20 May, 2008 - 's Level 4 State Championships

Connor Slater, and Chance Edmonds Represented the Rochester Gymnastics Academy at the Level 4 State Championships over the past weekend. Both had a phenomenal meet. Connor Slater Placed 2nd in the All-Around with a score of 55.45. He was crowned the NY State Champion on Floor and Pommel Horse, and runner up on Vault. In the 10-11 year old age division, Chance placed 2nd in the All-Around with a score of 54.700. He was crowned the NY State Champion on Floor and Pommel Horse, and runner up on P-Bards and High Bar.

CONGRATULATIONS FROM ALL OF US AT THE RGA

18 May, 2008 - Level 6 Team are STATE CHAMPIONS

Rochester Gymnastics Academy hosted the 2008 Level 6 New York State Gymnastics Championships on May 17-18^th. Their Level 6 girl’s team placed 1^st overall in the Team Division, winning Vault, Balance Beam, and the Floor Exercise, and taking 2^nd on Uneven Bars at this state-wide competition.

In the Age 10 Division:

Tori Beisheim of Fairport and Brenna Fosco of Macedon both tied for 1^st All-Around, earning the NYS Champion title. Tori also won State Champion titles on Beam with a meet high score of 9.925 and in Floor Exercise. She took 4th on Vault and 4^th on the Uneven Bars. Brenna earned 2^nd place in all four events.

Teammate Natalie Gurnett of Irondequoit earned 3^rd All-Around, placing 3^rd on Vault, Beam, and Floor Exercise. She also placed 6^th on Uneven Bars.

Chloe Viniski of Fairport placed 8^th All-Around, earning 4^th on Beam and 5^th in Vault. Katie Mansfield of Honeoye Falls placed 10^th All-Around and 6^th on Beam. Skylar DiBerardinis of Victor placed 4^th in the Floor Exercise.

In the Age 8-9 Division:

Bailey Stehler of Pittsford earned a NYS Champion title in the Floor Exercise. She also placed 6^th All-Around and 4^th on Beam. Teammate Hannah Gooding of Spencerport placed 3^rd on Beam, 6^th in the Floor Exercise, and 8^th All-Around.

11 May, 2008 - RGA All-Stars Compete at Hershey Park

The RGA All-stars competed in the American Cheer Power Hershey Park Open on May 10, 2008.

In the Youth All-Star Level 2 competition, our Junior team placed 4th. In the Senior AllStar Level 3, our seniors placed 3rd.

CONGRATULATIONS FROM ALL OF US AT THE RGA

11 May, 2008 - Eddie Penev is a NATIONAL CHAMPION

Over the past few months, Eddie had to make a decision whether to compete for Bulgaria at the European championships, or to compete at the JO National Championships. Having made the decision to test his skills against the best the US has to offer at the Level 10 Junior Olympic Championships, he headed off the Battle creek MI. Competing on Thursday Night, Eddie competed against Level 10 gymnasts from all over the USA, qualifying to compete on Saturday in the All-Around Finals. On Saturday, he repeated the performance of the Previous Thursday to place 8th in the All-Around, and earn a spot on the Junior National team, as well as earn a berth at the VISA championships. The scores from Thursday and Saturday were added together to derive the TOP 6 in each individual event.

Eddie then competed on Sunday in the Event Finals for Vault and Floor. After all was said and done, Eddie was crowned the NATIONAL CHAMPION on Floor, and the Runner up on the Vault.

Competing in the Level 10 14-16 Year old Age Group, Joseph Hodges had an amazing meet, helping his Regional Team to Win the National Championships, and personally placing 15th in the All-Around, and 10th on the Pommel Horse and 14th on High Bar

CONGRATULATIONS FROM ALL OF US AT THE RGA

5 May, 2008 - Bruck, Curtis Highlight Award Winners at Banquet

After receiving a full scholarship to the University of Michigan, RGA gymnast, Lindsey Bruck has been nominated as Michigan Gymnastics most valued person.

28h April, 2008 - Level 9 and 10 Regional Championships - NATIONAL QUALIFIERS

After winning the state championships, Taline, Becca and Oni traveled to Syracuse to compete against Level 9 and 10 gymnasts from Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Vermont at the 2008 Regional Championships.

In Level 10 JrC, Taline won the AA championships. She also placed 3rd on Vault, and first on Floor, Beam and Bars, to win the regional championships and earn herself a valuable spot on the regional team to compete in the 2008 National Championships in Orlando Florida

In Level 10 SrC Becca placed 3rd in the All Around, and was selected as 1 of 6 members of the Level 10 SrC Regional team, and will also be traveling to Orlando, FL to compete in the Nationals.

At Level 9, Oni timothy placed 5th in the regional championships, and earned herself a place on the regional team to compete at the 2008 National Championships taking place in Dayton, OH. CONGRATULATIONS to all girls

14th April, 2008 - RGA Men Compete at 2008 Regional Championships - NATIONAL QUALIFIERS

The RGA Men's team traveled to Leigh High Valley over the weekend to compete at the Regional Championships.

In Level 10, Joseph Hodges placed 6th AA in the 14-15 year old age group. Eddie Penev, Placed 4th AA in the 16-18 year old age group. Both Joseph and Eddie , to earned themselves a spot on the 2008 Region 7 Regional team to compete at the National Championships. Andrew Grabowski, (Level 10 14-15, and Keaton Ackerman, Level6, also qualified to the 2008 National Championships, to take place in Battle Creek, Michigan.

Grant McConnaughey and Owen Houlihan represented the RGA Level 7 Team at the Men's Regional Championships.

14th April, 2008 - Level 8 Women's Team displays excellence - REGIONAL Qualifiers

The RGA Level 8 girls team traveled to Long Island to compete in the NY State championships. With only 5 girls, they managed to place 2nd in the state, and what is even more remarkable, is that all 5 girls were selected to represent NY state at the Regional Championships

Rachel Gurnett placed 3rd AA in the 8-11 year old age group & made the NY State team in the 8-11 year old age division.

Alyssa Dunham placed 1st AA in the 13 year old age group & made the NY State team in the 13-14 year old age division.

Brittany Blose placed 1st AA in the 14 year old age group & made the NY State team in the 13-14 year old age division.

Alex Liberti placed 2nd AA in the 14 year old age group & made the NY State team in the 13-14 year old age division.

Jessica Madigan placed 2nd AA in the 14 year old age group & made the NY State team in the 13-14 year old age division.

29th March, 2008 - RGA Level 7 girls have successful NY state championships

RGA Level 7 girls successful at NY state championships

Morgan, Maddie, Kira, Valerie, Shelby and Stephanie did RGA very proud on Saturday at the Level 7 NY state championships held in Long Island. In the 9 year old age division, Maddie placed 9th AA. In the 11 year old age division, Kira was crowned the NY state champion, with Valerie placing second , and Morgan taking 5th place in the AA. Stephanie and Shelby rounded off the team, helping the girls to place 7th in the State, the highest Team finish in Upstate NY. Congratulations to all these girls on a very successful competition and season. We are very proud of you.

10th March, 2008 - Democrat and Chronicle reports on Rochester Gymnastics Academy

Rochester gymnasts take home team titles

18th February, 2008 - RGA Girls have successful home Meet at the Rochester classic

RGA would like to thank all competitors and spectators for making the 2008 Rochester Classic a successful meet.

A special word of thanks foes out to the parents and volunteers who helped out at the meet.

Pictures of RGA Teams.

More Pictures and news to follow.

Results can be found at this link

11th February, 2008 - Girls exceed expectations in Chicago

The RGA team girls exceeded expectations at the IGI invitational held in a bitterly cold Chicago.

At Level 10, Becca Ellis placed 7th AA, with Taline placing 2nd AA and placing 1st on Beam

At Level 9, Oni Placed 5th of Floor and 8th AA

At Level 8, Alex placed 1st AA and 1st on Beam. Rachel and Alyssa placed 2nd AA. Brittany Blose placed 5th AA

In Level 7, Valerie placed 2nd AA.

The Level 8 team placed 3rd.

All the results can be seen here

Click this link to view pictures.

28th January, 2008 - Boys excel in Chicago at Windycity Invitational

The boys from Rochester Gymnastics Academy (East Rochester) in Levels 5-10 competed at the Windy City Invitational at the University of Illinois – Chicago on January 11-13th, 2008.

At Level 5, Dylan Marin, 12, from Pittsford, captured third place on the pommel horse, sixth place on the parallel bars, and tenth place on the high bar, with a ninth place finish all around. Also at Level 5, Michael Leo, 11, from Perinton, earned a 9.05 on the vault for 17th place.

At Level 6, Matthew Blahyj, 9, from Webster captured eighth place all-around, placing fourth on the vault, sixth on the parallel bars, eighth on the pommel horse, and tenth on the rings. Brian Lane, 9, from Greece, earned 9.1 on the vault, tied for 28th place at Level 6. In the 10 year old division of Level 6, Scott Lazeroff, from Brighton captured third place overall, winning first place in the floor exercise, third place on the rings, eighth place on the parallel bars and high bar, and tenth place on the vault. Aaron Appelle, also from Brighton, in the 11-year old division, placed seventh on the high bar, ninth on the rings, 11th on the pommel horse, 12th on the vault and 14th on the parallel bars with an overall score that tied for 13th place. In the 12-year-old and older division of Level 6, Nathan Rosenbloom, 13, from Pittsford, placed fifth overall, capturing second place on rings and vault, fifth place on the pommel horse, and eleventh

on the floor exercise.

In Level 7, Grant McConnaughey, 12, from Pittsford, placed seventh on the pommel horse and 15th on the vault, with an all around place of 18th.

In Level 9, Keaton Ackerman, 13 from Penfield, placed 13th all around with eleventh place on the vault and parallel bars, 13th on the pommel horse, and 15th on the floor exercise. Finally, at Level 10, Joseph Hodges, 15, from Webster, earned second place all around, capturing second on the pommel horse, third on the high bar, and sixth on the rings. Brighton

Joseph Hodges, 15, from Webster, earned second place overall in Level 10, capturing second on the pommel horse, third on the high bar, and sixth on the rings