place

Novice Girls: age 9 — Amelia Ranson, eleventh place: age 10 — Bella Winther, fifteenth place: age 11 — Kaisa Stanley, sixteenth place: age 12 — Tatum Rechtfertig, third place: age 15 and over — Madison Kremer Awes, national champion; Mackenzie Peter, sixth place. Novice Boys: age 7-8 — Joseph Rechtfertig, fourth place

Intermediate Girls: age 9 — Macy Lampe, sixth place: age 13-14-Giavanna Gast, national champion; Mikayla Creech, fourth place

Sub Advanced Girls: age 15-16 — Grace Fisher, third place

Advanced Girls: age 11-12 — Sara Huffman, ninth place: age 13-14 — Kyah Siegert, 16th place: age 17 and over — Chelsea Trotter, seventh place; Jessica Bookhout, 11th place; Chelsea Trotter, 26th place

Trampoline Results

Beginner Girls: Age 5 — Landrey Harris, seventeenth place: age 6 — Jazmyn Rivera, fifth place; Avery Polley, ninth place; Jalyn Ridout, 20th place: age 7 — Vera Sharpe, fifteenth place; Ellison Wittkop, 20th place: age 8 — Anessa Morrison, 25th place; Harlie Thatcher, 26th place; Elyse Ranson, twenty eighth place: age 9 — Mia Gianetto, fourth place; Kiance Roberts Keahna, eighth place; Lola Rivera, 11th place; Paige Ward, eighteenth place; Janiyah Jackson, 33rd place: age 10 — Tasia Eicher, sixth place; Ruby Arana, twentieth place: age 11 and over — Josie DeNeui, eighth place; Maddi Grossnickle, 14th place; Samantha Schneider, 20th place. Beginner Boys: age 5-6 — Zayne Gast, third place

Novice Girls: age 9 — Amelia Ranson, twentieth place: age 10 — Bella Winther, ninth place: age 11 — Kaisa Stanley, 32nd place: age 12 — Tatum Rechtfertig, 14th place: age 15 and over — Madison Kremer Awes, national champion Runner up; Mackenzie Peter, fifth place. Novice Boys: age 7-8 — Joseph Rechtfertig, 12th place

Intermediate Girls: age 9 — Macy Lampe, ninth place: age 13-14 — Gia Gast, 11th place; Mikayla Creech, 17th place

Sub Advanced Girls: age 11-12 — Sara Huffman, fourth place: age 15-16 — Grace Fisher, fifth place

Advanced Girls: age 13-14 — Kyah Siegert, 14th place: age 17 and over, Chelsea Trotter, 10th place

Trampoline Elite Girls: Chelsea Trotter, 24th place