YMCA Level 4 Gymnasts Take 3rd In Chandler

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Written by Lynne LaMaster

Monday, 22 September 2008 11:51

The YMCA Prescott Lightning Level 4 Girls Team took third place on Saturday at the Jammie Jam event, held at the Aspire Kids Sports Center in Chandler.

Fourteen girls on the Level 4 team participated from Prescott, ranging in ages from 7 to 13.

Afterwards, Jon Sebastian, Director of the YMCA Gymnastics program was quite pleased at the results. "I'm very proud of the level 4's, I'm proud of all the girls. The level 5's did well today, the Level 6's did well today, we definitely have areas we need to work on still, though. But it was a fun meet, and everyone came in and had a good time, and that's the goal."

One of the things that Sebastian pointed out is how much improvement the girls are showing between meets. "I thought the meet went very well, the Level 4's are coming up. This is actually our third meet, if you count the critique meet, and just about every one of these girls has brought their scores up every single meet. Some girls made great strides, I had a girl last week who brought her score up 4 full points, that's really incredible. Even after that meet, most of the girls brought their scores up. So, we're on the right track and we're definitely making good progress. So we have a couple of events that we need to work on and they need to focus on, but the girls work hard, and Launie's doing a wonderful job with the Level 4's."

Sebastian's Assistant Coach and right hand woman is Launie Hone. She is also the coach for the Level 4 team, and she could hardly contain her enthusiasm for the team's performances, "They rocked! They are awesome, we still have a little bit of work to go, but they brough their A game and they are awesome. I am so proud of them."

Hone felt that the girls' really stood out on the vault exercise, and also did well on the bars and floor exercises. "Beam - we still need some work on. But, we'll get there," she said with confidence. "We're going to get there. They're a hard working group of girls and I love them to death, they're awesome."

So, how did the girls do competing against teams from across the state? "They represented Prescott well, they represented the YMCA well," Sebastian said with a happy smile.