AAU Gymnastics

    Age Group Level National Championship

    Rochester, MN 2006

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2006 AAU Gymnastics Age Level National Championships

West Sherburne Tribune article dated Sunday, July 30, 2006

Big Lake and surrounding area gymnasts from Tobler Gymnastics “Johnathan’s Living Seagulls” gymnastics team competed at the 2006 AAU Gymnastics Age Group Level National Championships, hosted by Team Minnesota in Rochester, MN this July.

Nineteen young ladies from the “Seagulls” gymnastics team joined with many other Minnesota gymnasts, who had earlier qualified to compete at the annual national event, to comprise Team Minnesota.  More than 770 young gymnasts, including over fifty young men, from twelve states, California to Ohio, Florida to Minnesota, and many states in between participated in this great, four day event. 

All but one of the “Seagulls” gymnasts competed at the Modified Optional level, in their respective age categories.  The other competed at Level 8.  All scoring was done as individual scores.  There were no team scores for this event.  Competition was intense, as was evident in the form, precision and execution of the skills performed by all gymnasts.

In Level Modified Optional, and their respective age groups, “Seagulls” gymnasts posted the following results…                                                 (1) = 1^st place, National Champion                   (T) =Tied

                                                            Vault               Bars                Beam              Floor               All Around

MO 7- -          Emily Dahlke                4T                    5                      5                      5                      5 

MO 8- -          Sierra Nori                   5                      3                      4                      3                      3

                        Ashley Graaf                4                      6                      7                      7                      7 

MO 9- -          Morgan Dahlke            7T                    6                      8                      5                      6

                        Shawnessy Charlson     6                      7                      7                      8                      7

                        Crystal Nordquist         7T                    8                      6                      7                      8 

MO10 you -     Amelia Sutherland         7                      4T                    2T                    7                      5T 

MO10 old -     Athena Geisness            6                      (1)                   (1)                    2                     (1)

                        Becca Estby                 2T                    7T                    6T                    4                      6

                        Mikayla Erickson          8                      6                      2                      8                      8 

MO11 mold -   Allie Anacker               8                      8                      6                      6                      8 

MO11 old -     Anna Nordquist            3T                    6                      5T                    (1T)                 4 

MO12 you -     Elizabeth Lee               5                      5                      3                      4                      3

                        Laura Wagner              8                      4                      6                      8                      8 

MO12 mid -     Dabrina Rolf                3                      7                      6                      6                      6

                        Nina Simonette             7                      8                      7                      7                      7 

MO12 old -     Amanda Byers              7                      7                      5                      7                      6

                        Taylor Howard             4                      8                      8                      6                      7 

In Level 8…

11-13               Taylor Alex                  (1)                    6                      7                      7                      7         

Tobler Gymnastics is extremely proud of all its “Seagulls” gymnasts who have worked very hard for their accomplishments during this event, and of its three 1^st place national champions on All Around, Floor, Beam, Bars and Vault.

With the end of the 2006 competitive season, several of the “Seagulls” gymnasts have decided not to take a break during the summer, and are continuing their training, and are attending summer gymnastics camps in the area in order to improve their skills, form and presentation.

Coach Tobler remarked, “Now that these young gymnasts have experienced a taste of what it takes to compete at a national level, they have shown a desire to push themselves even harder, to improve personally and overcome their individual adversities in order to achieve their goals, both in the sport of gymnastics and life.”

Coach John Tobler is a 3-time All American Gymnast and holds World Champion titles in the high-dive and acrobatic dive.  John is head coach and owner of Tobler Gymnastics, located in Clearwater, MN.  John and his personally trained staff have trained several national and world gymnastics champions, including one Olympic champion.  John was also featured on “ABC’s Wide World of Sports” television series opening credits as the “Thrill of Victory…” cliff diver in Acapulco, Mexico. 

John has, for several years, offered area youth his gymnastics classes through Big Lake Community Education, and at other metro Community Education locations.  When John relocated his gymnastics club to its current location, many of the Big Lake area Community Education gymnasts followed to continue to train at his new facility. 

Helping Coach Tobler at AAU Nationals were assistant coaches Mike Erickson and Ben Tobler.  2007 AAU Nationals are tentatively scheduled to be held in Tampa, Florida.

West Sherburne Tribune  article dated Sunday, April 30, 2006 - State Tournament - Division 7 M.A.G.A.

Big Lake, MN Area gymnasts competed at the 2006 Division 7 Midwest Amateur Gymnastics Association (MAGA) state competition this April.

John Tobler Gymnastics Team Two qualified for the Division 7 state meet in New Prague, MN, and took sixth place in competition with an all-around score of 102.7.  The Faribault Flyers won the event with a score of 106.4.  Competition was close, as less than half a point separated third from sixth place.  Second place went to Storm Lake Pink with 105.95.  Northfield Pirouettes took third with 103.15.

Fourth place went to Redwood Falls Mystic with 102.8 and MAGS Sparklers took fifth place with a score of 102.75.  MAGS also received the Sportsmanship Award.  The Wolf Den’s Team 2 placed seventh with 102.0.  The SWAGS Aerials were eighth with 98.85 and the Austin Black Jacks were ninth with 97.9.  Tenth place went to the LaCross Jr. Eagles with 96.3 and eleventh place going to Northern Pike’s Blue team with 96.15.  JAGS of Monticello came in twelfth place.  Over one hundred children competed in this division.

Tobler Gymnastics Team 2 members and Big Lakers Anna won the floor exercise competition, placing third on vault and eighth all-around and with Amanda placing eighth on floor and twelfth on both beam and all-around.  Becker’s Courtney placed tenth on vault, and Monticello’s Taylor placed eleventh on the uneven bars.  Brooklyn Park’s Elizabeth placed seventh all-around, fifth on bars, sixth on floor and eighth on vault.  Maple Lake’s Laura placed sixth on vault.

John has, for several years, offered area youth his gymnastics classes through Big Lake Community Education, and at other metro Community Education locations.  When John decided to relocate his gymnastics club to its current location, many of the area Community Education gymnasts followed to continue to train at his new facility.

Tobler Gymnastics team members are not resting now that state competitions are done.  They’re working harder than ever preparing for the AAU National Qualifiers at the end of April, to be held in Pine Island, MN, and the upcoming “Star of The North Games”, also in Pine Island.

John says that approximately twenty area gymnasts have registered for the qualifying event, with hopes to compete at the 2006 AAU National Gymnastics Finals held in Rochester, MN.  Many team members competed at last year’s AAU National Finals that were held at Disney World’s Wide World of Sports complex, in Orlando, Fl.

Helping John at Division 7 were assistant coaches Mike Erickson and Heidi Tobler.

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