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Kids Are Tops Sports Center (Home of Tops Gymnastics) 480 Congress Park Blvd. Centerville, OH 45459
Friday, October 27, 2006
Press Release – For Immediate Release . . .
Tops Gymnastics, Inc. and Tops Gymnastics Parent Booster Club hosted the 8th Annual TOPS Challenge Girls Gymnastics Competition at Miamisburg High School on Saturday & Sunday, October 21 and 22, 2006. Nearly 300 gymnasts representing gymnastics clubs from Ohio and neighboring states competed in this prestigious event. TOPS Challenge is sanctioned by USA Gymnastics (www.usa-gymnastics.org) and all gymnasts competed by age groups at USAG levels 4, 5 and 6.
Tops Gymnastics Club entered 28 gymnasts’ ages 7 to 12 years old in the Level 4 division. Led by Susan Meyer with a 2nd All-Around in the 10 and up age group and Claire Daniels with a 3rd place All-Around in the 9 year old age group, Tops took 3rd place Team honors in the Level 4 division.
Tops Gymnastics was represented by 31 gymnasts in the Level 5 competition. With a team score of 113.95, Tops was the overwhelming winner averaging nearly 9.5 (out of 10.0) per routine. As a result of their outstanding performance, Tops has been invited to send their top ten scoring Level 5 gymnasts to represent Ohio at the 2007 National Judges Cup Championships (www.judgescup.com) to be held in Indianapolis, Indiana in January. The National Judges Cup is sponsored by the National Association of Women’s Gymnastic Judges (www.nawgj.com) and is the only compulsory level competition where National Champions are named and recognized.
Congratulations to Tops Level 5 gymnasts representing Ohio at the National Judges Cups: Shanthi Hiremath, Breanna Porter, Mallory Gatto, Christina Lopez, Hannah Warwar, Kelly George, Ashley Woods, Ellie Vaughan, Lauren Van Oss and Michelle Boettler.
Tops Gymnastics, founded in Centerville, Ohio in 1981, is celebrating its 25th anniversary with the construction of a beautiful sports complex on Paragon Road in Centerville. Tops will be moving from its current 15,000 square foot facility on Congress Park Drive to the new 5+ acre, 40,000 square foot facility in January, 2007. This state of the art facility will offer premier programs in gymnastics, swimming, dance, cheerleading, music, performance arts and more.
Tops Gymnastics evolution from one of the premier gymnastics clubs in Ohio to a regional sports center will also be accompanied by a name change to, ‘Kids Are Tops Sports Center.’ Kids Are Tops Sports Center will feature a 12,000 square foot competitive gymnastics gym, a 4,000 square foot cheerleading gym, two 850 square foot dance studios, a 2500 square foot instructional preschool gym and a warm water therapeutic pool complex. All of the above instructional areas will be equipped with the highest quality training equipment and also feature large parent viewing areas.
Tops current staff of over 25 features nearly 200 years of teaching experience and are safety certified and licensed by the national governing body, USA Gymnastics and the United States Swim School Association. With the addition of the new swimming and music programs and the expansion of the dance, cheerleading and other programs, Kids Are Tops expects to double its staff over the next year.
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For more information, please contact: Dan DeClark |