Striver Gymnasts Capture GOLD in the Tundra

Door County YMCA Striver Striver Gymnasts Capture Gold in the Tundra

DOOR COUNTY, WI — The Door County YMCA Striver Gymnastic Team tumbled to a victory this past weekend in Green Bay, WI. The Striver Team competed in the six-team “Tumble in the Tundra” Invitational hosted by the Green Bay YMCA. Level eight gymnasts Daylia Sund, Portia Hah, and Amira Anschutz led the competition, capturing six individual medals. The Striver – Level 8 gymnasts won Gold with a team score of 65.05, second with a 68.35. Daylia Sund won gold in the all-around, vault, and bars.  Amira Anschutz won silver in the all-around, beam, and vault competitions.                                                                                                                     

Excel Silvers took to the floor and excelled to Gold winning the Team title with a score of 110.45.  The Team won 27 individual medals.  In the ten and younger bracket, winners were: Annabel Smullen, 1^st bars, 3^rd all-around and beam, 4^th bars. Adela Cordua-Stenzel, 1^st All-Around with a 36.25, 1^st beam, and 4^th vault, floor, bars. Peyton Watermolen, 4^th floor, 5^th bars and beam, 6^th vault and all-around. Genevieve Gigstead, 1^st vault, 2^nd bars, 3^rd floor, 4^th all-around.  In the 13-year-old and up bracket, Emma Higginsbotham won gold in the all-around, silver on bars, bronze on beam, and 4^th on vault. Teammate Cossette Orrick earned silver on the floor, bronze on vault, 4^th in the all-around, and 5^th on bars.

The Excel Gold won a Silver Team Title with a score of 101.6.  The team won nine individual medals. Taking the podium in the 12 and younger bracket were: Sawyer Soukup winning gold on vault and 4^th on floor. Ellie Kelsey won silver on the beam, and 5^th on the floor, vault, and all-around.

Excel Platinum competitor Shaylyn Asher won gold on bars and silver in the all-around and beam.

The Striver Team will host their home Meet the February 22-23 weekend. Saturday begins with Levels 6-9 and Platinum with an 8:20 am start. Round two features Level 3’s at 12:45 PM. Round three brings Levels 1 and 2 at 2:45 PM. Round four will feature Excel Silver and Golds with a 5:00 PM start time. Sunday morning Levels 4 and 5 compete at 8:00 am. The public is welcome to come and cheer on the Striver Team. Striver gymnasts will have competitors in rounds one and four.

The Door County YMCA: For Youth Development, Healthy Living and Social Responsibility. Driven by its founding mission, the Door County YMCA has 220 full and part-time staff serving over 12,300 members in Door County from facilities in Fish Creek and Sturgeon Bay in a broad range of programming for all ages. The Y empowers everyone, no matter who they are or where they’re from, by ensuring access to resources, relationships, and opportunities for all to learn, grow and thrive. By bringing together people from different backgrounds, perspectives, and generations, the Y’s goal is to improve overall health and well-being, ignite youth empowerment and demonstrate the importance of connections in and across 10,000 communities nationwide.

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