| December 14th, 2009 | Taline accepts Scholarship to Brown University |
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| December 12th, 2009 | Boys Medal at Candycane Classic |
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| December 6th, 2009 | Six for Six for Six at Pinkystone |
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| December 1st, 2009 | New Map created to show Meets for 2009/2010 |
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| November 16, 2009 | Matthew Blahyj goes all-the-way. |
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| October 11th, 2009 | Kevin and Matthew head off to Colorado Springs. |
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| October 24th, 2009 | RGA Expands to accommodate HIGH SCHOOL CHEERLEADING. |
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RGA unveiled its 1600 sf expansion to the gym yesterday to accommodate and cater to high school cheerleading. The new addition has a 50' x 54' cheerleading surface that is un-sprung, as well as a sprung 8'x50' tumble strip. This new addition will be used to cater for the High School cheer program, and can be rented out to squads and groups by the hour. To reserve space, call the gym at (585) 248-3750.
The new addition now gives the gym all three possible types of tumbling surface, those being the traditional spring floor, the foam sprung floor, and the hard surface floor and increases the size of the gym to 21000 sf. The new area is fully heated, carpeted, and has a more than adequate sound system installed. |
| July 23, 2009 | FALL CLASS SIGN-UP |
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Fall classes Fill up fast. Call the Gym on (585) 248-3750 to reserve your spot for the fall in our program.
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| July 8, 2009 | Becca signs with IOWA State |
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CONGRATULATIONS TO BECCA ELLIS Becca recently signed the offer of a full gymnastics scholarship to IOWA STATE University. From all of your extended family here at RGA, Congratulations. |
| June 8, 2009 | Level 5's do what they do best - WIN |
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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR LEVEL 5 TEAM Competing against 61 Level 5 Teams in the biggest state meet in NY, the level 5 team missed taking 1st place by 0.05 points (5/100ths of a point.) Every girl on the team contributed to the teams outstanding performance. The team left to right finished as follows Tara Beisheim(1st), Mallory Puschek(1st), Chloe Sarkis(2nd), Kristin Lang (3rd), Anneka Haber(6th), Mikaela Stemen (6th), Nicole Hendee (6th),Sydney Sarkis(10th), Jenna Gooding(13th). Bridget Rossi could not compete due to Injury. What makes these results more spectacular, is the fact that there were more that 430 girls competing in this years level 5 state meet. Click here for a full list of Results. |
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| June 8, 2009 | 2009 SEASON ENDS WITH 11 STATE CHAMPIONS |
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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW YORK STATE CHAMPIONS Top - Left to Right Eddie Penev(Level 10), Taline Lahcanski(Level10), Rachel Gurnett (Level 9), Matthew Blahyj (Level 7), Owen Houlihan (Level 7), Kevin Penev (Level 6), Bottom - Left to Right Kira Hartley (Level 8), Megan Steinkirchner (Level 8), Tori Beisheim (Level 7), Tara Beisheim (Level 5), Mallory Puschek (Level 5) |
| May 18, 2009 | Oscar Gonzalez joins the Men's Level 5 Team |
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RGA would like to welcome Oscar Gonzalez and
his family into the fold. Oscar was a All-Around runner-up at the 2009 Level 4 NY State Championships and will be joining the Men's team as a potential Level 5 Team member. |
| May 10, 2009 | Joseph Hodges To Compete In VISA Championships |
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Joseph Hodges (Pictured Left) competed at the
2009 JO Level 10 National Championships.
Needing to place in the top 18 in the country to be
invited to compete at the
VISA Championships, Joseph
competed in the 4-day event and placed 14th in the
All-Around, as well as becoming the JO National
Bronze medal winner on the Pommel Horse. Joseph, a Junior, was also vying
for the attention of all the top college recruiting
coaches present at the competition. Joseph is
coached by ex-Bulgarian National, Ivaylo Grahovski
(Pictured Right). For a full list of results, click here CONGRATULATIONS FROM ALL OF YOUR EXTENDED FAMILY AT RGA. |
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| May 10, 2009 | Rachel Gurnett is the 2009 National Vault Champion |
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This past Weekend, Rachel Gurnett (Picture
Left) travelled to
Tupelo, MS, to compete in the 2009 Level 9 Eastern National
Championships. Rachel finished 14th in the All-Around, and won
the Vault with a score of 9.4. Rachel is coached by
ex-Bulgarian National, Youlia Penev (Pictured Right). For a
full list of results, click
here. Click
here to view the press coverage from the D+C CONGRATULATIONS to our 2009 National Vault Champion |
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Megan Steinkirchner placed 2nd All-Around at the recent Level 8 Regional Championships which took place in Connecticut over the weekend. Competing against gymnasts from New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New York and Maine, Megan put in an almost flawless meet, finishing 3/10ths off the leader |
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The Level 7 Girls travelled to Westchester, NY to compete in the Level 7 State Championships. Tori Beisheim placed 1st in the All-Around scoring at never-seen-before All-Around score of 39.050. She also missed scoring the perfect 10 on beam by the minutest of foot steps on her dismount and scored 9.975. |
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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW YORK REGIONAL TEAM MEMBERS QUALIFYING TO THE NATIONALS. Left to Right: Taline Lahcanski - Level 10, Becca Ellis - Level 10, Rachel Gurnett - Level 9 Level 9 – Rachel Gurnett (pictured Right) placed 2nd at the Regional Championships, to earn herself a spot on the Regional team to compete at the 2009 Level 9 JO National Championships. Level 10 – Taline Lahcanksi (Pictured Left) won the Regional Championships, placing 1st on all disciplines. Taline will lead the Regional team to Washington State to compete at the Level 10 JO National Championships. Rebecca Ellis (Pictured Center, placed 2nd in the level 10 Regional Championships, also earning herself a spot on the Level 10 Junior Olympic National Team. View all results here. |
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Martin (Marti) Tchamov placed 4th place All-Around at the Mens Level 4 NY State Championships. Marti was 1st on High Bar, 2nd on Still Rings, 3rd Place on Vault and Pommel Horse |
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Cheyene (Shay-Shay) Huang placed 1st on Vault at the 2009 Mens Level 4 NY State Championships |
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Eddie Penev has just stepped into the international limelight being acknowledged as a future world gymnastics contender by the author and founder of the "International Gymnast Magazine" To view the article - Click here. |
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RGA had gymnasts competing all around the world this weekend. Competing in Milan, Italy, Eddie placed 8th on Floor at the European Championships in Milan, Italy. Competing in Rochester, NY at the 2009 NY State championships, Kira Hartley and Megan Steinkirchner, each placed 1st in their age divisions to be crowned state champions. Megan and Kira are both members of the State team to compete at the Regional Championships in Connecticut. Maddie Schaeffer qualified to the regional All-stars team. |
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Competing in Pennsylvania at the 2009 Men's Regional Championships, Joseph Hodges, pictured to the left, placed 3rd in the region, to earn himself a spot on the Men's 2009 Regional Team to compete at the National Championships. Level 9 gymnast, Mack Lasker, also qualified to compete at the National Championships |
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Eddie Penev competed at the 2009 European championships over the weekend. Representing Bulgaria, competing on Floor and Vault, he earned himself a place in the finals on floor, where he placed 8th.
CONGRATULATIONS from all of us at RGA
Click this link to view his floor routine. |
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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW YORK STATE CHAMPIONS. Left to Right: Taline Lahcanski - Level 10, Becca Ellis - Level 10, Rachel Gurnett - Level 9 Level 9 – Rachel Gurnett dominated the Level 9 State Championships, Winning Gold on Vault, Beam, Floor, and also won the All-Around State Championships. Level 10 – Taline Lahcanksi, coming off an 8 week injury, won the All-Around State Championship title, claiming possession of the Gold on Bars and Beam. Becca Ellis placed 6th in the All-Around.
Taline, Becca, Oni and Rachel qualified to the Regional Championships to take place in Boston. |
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CONGRATULATIONS Ivaylo Grahovski was unanimously voted as the New York State Men’s Gymnastics Coach of the Year by all coaches and judges in New York State. Ivo has been the men’s competitive team head coach at the Rochester Gymnastics Academy for the past 8 years. Ivaylo (Ivo) Grahovki, born in Sofia, Bulgaria was a member of the Bulgarian National Men's Team from 1990-2000. |
 
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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW YORK STATE CHAMPIONS. Top: Eddie Penev - Level 10, Matthew Blahyj - Level 7 Bottom: Owen Houlihan - Level 7, Kevin Penev - Level 6
The Level 10 team, comprising of Eddie Penev, Keaton Ackerman, Joseph Hodges and Andrew Grabowski Placed 1st in the Team championships. The Level 7 team, comprising of Matthew Blahyj, Owen Houlihan, Aaron Appelle and Scott Lazeroff Placed 1st in the Team championships. The Level 5 team, comprising of Jake Glazer, Connor Slater, Chance Edmonds and Riley White Placed 3rd in the Team championships.
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RGA would like to thank all gymnasts, coaches and parents for attending the 2009 Rochester Classic. The meet went off very successfully with the help and dedication of a fantastic parent volunteer staff. A special word of thanks to Copper Grass Bistro for donating all the Meals for the Judges and Coaches
Congratulations to New Generation on becoming our Women' Club Champions. Congratulations to Kennett Gymnastics on becoming the Men's Club Champions
Please click here for the full list of results The Link for 'Fantastic Photo' has all the pictures of the meet Click here for the meet Summary for the Rochester Classic. |
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The boys had a very successful meet in Syracuse, NY. All boys contributed to their respective team scores Level 4 – The level 4’s competing for the first time, Marti Placed 3rd on P-Bars, Cheyenne placed 2nd on High Bar. Level 5 – The level 5 boys won 2nd place with Riley White, chance Edmonds and Connor Slater placing 1st, 3rd and 4th consecutively. Level 6 – The level 6 team placed 2nd with Kevin and Dylan taking the 1st and 2nd spots. Level 7 – The Level 7 team placed 1st place in the team competition with Matthew, Aaron taking 1st place AA, Scott and Owen placing 3rd place AA. Level 9 – Mack Lasker placed 5th AA
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL
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Level 4 – The level 4 team placed 4th, with Karissa taking 3rd place in the All-Around. Abigail Richardson won Uneven Bars. Level 5 – The level 5 girls won the Team competition with Mikaela, Bridget, Mallory, Chloe, Tara and Sydney placing 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th and 7th respectively Level 6 – Maya, the sole representative for RGA at level 6, placed 5th AA Level 7 – The Level 7 team continued with their winning performance by claiming the level 7 team title. Natalie, Tori, Bailey, Brenna, Hannah and Skylar placed 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4tf, 5th and 8th respectively. Level 8- The level 8 team, plagued with injuries placed 2nd AA as a team, with Megan winning the AA 1st place. Maddie Schaeffer and Brittany Blose both placed 3rd AA. Laura Scott, competing only on Uneven Bars kept her unbeaten record. Level 9 – Rachel Gurnett had the perfect meet to place 1st AA and 1st on all disciplines Level 10 – Oni Continued her winning streak, Placing 1st . on all events and 3rd on Floor, at the same time winning the all-Around Click here for the meet Summary for the Girls. Click here for the full meet results. |
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The boys and girls team travelled
down to Orlando, FL, to compete with some 2300 odd gymnasts from
around the country. The girls and boys level 10's were
outstanding with Eddie and Taline placing 1st AA. The level 7
team placed 3rd out of 38 in there category, and 4th out of 54 teams
all together. Brenna, Tori and Natalie placed 1,2,3
respectively. Rachel Gurnett placed 1st AA in Level 9 Click here for the meet Summary for the Boys. Click here for the meet Summary for the Girls. Click here for the full meet results. |
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Several weeks ago the Boys team traveled to Buffalo for the 11th Annual Goldstar meet. Keaton Ackerman took 2nd AA for level 10. For level 6 Kevin Penev was 1st AA. The level 7 team took the AA title with Matthew Blahyj and Owen Houlihan each placing 1st AA in their respective age groups, Scott Lazeroff placing 3rd AA and 2 individual 1sts for Aaron Appelle. The Level 5's took 4th place for team with Riley finishing 1st AA and Connor and Chance adding strong performances. Click here for the meet Summary |
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This was the first time RGA had entered a
level 4
team in any meet, and the girls did outstanding placing 3rd.
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Level 6, 7 and 8
team took 1st place team, while the
Level 10
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Rochester Gymnastics Academy hosted the 2008 Level 6 New York State Gymnastics Championships on May 17-18th. Their Level 6 girl’s team placed 1st overall in the Team Division, winning Vault, Balance Beam, and the Floor Exercise, and taking 2nd 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 1st 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 4th on the Uneven Bars. Brenna earned 2nd place in all four events. Teammate Natalie Gurnett of Irondequoit earned 3rd All-Around, placing 3rd on Vault, Beam, and Floor Exercise. She also placed 6th on Uneven Bars. Chloe Viniski of Fairport placed 8th All-Around, earning 4th on Beam and 5th in Vault. Katie Mansfield of Honeoye Falls placed 10th All-Around and 6th on Beam. Skylar DiBerardinis of Victor placed 4th 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 6th All-Around and 4th on Beam. Teammate Hannah Gooding of Spencerport placed 3rd on Beam, 6th in the Floor Exercise, and 8th All-Around. |
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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 |
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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 |
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After receiving a full scholarship to the University of
Michigan, RGA gymnast, Lindsey Bruck has been nominated as
Michigan Gymnastics
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 |
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