Introduction
We have very limited Winter Camp availability so please reach out to us at info@ikgym.com to arrange your camp package today! The flyer can be viewed by clicking here. We’ve also had a lot of great results from our IK Teams. More information about our Winter Wonderland Schedule and Team Programs can be found below.
Winter Wonderland Schedule
Over our winter break we will have a fun-filled two weeks of our Gymnastics Winter Camp offered for preschool students ages 3-5 as well as for children ages 5+. Our #1 goal is to keep your kids active and excited the entire day! There will also be no Recreational classes from December 24th – January 6th. Tuition has already been prorated with these dates in mind when payment was processed last month. For Team Members, please consult your program admin regarding any schedule changes if you have not received confirmation. Happy Holidays!
Team Programs
USAG Boys recently competed at the Hawaiian Pineapple Classic Meet after taking 1st in the Justin Spring Invitational at Urbana Champagne!
Coach Aleks shared the following for USAG Boys,
Level 4:
Received a very high team score for level 4 with a 175 and were overall the third-place team. Athletes received 1st-4th across different age groups. For many of them, it was their highest all-around scores so new personal bests were already achieved for most of them at the start of the season!
Level 5:
Received first place team all around with a score of 176. The Level 5 also got two ties for first place, and 1st-2nd in different age groups.
USAG D1 Girls competed at the Hawaiian Pineapple Classic Meet as well!
Coach Veronika shared the following for USAG D1 Girls and would like to congratulate all of our athletes on their very first meet in a new level,
Level 4:
Individual Level 4 team member Mollie S. took 1st place all-around, Kaitlyn J. and Anna W. tied 2nd place all-around, and Clio K. 3rd place all-around! Collectively, the Level 4 team took 2nd place team!
Level 6:
Individual Level 6 team member Caroline Zuckerman took 1st place all-around, Cameron T. 2nd place all-around, Kaitlyn C. 3rd place all-around, and Avery P. 4th place all-around. Collectively, the Level 6 team took 1st place team!! Lizzie also placed in top 5 on vault!
Level 8:
Individual Level 8 team members Avery M. took 1st place all-around and Gabrielle G. 3rd place all-around! Rose J., even though she sprained her foot only 10 days prior, Rose showed strong will and competed on three events. This was her first time doing floor routine since her injury and she performed all of her Level 8 tumbling passes!
Level 10:
Individual Level 10 team members Helen H. took 1st place all-around and Olivia O. 2nd place all-around! Helen showed incredible fight on bars, not falling from her cast to handstand and performing her new skills. Olivia O. also did her upgraded bar routine and floor!
The D2 USAG Girls recently competed in the Aspire Classic at Bourbonnais, IL.
Coach Erik shared the following for USAG D2,
Level 3:
The Aspire Classic went fairly well and the girls should all be proud that they completed their very first competition. We received 7th place overall as a Team (out of 15 LVL3 teams total), which is good but we have many areas we must improve upon. The girls now have a better understanding of what is required of them in order to compete against the best, and I’m sure that they will work even harder now than they have before.
Level 4:
The Aspire Classic went very well and the girls should all be proud their independent accomplishments as well as their Team Award of 4th place overall. There were 3 separate sessions for this level which means we had a lot of competition (tough competition at that) and they are already a little ahead of where the LVL4s were last year by this time in regards to placement.
• 4th Team Overall
• 1st Place
• Zoe Carbone- Floor
• Angelique Rodriguez- Vault
• 2nd Place:
• Olivia Haijdu- Bars
• Emily Leach- Bars
• Angelique Rodriguez- Bars; AA
• Lily Kaplan- Floor
• 3rd Place:
• Zoe Carbone- AA
• Lela Lane- Vault
• Isabella Valentino- Floor
Level 5:
The Aspire Classic went better than expected and the girls should all be very proud of their independent accomplishments, winning 1st as a Team on Vault and Bars, and their Team Award of 2nd place overall (it was the closest we have been to beating Aspire).
• 2nd Team Overall
• 1st Place
• Alexa Conforti- Vault
• Gabriella Conforti- Bars
• Ava Jackson- Bars
• Ariya King- Beam
• Gabriella Conforti- Floor/AA
• Gabi Figueroa- Floor/AA
• 2nd Place
• Gabriella Conforti- Vault
• Meghan Carrigan- Bars
• Gabi Figueroa- Bars
• Ariya King- AA
• Ava Jackson- AA
• 3rd Place
• Ariya King- Vault
• Alexa Conforti- Bars
• Madelyn Starr- Bars
• Alexa Conforti- Floor/AA
• Ava Jackson- Floor
Our USAG Trampoline Team kicked off their season with an AAU-sanctioned home meet at Gym B (2500c West Bradley Place).
Coach Maegen shared the following,
Our home meet went very well! We hosted an AAU Judges course the day before where we had a few parents and an IK Coach become certified Trampoline and Tumbling judges. At our competition we had two athletes from Dupage Trampoline and Tumbling attend. Many of our athletes hit their highest scores in their careers so far. On Double Mini we had some athletes receive 9.9’s and 9.8’s and on Trampoline several of our athletes hit 9.0’s or higher! It was an exciting competition since our athletes were able to show their new routines and skills to their parents.
We are all very proud of our gymnasts and their hard work.
We look forward to 2019 competitions!!!!
Go IK!
Upcoming Meets
Our GIJO and AAU/XCEL Team will have their first competitions this season at the start of the new year, first weekend of 2019, at Leenda’s Island in Waukegan, IL! Our Level 4 USAG Boys will be competing that same weekend as well at the Ultimate Boys competition. In January we will also have the St. Jude Competition, Bravo, Sand Dollar, Tampa Bay Turners, Frozen Invite, Hang 10, King Arthur, UGA Invite, and Dyer competitions. Busy Month!