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Las Vegas, Nevada

The National meet was very exciting and a great experience for everyone who went.  The girls were outstanding ambassadors for Illinois.  They became very close over the time they spent preparing and attending the meets.  Illinois did great, it was a very close and exciting meet.  The difference between the teams was too close to call.  We ended up in Fifth place but, the scores were sure close! The meet was held at the new Las Vegas Sports Center- it was a great facility.


THE SCORES:
1st place     Massachusetts    113.025
2nd place    Texas                112.08
3rd place    New York          108.25
4th place    Washington        108.5
5th place    Illinois              108.0
Bars could have been a little better for us, but it was nice to come home with 5th place team medals.
17 teams took part in the National Meet.

 

Individually, Illinois had three girls in finals:
Ashley Alden on Vault and Beam
Melissa Singer on Vault and Beam
Peggy Spinato on Balance Beam
All girls received medals, though at the airport we had to unpack the medals at airport security and show them they could not be used as a weapon!

 

This was a great experience!  Thanks to everyone who works so hard fund raising all year, it was definitely worthy it to this group of outstanding Illinois athletes.

Coaches for the team this year were: Marv Blustein, Judy Harwood, Larry Petrillo and Jennifer Pistorius. Thanks for all the help and support.
Total cost of the meet to the coaches association was: $3787.44