MAT Tumbling/Trampoline team finished the 2013-2014 competitive season traveling to Des Moines to compete at the AAU National Junior Olympics in the Hy-Vee Hall at the Iowa Event Center. The tumbling/trampoline event ran four days, and many of the MAT competitors were at the event center every day. MAT team members placed well in all events including many National Champions. Several MAT athletes had the honor of being named to the All Iowa Team, made up of athletes who posted the highest score at each level in each event. The state of Iowa took second place in the trampoline and tumbling,
and first in the double-mini trampoline portion of the competition.
Tumbling Results:
Sub Beginner Girls – Alyssa Kriegel, 4, sixth place
Beginner Girls – Lola Rivera, 6, National Champion
Advanced Beginner Girls – Madi DeGoey, 8, fourth place; Taylor Morley, 9, National Champion; Dylann Beiner, 10, National Champion
Sub Novice Girls – Sara Huffman, 8, second place; Jolene Whetro, 10, fifth place; Emma Bair, 10, National Champion; Gia Gast, 11, National Champion; Tayiah Siegert, 14, twelfth place
Novice Girls – Kyah Siegart, 10, second place
Intermediate Girls, age 15 and Over – Savannah Olson, fourth place
Sub Advanced Girls, age 11-12 – Alyvia Chadderdon, tenth place; Madison Kremer-Awes, ninth place
Advanced Girls, age 15-16 – Mackensie Schuster, third place
Trampoline Results:
Beginner Girls, age 11 and Over – Gia Gast, second place; Tayiah Siegert, National Champion
Novice Girls – Sara Huffman, 8, seventh place; Taylor Morley, 9, third place; Jolene Whetro, 10, eighth place; Kyah Siegert, 10, eleventh place
Intermediate Girls – Mia Rasmusson, 9, injured, did not compete; age 15 and over – Savannah Olson, National Champion
Sub Advanced Girls, age
13-14 – Maddi Kruse, twelfth place; age 15 and over – Kaydee Silva,
National Champion
Advanced Girls, age 15-16 – Mackensie Schuster, third place
Double Mini Trampoline Results:
Beginner Girls, age 11 and over – Gia Gast, second place; Tayiah Siegert, fifth place
Novice Girls – Sara
Huffman, 8, fourth place; Taylor Morley, 9, eleventh place; Kyah Siegart, 10, second place; Jolene Whetro, 10, fourth place:
Intermediate Girls – Mia Rasmusson, 9, injured, did not compete; age 15 and over – Savannah Olson, second place
Sub Advanced Girls, age 13-14 – Maddi Kruse, National Champion; age 15 and over – Kaydee Silva, National Champion
Advanced Girls, age 15-16 – Mackensie Schuster, second place