2023 GHSA Gymnastics State Championship

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FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WELCOME

GHSA GYMNASTICS PRELIMS & STATE FANS

Welcome to the 2023 GHSA Gymnastics State Championships! I know you are ready for the high energy performances that these athletes have perfected throughout the year to bring to these championships.

This year’s event is sure to be an exciting one! Special thanks to GHSA Associate Director Penny Mitchell for her hard work in making these championships the best ever. I want to thank the many volunteers who make this event possible and run smoothly. We extend our special appreciation to the Buford Arena for being our host. Finally, we thank our sponsors and hope you will support them and our corporate sponsors whenever possible.

Thank you for supporting GHSA Gymnastics and please join me in offering our best wishes for all of our competitors.

GHSA GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE

QUALIFYING TEAM RANKINGS

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CHAMPIONSHIP
The 2023 Georgia High School Association Gymnastics Guide is published by Score Media, a division of Score Atlanta, in conjunction with the GHSA. The guide was designed by Laura Grieve, and edited by Craig Sager II, Seth Ellerbee and Graham David. The information throughout this guide is provided by the GHSA. For more information on Score Media, go to Scoreatl.com or call 404-256-1572.
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NATIONAL SIGNING DAY PRELIMINARY DATE GYM OPENS GENERAL SPECTATOR ENTRANCE WARM-UP/ SESSION SCHEDULE FOR CHECK-IN STRETCH OPENS: GOFAN ONLY COMPETITION BEGINS ENDS (EST.) Session 1: 5A-A Teams & Individuals Wednesday, April 19 11:30 a.m. 12:10 - 12:55 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 1 p.m. 3:30 p.m. Session 2: 7A-6A Teams & Individuals Wednesday, April 19 4 p.m. 4:40 - 5:25 p.m. 5 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 8 p.m. STATE MEET DATE GYM OPENS GENERAL STRETCH/ SPECTATOR ENTRANCE WARM-UP/ SESSION SCHEDULE FOR CHECK-IN BAR SETTINGS OPENS: GOFAN ONLY COMPETITION BEGINS ENDS (EST.) Teams & Individuals Friday, April 21 3:30 p.m. 4:10 - 4:55 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 5 p.m. 7:30 p.m.
5A-A RANK 7A-6A North Oconee 1 Buford Oconee County 2 North Forsyth Bremen 3 Carrollton Villa Rica 4 Forsyth Central Northgate 5 Walton Ola 6 West Forsyth Westminster 7 Newnan Cambridge 8 Camden County

DYNASTIES AND RETURNING STATE CHAMPS PREP FOR FINALS

The2023 GHSA Gymnastics State Championships will be held at the Buford Arena for the third-straight year and will crown the state’s next round of champions following a terrific season of meets. Prelims will occur on Wednesday at Buford before champions are crowned on Friday, April 21. In 2019, the sport introduced a separate Class 6A-7A and Class A-5A division for the first time and crowned two separate team champions. The West Forsyth Wolverines captured the Class 6A-7A title—which gave the program its third-straight team championship and North Oconee won the Class A-5A state crown. The following season in 2021 after the 2020 season was called off saw Newnan take the Class 6A-7A state title with a 114.680 score. Buford came up short with a second-place finish and would return to the top the following year. North Oconee defended its first title with a 113.746 championship performance in Class A-5A to cap the 2021 season. Then, the Titans extended their dynasty again in 2022 with the program’s third-straight championship, while Buford took the Class 6A-7A field to capture its fourth alltime state title and first since 2016.

This week will see the best of the best as qualifiers had to meet the following standards—an All-Around score of 34.0 or better in regular season meets, an individual score of 8.50 or better on the Beam and Bars and a 9.0 or better on Vault and Floor in three regular-season meets.

STACKED CHAMPIONSHIP SCENE

The Wolves will once again be led by Marissa Ashton—who

took first place in the Vault and the All-Around (38.975) title in 2022. Ashton also picked up a second place finish in the Beam and fourth place in the Floor. The Class of 2023 senior is a Level 10 gymnast and national qualifier and will look to repeat and fuel another Buford title run with a strong supporting cast that shares championship experience. Buford dominated the Floor with Bellarae Newby earning a second-place finish and Lily Black tallying a third-place finish and both standouts return. North Oconee won last year’s team title

runner-up and third-place finish in every event behind Crow. Chloe McDonald earned third in the All-Around (37.600), Bars (92.50), Floor (9.575) and Vault (9.750) and will be returning the bulk of the Titans’ experience.

HISTORY IN THE MAKING

North Oconee has an opportunity to become the first school since Roswell (2000-03) to win four-straight titles and enters the prelims at the top of the state-wide Class A-5A rankings with a 109.900 score. Oconee County (108.967) and last year’s state runner-up Bremen (106.133) are currently at No. 2 and No. 3 in the rankings and West Forsyth is also highlyranked after placing third at last year’s state meet.

with 113.800 points—as Pike County’s Maelyn Crow dominated the field. Crow has since graduated and was named the USA Today High School Gymnast of the Year. She scored perfect 10.0’s in the Beam, Floor and Vault and her 9.700 Bars routine also earned a top finish to fuel her 39.700 AllAround title. North Oconee used its depth and previous championship experience to out-pace the field and earned a

In Class 6A-7A, defending state champion Buford has a state-best 112.517 score at the top of the poll. The rest of the Class 6A-7A rankings are extremely tight with North Forsyth (109.333) at No. 2, Carrollton (109.250) at No. 3 and Forsyth Central (108.717) rounding out the top 5 with Walton (108.117). Carrollton finished runner-up to Buford last year and is returning Kalani Witherspoon—who took first place in the Floor last year (9.90) and third in the Beam (9.700). Witherspoon earned the top finish in the Floor, however, Buford took the second, third and fourth place to fuel their team title. Forsyth Central’s Katie Andrews is also back after taking third place in the All-Around, and second in the Vault (9.600).

Friday’s action will begin with warm-ups at 5 p.m. and champions are expected to be crowned around 7:30 p.m.

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7A-6A

BUFORD

Abby Hamilton

Addyson Doan

Alyson Gower

Amanda Allen

Bella Rae Newby

Hailey Aycock

Jilliian Hynds

Johanna Sasser

Kendall Rockwell

Lily Black

Marissa Ashton

Vidya Bharadwha COACH

Amanda Allen

CAMDEN COUNTY

Addison Spencer

Alexis Staklinski

Jamie Walker

Jennifer Tate

Katie Tate

Lillie Barnes

Sarah Garrett

COACH

Catherine Cook

CARROLLTON

2023 GHSA GYMNASTICS ROSTERS

2023 GHSA GYMNASTICS QUALIFYING TEAM ROSTERS

Kendall New

Mallory Pittman

Miracle Cox

Presley Willis

Reagan Bearden

Sariyah Suluki

Taylor Tucker

Thalia Bray

COACH

Nicki McGovern

FORSYTH CENTRAL

Ashlyn Scanlon

Ava Stowe

Brooke Sweet

Elena Clarke

Hannah Woodall

Katie Andrews

Kaylee Castleberry

Kendall Watson

Lydia Kimsey

Whitney Bonk

COACH

Alecia Colwell

NEWNAN

Ava Jongeneel

Molly English

Paige Krauth

COACH

Kelsey Putalavage

Logan Otteson

Nyelle Royal

COACH

Candace Bourque

WALTON

Abby Dunham

Abigail Henson

Alena Katz

Brooke Leslie

Cameron Hilker

Caroline Crouch

Giada Tenebruso

Hannah Durham

Juhee Kong

Laurel Williams

Maddie Irvine

Mia Passerella

Shanthi Ramprasad

Sophia Saboura

Summer Kennedy

Sushan Wang

COACH

Amy Merlin

WEST FORSYTH

Emma Russell

Mani Fofana

Zoe Cates

5A-A

BREMEN

Alexa Howle

Alexa Price

Avrie Johnson

Emori Summer

Hailey Schultz

Hannah Schultz

Izzy Armas

Maegan Hunt

Makenna Karr

Maya Underwood

Miley Boddie

Molly Kate Costley

Raegan Spivey

Sophia Shows

Sadie Jane Harper COACH

Taylor Griffin

CAMBRIDGE

Anjali Roy

Anna Draper

Avery Jeffreys

Caroline Daniels

Ella Thurman

Ellie Beinhower

Emily Eigman

NORTH OCONEE

Annie McMullen

Atalie Bufford

Caroline McDonald

Chloe McDonald

Emily Gittemeier

Emory Shepherd

Ila Schwender

Kate Stetter

Katie Lange

McCall McMullen

Sienna Zuccaro

COACH

Hillary Sanders

NORTHGATE

Cassidy Ginn

Emma Castleberry

Kember Lackey

Maggie Monk

Mollie Monk

COACH

Luci Monk

OCONEE COUNTY

Chloe Wilson

Courtney Hurst

Eleanor Pichetto

Emmie Wilson (MGR)

Hannah Aoki

COACH

Sandy Palmer

VILLA RICA

Addison Baird

Addison Miller

Alana Barker

Alexis Arrowood

Alysa Easter

Carsyn Baird

Gabriella Benton

Georgia Johnson

Gracyn Sauls

Haley Olds

Kerbrianah Senesca

Kinsley Walls

Kristen Abercombie

Leah Dobbs

Maren Walker

Mary Wilkie

Posh Daniell

Riley Fisher

Skylar Shumake

COACH

Brittany Miller

WESTMINSTER

Alex Irwin

Audrey Anderson

Caroline Dolan

Charlotte Blankenbecler

AnnabellePikeZea

Abby AbigailHenry

Ruby Burton

NORTH FORSYTH

Alexis Stonebraker

Emma Eremita

Emily Sanders

Justise Ducksworth

Kadence Riddick

OLA

Arabella Masters

Elizabeth Stone

Ella Anthony

Emma Dotson

Caitlyn

Brenna Kudlas

Hallie Green

Kate Carrizal

Brendley Kay

Albertus

ElizabethStrickland

Emoni Jones

Erin Entrekin

Jordyn Wyatt

Kalani

KaraWitherspoon Oakes

Kaydance McKenzie

Kayden Patterson

Camdyn O’Shields

Carsyn Kudlas

Charley Walker

Gaby Souffrant

Hannah Knowles

Izabella Cainion

Kathryn Templeton

Kristen Cribb

Maddie Watson

Savannah Cockrell

Taariqa Natarajan

Tatum Petty

COACH

Kara DiCesare

Mackenzie Satori

Madison Booker

Rachel Gregory

Sarah Dewey

Victoria Lancaster

COACH

Gena Barnhardt

Brianna Bassett

Ella Rose Gosier

Maria Kautz

Meredith Wesley

Vayda Chum

COACH

Chelsea McCreary

Leah Elliott

Margaret Monin

Marjorie Gituku

Mary Margaret Stone

Willow Tonelli

COACH

Sandi White

2023 GHSA

GYMNASTICS INDIVIDUAL

Alyssa Strain

Amber Lowe

ALPHARETTA

Allie Traugott

Mollie Bunarek

BUFORD

Abby Hamilton

Bellarae Newby

Hailey Aycock

Jillian Hynds

Johanna Sasser

Kendall Rockwell

Lily Black

Marissa Ashton

CAMDEN

Addison Spencer

Alexis Staklinski

Jamie Walker

Jennifer Tate

Katie Tate

Lillie Barnes

Sarah Garrett

CARROLLTON

Abbie Pike

Abby Henry

Erin Entrekin

Kalani Witherspoon

Kendall New

Reagan Bearden

CHEROKEE

Abby Diaz

Haley Courtwright

Natalie McBride

DENMARK

Jessica Blevins

Sarah Portanka

EAST COWETA

Rose Bolden

ETOWAH

Aubrie Jones

MacConaughey Matheson

FORSYTH CENTRAL

Ashlyn Scanlon

Ava Stowe

Elena Clarke

Hannah Woodall

Katie Andrews

Lydia Kimsey

Whitney Bonk

HARRISON

Audrey Intagliata

LAMBERT

Ella Taylor

LOWNDES

Lily Parker Tywon

MILTON

Maddie Gershuny

NEWNAN

Ava Jongeneel

Molly English

Paige Krauth

NORTH FORSYTH

Brenna Kudlas

Camdyn O’Shields

Candace Borque

Carsyn Kudlas

Gaby Souffrant

Kelsey Putalavage

Logan Otteson

POPE

Nicole Botha

RIVER RIDGE

Peyton Hamrick

Sydney Betteridge

SOUTH FORSYTH

Rilyn Barrick

WALTON

Abby Dunham

Brooke Leslie

Giada Tenebruso

Juhee Kong

Laurel Williams

Mia Passarella

Sophia Saboura

Summer Kennedy

WEST FORSYTH

Alexis Stonebraker

Emma Eremita

Emma Russell

Kristen Cribb

Mani Fofana

Zoe Cates

ROSTERS 7A-6A ALLATOONA

WHEELER

Zember Danni

5A-A

BARROW

Ansley Fields

BREMEN

Alexa Howle

Alexa Price

Hailey Shultz

Hannah Shultz

Molly Kate Costley

Raegan Spivey

Taylor Griffin

CAMBRIDGE

Anjali Roy

Ella Thurman

Madison Booker

Rachel Gregory

Sarah Dewey

Victoria Lancaster

CARTERSVILLE

Karley Garrison

CHAMBLEE

Sarah Wolf

CHATTAHOOCHEE

Blaire Greenwald

DECATUR

Ahva Kamooneh

EAST FORSYTH

Kaitlyn Tatum

Olivia Preston

HARRISON

Isabella Hilleary (7A)

KING’S RIDGE

Joy Montague

LOVETT

Symone Sapp

NORTH OCONEE

Chloe McDonald

Emily Gittemeier

Emory Shepherd

Ila Schwender

Kate Stetter

McCall McMullen

Sienna Zuccaro

NORTHGATE

Cassidy Ginn

Kember Lackey

Maggie Monk

Mollie Monk

OCONEE COUNTY

Chloe Wilson

Courtney Hurst

Elenor Pichetto

Hannah Aoki

OLA

Brendley Kay

Brianna Bassett

Ella Rose Gosier

Maria Kautz

Meredith Wesley

Vayda Chum

PACE ACADEMY

Leena Phoenix

Reign Sherrell

STEPHENSON

Nyla Loyd

TUCKER

Clara Biggs

VILLA RICA

Addison Baird

Addison Miller

Alana Barker

Georgia Johnson

Gracie Jay Sauls

Lexi Arrowood

Riley Fisher

Skylar Shumake

WESTMINSTER

Alex Irwin

Audrey Anderson

Charlotte Blankenbecler

Elizabeth Stone

Ella Anthony

Emma Dotson

Margaret Monin

Marjorie Gituku

Mary Margaret Stone

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PAST GHSA GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONS

2023 GHSA GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIP 6 | WWW.GHSA.NET
BOYS GIRLS
Druid Hills
(not held)
held)
1964 Druid Hills 1965 Druid Hills 1966 Gordon 1967 Gordon 1968 Walker 1969 Sequoyah Tucker 1970 Sequoyah Tucker 1971 Sequoyah Lakeside 1972 Sequoyah Lakeside 1973 Lakeside Lakeside 1974 Briarcliff Lakeside 1975 Peachtree Lakeside 1976 Peachtree Lakeside 1977 Briarcliff Lakeside 1978 Briarcliff Lakeside 1979 Briarcliff Lakeside 1980 (not held) Westminster 1981 (not held) Redan 1982 (not held) Tucker 1983
held) Tucker 1984
held) Tucker 1985 (not held) Redan 1986 (not
Redan 1987 Discontinued Redan 1988 Redan 1989 Tucker 1990 Milton YEAR GIRLS 1991 Milton 1992 Heritage, Conyers 1993 Pace Academy 1994 Heritage, Conyers 1995 Heritage, Conyers 1996 Heritage, Conyers 1997 Roswell 1998 Milton 1999 Milton 2000 Roswell 2001 Roswell 2002 Roswell 2003 Roswell 2004 Oconee County 2005 Roswell 2006 Colquitt County 2007 Roswell 2008 Newnan 2009 Providence Christian 2010 Lassiter 2011 Tift County 2012 Tift County 2013 Lambert 2014 Buford 2015 Buford 2016 Buford 2017 West Forsyth 2018 West Forsyth 6A-7A A-5A 2019 West Forsyth North Oconee 2020 (not held) (not held) 2021 Newnan North Oconee 2022 Buford North Oconee
YEAR
1956
1957
1958 (not
1959 (not held) 1960 (not held) 1961 (not held) 1962 (not held) 1963 (not held)
(not
(not
held)

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