Archives - 2007

Tobler Gymnastics featured on Twin Cities' KSTP Channel 5-Eyewitness News Original air date September 14, 2007    *NOTE*  KSTP Channel 5 has removed the link and video.  We are in the process of obtaining the video file so we may host it on our site.

AAU 2007 National Championships in Tampa Florida are concluded.  Meet results are posted here.

Tobler Team 1 Gymnasts Take 2nd Place at 2007 MAGA Division 1 State Meet

Local area gymnasts competed at the 2007 “Dreams of Gold” Midwest Amateur Gymnastics Association (MAGA) Divisions 1, 2, 3 State Championships, held April 2007 in Owatonna, MN.

John Tobler Gymnastics Team 1 had qualified earlier for the Division 1 state meet and on Sunday, March 18 took second place in team competition with an all-around score of 141.700, just missing first place by only 01.1 points to Owatonna Team 1.  Triple Crown Team 1 from Saint Peter, MN scored third with 140.750.

Fourth place went to Pine Island’s KAAT’S Panthers with 137.750 and the Northfield Flyers took fifth place with a score of 136.325.  The Wilmar Wings placed sixth with 136.175.  The Faribault Fliers were seventh with 135.100 and Mankato’s MAG’S Fireworks were eighth with 133.300.  Seventy children competed in four age groups at the Division 1 meet.

Contributing to Tobler Team 1’s second place win was Big Lake’s Anna Nordquist - 29.025; Becker’s Taylor Allex - 37.550 and Courtney Hardekopf - 25.400; Brooklyn Park’s Mikayla Erickson - 26.050, Elizabeth Lee - 33.500, and Athena Geisness - 36.050; Delano’s Becca Estby - 30.550; Minnetonka’s Ari Warren - 33.700 and Maddy Lemieux - 26.950; and Waconia’s Jade Swensen - 27.025.

The following Tobler Team 1 “Seagulls” gymnasts also qualified to compete at the MAGA State Individual Championships, which were held in conjunction with the MAGA State Division 7 Championships the following weekend in Northfield, MN.  In the Child age group All-Around event, Taylor Allex, Athena Geisness and Ari Warren qualified for all events.  Becca Estby qualified for the Beam event and Maddy Lemieux qualified for Vault and Bars.  In the Junior age group, Elizabeth Lee qualified for All-Around and Anna Nordquist qualified for the Floor event.

On Saturday, March 24^th, Tobler’s “Seagulls” excelled at Individuals, with Athena taking second place on Vault - 9.050 and Floor - 9.150, first place on Bars - 9.400 and Beam - 9.375 and first place on All-Around with a total of 36.975 points.  She was followed closely by Taylor, who took second on Bars - 9.225 and Beam - 8.925 points, first place on Vault - 9.275 and Floor - 9.200, and second place on All-Around with a total of 36.625 points.  Ari placed third on Vault - 8.950, tenth on Bars - 8.125, 11^th on Beam - 8.150, 14^th on Floor - 8.400 and fifth on All-Around with a total of 33.625 points.  Becca placed 11^th on Beam with 8.150.  Maddy placed 16^th on Vault - 8.250 and 42^nd on Bars with 6.000 points.  In the Junior age group, Elizabeth placed seventh on Floor - 8.925 and 11^th on All-Around with a total of 32.475 points.  Anna placed eighth on Floor with 8.875 points.  A total of 150 gymnasts from Divisions 1, 2 and 3 competed at the Individual Championships.

Tobler Team 2 Gymnasts Take 9th Place at 2007 MAGA Division 7 State Meet

Tobler Team 2 also had qualified earlier to compete at the Division 7 Championships held Sunday the 25^th.  In their respective age groups and contributing to the team taking ninth place with a total of 100 points were Big Lake’s Crystal Nordquist - 23.000 and placing third on Floor, and Paige Draack - 20.850, placing tenth of Floor; Becker’s Ashley Graaf - 23.900 and placing eighth on Vault, eleventh on Bars, tied second on Beam, and ninth All-Around, and Beth Bujarski - 26.000 and placing first on Vault, eighth on Bars, first on Floor, and fourth All-Around,  and Chloe Madsen - 23.550, placing fourth on Vault, ninth on Beam, and eleventh All-Around; Monticello’s Emily Dahlke - 18.100 and Morgan Dahlke - 22.800; Maple Lake’s Sara Simonette - 20.450, placing eleventh on Vault; and Brooklyn Park’s Sierra Nori - 4.20 (Bars only due to foot injury).  A total of twelve teams and 89 gymnasts competed in Division 7.

Tobler Gymnastics, home of “Johnathan’s Living Seagulls” gymnastics team, is headed by Coach John Tobler, and has for many years, offered area youth his gymnastics classes through Community Education programs in Big Lake, Becker, Brooklyn Park, Monticello, Minnetonka, and at other metro locations.  During 2003, John decided to relocate his gymnastics club to its current location in Clearwater, MN, just off the I-94 Hasty exit.  Many area gymnasts followed to continue to train at his new facility.

Tobler Gymnastics team members are now preparing for the AAU National Qualifiers at the end of April, to be held at KAAT’S in Pine Island, MN, the “Star of The North Games”, in mid-June, also in Pine Island, and the AAU National Championships, being held in Tampa, Florida in July.

John says that approximately twenty area gymnasts have registered for the qualifiers, and plan to compete at the National Championships in Tampa.  Many of the “Seagulls” gymnasts are becoming national competition “veterans”, having competed last year at the AAU Nationals held in Rochester, MN, and the 2005 AAU National Championship Finals that were held at Disney World’s Wide World of Sports complex, in Orlando, Fl.

John commented that several gymnasts are now working on more difficult Level 8 skills, a move from Modified Optionals, and while still participating in the MAGA program, he is looking forward to offering additional skills and training after implementing the USAG program at his gym next year.

Helping John at the MAGA Division Championships were assistant coaches Mike Erickson, Stephanie Swenson, Ben and Johnny Tobler.

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