This past weekend, Ignite Gymnastics attended the Colorado XCel Gold State Meet at Peak Athletics in Highlands Ranch, Colo. This is the largest Gold State Meet in recent years, where over 600 athletes competed! 

Ignite gymnast, Koralea Brown, is the State Champion on Floor in the Senior A Group 4 age group!!  She scored a 9.55 and also qualified to the Regionals Meet that will be held at the Arapahoe County Fairgrounds in Denver this coming May 3-5. Brown was the only State Champion from Southwest Colorado at Gold State. 

Ignite gymnast, Reagan Oelschlaeger, was the Bronze Medalist on Beam 8.95 and Floor 9.425 in the Junior A Group Group 1 age group.  She also placed 5th AA with a 36.075!  Reagan also placed 10th on Bars. She is the only gymnast from Southwest Colorado to place in the AA and had the highest score of any gymnast from Southwest Colorado. She is also qualified for the Regionals Meet. 

Ignite gymnast, Alana Smith-Biessel, placed fifth on Floor with a 9.2 and was 10th on Bars 9.2 and 10th on Beam 8.775 in the Child 2 Group 4 age group.  She had the second highest AA of any Southwest Colorado gymnast with a 35.725!  She is also qualified into the Regionals Meet.  

In the Child 1 Group 3, Ignite gymnast, Brylee Sutherlin placed fifth on Floor with a 9.275 and qualified into the Regionals Meet! 

Ignite gymnast, Karver Brown, tied for nineth on Floor with a 9.025 in the Child 3 Group 4 age group and qualified into the Regionals Meet! 

Also attending the State Meet from Ignite was Harlynn McCollum, age nine, and Raya Weiss, age eight.   

Along with our Platinum gymnast, Laeliana Shubert, six athletes out of the eight possible qualifiers MADE it to regionals competition!!  Ignite Gymnastics’ Platinum gymnast, Laeliana Shubert, competed at the Colorado Sapphire, Diamond, Platinum State Meet the weekend of April 6 – 7, where she qualified for the Regional Meet in North Richland Hills, Texas!  The State Meet was held at Xtreme Altitude Gymnastics in Lafayette, Colo. with over 300 Platinum gymnasts. Laeliana Shubert placed ninth AA with a 35.275 and also placed fourth on Beam with a 9.35 and fifth on Floor with a 9.45. She is a first year Platinum gymnast so we are super thrilled to see these top five and top 10 places!   

The Regional Meet is taking place April 25 – 28 in Texas with athletes from Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arkansas, Kansas, and Wyoming.  This will be the sixth Regional Meet that Ignite Gymnastics has qualified one or more athletes!  We are so excited to attend this event!   

The Gold Regionals Meet, though held in Denver this year, has the top gymnasts from seven states, including Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, Wyoming, Arkansas, and Colorado. Our gym is the smallest competition facility in the area, but we have big dreams, and these kids work so hard!  Every time we have a State Champion it is a big accomplishment considering we go against the entirety of Denver and Fort Collins, Western Slope gyms of Grand Junction, Montrose, and Durango.