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A Gymnast’s Back-to-School Balancing Act

  The start of a new school year is a particularly difficult time for many gymnasts, especially as they get older. They are required to do the intense gymnastics training they did all summer long while balancing the additional demands and challenges of new teachers and a full schedule of academic classes. Their teachers emphasize how seriously they need to take their performance in each of their classes and how they will be expected to produce high quality work that will be incrementally more difficult than it was in their prior grade. Most gymnasts are perfectionistic and hardworking, so they [...]

By |2018-09-26T14:04:45+00:00September 26, 2018|Competitive Girls, Team|Comments Off on A Gymnast’s Back-to-School Balancing Act
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Twisters Has Record-Setting Weekend at Level 9/10 Regional Championships!

Dedication. Perseverance. Strength. Hard Work. Team Work. Once again, Twisters is beyond proud to announce that our Level 9’s and 10’s had a record-setting weekend at the Region 8 Championships. The hard work and dedication of our athletes and coaching staff shined through as we qualified *9 Level 9’s* to Eastern's and *12 Level 10’s* to Nationals… the most in Twisters history! A huge congratulations goes out to... Level 9 Eastern Qualifiers Carolyn Jackson Sydney Crouch Emily Rivera Sophia Lomasky Nina Ballou Jayla Booker Nicole Rengifo Allison Kaempher Hannah Kang Level 10 National Qualifiers Hanna Castillo Ariana Delgado Haylen Zambrowski [...]

By |2018-04-18T17:18:10+00:00April 18, 2018|Competitive Girls, Hot News, Team|Comments Off on Twisters Has Record-Setting Weekend at Level 9/10 Regional Championships!
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Twister of the Month – April – Alexandra Greenwald

The recent shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland hit way too close to home for Twisters. Many of our students, including our Team girls, currently attend MSD and knew the victims. One of our Level 10 Team gymnasts, Alexandra Greenwald, lost one of her closest friends, Nicholas Dworet, in the shooting. Nick’s brother, Alex, was also shot and survived. Though facing heartbreak no high school senior should have to endure, Alexandra turned her grief into action and organized a meal train for Nick’s family to help support them in their darkest hour. In addition, she has dedicated [...]

By |2018-03-29T20:51:13+00:00March 29, 2018|Competitive Girls, Team, Twister of the Month|Comments Off on Twister of the Month – April – Alexandra Greenwald
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Twisters Gymnasts Sign Full Scholarships on National Signing Day!

Wednesday, November 8th, 2017 - It was a proud day for American Twisters, as two of our high school seniors, Alexandra Greenwald and Abby Johnston, signed their National Letter of Intent to receive FULL athletic scholarships to NCAA Division I universities in the sport of gymnastics. In addition to their athletic scholarships, these incredible Level 10 gymnasts have both earned FULL academic scholarships, showing their unwavering dedication both in and out of the gym, and we couldn't be more proud of them. The Twister family had a wonderful time celebrating their successes with a festive signing ceremony. In 2018, Alex [...]

By |2017-11-14T03:56:53+00:00November 14, 2017|Competitive Girls, Team|Comments Off on Twisters Gymnasts Sign Full Scholarships on National Signing Day!
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