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  • Rotation schedule for state gymnastics meet

    The state gymnastics meet is Nov. 3-5 at Thornton High School.

    A full rotation schedule is below.

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    Class 4A

    Friday (Preliminaries)

    • 2 p.m. — Registration/Check-in
    • 2:15 p.m. — Coaches Meeting
    • 2:15-2:55 p.m. — Open Gym
    • 2:55-3:43 p.m. — Time Warm-ups
    • 3 p.m. — Judges Meeting
    • 3:30 p.m. — Score Keepers/Score Flashers Meeting
    • 3:50 p.m. — Opening Ceremonies. Introduction of teams, presenation of colors.
    • 4 p.m. — Competition Begins
    Rotation Vault Beam Bars Floor Warmup
    I 1. Pueblo Central 2. Thompson Valley 3. Fort Morgan 4. Evergreen 2:55-3:03
    5. Elizabeth 6. Rampart 7. Standley Lake 8. Niwot 3:03-3:11
    9. Green Mountain 10. Group C 11. Group B 12. Group A 3:11-3:19
    II 4. Evergreen 1. Pueblo Central 2. Thompson Valley 3. Fort Morgan 3:19-3:27
    8. Niwot 5. Elizabeth 6. Rampart 7. Standley Lake 3:27-3:35
    12. Group A 9. Green Mountain 10. Group C 11. Group B 3:35-3:43
    III 3. Fort Morgan 4. Evergreen 1. Pueblo Central 2. Thompson Valley 8 min. per event
    7. Standley Lake 8. Niwot 5. Elizabeth 6. Rampart 8 min. per event
    11. Group B 12. Group A 9. Green Mountain 10. Group C 8 min. per event
    IV 2. Thompson Valley 3. Fort Morgan 4. Evergreen 1. Pueblo Central 8 min. per event
    6. Rampart 7. Standley Lake 8. Niwot 5. Elizabeth 8 min. per event
    10. Group C 11. Group B 12. Group A 9. Green Mountain 8 min. per event
    Group C Group B Group A
    Buena Vista Canon City Alamosa
    Denver South Thomas Jefferson Loveland

    Saturday

    • 2 p.m. — Open warmup
    • 3:45 p.m. — Clear floor
    • 3:50 p.m. — March in
    • Awards at completion of event

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    Class 5A

    Thursday (Preliminaries)

    • 2 p.m. — Registration/Check-in
    • 2:15 p.m. — Coaches Meeting
    • 2:15-2:55 p.m. — Open Gym
    • 2:55-3:43 p.m. — Time Warm-ups
    • 3 p.m. — Judges Meeting
    • 3:30 p.m. — Score Keepers/Score Flashers Meeting
    • 3:50 p.m. — Opening Ceremonies. Introduction of teams, presenation of colors.
    • 4 p.m. — Competition Begins
    Rotation Vault Beam Bars Floor Warmup
    I 1. Mountain Range 2. Rocky Mountain 3. Thornton 4. Lakewood 2:55-3:03
    5. Arvada West 6. Cherry Creek 7. Overland 8. Chatfield 3:03-3:11
    9. Group A 10. Broomfield 11. Pomona 12. Group B 3:11-3:19
    II 4. Lakewood 1. Mountain Range 2. Rocky Mountain 3. Thornton 3:19-3:27
    8. Chatfield 5. Arvada West 6. Cherry Creek 7. Overland 3:27-3:35
    12. Group B 9. Group A 10. Broomfield 11. Pomona 3:35-3:43
    III 3. Thornton 4. Lakewood 1. Mountain Range 2. Rocky Mountain 8 min. per event
    7. Overland 8. Chatfield 5. Arvada West 6. Cherry Creek 8 min. per event
    11. Pomona 12. Group B 9. Group A 10. Broomfield 8 min. per event
    IV 2. Rocky Mountain 3. Thornton 4. Lakewood 1. Mountain Range 8 min. per event
    6. Cherry Creek 7. Overland 8. Chatfield 5. Arvada West 8 min. per event
    10. Broomfield 11. Pomona 12. Group B 9. Group A 8 min. per event
    Group A Group B
    Ponderosa Bear Creek
    Rampart Columbine
      Denver East
      Fort Collins
      Heritage
      Palmer Ridge

    Saturday (Finals)

    • 2 p.m. — Open warmup
    • 3:45 p.m. — Clear floor
    • 3:50 p.m. — March in
    • Awards at completion of event

  • Photos: Region 2 gymnastics meet at Mountain Range

    WESTMINSTER — Elizabeth (Class 4A) and Broomfield (5A) won their respective regional championships during the Region 2 gymnastics meet at Mountain Range on Saturday.

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  • Complete results from gymnastics regionals

    A database of every score from the 2014 gymnastics regionals.

    Teams

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    Individuals

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  • Regional gymnastics schedules and information

    Gymnastics’ regionals begin next week. Teams were then placed into one of three regionals, held at Overland, Mountain Range and Arvada West.

    Each regional is Oct. 29.

    The criteria used to rank teams and determine regional placement is below the schedule.

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    Rotation schedule

    Region 1 (Overland HS)
    Rotation Warmup Vault Beam Bars Floor
    1 8:55-9:03 1: Loveland 2: Thomas Jefferson 3: Denver East 4: Thompson Valley
    9:03-9:11 5: Lakewood 6: Evergreen 7: Bear Creek 8: Palmer Ridge
    9:11-9:19 9: Overland 10: Green Mountain 11: Bye 12: Thornton
    2 9:19-9:27 4: Thompson Valley 1: Loveland 2: Thomas Jefferson 3: Denver East
    9:27-9:35 8: Palmer Ridge 5: Lakewood 6: Evergreen 7: Bear Creek
    9:35-9:43 12: Thornton 9: Overland 10: Green Mountain 11: Bye
    • • • 48-minute timed warmups • • •
    Rotation Warmup Vault Beam Bars Floor
    3 (8 mins) 3: Denver East 4: Thompson Valley 1: Loveland 2: Thomas Jefferson
    (8 mins) 7: Bear Creek 8: Palmer Ridge 5: Lakewood 6: Evergreen
    (8 mins) 11: Bye 12: Thornton 9: Overland 10: Green Mountain
    4 (8 mins) 2: Thomas Jefferson 3: Denver East 4: Thompson Valley 1: Loveland
    (8 mins) 6: Evergreen 7: Bear Creek 8: Palmer Ridge 5: Lakewood
    (8 mins) 10: Green Mountain 11: Bye 12: Thornton 9: Overland

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    Region 2 (Mountain Range HS)
    Rotation Warmup Vault Beam Bars Floor
    1 8:55-9:03 1: Rampart 2: Columbine 3: Denver South 4: Fort Morgan
    9:03-9:11 5: Elizabeth 6: Fort Collins 7: Pueblo Central 8: Chatfield
    9:11-9:19 9: Mountain Range 10: Broomfield 11: Bye 12: Rocky Mountain
    2 9:19-9:27 4: Fort Morgan 1: Rampart 2: Columbine 3: Denver South
    9:27-9:35 8: Chatfield 5: Elizabeth 6: Fort Collins 7: Pueblo Central
    9:35-9:43 12: Rocky Mountain 9: Mountain Range 10: Broomfield 11: Bye
    • • • 48-minute timed warmups • • •
    Rotation Warmup Vault Beam Bars Floor
    3 (8 mins) 3: Denver South 4: Fort Morgan 1: Rampart 2: Columbine
    (8 mins) 7: Pueblo Central 8: Chatfield 5: Elizabeth 6: Fort Collins
    (8 mins) 11: Bye 12: Rocky Mountain 9: Mountain Range 10: Broomfield
    4 (8 mins) 2: Columbine 3: Denver South 4: Fort Morgan 1: Rampart
    (8 mins) 6: Fort Collins 7: Pueblo Central 8: Chatfield 5: Elizabeth
    (8 mins) 10: Broomfield 11: Bye 12: Rocky Mountain 9: Mountain Range

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    Region 3 (Arvada West HS)
    Rotation Warmup Vault Beam Bars Floor
    1 8:55-9:03 1: Canon City 2: Heritage 3: Buena Vista 4: Alamosa
    9:03-9:11 5: Rock Canyon 6: Standley Lake 7: Ponderosa 8: Niwot
    9:11-9:19 9: Arvada West 10: Cherry Creek 11: Bye 12: Pomona
    2 9:19-9:27 4: Alamosa 1: Canon City 2: Heritage 3: Buena Vista
    9:27-9:35 8: Niwot 5: Rock Canyon 6: Standley Lake 7: Ponderosa
    9:35-9:43 12: Pomona 9: Arvada West 10: Cherry Creek 11: Bye
    • • • 48-minute timed warmups • • •
    Rotation Warmup Vault Beam Bars Floor
    3 (8 mins) 3: Buena Vista 4: Alamosa 1: Canon City 2: Heritage
    (8 mins) 7: Ponderosa 8: Niwot 5: Rock Canyon 6: Standley Lake
    (8 mins) 11: Bye 12: Pomona 9: Arvada West 10: Cherry Creek
    4 (8 mins) 2: Heritage 3: Buena Vista 4: Alamosa 1: Canon City
    (8 mins) 6: Standley Lake 7: Ponderosa 8: Niwot 5: Rock Canyon
    (8 mins) 10: Cherry Creek 11: Bye 12: Pomona 9: Arvada West

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    Team ranking criteria

    1. Average the top three best team scores for each team as reported during the regular season to CHSAANow.com
    2. The top scores were placed in regions in a “serpentine” pattern into three regionals by classification (5A: Team #s: 1, 6, 7, 12,  = Region 1; Team #s: 2, 5, 8, 11= Region 2; 5A #s: 3, 4, 9, 10= Region 3; 4A: Team #s: 1, 6, 7, 12, 13 = Region 1; Team #s: 2, 5, 8, 11, 14 = Region 2; Team #s: 3, 4, 9, 10 = Region 3)
    3. Once the teams have been determined by classification for each region, the committee then ranked them by average team score to begin the drawings for competition rotations; with the top four teams garnering rotations 9-12;
    4. Region 1 is at Overland High School, Region 2 at Mountain Range and Region 3 will be held at Arvada West. All regionals are on Saturday, October 29.

  • Photos: Lakewood’s Think Pink gymnastics invite

    LAKEWOOD — Lakewood held its Think Pink gymnastics invite on Saturday.

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  • Pomona out to defend its gymnastics title

    Pomona gymnatics coach Tracey Boychuk will attempt to guide the Panthers to back-to-back 5A team titles. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics)
    Pomona gymnatics coach Tracey Boychuk will attempt to guide the Panthers to back-to-back 5A team titles. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics)

    ARVADA — Pomona gymnastics has a chance to continue its run of record-breaking performances from last year.

    The Panthers not only claimed the school’s first girls state team title in any sport last year winning the Class 5A state title, Pomona did it in record-setting fashion setting the all-classification record of 190.925 points in the team race.

    “We didn’t really think about the scoring record. We as coaches knew of that possibility, but everything would have to go right. That was kind of frosting on the cake,” longtime Pomona gymnastics coach Tracey Boychuk said. “Bringing the first female state (team) title to Pomona was huge. This is a school full of tradition and full of pride, it always had been. We had so many (girls) teams come so close.”

    Pomona’s gymnastics team set the table in what was an outstanding school year athletically. The Panthers’ wrestling and boys track joined the gymnastics team in winning 5A championships during the 2015-16 school year.

    Not only does the Panthers have the opportunity to repeat as state champions this fall with the likes of junior Kelsey Boychuk and sophomore Brooke Weins — top two placers in the all-around — but Boychuk has a shot to win her third straight all-around title.

    “I know it’s in the back of her mind,” Coach Boychuk said of Kelsey, her daughter, having the chance to become the first four-time all-around state champion in the state. “We don’t talk about it that much. I don’t want her to feel all that pressure. Would it be fantastic? Absolutely.”

    While being halfway from making history is in Kelsey’s mind, she is still focused on the team and not her individual accomplishments.

    “I focus more on having fun and do it for my team,” Kelsey said. “Gymnastics is one of those sports where you need to stick together as a team.”

    Senior Kylie Stecklein confirmed that the best gymnast in 5A over the past two years is about team first.

    Pomona tries to keep its grip on the state team and individual all-around titles this fall. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics)
    Pomona tries to keep its grip on the state team and individual all-around titles this fall. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics)

    “Kelsey is all for the team,” Stecklein said. “She is never worried about herself. She is always worried about someone else on the team.”

    Senior Annabel Spence will be another key piece to Pomona’s puzzle this season. Spence placed in the top-10 in the all-around, bars, beam and vault at state last season.

    “Last year we really never believed or imaged that could happen,” Spence said of winning the team title. “Now we know we are that good and it is possible.”

    While there will be a target on the back of the Panthers this season as the defending state champs. However, Spence believes if Pomona stays close as a team a repeat is within reach.

    “We’ve just got to think about having fun and staying positive,” Spence said. “If we have those thoughts and with the work we’ll put in it will come.”

    Coach Boychuk admits that staying healthy is a huge factor in gymnastics during the season that will conclude with the 5A and 4A state meets Nov. 4 and 5 at Thornton High School.

    “I know we are a strong team. The key in high school gymnastics is staying healthy and making it count when it’s supposed to,” Coach Boychuk said. “The year is always full of ups and downs. Of course we would love to repeat, but that doesn’t happen all the often. We’ll see.”

    Pomona gymnastics team has around 24 members this season. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics)
    Pomona gymnastics team has around 24 members this season. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics)

  • Gymnastics preview: Elizabeth continuing to thrive

    (Photo: Matt Taylor)
    (Photo: Matt Taylor)

    Even in their initial season as a program, Elizabeth had a whiff of success.

    “We started in 2006,” Stacey Folmar, the head coach since the beginning, said. “We had 11 kids out. We didn’t qualify for state as a team, but we had six individual qualifiers and so we ended up placing sixth as a team.”

    As the years have passed, the Cardinals have blossomed in the gym even more.

    “We’ve had three state championships and four state runner-up titles, all since 2009,” Folmar said. “We’re proud of the legacy of the gymnastics team and hopeful that we can remain as competitive as we have been.”

    The Cardinals won 4A state titles in 2009, 2010, and 2012, while last season they were the runner-up to Niwot, 178.2-177.175. So, what’s allowed Elizabeth to surge so suddenly?

    “When we started there was just such a passion for the sport and to each other,” the veteran coach noted. “There was a bond created and I think that bond has become the legacy of our gymnastics team. The success has to be attributed to the commitment of the kids, the commitment of our parents, and the commitment of the school that has stood behind us. It’s been a really big group effort.”

    What makes the current contingent compelling is their youth. 16 freshmen were among the 27 on the roster a season ago. 20 of 24 gymnasts this fall will be underclassmen.

    “We’re young but there’s so much potential and so much energy that we really believe we can maintain our level of competitiveness even in the larger field,” Folmar said, noting that several teams are moving down from Class 5A to 4A. “We’re looking at it as a welcomed challenge.”

    (Photo: Matt Taylor)
    (Photo: Matt Taylor)

    Lexye Wood, one of many skilled freshmen in 2015, was the runner-up in the all-around competition in 4A behind only Standley Lake sophomore Rachel Cody. Amanda Taylor, a rare junior on Elizabeth, placed third in the all-around.

    Folmar knows the program will have to stick to its blueprint. The Cardinals are in this together and she said it’s not fair to talk about only one or two individuals when so many are ready to make an impact.

    “We have some young event specialists that I think are going to contribute a lot,” she said. “Dillon Lind, she’s a senior who is fabulous on the floor. We’re not really looking for that great all-arounder, we’re looking for everyone to contribute their very best to the team. It’s going to take all 24 to make this happen.”

    Elizabeth boasted their largest group in history last fall and remain confident in the direction of the program.

    “We have so many girls that are so good at what they do and we all push each other,” Lind said. “We’re all competitive. Someone will see someone else do something and it’ll be like, ‘oh, I can do that too.’ We push each other in that way. It’s good for the team.”

    In 5A, Pomona, Broomfield, Rocky Mountain, Cherry Creek, Overland and Mountain Range are all expected to be in the upper crust again.

    Pomona shattered the all-classification Colorado record at last season’s state meet in becoming the first-ever team to score over 190 points with 190.925. In doing so, the Panthers won the school’s first girls state championship in any sport.

    Before that, Overland had claimed four of six 5A crowns, while Broomfield won in 2012 and Bear Creek in 2010.

    Class 5A

    • Defending champion: Pomona
    • Season begins: August 25
    • Postseason begins: October 29
    • State Meet: November 4-5 at Thornton High School
    • Returning all-state honorees: Kelsey Boychuk, Pomona, junior (first team); Brooke Weins, Pomona, sophomore (first team); Autumn Bottke, Rocky Mountain, senior (first team); Abby Holbrook, Broomfield, junior (second team); Samantha Simon, Cherry Creek, junior (second team); McKenna Turbyne, Overland, senior (second team).

    Class 4A

    • Defending champion: Niwot
    • Season begins: August 25
    • Playoffs begin: October 29
    • Championship: November 4-5 at Thornton High School
    • Returning all-state honorees: Rachel Cody, Standley Lake, junior (first team); Marissa Koski, Niwot, senior (first team); Lindsey Chohon, Niwot, sophomore (second team); Hannah McDonald, Niwot, junior (second team); Amelia Sears, Niwot, senior (second team); Grace Braune, Pueblo Central, junior (second team); Lexye Wood, Elizabeth, sophomore (first team); Amanda Taylor, Elizabeth, junior (second team).

  • All-state gymnastics teams for 2015 season

    (Ray Chen/ArrayPhoto.com)
    Pomona’s Kelsey Boychuk. (Ray Chen/ArrayPhoto.com)

    The 2015 all-state gymnastics teams are presented by CHSAANow.com, ColoradoPreps.com and MaxPreps.

    These teams were created based upon results at the state meet.

    The athletes who won all-around championships in their classification were named gymnast of the year.

    This season, those honors went to Pomona’s Kelsey Boychuk and Standley Lake’s Rachel Cody.

    Scroll down to see the teams, or use the menu below to navigate to the class of your choosing.

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    Class 5A

    Gymnast of the year: Kelsey Boychuk, Pomona
    Coach of the year: Tracey Boychuk, Pomona

    First team
    Name School
    Autumn Bottke Rocky Mountain
    Kelsey Boychuk Pomona
    Alyssa Minyard Pomona
    Brooke Weins Pomona
    Second team
    Name School
    Abby Holbrook Broomfield
    Sarah Holbrook Broomfield
    Kaela Schandle Heritage
    Samantha Simon Cherry Creek
    McKenna Turbyne Overland


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    Class 4A

    Gymnast of the year: Rachel Cody, Standley Lake
    Coaches of the year: Mallorie Lang & Marisa Purcell, Niwot

    First team
    Name School
    Rachel Cody Standley Lake
    Ila Katechis Niwot
    Marissa Koski Niwot
    Lexye Wood Elizabeth
    Second team
    Name School
    Grace Braune Pueblo Central
    Lindsey Chohon Niwot
    Marissa Koski Niwot
    Hannah McDonald Niwot
    Amelia Sears Niwot
    Amanda Taylor Elizabeth

  • State gymnastics results: Individual event finals

    THORNTON — Complete results from the second day of the Class 4A and 5A state gymnastics meets, which featured the finals for all individual events.

    Results for all events are below.
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    Individual event finals

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  • Pomona’s Kelsey Boychuk steals the show at Day 2 of state gymnastics meet

    Pomona gymnastics
    (Brock Laue/CHSAANow.com)

    THORNTON – Pomona High School was in Kelsey Boychuk’s blood from the time she was born.

    Her mother, Tracey Boychuk, has been involved with Pomona gymnastics as either the head coach or an assistant, except for a few years off to stay at home with the kids, since 1994.

    “Kelsey has been in Pomona High School since she was a baby, because I was always there,” Tracey, the Panthers’ current head coach said. “Competing for Pomona was always something she said she wanted to do. We were fortunate that her club coaches agreed to it, because she really enjoys it.”

    After being crowned as the 5A all-around champion back-to-back years as a sophomore, not to mention winning her second consecutive titles in the vault (9.800) and the balance beam (9.800), and being at the forefront of Pomona’s first-ever state championship in any girls sport this weekend at Thornton High School, the 15-year-old is off to a spectacular high school career.

    But for many gifted gymnasts, competing outside of club never becomes a reality. For Kelsey, being a Panther was always going to be in the cards.

    “I knew a lot of girls on the team,” Kelsey added. “For the experience, it’s fun.”

    And for the already decorated gymnast, suiting up for Pomona just felt like home, and not just because her mom is the head coach.

    “She got started when she was 18 months old and her first coach is one of my assistant coaches, Kristen Larrington,” the elder Boychuk said. “She did rec gymnastics for awhile and got into club about five years ago. She has just excelled at it.”

    Tracey Boychuk, a former gymnast at Arvada High School and for the University of Northern Colorado, said her daughter has some similarities to the only other Pomona all-around champion, Natalie Gillan from 2001 and 2002.

    “Kelsey actually reminds me a lot of Natalie with her focus,” Tracey said. “She goes out there and has fun and doesn’t really worry about what anybody else is doing. They are both even keeled and I think it’s served them both well.”

    Nonetheless, she never expected this type of success from Kelsey, especially this early.

    “Last year was a huge surprise,” the coach admitted. “Obviously I knew she was a talented gymnast, but this is more than I ever could’ve imagined.”

    Asked if she’s thought about the possibility of becoming the only four-time all-around gymnastics champion in Colorado history after starting her career two-for-two, Kelsey said, “It’s something that I look forward to trying to do.”

    While the Pomona sophomore stole the spotlight again this year, her teammate, Alyssa Minyard, a senior, won the uneven bars with a score of 9.700 for her first title. Another teammate, Brooke Weins, was the runner-up. Weins, then Minyard, were also second and third behind Boychuk in the vault, backing up Pomona’s record breaking Friday in which the Panthers set the all-classification best by becoming the first team to score over 190 points with 190.925.

    Autumn Bottke of Rocky Mountain won her first individual crown in the floor exercise with a 9.825. Minyard was second (9.775).

    In Class 4A, the Niwot Cougars, after winning their first team title since 2001 on Friday, saw winning performances out of senior Ila Katechis in the vault (9.450) and the balance beam (9.600). Marissa Koski, a junior, won the uneven bars (9.325) after finishing as the runner-up in the event in 2014. Both ladies became individual state champions for the first time, as well.

    Elizabeth’s Lexye Wood, the all-around runner-up to Standley Lake’s Rachel Cody on Friday, won the floor exercise (9.450). She was also a first-timer as far as individual titles go.